Date: March 7th, 2010 - Author: herald

DSi handheld system was released a year ago. Next DS to strike North America is DSi XL. Its screen is nearly double compared to DS Lite. It is expected to available for sale on 28th March, 2010 in two colors (reddish-purple and bronze).

DSi XL is little bit heavy in weight than previous models but it’s very much durable. Its size is very surprising; it’s still “pocketable”. It has two huge screens its video quality is very much remarkable.

Brand name of DSi XL is “social device” by Nintendo due to bigger screen and it also allows multiple people to view the screen at the same time.

It also has a much bigger stylus which looks like a pen or permanent marker. Complete review of DSi XL will be available in coming week. Keep in touch with CNET for knowing latest reviews about DSi XL.

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Date: March 1st, 2010 - Author: herald

The wait ends. On March 28 Nintendo is going to launch its larger-sized version of the DSi handheld.

Nintendo DSi XL will be available for $189.99. It features a larger screens and stylus. The screen is about 93% bigger than the earlier DS Lite models.

With the launch, at present, two colors will be available, burgundy and bronze. It will include pre-loaded DSiWare titles such as Brain Age Express games, the DSi Web browser, a photo clock and also animation app Flipnote Studio.

Along with the release fresh two games of the DSi XL: America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking and WarioWare D.I.Y. will also be launched. Here the players will be able to create and share their own mini-games.

Nintendo also unveiled new app that is cartridge-based which transforms DSi into an e-reader. The name of this app is 100 Classic Books and this will include works of William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and many other renowned authors. Additional content may also be downloaded through Wi-Fi.

This new app will be released on June 14 and its price will be $19.99.

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Date: February 22nd, 2010 - Author: herald

Nintendo recently had filed a patent for its portable force feedback. The company also adding to the rumours that Nintendo is working on DS successor.

Last month the company made an amendment to a patent that was made in August 2005.

The amendment read: “A game apparatus includes an LCD and a touch panel placed on a top surface of the LCD. The player instructs an enemy character displayed on the LCD with the use of a stick to attack the enemy character. For example, in a case that the enemy character exists at a depth of a game screen, little damage is applied to the enemy character, and a weak vibration is applied to the game apparatus. Conversely, in a case that the enemy character exists at a front of the game screen, much damage is applied to the character, and a strong vibration is applied to the game apparatus. In either case, the vibrations are transmitted to the fingers or hands of the player via the stick.”

Earlier, in 2005, Nintendo added a “Rumble Pak” expansion to its original DS. This supported about forty games, but this is not compatible with the DSi.

The DS was launched originally in March 2005 in the UK. It then went on to become world’s best-selling portable console.

On the other hand the smaller DS Lite was came in June 2006 and in April 2009 was released the DSi.

From March 5, 2010 the DS Lite XL will go on sale.

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Date: February 19th, 2010 - Author: herald

The deal of Nintendo with the major online merchant sites such as Amazon and Ebay to stop the selling of R4 chips has not done much to dampen the games’ piracy.

Piracy became easy with this chip. It goes into a cartridge slot of Nintendo DS and through that illegal downloaded games is easily played on the console.

Last year in the month of May both Amazon and eBay had agreed of changing the user policy in order to prevent the sale of modified chips on their sites.

Rose Lappin, the Australia managing director of Nintendo, said that the arrangement with the two retailing sites has not made much impact on the piracy front of the games.

After the introduction of R4 the company has seen a decline in the sales of the DS game sales. Though the two giant retailing websites is out of the picture, but still some smaller online retailers have been trying to make easy and fast cash by selling the modified chips.

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Date: February 15th, 2010 - Author: herald

With a modern design and a further refined outlook, Nintendo DS Lite, the latest release from the Nintendo family has already sold an incredible figure of over 12 million units all across Europe.

With its fantastic look Nintendo DS Lite, is not just the top of portable entertainment, but also a true masterpiece of design. Nintendo DS Lite features brighter screens and with four levels of brightness which give a higher gloss to the games. Dual screen, one touch screen, voice recognition, wi-fi integration to play with friends around the world, 3D graphics wireless messaging system are the key strengths of this new console.

The console is designed for people of all ages as they can play games of versatile genres. It is equipped with a stylus and microphone, allowing you to play as with any other console, it is available on the market in three different colors, Pink, White and Black.

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Date: February 12th, 2010 - Author: herald

Nintendo DS Lite is smaller than one third compared to the classic Nintendo DS and has a weight of less than 20%. Nintendo DS Lite features brighter screens and with four levels of brightness which give a higher gloss to the games.

With its fantastic look Nintendo DS Lite is not just the top of portable entertainment, but also a true masterpiece of design. Amazing screen brightness: where the old DS was causing visibility problems in the presence of soft lights, we can rejoice four adjustable levels of brightness for both screens.

This new version of the console will soon establish itself as the technological gadget to have at all costs. Moreover, it is a console that has managed to sell 13 million units around the world, and we do not doubt the new version will collect even greater consensus among the general public.

The layout of buttons in Nintendo DS is the same, changing only the position of the keys “select” and “start”, moved to the bottom right, but it lacks the power button, replaced by a lever to push (you have to push up a second and a half during ignition and shutdown) on the right side of the console.

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Date: February 7th, 2010 - Author: herald

The Media-Create’s weekly Japanese hardware sales list was captured by the PSP-3000 captured, but Nintendo DS along with its 3 different models were able to edge out the Sony’s handheld line overall.

For January 31 week end 47,875 units of UMD-based PSP-3000 was sold. Earlier it was 52,909. The newer UMD-less sibling PSP Go has fallen down in its unit sales again this week. It sold 1,645 units. Prior week it was 1,773.

The larger-screened version, the DSi LL, of Nintendo landed to the third-place spot after the Wii. It sold 34,863 units, up about 10,000 units. All the DS line combined, even the DSi LL, the DSi, and the DS Lite, total sold 66,457 unit, which is up from the combined sales of 49,398 prior week. All the credit goes to Dragon Quest VI.

PS3 sales rose notably. It was 34,431 units, which is up from 26,966.

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Date: January 31st, 2010 - Author: herald

Nintendo Finishes 2009 having multiple Sales Records by selling over 11.2 million U.S. units of its DS models; Nintendo DS Lite and DSi. According to its press release, the Nintendo DS has had the best year in console gaming history.

“Wii, Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi combined to sell more than 7 million units in the month of December alone,” said Cammie Dunaway, the executive Vice President of sales and marketing.

Nintendo U.S. Wii experienced a decline of 5.7 percent from 2008 with sales figure rounding up to 9.6 million units that were sold this year. Nintendo has already pointed towards strong sales of the Wii console this year and talking about Nintendo DS it has already topped 38.8 million units, which is quite high in terms of its predecessor the Game Boy Advance.

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Date: January 31st, 2010 - Author: herald

If you are an aficionado of Nintendo DS gaming consoles then you might want to become an inmate at a Scottish detention center. This is because that the government of Scotland has proposed that the prisoners should be provided with Nintendo DS Consoles to barin-train them.

The consoles will be provided in all the prison libraries. This recommendation came after a study into how the cons should or can be educated.

According to the said research, Nintendo DS gaming consoles had helped young children who were having difficulty at the primary schools, therefore they should be used to augment the reading and counting ability.

The report cited the example of the US, where the prisoners were allowed to use PlayStations.

The proposal, however, was opposed by Matthew Elliot of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. Matthew Elliot said it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money to buy gaming consoles for the crooks. He said: “It is a completely ridiculous idea. Most taxpayers can’t afford Nintendos for their own children. So why should prisoners get them?”

The report also reluctantly talked about the provision of Internet Access to the prisoners. It noted that access to email and online pornography are due concerns

“A key factor in reducing reoffending is improving employability.To get a job you must focus on literacy and numeracy, which DS consoles do. People who improve these skills are less likely to return to jail.” Opines a representative of the Scottish Prison Service

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Date: January 25th, 2010 - Author: herald

In the mobile gaming world Nintendo has dominated the market with his Game Boy. The Game boy was Number one for a year and DS Lite came later to rule the game world. When the fascinating of Nintendo has come to an end Google and Apple starts their new gaming era with smart phone in the gaming world.

Recent popularity is proving that smart phone will lead the next ten years and introduce more fantastic gaming ideas. Reading a recent article in New York Times, I come to know that subscribers of downloading the games are more than 50% of the billion from the Apple App Store. There are 15,000 games in App Store for iPhone and Google Android device user can play with 3,000 games. Considering all these information that Google and apple’s smart phone is the most popular and will rule the game world for over next decade

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