Posts Tagged ‘DS Lite’
Europe drops DS price
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
After Japan, now it is Europe to cut price. The price of both model DS’s falls, but not that of the XL.
Nintendo Europe confirmed that Nintendo DS Lite’s and the DSi’s prices will be dropping from June 18 in Europe.
Well, there has been no set amount yet for the drop in the prices because it will be left up to the retailers. They will be deciding the reduced price for the consoles.
It is not clear why this move comes from Nintendo. Is it that it is to clear stock for a new handheld that is coming soon?
Also in Australia there was a price fall of Nintendo DSi and the DS Lite was ignored after the DSi came to the market.
Well, don’t expect any more drop.
Posted in Nintendo DS Lite | No Comments »
DS XL is being sold more than PSP in Japan
Monday, May 24th, 2010
According to the latest retail data from Japan, the Nintendo DS SKUs of Nintendo has outsold the PSP handheld of Sony.
On Friday the Media Create Co. reported that 15,879 units of Nintendo DSi LL were sold units and it ranked No. 3 hardware between the time period of May 10 and May 16.
In the same period 9990 units of Nintendo DSi were sold.
For the week the DS Lite was sold by 2,695 units.
The PSP ranked No. 1 and it had sold 24,475 units and the PSP go sold 871 units. It was ranked at No. 9.
In the month of March Nintendo also released the Nintendo DSi XL to the U.S. retail. It is
better known with the two 4.2-inch LCD screens and each of it is 93 percent larger than the Nintendo DS Lite handheld. It also features 2 digital cameras. It has improved battery life and comes with larger stylus.
This handheld was price tagged at at $189.99.
Posted in General | No Comments »
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.
Posted in Nintendo DS Lite | No Comments »
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.
Posted in General | No Comments »
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.
Posted in Nintendo DS Lite | No Comments »
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
Posted in General | No Comments »
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.
Posted in Nintendo DS Lite | No Comments »
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.
Posted in General | No Comments »
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.
Posted in Nintendo DS Lite | No Comments »
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.
Posted in General | No Comments »