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Nintendo larger-sized version releasing on March 28
Monday, March 1st, 2010
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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The Nintendo odyssey
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
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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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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Sonic The Hedgehog Socks Will Hit The Stores With Mad Catz
Monday, January 11th, 2010
There is more to come from Mad Catz for the Nintendo DS in the accessory market. It is more focusing to high end fight sticks and also to the mice and keyboards that is of non-gaming lifestyle.

Now, if you have a need of Sonic the Hedgehog socks, then yes, Mad Catz has it for you… covered.
Apart from the licensing of Nintendo products officially, as all of us know such as the wireless Wii sensor bars, the company is also signing up Sonic the Hedgehog for several DS accessories. These accessories of Mad Catz will be keeping the portable safe from harm.
Sonic’s visage is like socks, shells, a wallet like thing. All these will be hitting stores near you later this year.
The name given to the products by Mad Catz is Sonic the Hedgehog Character Sockz, Sonic the Hedgehog Character ArmorCase and also Sonic the Hedgehog Character Microfiber Soft Case.
The price for all: $12.99 USD
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New wireless charger for Nintendo DS from Olin
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Recently Olin introduced in Australian market a new charging technology and all Nintendo fans may be happy to hear this news because the first product of Olin will be for the Nintendo DS. Now, with the help of this Olin charger, all Nintendo fans can now charge their device wirelessly.

This new universal wireless power system from Olin is called Qi, which means that the consumers can now simply lay Nintendo DS on a charging pad and within few moments it gets charged by electromagnetic induction.
The product will come with a sleeve and charging pad. The sleeve may also be used to protect the casing for your gaming console. Moreover, the product can be taken anywhere easily.
Installation is very simple of Qi. Only gamers need to plug in the pad and then place the Nintendo DS device into the sleeve. This sleeve is easily placed on the pad.
The Qi product for Nintendo DS Lite will cost only RRP $129.
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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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Guiar Hero games in Nintendo DS
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
It is the race of continue churning out the Guitar Hero games to that extent as much it is possible. Activision is doing something sillier than the Band Hero for its Nintendo DS.

After 3 Guitar Hero On Tour games its Nintendo DS in a single year, it now starts the branding of new family-friendly E-rated version of its music game. It is the fourth one.
As the name goes, Band Hero will let players play guitar, drums and also vocals.
Are you asking how?
Band Hero ships with the guitar grip controller and a rubber sleeve fitting over the DS Lite. It overlays the face buttons of the unit with four soft rubbery drum pads that can be pressed with thumbs.
Choose to sing with a microphone is also possible in it.
Guitar is similar to its three previous versions. The guitar grip plugs in into the Boy Advance slot of the DS Lite hardware.
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Bigger screens for Nintendo DS from next month
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Nintendo is going to launch its latest version of the DS next month. This new version will be having a larger screen.
It will go on sale on November 21 in Japan for 20,000 Yen, little more than what it charges for the present version of DS.
In the overseas market this new version of Nintendo will go on sale by the first quarter of the next year.
Each screen of this DS will be of 4.2-inch in size, which is double the area of the 3-inch screens on the DS Lite. It is even larger than the screen of DSi.
Though bigger screens, but the resolution remains the same. It is equivalent in battery life. As of the DS, it also has 3 hours battery life, which is half hour more than the DSi.
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Rumor: Brand new Nintendo portable launching this season
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
After a massive success in the portable gaming market with 3 versions, the DS, DS Lite and DSi, Nintendo is at present working on the development of the little dual-screen wonder’s replacement.
Rumor is there that a brand new Nintendo portable system is getting ready for retail launch this Christmas. The rumor report also reveals that it will be powered by NVIDIA’s new TEGRA system-on-a-chip. This includes an ARM-based processor and an integrated GeForce graphics.
Sad to say, before expectant the Nintendo fans have started gleefully bouncing off at the prospect of more portable gaming glory, and may be a device that is more capable in terms of core specification.
Well, a spokesperson of Nintendo said that the Christmas 2010 arrival of any such portable platform is a “rumour and speculation.”
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DS sold more than other Nintendo products
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
DSi is the buzz. It is selling more than the DS, more than the DS Lite, and also more than the Wii.
The third iteration of the Nintendo DS has sold 6.86 million units globally. The more remarkable story is that the speed at which consumers have snapped the device up.

Denise Kaigler, Vice president of corporate affairs of Nintendo of America, said that the DSi has sold more units in the first 3 months in the United States than the original DS could manage. It was 1.7 million and the original was 1.38 million. It was even more than the DS Lite (1.07 million) could manage. Not only this, it is also more than the Wii (1.52 million) could manage.
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