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DSi XL launching this month in North America
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Nintendo has indicated about the launch of its large screen DSi XL in North America very soon.
This new one has two 4.2 inch screens and this is 93 percent larger than the screens of the DS Lite. It is made such for a better viewing angle and also for making the console more social.
Talking about the social nature of it, the game will be also launching two portable games named America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking and WarioWare: D.I.Y.
“For some people, good things come in big packages,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing exclaimed.
He also added further, “Our Nintendo DS family of systems has been going strong since 2004, and this new portable system really lets players enjoy the fun together.”
In the feature matters, this new version has has all the same features as the DSi system such as two cameras, photo and sound manipulation tools.
With broadband connection one can easily upload photos directly to Facebook and can also download the latest DSiWare games and apps.
March 28, 2010 is the launching date.
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DS Lite has a refined outlook
Monday, February 15th, 2010
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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DS Lite vs classic Nintendo
Friday, February 12th, 2010
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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Multiple sales records of Nintendo in 2009
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
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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Nintendo DS screens increased by 93% of DS Lite
Friday, January 15th, 2010
This spring, the market in UK would witness the launch of a large screen version of the popular gaming console, the Nintendo DS. Today, Nintendo announced this news.
DSi XL would have 4.2’’ dual screens which are as much as 93% larger than the DS Lite.
According to Nintendo, the larger screens would enhance the game play especially in games such as Mario Kart and the Legend of Zelda.
The console would be launched in different colors such as wine red and dark brown and would also comprise of built-in educational software and a dictionary.
XL would allow gamers to download games from the Nintendo DSi shop and they would be able to create and share photos.
According to the industry experts, the Japanese company will branch out because Smartphones are becoming more and more popular for gaming.
The handheld version of Nintendo Ds has been a great success in Europe. It has touched sales figures of as much as 40 million since its launch in 2005.
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The best selling console in Europe is Nintendo DS
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Nintendo DS has been announced in European history as becoming the best selling console.
The family of Nintendo DS, including the DS Lite and also the DSi, have now shifted more than 40 million units in only the Europe market. Nintendo boasted that the handheld achieved this milestone of success within five years and this is a new console record.
In the same chart the Wii claims to be the fastest selling home console in the Europe market by achieving the sale figure of 20 million within just three years.
Talking towards the software side, the Wii Sports Resort has been shifted around 5 million copies in the 5 months after its release in the late July.
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Nintendo and Intel to develop new console
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Nintendo and Intel may join hands. This is the latest news coming from different sources. It is now much talked that both the giants could be in talks to develop new console. It is also presumed that the new console may be the inevitable successor to the Wii.
Intel may tempt Nintendo to use its latest graphics processor, Larrabee. This is also being assumed if the talk between the two implements.
Many also believed that in 2010 or early 2011 a HD Wii system will be launched. It is presumed that the talks between Nintendo and Intel would be with regard to a next-gen console as opposed to the re-jigged platform such as comparison between the Nintendo DSi and the DS/DS Lite.
Well, lets wait and watch what happens. And also to watch whether this would be the right move for Nintendo by ignoring options that are provided by ATI and Nvidia.
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R4 DS card of Nintendo is cost effective
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
We all know that Nintendo R4 DS card has raised the status of game console. It is not an alien subject to us.
Added information here which many of us may not know is that you all also be careful of it since fraudulence is also common in the pertinent scenario. When you order Nintendo DS Lite then you get a hold of the one awe-inspiring chip and along with it also copious numbers of several devices that will maintain the R4 card of it.
Then what can you find in a Nintendo R4 DS card?
It is said by experts that R4 DS card package consists a R4 card that is destined to connect the slot 1 of the Nintendo device, a setting up disc and a USB card reader. The R4 card shell is usually black in color and it is an important chain for helping the cartridge of the Nintendo. The key chain is in fact properly used as grip to set of R4 card while on walk on the roads.
Yeah, don’t forget that the R4 DS card also enables secondary operations likes changing fonts and also of background colors. You can also create music and videos with the help of the moonshell
One can read the text stored in memory card set in a R4 card. Not to forget, the operating system of the device act with 3 languages, Japanese, Chinese and English.
Nintendo R4 DS card has got hold of the multi-media market with its flexible types.
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DS again remains best-selling in Japan
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
According to the data released from Media Create, it is revealed that the Nintendo DS again remains the best-selling console in Japan. The data is for the week ending 18th of October.
Nintendo DS sold 51 735 units in combined total. In it the DSi contributed 49 145 and the DS Lite just 2 590. It is also learned from the data that the sales of the DSi has dropped marginally from last week’s tally but there was a drop of 2800 units on DS Lite.
In the second place is the PSP with 33 508 units. It has dropped quite substantially from last week’s 40 100. The third place is reserved for the PS3 with 30 231 units. It is just 266 units ahead of the Wii in fourth place with 29 965. The sales of both remains steady from last week.
There was a slight increase in the sales of Xbox 360. It is the only console to record a sales boost with 2 109 units sold. The PS2 is steady with 2 109 units.
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