Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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Good evening everyone!

I'm a total Noob who hasn't had any contact with Nintendo since the GBA SP but I intend to catch up by buying a 3DS XL.

In your opinion, should I wait until I have the thing in hand before buying a linker?
Otherwise, in your opinion which is the best one out of all of them knowing I don't have another DS on hand to reflash the firmware and that I probably won't be using the shop or online or too many recent 3DS games?
And a side question: do you have a reliable site to recommend for the purchase?

Thanks in advance for your valuable advice!
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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Hi.
Are you looking for a linker for ds games or for 3ds games?
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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Oops wrote:Hi.
Are you looking for a linker for ds games or for 3ds games?
Hi there!
If I understood correctly, there's only one 3DS linker for now and it's not that simple, right? I read that the saves don't work very well, that you need a microSD per game and that it's a bit expensive, is that right?
In the meantime while waiting for something simpler, I'll settle for a DS linker, which is already great given the accessible game library! :)
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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The gateway is the only one for now. It costs about the price of a bit less than 2 games. There are only 1 or 2 games that cause a problem.
For more details see my answers here:
https://www.tgames.fr/aideds/linker-gate ... 11892.html

As for choosing a DS linker. You need a recent-generation one with the RTS label
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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Oops wrote:The gateway is the only one for now. It costs about the price of a bit less than 2 games. There are only 1 or 2 games that cause a problem.
For more details see my answers here:
https://www.tgames.fr/aideds/linker-gate ... 11892.html

As for choosing a DS linker. You need a recent-generation one with the RTS label
Thanks for your help, I read your answer in this post and I think my 3DS XL is likely to have a firmware higher than 4.5... :(

Ok about the RTS label, good to know, thanks!
If I understood correctly, the best ones are the R4i and DStwo, do they have advantages/disadvantages compared to each other? Is one better than the other?
Is there somewhere I could find a trustworthy site to order from because I feel like you find all sorts of things on the net about this topic?
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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The problem is the forum rules forbid giving out sites because selling linkers is illegal in France.

There are several r4iwhatever :P they're all more or less equivalent. Only the dstwo offers a few extra features but it's also 2 to 3 times more expensive.
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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Ok, thanks for all this info!
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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I notice this type of topic is always just as toxic, I just banned another nice reseller. :bat:
It's not so much the forum rules as the law that forbids sharing information about ways to get linkers.
You are however allowed to do it through private correspondence (e.g. by PM).
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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And yes, the forum's rules are what they are precisely because of the law :ugeek:

And as for the PM... Done :mrgreen: :D


and as for the toxic side of things:
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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Yes, thanks for your clarifications Ayatus!
Like Oops said, we had an interesting private discussion! ;)
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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DStwo no worries! if only to play super nes and gba without any headache... :P
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Re: Choice of a linker and the website to buy it from

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I'd be curious to see the difference in compatibility and performance between dstwo and emulation for nes and gba games. Shame there's no snes

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