Alright, let's tackle these one at a time... (Please excuse any of my answers that don't make sense, I'm battling a massive cold right now and can't be trusted to think straight for more than 5 minutes ) For a list of DS games that our members would recommend, please see this thread. I understand why you would prefer a slot-2 device, and yes, it makes perfect sense. First, you seem to understand slot-1 pretty well, but there's something else you should know: It has rather low compatibility with homebrew that does not support DLDI, which means most homebrew made before December of '06 (roughly) will not work on a slot-1 card. Second, an EZ-Flash IV Lite would fit perfectly into the DS Lite's GBA slot, but I would not recommend it. I'd say go with an M3 Lite or a SuperCard Lite; they do what the EZ-Flash does, only better. Third, in order for you to run NDS homebrew off of a slot-2 device, all you need is a pass device. Read more about pass devices here (scroll to just about the bottom of the first post). Yes, it is possible. See my previous answer (regarding pass devices). This is actually how DSO was meant to be run in the first place, since it came out before slot-1 cards even existed and only got DLDI support recently. FlashMe is not required to run anything, it is just meant to make life easier; so you don't have to have a pass device in slot-1 every time you want to run NDS homebrew from a slot-2 device. Also remember: installation of FlashMe requires a pass device to get started. Yes, just hold "Select" as you boot up. The setup you describe would be a DS with FlashMe installed. Of course, you could also: get a slot-1 device, dump your NSMB game card to your computer and put the ROM image on the slot-1 flashcard (Not that we support that kind of thing here ). I'm just saying, you could. This might be a good deal to some, but not if you want to run DSO/MP3s off of the slot-2 device. Remember: 256 Mbit = 32MB. This means you would only be able to put 32MB of songs /apps (including DSO) onto it. Also, you'll have to buy a microSD card if you want to run anything off of the slot-1 part of the bundle. My final recommendation: Go with slot-1. You can patch DSO with DLDI so it will work on your flashcard, and it would be no trouble at all to put NSMB on it, either (Google is your friend!). Again, sorry if I misunderstood or forgot to answer something. Just give me a heads up if I did.