Which is the easiest to operate for a 7 year old? I've not used either, but I'd hope for a simple operation such as... turn on DS, select game and off he goes as per a normal game card. I'm also confused about the various m3 real bundles...rumble, rumble ram, rumble perfect. My son still plays GBA games on the DS along with the newer DS games. Which bundle should I get him? thanks
For simplicity I would choose the R4 then just purchase your GBA games. That is if your child doesn't play a whole lot of GBA games. R4 is going to be cheaper and will get the job done (playing NDS games).
I personally would get the m3 DS real....just to have that option of playing GBA games is priceless. The GBA library is HUGE. My son who is 3 yrs old has a DS (he shares it w/ my wife) as well as my 6 yr old daughter. My son had the r4 card, and my daughter had the m3 DS real. He always takes hers cause he loves playing the old Super Mario games (cause they're alot simple for a 3yr old). His R4 stopped working a few days ago, so now i got to replace it...with a M3 DS REAL!
go for EZFlash Vplus and GBA Combo pack, see here http://ds-one.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=65 if you are in UK. Or http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13682 from Hong Kong.