Posts Tagged ‘DSi’
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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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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Nintendo again tops the chart
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
The Media-Create’s weekly Japanese hardware sales list was captured by the PSP-3000 captured, but Nintendo DS along with its 3 different models were able to edge out the Sony’s handheld line overall.
For January 31 week end 47,875 units of UMD-based PSP-3000 was sold. Earlier it was 52,909. The newer UMD-less sibling PSP Go has fallen down in its unit sales again this week. It sold 1,645 units. Prior week it was 1,773.
The larger-screened version, the DSi LL, of Nintendo landed to the third-place spot after the Wii. It sold 34,863 units, up about 10,000 units. All the DS line combined, even the DSi LL, the DSi, and the DS Lite, total sold 66,457 unit, which is up from the combined sales of 49,398 prior week. All the credit goes to Dragon Quest VI.
PS3 sales rose notably. It was 34,431 units, which is up from 26,966.
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Best year ever for Nintendo DS, Good year for Nintendo Wii as well
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Nintendo has released its sales figures. According to Nintendo, it has been the best year ever for Nintendo DS and a great year for Wii as well.
They have revealed that the two Nintendo DS models- Nintendo DS Lite and Dsi have sold a total combined of 11.2 million units in US in 2009. According to them, it is a new calendar year record for any video game console.
Nintendo Wii has saw sales volumes of 9.6 million units, which is lower by 5.7% as compared to 2008, but still it is an exceptional sales figure. They also told that 18.6% of the units were sold in November and December 2009 which implies that the company can expect good sales in 2010.
The lifetime sales volume of Wii stands at 27.2 million units whereas it is 38.8 million units for Nintendo DS, i.e. it is ahead of Gameboy Advance.
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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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Mad Catz announced new peripherals for Nintendo Wii and DS handheld
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Mad Catz Interactive has announced some of the new peripherals for Nintendo Wii and also for the DS handheld. Mad Catz is widely known for providing accessories for gaming consoles. Most of the new announcements of Mad Catz are related to portable gaming devices.

The Wii of the Nintendo is only getting the Wireless SenseBar. This accessory of it will allow the gamer to pre-set a timer for number of hours they have planned to use the connection. It allows them to converse the power and also to be sure that they can access the service always. This new gadget of Mad Catz is usable with both AC power and also with batteries.
On the other hand, the Nintendo DS and the DSi version are becoming a larger array of add ons. Out of the add ons, most of them are specially designed to protect the device which can get damaged as it is used on the go.
The two examples are Suede Game Wallet and the Premium Suede Folio Case, priced at 14.99 and 19.99 dollars, are well designed to allow gamers to carry the handheld abreast of extra stylus peripherals and also game cases.
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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 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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