Get interactive with fellow video gamers with DS downloads. Nintendo of America has come to the rescue for all gamers by creating DS Downloads, compatible with Nintendo DS products, a player can connect to another player with one game card. Insert the game card into your DS console and select the multi-player option on the game menu, the other player then downloads the Download Play Application which searches and connects to the first DS Console. Do note, you must download DS in order for the connection to work; it is not enough just to select the multi-player option on the game’s menu.

You must get an R4 card to insert into your DS Console; sold at many online websites, these “supercards” have additional accessories but the most important include an R4 card, micro SD card, and a flash drive where the micro SD card goes. The flash drive will allow you to get games off of your computer and downloaded into the micro SD card. All of these items fit into each other; the micro SD card with all of the downloaded games will go into the R4 card which then goes into the DS console. Roughly 15-20 games fit on each card, saving you hundreds of dollars. Once you get the card, you never have to buy a DS game again.

Once games have been downloaded onto the micro SD card you need to get the games to your R4 card. First you must put the micro SD card into the flash drive which is then attached to your computer via a USB Port, a pop up will appear that says “Removable Disk (E)” and click “View Folder”. Open the file where you have your games saved and drag the items that have (.nds) as the ending, drag it over to the flash drive and into the Game Folder. Once that is done for all of the games, simply eject the disk and put it into your DS Console.

As of August 5th, 2009, Nintendo has made over 900 DS Download games available to you; so don’t hesitate and get downloading!