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9.5/10 Docked half a point because the forced Pokéstar Studios tutorials are a snooze.
If you have this file sitting in your emulator folder or on a flashcart, you are holding the gold standard of the 2D Pokémon era. Here is why. Most people think the DSi was just a DS with a camera and a shop. Technically, it had double the RAM (16MB vs. 4MB) and a faster CPU. When a game is "NDSi Enhanced," it means if you play it on original hardware (or a modded 3DS/DSi via Twilight Menu), the game unlocks features the old DS couldn't handle.
Revisiting Unova: Why Pokémon White Version 2 is the Ultimate NDSi Enhanced Swansong
Pokémon, Nintendo DSi, Retro Gaming, ROM Hacking, NDS Backups If you look through your old Nintendo DS library, most games look and run exactly the same whether you play them on a clunky original DS phat or a sleek DSi XL. But every so often, you find a cartridge that pushes the hardware just a little further. Today, we are looking at the specific file: