Also an Aussie.

I'm finding these to be increasingly popular over here. People order them from online asian stores. And then spread the word without a ounce of guilt.

I myself haven't succumbed to games piracy, but it's definitely becoming quite common, almost entirely through word of mouth.

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I've got a similar thingy called a Supercard Lite. I have occasionally 'tried' games on it, but if it's bad, I delete it, if not, I buy it.

Anyway, I think there's a perception among the (minority of, though I think it's larger than most entertainment industries) people who pirate that's it's normal or that it doesn't matter. for some companies it's true to an extent (EA is even using micro-transactions as an alternative to buying in China), but development is still a fraught business in many cases, so while piracy is near benign, and the industry as a whole is obviously healthy, I think it can make a difference.

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I actually bought one for my son, he likes to play games that is not worth paying 40 bux for. The ones I know we will both enjoy playing, I would normally buy but between the Wii and the DS, i'm purchasing more games for the Wii.

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I have one, but I got it so I don't end up buying any games on a whim that I may not like. In other words, I try them before I buy them. I still buy the games I like, it convinced me to get Sonic Rush Adventure, Megaman Star Force, Chocobo Tales, Yoshi's Island DS, Donkey Kong, Chibi-Robo, and Zelda for DS. It's very helpful, I got it back in July. The only way I see it as a good thing is if people still buy the games they liked...but still most people would be tempted to not buy any of the games. Alot of the time I use it to try out games that come out in Japan that will either take forever to get here or won't come out at all.

I can see why the game industry hurts because of people pirating games and not buying them legally, but Nintendo is still raking in the money as it is off of everything they sell. I dunno, I don't think Nintendo is hurting for money if you ask me.

I currently own legally 44 DS games with the 45th on the way in the mail from Capcom (Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations)

As you can tell, I still support game companies unlike most of the pirates out there(meaning people who pirate games but don't purchase them legally at all)

But the device being put into the mainstream will lead Nintendo to find a way to stop roms from working on it...

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If you download illegal ROMS to your R4...how does that work with WFC?

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Um...I am very interested in this now...seeing that there's a good community. Hm....just how easy is it? Cause I, like others, did the "try it first, sucks delete, good then buy" deal with the Visual Boy Advance. And I got to play a lot of cool Japp GBA games. So is it easy to use?

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You know, all my friends who have the R4 do it for piracy. In fact, they chastise me for buying games. "Well you COULD just get an R4 and download it"

I honestly don't know of any Good, or useful homebrew. I'm talking about apps cause if they were good games, they'd be able to get a dev kit and go to retail. It's not like nintendo has any quality standards.

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This post made me go out and buy and R4. I had always been interested in the homebrew scene but the hardware necessary was always expensive. I managed to grab my R4 for $38 shipped, which it pretty cheap.

Now I'd be lying if I said I won't be downloading roms, but like most of you here they will be downloaded for trial purposes. If I end up liking the game I will go out and buy the game.

I've been browsing sites for homebrew and have found some amazing software. Quake DS, Doom DS, AOL IM client. It's amazing what these people can do and the R4 makes it all the easier to sample these wares.

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I travel a lot for work, and I have one of these just so I don't have to bring my game carts with me. Yes, it could be used nefariously, but not everyone that owns a gun is a killer.

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"We're not all pirates!"

yeah right! were not all pirates but everyone wants to save money this Christmas XD

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Hey, anyone know where you can get these things for under $35? Please, don't say dealextreme because they're sold out. Thanks for the help.

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