Kingston 1gb MicroSD made in Japan seem to be the mem card with the best performance for slot DS carts.
If you know of places to find them, please post here.



Thanks
NR

I bought a 1GB Kingston/Taiwan from newegg.com for $17.88 after shipping.

Over @ gbatemp people have had luck from here:
http://meritline.stores.yahoo.net/kingston...ro-sd-card.html
But, there is no guarantee it is a Japan model everytime. About 50% JPN 50% TWN from what I have read. Maybe you can email them?

SD-C01G is the model number for the JPN 1GB if you are searching the web.

Ya thats the results i been reading, I have a Supercard DS1 coming and from what I have read it doesnt work well with the Taiwan version. I ordered a Kingston from newegg tonight so ill hope for the best.

12.99 plus 4.99 for 3 day UPS not a bad price
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820134215

Ill post back when it arrives

Well it arrived today, and yes it's the Japan version W00t!
It auto detects at 30x on the DS One, which is much faster than my SanDisk which clocks in at 4x.

nice.. they just came back in stock today too.. wonder if that also means new shipment, chance of taiwan?

eh.. regardless, i already ordered mine from meritline... we will see.

edit:

just got my MicroSD, DAMN its small! ordered from meritline, got japan model, sweet! time to play.

http://meritline.stores.yahoo.net/kingston...ro-sd-card.html

10 bucks free ship

sucks i just paid 15 a week ago.

These are dropping in price really fast. I remember only a few months ago they were $40+ for the 1GB.

Just FYI, I ordered a couple of these from Meritline a week or so ago and both were Japanese versions.

YEA BOI! Just got mine in from meritline and it was Japan version. I'll probaly order more of these later on.

p.s. I wish I never spent that $65 last month to get 1gb micro sd at best buy

Just wanted to let you guys know that I had just ordered 6 of these from meritline and 5 were made in Taiwan and only 1 was made in Japan. I just got them a couple of days ago. My luck must be really bad.

Ordered 2 from www.ebuyer.com £7 each, both made in Japan. Work greak in my M3 Simply.

Damn... that sucks. Everyone else here was getting the Japanese cards. I ordered 2 and got 2 Japanese cards.

if it makes a difference, which im sure it does not... in the comments section when i paid i put "please ship japan model if possible" and put the model number, whatever it was.

You know... I actually put something similar to that in my comments section too and they actually sent me an e-mail saying that they couldn't promise the Japanese version and asked if I still wanted to place my order. I told them 'Yes' and I got 2 Japanese cards. So did my comments make a difference? I have no idea, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

I just order two of those 1 GB Kingston microSD cards from Meritline today. For those of you who also ordered there how long did it take you to get it?

Not very long for me. Three days I think.

this dude on ebay has japanese versions, i got 2.

Here

I bought an R4DS and a 1GB micro SD card for $53 from this website. Pretty good selection and they responded to me by email to say that they only sell made in japan versions of the Kingston micro SD. Plus, unlike alot of similar sites, they're actually located here in the US so it doesn't take a year to get your order.

I got mine in 2 days.

www.superNDS.com

I hope I'm not bumping an unnecessary topic but newegg's 1 GB's are now $9.99 with $5.50 shipping/tax. Pretty sweet considering NewEgg is an extremely reliable retailer. They've set a record of sending me enough parts that I bought to build an entire computer in literally 34 hours.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820134215

Do these play Portrait of Ruin flawlessly? If so I'm in for one, I'll take a shot at it. Where have the best luck been with? newegg or meritline?

ejx982

I am using a 2GB Sandisk MicroSD and I have not had any problems running any of the backups I have, I have also never noticed any slowdown on any games.

Hope this is of help to anyone.

Just got one from newegg.com 7.99, Japan version. Hell yeah.

Hey fellas,

I'm probably going to be springing for an R4.. so I'm just trying to figure out what MicroSD card to get.

I'm looking at this Kingston 2gb one- link

I haven't exactly read completely through this thread, but does anyone know if this will be the Japan make? Or if there's a bigger probability of it being the Japan make?

And would you say it's worth it.. getting the 2gb? Would it be better to get 2 1gbs? Hell, is 1gb sufficient?

IDK if I want to drop $25 on a 2gb MicroSD card..

Thanks.

P.S. Somewhat off-topic.. Can anyone recommend a good site to get an R4 for less than $45. Feel free to PM me or IM me so that this thread doesn't go off-topic.

A 1GB MicroSD will hold about twice as much as my 4Gb DS-X (512MB). My DS-X holds plentyof Apps (~10-12), music (~20), etc. with space left over.

1GB should be good enough for you. But, Nintendo upped the limit for the allowable size of games. So, in the future, you could see space constraints be a problem. But, by that time, there will be bigger, cheaper, and faster chips available.

hmm. Touche. Touche indeed.

...Well, thanks.