Posts Tagged ‘ds’
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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Nintendo sales chart takes a southward slope by 40%
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
The previous quarter of financial statements was released by Nintendo recently and it revealed that the demand for the Wii and DS platforms may be slowing down henceforth in the face of the current recession. The net sale of Nintendo have fallen by 40 percent if we compare it to the sales in the same period last year.

According to data the drop in net sales of Nintendo has created a 66 percent fall in quarterly operating profit. To this report Nintendo says that it is mostly due to slowing demand for the Nintendo Wii and also due to the strengthening position of the Yen.
It is not surprising at all that both the Wii and also the DS have been selling like the hottest of hotcakes for sometime and now it may finally be reaching a saturation point. Also do not forget to take the economic situation into account.
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DS the best sold gaming console
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
It seems that Japan is still interested in handhelds and in Wii Sports Resort. The chart shows that the Nintendo DS is the best sold gaming console. Through the chart it also seems that the Nintendo made game still leads the software charts with a very good margin.
46,855 units of DSi was sold in one week and its only rival, the PlayStation Portable from Sony, took the second place with sales figure of 32,849 units. The DS Lite is at 7,500 units in one week.
In the home gaming console the Nintendo Wii sold close to 25,000 units and it was on the top. It is more than the PS3 and the Xbox 360 managed to sell together.
The big news is from the software charts in which Wii Sports Resort sold more 155,000 copies in the second week of its shelf life. The overall sale of it is more than half a million units.
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Blaze 3-in-1 easily switches from DS to other game
Monday, July 13th, 2009
It is quite possible that if any one has ADD then he or will also probably play video games. Moreover, he or she will probably just don’t sit with any game for very long.

So, here is a new toy for all such kids and game loving people. This unique and special device will now allow people to very quickly flip between their favorite games on his or her Nintendo DS Lite. They can even choose from three different games and that too in just flicking of a switch.
This is BLAZE 3-in-1 game selector. It features three cartridge bays and also a single ribbon connector. This connector of the device plugs into the DS’ cartridge slot.
This device adds bulk to the DS Lite. The best thing of this device is that one can now choose from multiple games without having to exactly carry around an additional case.
There are 3 green LEDs lights and it indicates which game is presently active.
It costs about $13 only.
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