Old R4i gold plus and R4i gold 3ds plus, which is supporting 3ds/ds games on 11.7/11.6?

Do you know the R4i gold plus and the latest R4i gold 3ds plus? Here we will show you the old R4i gold plus and the new R4i gold 3ds plus cards. Which one can work on 3DS firmware console? Which one is used to playing 3ds/ds games and which one will even support 3DS V11.7? All the answers you can get here.

Old R4i gold plus

The old version R4i Gold Plus is a ds flashcard made by r4ids.com. It is discontinued for years, and you can't buy it on the market already.
R4i gold plus is the upgrade version of R4i Gold V2.0 cart. R4ids.com team have done the great update for the software and the hardware. Regarding the software update, the compatibility of R4i Gold Plus has been greatly improved. It is compatible with all Nintendo latest games, the game loading speed is faster than that before. Regarding the hardware, the high precision finish chip is used to speed up the game running speed, the power consumation is very low. The comaptibility of the micro SD is improved as well. Third-party software support, software updates faster, users can experience a variety of other functions of the kernel.

R4i gold 3ds plus

The new R4i Gold 3DS Plus for NTRboothax and NDS Games is now released. This card is from the famous R4 team R4ids.cn, has a built in button to switch between DS mode and NTR mode. It has very good support for DS games just like the original R4i Gold 3DS RTS. And supports the latest version of the Wood R4 kernel. The R4i Gold 3DS RTS Plus is the latest R4i gold to buy for playing DS games or installing custom firmware (B9S). NDS roms and 3DS games (CIA Format) are supported by this flashcart at a very good price.

1. Play free NDS roms on any 3DS or DS family device in DS Mode.
2. Support installing Boo9strap and 3DS CFW to all 3DS model & firmware.
3. Has a switch for supporting 2 modes: Unlike the r4i gold 3ds rts wood, R4i gold 3ds plus card has a switch in the cartridge which makes users are easy and more convenient to change between DS/NTR modes.
4. No need to re-flashed back, push the switch to the right side, which is marked as “D”. The card works as a normal R4i gold 3ds rts, which can support all ds games and all firmwares of 3DS/DSI.
5. NTR boot data is pre-flashed, push the switch to the left side, which is marked as “N”. The card works as a normal NTRboot loader, which can boot up SafeB9SInstaller and can support all kinds of 3DS consoles.
6. Work with the famous WoodR4 kernel, has a great compatibility to DS games.

Which one supports both DS and 3DS games?

The old R4i gold plus is a ds game flashcard, it supports ds roms on all NDS family devices but it can't play any 3DS Rom. As to the new R4i gold 3ds plus, this card is also a ds flashcard, it has the ability to play nearly every ds rom on both 3DS and DSI firmware consoles, but for emulating 3ds roms, it can't too. Though it doesn't support 3ds games directly, its compatibility to NTRboothax will allow users to install B9S/3DS CFW. So you can play 3ds games with another format-CIA. So this card itself doesn't support 3ds roms, but you can play CIA format 3ds games on any 3DS/NEW 3DS/2DS/2DS XL model with its help.
On the other hand, if you are just looking for a ds/3ds game supported card to buy, the solution is Stargate 3ds. This upcoming 3ds card will play NDS/3DS/GBA/SNES games on all 3DS models and firmwares. And it's very easy to use for playing the free game roms with plug&play method.

Which one works on 3DS V11.7 for playing free games?

Without any doubt, the old and out-dated R4i gold plus are not working on 3ds v11.6 and v11.7. How about the new R4i gold 3ds plus? The answer is Yes. It is basically an R4i gold 3ds rts with a switch in the cartridge and pre flashed with NTRboothax, Nintendo can't patch it unless it releases a new hardware version on the next update. So you can have no worry for buying the R4i gold 3ds plus rts card, it must work on 3ds v11.7 and support you to play free ds games plus install cfw to 3ds.