Tag: DS
Finally, after more than 10 years of cross-platform rivalry, it looks like Sonic and Mario will get the chance to slug it out in the same game! Coming off years of speculation that the video game icons could clash in the next Super Smash Bros. title, it looks like competition between the plumber and the hedgehog will be much less fierce. That is, unless you consider table tennis a cut-throat sport. Get your Wii-motes and styluses primed and ready for "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games".
Scheduled for release in late 2007, Mario & Sonic...
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Since the Nintendo DS has a built-in microphone and a wireless Internet connection, what's to stop it from being used as a WiFi phone, or the DSphone, if you will?
VoiceChatClient is a homebrew application that lets you freely call anyone who also has VoiceChatClient installed on their DS. This hack even adds extra value by transmitting what you write on the touch screen to the other person! VCC requires hacked firmware or some type of passthrough device.
DSpeak has been developed by Nintendo themselves, but aside from a demo at E3 in...
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Here are some of the first beauuutiful photos of the DS Lite headset. Japan only now.
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Sony's PSP was the best-selling portable game console in 2005, but the Nintendo DS has turned the tables this year: According to market research firm In-Stat, the Nintendo may ship 25 to 30% more devices than Sony.
"Nintendo followed up successful Japanese and North American launches of its DS product in late 2004 with a successful introduction in Europe in the first quarter of 2005," said Brian O'Rourke, In-Stat analyst. "The DS's two screens have proven popular, and have opened up the handheld market to new types of game play, as well as...
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Posted by
lupus 3 years 2 months ago
This picture was seen in a brocure from the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany.
* For Nintendo DS (to be inserted into slot 2) and Game Boy Advance hardware
* To store music you need SD cards. Up to 2 GB cards are supported, this equals to 500 songs (best sound quality)
* Choose between different skins (including one with Mario)
* The interface shows all important information
* The unit itself features another headphone port
The tentative price is $38; and is expected for Ootober 8
Electronic Arts may not be known for making major game announcements over in Japan, but here's one for you: Sim City DS! That's right! The original Sim is set for DS release through Electronic Arts.
Sim City DS is based on the PC Sim City 3000. This isn't just a port, though, as the game features full stylus-based controls, mini games and a new adviser character who helps you out when designing your city.
The DS title includes three main modes of play: Build a New City, Save the City and Sister City. In Build a New City, you start a city...
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See some real footage of Madden 07 for the Nintendo DS.
Madden NFL 2007 now features the gameplay on the lower screen, with the top screen handling the overhead X's and O's map representation of the gridiron.
What does that mean for the game market? People are willing to try on a game handheld that is considerably less in the graphics department but high in gameplay and innovation part. We see a paradigm shift towards gameplay as opposed to high graphics.
Nintendo DS: 22.9 M
Japan - 10.3 million
US - 5.8 million
Europe - 6.2 million
Australia - .2 million
Canada - .4 million
PSP: 13.37 M
Japan - 3.9 million
US - 5.1 million
Europe - 4 million
Australia - .15 million
Canada - .4 million
Electronic Arts executive VP and COO of worldwide studios David Gardner revealed to MCV that the publisher is starting to refocus its handheld efforts on Nintendo DS in light of what he feels are negatives on the price and performance of its competitor, Sony's PlayStation Portable.
"There’s no doubt that EA has historically bet more on PSP," Gardner explained. "I think we were excited by the technology, but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun. We must never forget that what we need to focus on is fun and so EA is...
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Posted by
Motu 3 years 3 months ago
The Nintendo DS Opera Browser is now on sale across Japan and here we have a video of it in action on a DS lite with commentary in English. Shows many popular sites running on the DS, including Digg, Slashdot, Gizmodo etc.
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