Nintendo DS ... Game question

[happyjo]

Hi My daughters friend recently bought a cartridge for her DS and she chose around 50 games to go on it. think it cost her � 60. I want to get one for my daughter, but this girls parents are reluctant to divulge where she got it from. This leads me to believe it may be illegal or something. Does anyone know if they are legitimate and is so, are there ant decent web sites to order them from. TIA Jo x

[MrBounty]

Hi there.

The cartridge you are talking about usually holds a micro-SD card, which you store DS ROMS on - basically the ROM is the game itself, without all the gubbins around it which you buy from a shop.

These cartidges aren't illegal and having ROMS isn't illegal, as long as they are only back-ups of games you have.....if you know what i mean.
For the purposes of staying legal, you are not allowed to have game ROMS of titles you dont own the hardcopy of.

Anyway, you can get these type of cartridges from various sites.
I have used these two in the past:

http://www.consoleup.com/shop/

http://www.model-gadget.com/shop/product_info. php?cPath=49&products_id=716

The one i bought was the M3DS Simply.....very easy to use.
Here is the M3DS website:

http://www.m3adapter.com/SLOT-1_Series_M3DS-S. htm

Hope this helps....

[happyjo]

Thanks MrBounty

I will have a look at one of these sites and buy one of these thingimajigs.. then I will back up allllllll my daughters games on it... ;-)

J x