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[Perseid]

When I first got my EZ-5 I loved it. Great compatibility, the 3-in-1 pack is awesome and it was overall good stuff. Then I realized you had to either manually set the save size via trial and error or rely on a list which wasn't updated often. This was such an annoyance that I bought an R4 and it became my primary card.

But now, though, there is a new version of the firmware which has a completely new GUI that can be 100% stylus controlled and has auto-savesize detection. So what I didn't like about it is fixed and everything else I liked is still there. I know the EZ-5 is that weird cart that nobody has ever heard of, but I can now recommend that you at least check it out if you're thinking of getting an R4 especially if the 3-in-1 interests you.

This is apparently not new, but I just discovered it. If everyone already knows this and I'm just a dork I'm sorry. LOL

[zektor]

I read some reviews but never tried the card. I purchased an M3 Simply (basically the R4) for my wife from a gentleman in these very forums, and it seems pretty perfect to me. She knows nothing but how to copy a game to it and pop it in, and it works every time. The simplicity right there is the mark of perfection in my book. It just works.

[tennisgy]

Side loading is very cool IMO  The EZF-5 must look like a real cart.

[liquidnitrogen]

hm. the EZ5 flash also boots from the DS menu like a normal cart too right? even more like a real cart...

[Perseid]

Yeah, I think the EZ team philosophy has always been to be as close to a real cart as possible and the benefit of this is compatibility. For example, Luxor doesn't seem to work on the R4. Put it in my EZ-5 and it came up just fine. Don't get me wrong, I still like my R4. Heck, even my old SC SD has its uses. I think, though, that the EZ-5 is a contender again now.

[sonicwind]

sounds good, I wonder what else they can add now after these slots 1's since they basically have all the same functions now.

[dai_uk]

What is compatibility like with EZ 5

[Perseid]

As far as I know it's always been 100%. Someone might correct me on that, though.

[Altor]

I've played a lot of games on my EZV, I've never had a compatibility problem of any kind.  I think it does require a decent MicroSD though, although a Japanese Kingston brand one is supposed to be good enough.  They're easy to come by, dealextreme.com, etc.

Only problem I think is with the wireless single card play... I'm not sure because I've never had occasion to use it but I think I heard that there weren't many games that worked.

I've used an EZV and an R4, as far as I'm concerned they're functionally identical except that the fact an R4 is a pirate card is blatantly obvious at first glance.  EZV is side-loading and virtually identical in shape and color to a real one, so I wouldn't feel nervous walking into a Nintendo E3 booth with it.

[Perseid]

If you have a slower microSD you can patch the ROM into what they call Hybrid mode. I'm not sure what it does but it magically makes all games with slowdown(including the two Castlevanias) work perfectly. It does mean you have to run the ROM through their patcher, but you'd only have to do that for trouble games anyway.

[sonicwind]

patching is basically making it like a slot 2 game, same concept which helps cards like this.