Datel Action Replay Cheat System (3DS/DSi XL/DSi/DS Lite) - DS blue

For the most part, people have been complaining about it not coming with a CD and it not working. These people are not very tech savy. Yes it is supposed to come with a CD to download the Code Manager software which allows the codes to be put into the Action Replay. I recieved mine without a CD like everyone else it would seem; but this is not by any means difficult to fix. It's easily downloadable from Datel's Customer Service section on their own website. Their new version of the software also gets rid of the "Error 52" that people have been experiencing when they first download the software which essentially wouldn't read that you had your Action Replay plugged in. There are MULTIPLE YouTube videos which explain how to update your Driver so it'll read your Action Replay. Once that's complete then you'll be able to input your own codes into your Action Replay. There's tons of rules when operating the Action Replay. 1) Do not have the Action Replay in your Nintendo DS while it's also plugged into your computer. 2) Do not have multiple cheat codes activated at once as it may cause your game to freeze or become completely corrupted. 3) Use cheat code websites that have people reviewing and checking to make sure the code actually works; and for those who complain about their game freezing when they use a specific code while others say it worked, it's because they input the code wrong--which is easily done if you decide to manually enter the codes instead of Copying and Pasting them to your Code Manager software. 4) Be sure to research how the code works. Most of the time you merely have to activate it by L + R but some cases require other activations. Read EVERYTHING that the person who posted the code has to say. Example: In Pokemon Soul Silver, there is a code so you can find Wild Shiny Pokemon all the time. The author noted that you should not BREED the Shiny Pokemon. But what do you know? Someone did and it corrupted his entire saved game and had to restart all over. Action Replay is an AMAZING tool that works once you get the software up and running. I bought it for my use of Soul Silver and all the codes I used work like a charm. Don't let negative reviews caution you away from this tool if you REALLY want help in games. Some "fanatics" frown on using a cheating device; but without it I would have never had the oportunity to get a Celebi, or a Mew, or any other Legendary Pokemon that you can only obtain if you were at a special event that was giving away these Pokemon. That's my own personal use for this device, but I know from other people that it can be used for a plethora of games that are extremely helpful. Hope this review is helpful and clarifying for some people.

I'm not going to lie, I bought this for Pokemon. I played Red and Yellow when they first came out and I played the card game and had Charizard holographic (shinies now, apparently). I remember some of my fondest moments were encountering MissingNo and Togepi and Mew. Then, I stopped. I don't remember why, but I just moved on. Until a few months ago. Then I traded my XBox 360 in for a 3DS XL and Pokemon. I couldn't believe how much had changed yet It was still so much the same and so much fun. After a playthrough, I started reading more about it. I found out that Mew is virtually unobtainable! I was so annoyed. I had played the very first game, and because I hadn't bought each subsequent generation and traded my Mew from game to game I would never be able to get one. Same with a lot of other Pokemon! I was livid. So I bought a copy of Pokemon White and plugged in my Action Replay. It... didn't work. Datel has been horribly lazy with the software that makes this work. I'm on a Mac, and they cancelled their Code Manager for Mac, even though that's what is advertised on the AR packaging (see the small coloured circles in the top left of the window?). No matter, I had Boot Camp and Parallels. Uhoh! Even Windows doesn't like Windows software. Nothing would work. I spent a good hour a day for a few days trying to figure it out. After all, the software installed fine, it just wouldn't connect to the hardware. After much struggling and lots of Googling, the problem is that Datel doesn't have their driver signed for 64-bit. Windows won't tell you this when Code Manager installs, so you can go mad over why it isn't working. Booting up with a special flag lets Windows run with unsigned drivers. Finally! After that, I had a steep learning curve and Datel's Code Manager software isn't the best, but it works. The device doesn't sync/merge sorted codes automatically and you have to drag and drop new codes (I could only replace the entire list, not code by code) and then commit them to the AR. I should note that since I fixed the driver issue and run Windows with unsigned drivers, the software has worked great. It was just set up that really vexed me. As for the hardware, the AR looks a little bit bulging. Like a battery is expanding inside. It doesn't stop it working, or from fitting my 3DS XL. Just a bit odd. The fit and finish certainly have room to improve. When in my 3DS, there are a few occasions where the DS doesn't recognize the Action Replay. Taking it out and putting it in usually solves this, but I something's blow on the cartridge. Hey, it's Nintendo, right? As with any memory editing hardware/software, this is prone to crashing your DS. Bad codes are the usual culprit, but Pokegen allows you to set activation keys, letting you choose what buttons will activate the cheat. Other times, it could be many things like if the DS runs dynamic memory allocation, the game may be in a different location in memory than the AR was expecting. And you'll crash. I always reboot the DS before doing anything with my AR and I've seen very little in crashes since I sorted the codes out and started properly rebooting. While the AR has let me live my dream again, it's not without flaws. It is flimsy and a bit finicky. Support is non-existent for the software, and I'd expect the hardware, too. They know the 64-bit drivers are unsigned and would rather let their users work with it that get the drivers signed. It's a common problem with an easy solution. I wouldn't rely on Datel for support. Canceling a Mac version that they advertise on their products isn't very nice, especially when it looked pretty much done. I wouldn't count on Datel being in this space very long, either. As Nintendo gets more multiplayer and competitive, they are going to start working much harder to shut down cheating like this. They've already done a good enough job that there are no Action Replays for 3DS games (Powersaves doesn't count and doesn't run on the console). But, this product still works. It's pretty cheap, too. Though it feels cheap, also, it does give a huge amount of control to the user. I give it 4 stars because of the software set up. It was infuriating and when I figured it out, I couldn't believe it was something so trivial.

I can use this to cheat on DS games on the 3ds, and it also works on normal ds' which is fine as i needed a new AR anyway, doesn't appear though that I can cheat on 3ds games as i saw no options to do so, but it fits well enough and works with my ds games so it's cool, great item.

( I loved the action replay when I was growing up and it worked great then. So I bought this one but I was disappointed. The cartridge wouldn't stay in and the system would say something along the lines of "make sure to not remove the action replay" and then the screen would freeze up. After turning it off and on again it would load the start up screen and then just go to a white screen. I didn't even type in a manual code. :( I tried to reset it on the computer program but it wouldn't read the action replay. And I tried to download the system update to fix that problem but my computer said there was a virus connected with that update and stopped it. The update was even from the datels customer service page. :( I just didn't think that 20 dollars would lead to this many problems in the first 5 mins. So disappointed.

A lot of these negative reviews are from people who do not realise it is not 100% plug-in-and-play. If you do not have disc with it which this version does not, you must download the drivers which come bundled with the software; easy to find after a quick search. You must do this before you plug it in. Everything after that is very intuitive and you can load any code packages for any games you wish. My advice to advanced users is to delete the factory contents and only load the games you own on to the cartridge for ease of navigation! The problems with the 'error, something went wrong' when loading from the DS are common at startup and are just because it's not a real game, the DS needs to be broken in with it. After a few times of re-inserting and a few uses this will no longer happen. Works brilliantly if you just put a small amount of time in to getting it working :) EDIT: I must add I am using a Nintendo DS Lite, I am unaware of workings with other devices.

Cet accessoire pouvant fonctionner sur DS, 3DS ou 3DSXL seulement pour des jeux DS et non des jeux 3DS (je précise) et une merveille pour pouvoir tricher sur vos jeux DS. Il est à la base rempli de plusieurs codes et vous pouvez en rajouter ou même en supprimer. Capacité de mémoire assez élevé avec possibilité de mettre des codes de jeux dans la rubrique "mes liste de codes" en téléchargeant le logiciel Action replay code manager sur le site suivant :[...]. On peut également y mettre des souscriptions, par exemple sur pokémon trash sur le site :[...] ce qui permet d'avoir les codes de toutes les versions pokémon DS en français et ceux sans avoir à tous les taper à la main, ce qui prendrait une etérnité surtout qu'à la moindre faute de frappe le code ne marche pas. C'EST BEAU LA TECHNOLOGIE, L'INFORMATIQUE ET LES ACTION REPLAY!

Eine echt schöne Sache, wenn man bei Gegner x zum x-ten Mal einen drüber bekommt und einem so langsam aber sicher der Spaß vergeht. Bevor man das Spiel also vor Wut in die Tonne wirft, einfach mal schauen, ob es einen nützlichen Cheat gibt, um an dem Kerl vorbeizukommen, um danach wieder normal weiterzuspielen. Man kann sich natürlich auch durch das ganze Spiel cheaten, aber das verringert auch nur den Spielspaß. Eine tolle Hilfe, wenn man mal nicht weiterkommt, aber es sollte wirklich nur eine Hilfe bleiben. Zum Beispiel mal eben das Training beschleunigen, weil man jetzt schon seit 2 Wochen täglich gegen dieselben Gegner mit denselben öden Sprüchen kämpft und gerne mal wieder in der Story weiterkommen will. Oder mal eben schnell unsterblich gemacht, um den blöden Endgegner endlich zu knacken, weil man einfach den Dreh nicht rauskriegt. Und danach kann man mit Spaß normal weiterspielen ohne sich schwarz zu ärgern oder den Spaß am Spiel zu verlieren, weils nicht weitergeht. Besonders bei den Pokemon-Spielen sehr schön, um an jene Pokemon zu kommen, die man nur über diese speziellen Aktionen bekam und die jetzt nicht mehr erreichbar sind. Wer also gerne ein Celebi in den normalen DS-Spielen haben will, einfach mal eins ercheaten, gerne auch in dem Level, das man gerne hätte. Oder ein süßes Mew, das man zwar auch in Smaragd bekommen konnte, aber dort auch nur wieder über eine spezielle Karte, die es nicht mehr gibt. Oder ein süßes Victini, weil man den Gartenpass verpasst hat. Ebenso wie Meloetta, Keldeo und Genesect, sogar mit den speziellen Events, wo Meloetta und Keldeo eine besondere Attacke lernen können. Und wer sich gerne ein Shiny holen will, aber keine Lust hat, Wochen oder Monate mit dieser Kette rumzuprobieren oder vor allem, das Legendäre tausende Male anzusprechen, bis es mal Shiny ist, einfach mal den Cheat an und schon hat mans. Oder wie wäre es in Soulsilver oder Heartgold mit einem Pikachu oder Evoli als Starterpokemon statt den üblichen (Ist mit allen Pokemon möglich, die es in der Edition gibt)? Oder einfach nur die Pokemon ercheaten, die in der Edition nicht vorkommen, wenn man keinen Tauschpartner hat. Besonders bei Legendären ganz hübsch, wenn man die gerne auf jeder Edition haben will, da es die ja immer nur einmal gibt. Ich möchte gerne in Soulsiver UND Heartgold jeweils ein Kyogre UND ein Groudon haben, um in beiden auch an Rayquaza zu kommen. Nur hin und hertauschen ist doof, weil man dann immer nur in einer wirklich beide hat, oder in jeder nur jeweils eines. Nur als Beispiel. Aber auch das Training kann man sich erleichtern und man kann alle Mondstein-Entwickler auch entwickeln, weil man sich einfach so viele Mondsteine holt, wie man möchte. Dasselbe gilt für alle Entwicklungs-Items, die es oftmals nur einmal gibt oder nicht oft genug, um alle zu entwickeln, die sich damit entwickeln. Und ich bin eben eine. ich mag keine ertauschten Pokemon, weil die immer nicht so gehorchen wie die selbst gefangenen. Daher möchte ich ertauschte Pokemon züchten und selber entwickeln, was nicht geht, wenn ich 4 Pokemon habe, die das Item brauchen, aber nur 2-Mal das Item bekommen kann. Also Cheat und schon klappts. Aber in den meisten Fällen spiele ich die Spiele normal. Nur eben für solche Dinge ist so ein Cheat echt genial. Seltene Items und Pokemon erscheatet, die es nur in Aktionen oder nur einmal im Spiel gibt, oder auch mal das öde Training durch EP-Schub oder Sonderbonbon beschleunigen. Oder eben in anderen Spielen mal gecheatet, weil man so einfach nicht weiterkommt. Leider ist das Gerät sehr empfindlich und geht schnell kaputt. habe schon einmal einen bestellt, der nicht funktionierte (ist aber Jahre her). Jetzt habe ich den Fehler gemacht und das Firmware Update draufgemacht, weil es hieß, dass der Replay dann auch für 3DS gehen soll, aber leider hab ich mir damit den Replay abgeschossen. Meine DS und auch meine 3DS Konsolen starten den Replay nicht mehr. Jetzt kann ich meine ganzen Cheats nicht mehr nuttzen und mir einen neuen Replay kaufen. Hab mir jetzt viermal hintereinander einen neuen Replay bestellt (2 wurden von "Optimum Equipped" und 2 von "SofTech Preise inkl. MwSt" verkauft und bei allen 4 Replays war die Steckerbuchse für das USB-Kabel defekt, sodass man den Stecker nicht richtig einstecken und damit den Replay nicht an den PC anschließen konnte. Keine Ahnung, ob es sich dabei um eine fehlerhafte Charge handelt, aber ich bin stinksauer, dass ich deswegen viermal den Artikel zurücksenden musste. Also Tipp für alle, die sowas bestellen. Sofort auspacken und prüfen, ob der Stecker in die Steckerbuchse geht (der Stecker muss fast vollständig in die Buchse passen).

Bulls*** doesn't work for 3DS

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