Yeah we got heaps of cylos too.
there is a shortage currently of r4s, and everyone in asia is going on a break.
Price of buying r4 has also gone up for everyone - again - so there might be a small price hike again soon. Its sucks, because the R4 is lagging behind compared to the M3/cyclo. People only buy R4s because your mate has it, and so does your other mate, and your other mate.
If you are new to flash cards, get something different, be different!
R4 comes with the R4 cartridge, a little carry case.
A piece of pointless string.
A micro sd cards reader for you PC
Software CDs may or may not come with the package from r4. Its quite random. If you dont get a CD from any retailer, dont be a w*nk and complain please. Just download it, its 5mb.