Japan bans the sales of DS homebrew enabling R4 Flash Carts.

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Segatron Genesis... call me the wizard.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/27/japan-court-bans-sale-of-ds-homebrew-enabling-r4-flash-carts/

The Tokyo District Court placed an injunction on the Chinese cart manufacturers who make the R4 today, making it illegal to sell the cartridge in Japan. It has already disappeared from shops and Nintendo, Capcom, and Square Enix have all come forward with their support. These companies haven't ceased their efforts yet, however, as they've vowed to continue pursuing those responsible for similar devices.

R4 carts, along with other flash carts, allow users to run homebrew (and pirated) material on their DS or DS Lite (no dice on the upcoming DSi, folks). If this is all still over your head, then check out our guide to homebrew on the DS right here.
 
i really don't approve of this chip, many have offered me the R4 and all of those times i refused it, i prefer to buy/play my DS games in the regular way.
 
Well I use mine occasionall to try out new games since los of them are unrentable. The last time was to play world ends with you (Which I had bought the physical game on release date and traded it in). Of course the stupid file always pauses so I need I do somehong else. But seriously it is good to try out games, like blue dragon plus and srpgs.
 
R4 lacks support. Real men use iTouchDS. 8)

But seriously, I have no problem with the following:

1. Evaluating a game to see if it's WORTH my $20-40.

2. Pirating a game that's out-of-print.

In the case of evaluation, I WILL buy a game if I find myself playing it again and again and again. As for out-of-print stuff... As a collector, I'll buy it if I can find it, but until then, a bootleg will suffice.

I also keep a backup of all my legally-owned games on my iTouchDS, so I don't have to carry around two-dozen DS carts. I almost lost $200 worth in DS games, ALMOST, and I DO NOT want that happening again. >:(
 
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