Introduction & Features 

Ease of use, excellent build, constant support: these three traits have always been Supercards' distinguishing features. That was true for the (relatively) old SD-and-CF-powered GBA flashes, and it still holds true for this new DS ONE: everything you need is in the cart, be it homebrew patching, advanced gaming options or music playback; a microSD is the only real requirement. Given how the team has always set the bar quite high, we expect nothing short of excellence from this hardware.

As we briefly mentioned above, this is not a completely new design, but rather an upgraded version of the widely spread non-SDHC DS ONE, up to the point that system updates are shared between said models.

Apart from the Engrish we've come to know and love from flashcard manufacturers, it's hard not to notice the size of the list: among some more common capabilities, unique ones such as Real Time Save and multiple saver files for each game, in-game text reader for taking a quick look at a walkthrough and modularity for future enhancements. Also, the older Slot-2 Supercard series is fully integrated with the DS ONE, which is capable of using them for a number of advanced tasks, such as providing additional RAM for homebrews and the Opera DS Browser alike, uplinking DS and GBA games, enabling vibration via a SuperCard Rumble. The system software, as we'll discuss farther in this review, is one of the aspects of this flash kit that has evolved the most, getting rid of the performance and reliability issues of the earlier revisions to become a robust and accessible interface.

Knowing the SC Team, though, we wouldn't define this list as "final": given certain design choices, we wouldn't be surprised if more features were added or expanded upon - real time save was announced completely out of the blue, after all - so is with these subtle promises in mind that we proceed with testing this unit.

Inside the Box

It's with a slight sense of dèjà-vu that we approach our workbench, if only for how many times we were faced with the yellow and red color scheme typical of DHL: the sample sent to us was the latest rolling out of the assembly line, although in late February 2008 the circuit board has been updated with minor changes, which we'll take into account later. This time, we received quite a sizeable package: once cutting open the outer envelope, we were presented with a sturdy cardboard box. The third image shows what's inside: our flashcard, nested within two rounds of bubblewrap. To say the DS ONE was well-protected would be a serious understatement: praises to the team for the care they took into packaging it, to the point we had to resort to something sharper that our standard pair of scissors to open up the box.

Anyway, back to our Supercard DS ONE, with a look at the package, pictured below.

Resembling a book, the DS ONE Mk. II box is identical to the one housing the previous, non-HC version of the card, although with a different color scheme and the latest features included. 'Matrix green' is the predominant tint, something we're accustomed with ever since that movie's release.

On the front, not much has changed from the previous DS ONE: the card's logo takes nearly the entire space, along with the Supercard brand directly beneath and the 'i]microSD compatible[/i]' symbol in the top right corner; said markings are all embossed, which gives a pleasant additional touch to the overall finish of the box. Notable additions are the SDHC logo and a small, yellow mark which advertises one of the card's most notable features: real-time save.

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