Posts Tagged ‘DS Lite’
DSi XL Handheld Device
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
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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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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Rise Of Smart Phone Gaming, Is It Next Nintendo?
Monday, January 25th, 2010
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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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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The big screen of DS Lite
Friday, January 1st, 2010
From the time of Nintendo DS Lite the idea came for a living room optimized Nintendo DS if we remember properly. In those days the Nintendo was developed to a DS Lite revision that had larger screens. It was never released, but was ready for the production of big screen Nintendo DS Lite. It had screens of 3.8 inch.

This 3.8 inch screen is larger than what we have the standard 3 inch screens on DS Lite. Well, it is on the other hand is smaller than the DSi XL’s 4.2 inch screens.
The Nintendo DS Lite will be flying away from stores and the big screen DS Lite of Nintendo never entered into production. But it is sure that the unreleased piece of hardware for the DS Lite became the base for Nintendo DSi XL.
Yes, much ahead of announcing this new one as the Nintendo DSi LL in the Japan market and as DSI XL in the North America market, the company tossed around other names. Shigeru Miyamoto liked the name Nintendo DSi Deka. This name is Nintendo DSi Large in English.
However, other members of the team suggested to name it as DSi Comfort, DSi Executive, DSi Premium, and DSi Living.
Even Nintendo thought of using the name of DSi XL globally before settling on the name as DSi LL for the Japan market.
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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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Nintendo DS leads in UK market
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Nintendo DS became the best selling games console in the history of UK says new research.
The research figures released by market research company GfK Chart-Track revealed that a little more than 10 million Nintendo DS machines, and its successors the DS Lite and DSi, had been sold till now in the English market. It beats the previous bestseller PlayStation 2 of Sony. Sony has been on sale for about a decade.

The success of Nintendo DS is due to the broad appeal of its family-friendly titles.
Brain Training titles are among the biggest selling games on Nintendo DS. In this game the players are required to solve maths and also reasoning puzzles, and Nintendogs, in which people create and take care of virtual pets.
According to experts the simplicity of Nintendo DS is the key of success. It has only few buttons and it is in fact mainly controlled by poking and writing on a touchscreen with the help of a stylus. It is also appealing to those who are playing video games for the first time.
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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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