We've known about this for some time, but now we get official confirmation from Nintendo that the DSi is indeed incompatible with the R4 flashcart. Guess they're getting serious.

Ohhh, sneaky, sneaky Nintendo! Early reports have come in that the new DSi is not - repeat, NOT - capable of booting existing flash cartridges, including the R4 and the EZ Flash V. Looks like Sony's not the only one getting all crackdown on homebrew and piracy.

What happens when the supply of much sought-out item is known to be threatened? That's right, people will flock to buy themselves one out of fear that it will be no longer be available soon, and retailers will no doubt take advantage of the situation and increase the price of that particular item to sky-high levels. That's pretty much what happened with the R4 in Japan. More details in the full article.

Nintendo and ELSPA have called on the popular flashcart R4 and its tendency to bring about the piracy of Nintendo DS games in the UK market. Now the retailers and independent game developers are chiming in the same sentiments as well. What will happen to the well-known homebrew platform? Read all about it in the full article.

A recent article on MCV revealed that the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, or ELSPA, is considering taking actions to stop the proliferation of flashcarts such as the R4 and M3 in the UK. Learn more after the jump!

Finally, some love for Nintendo DS fans: compared to last week, the domain of all things Ninty (at least, the smaller Ninty device) is now getting some action in the form of exciting game release announcements, like Chrono Trigger for the DS (yay!) and some possibility of brickage for R4 users (nay!). Get the full skinny of what you might have missed this week in the full article.

You may already have ways to view anime or read manga on the Nintendo DS using homebrewed tools, but what if you want to support the people who are working to create your favorite media? AM3 has recently released DSvision, a downloadable entertainment service that was announced last year. Details in the full article.

Team Cyclops has announced Firmware 1.41 for the CycloDS Evolution. The firmware features an optimised cheat code engine and also has a number of fixes for certain issues that were found in previous versions. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Download: CycloDS Firmware 1.41

After overcoming some real-time saving bugs, Team Cyclops has released a new firmware update for CycloDS Evolution. If this beta 3 version proves to be bug-free, they're going to be release it as the final v1.4. So... Just in case it does happen to be free of errors, you might want to download it now for an early treat.

Download: CycloDS Evoution firmware v1.4 BETA 3

If you encountered some problems with the last version of Team Cyclops' Cyclo DS, then go ahead and update your CycloDS firmware now. The new release includes bug fixes as real-time saving glitches. You can find the changelog in the full article!

Download: CycloDS Evolution Firmware v1.31