Hello! My son has an old Nintendo DS with the old M3 Real cart. With that system, I was familiar with how to load ROMs, put the sftware on the MicroSD card and play the games. Then, the things changed and it seemed that on newer DS models, the carts were not working, so we did not update the hardware since it seemed he would not be able to load and play the games he had downloaded over the years. So, here is the question. He is thinking of buying a 3DS XL, please advise me which card we should be ordering to be used in a 3DS XL. Thanks for your assistance. finally bought the r4i gold 3ds card from here http://www.thegamerdepot.com/buy-wood-r4i-gold-3ds-card-for-3ds-xl3dsdsids-p-150.html
for new 3ds xl console, first you need to check the firmware of your console. if it is V4.1-V4.5 you can play 3ds games with the r4i gold 3ds deluxe-edition http://www.dsflashcart.com/r4i-gold-3ds-deluxe-edition-play-3ds-games-on-3ds-xl-and-3ds-p-286.html if the version is higher than V4.5 then you can only play ds game on it, recommend you buy r4i gold 3ds this one http://www.dsflashcart.com/r4i-gold-3ds-wood-r4i-3ds-flashcard-for-ds-dsi-3ds-p-248.html i always recommend the r4i gold 3ds, very good card to play nearly all the ds games.
Well, if all you want is playing nds games or homebrew, then suggested you choose http://www.modchipfactory.com/wood-r4i-gold-3ds-flash-cart-for-3ds-xl-3ds-dsi-and-ds-lite-p-1.html , this is a very famous flashcart, uses wood firmware,with a quicker updating, can support almost all latest nds games.
I have and recommend an R4i gold 3ds deluxe edition http://www.r4flashcart.com/20-r4i-gold-3ds-deluxe-edition-play-3ds-games-on-3ds-xl-and-3ds.html got mine from r4flashcart and it works flawlessly.
I would absolutely recommend the Gold R4i 3DS card,it has a very big community and have a team constantly working on and updating them.
well, i think R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe Edition is your best choice. Use R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe Edition blue card, you can play all ds games on your 3DSXL Use R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe Edition golden card, you can play 3ds games on your 3DSXL But the red card just support work on 3DSXL v4.1 - v4.5 So please make sure your 3DSXL has not be updated to the latest firmware. If your console updated already, then i recommend dstwo instead of R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe Edition, it cannot play 3ds games, but it is the best flashcart which play ds games on 3DS/XL.
Supercard dstwo ( http://www.digimartz.com/supercard-ds-two-scds2-for-nintendo-ds-ds-lite-dsi_p676.html )should be the best flash card. If you buy a 3ds console now it normally is Version 3ds V6.x
If you wanna buy a new 3DS XL for your son, we suggest you get a 3DS XL version lower than v4.5.0. You know that 3DS flashcarts, R4i gold 3DS Deluxe Edition and Gateway 3DS card can allow us play 3ds roms on 3DS v4.1.0-4.5.0. If you can not get the 3DS v4.5 or lower than v4.5, you can buy r4i gold 3ds card, this one http://www.dwtechz.com/r4i-gold-revolution-for-3ds-p-16963.html, to enjoy ds games on latest 3DS v6.3.0-12.