Students made orchestra out of Nintendo DS Lite games

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Can Nintendo DS Lite games ever become musical instruments? Truly speaking, the answer is a big NO. But…

But, the at Widnes school it is possible. The children of the school formed an orchestra, of course pleasing one, by just using the Nintendo DS Lite games machines as their musical instruments.

Ah! Isn’t something really great and creative?

Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School students played the Nintendo DS Lite games supported music at the opening of a Liverpool exhibition that was organised by the city’s Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT). The event was entitled Space Invaders – Art and the Computer Game Environment. It will run until February 21 next year.

The kids of the school joined the artist and also the regular FACT associate Ross Dalziel to use PixelH8’s Tech Master Chiptune software for Nintendo DS Lite gaming system.

This unique project was a part of the Halton Borough Council’s small school arts cluster.

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Nintendo in Australia too

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

The predecessor of Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DS Lite launched in Australia in the year 2006, and along with the original Nintendo DS that was launched in the year 2005, has together gone on to sell through over 1.9million units there and 100million units world wide. Since the year 2006, the Nintendo DS Lite has been the number one in Australia as selling console.

It is available in stores since Thursday 2 April and the Nintendo DSi has been launched with a special late night opening in the EB Games Swanston Street Nintendo Experience store in Melbourne, Victoria.

Here, the customers were able to be the first in Australia play on the Nintendo DSi. The updated console now includes some very new features such as the Nintendo DSi Camera – 2 cameras, 11 different lenses and also it has the ability to store, play and manipulate music and an SD memory card slot.

It is also now slimmer and has an increase in sound quality and even have bigger LCD screens.

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Nintendo on the way of launching in US

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Nintendo is going to launch its latest version of the portable video game system in the United States. The expected date is April 5. The company will add 2 digital cameras to it and also an added feature of the ability to play with sound recordings.

The DSi that is at present available in its home country i.e. Japan will be costing $170 and will be available in 2 colors - black and blue. This is in fact the 3rd iteration of the most popular handheld gaming system on the planet. The DS Lite, its predecessor, comes at the cost of $130.

The new one that is going to be launched will be slimmer than the DS Lite, sports bigger screens and will include 2 digital cameras — one that will face outward and the other to point at the user when the device is flipped open. Nintendo likened them to a set of eyes.

The maker of Nintendo says, “If the touch screen gave Nintendo DS a sense of feel and the microphone allowed it to hear, the two cameras give DSi the sense of sight. With the use of the Nintendo DSi players can manipulate photos, mix all the images and even share them with friends.
The launch is announced when millions of people are turning to mobile games such as on the DS and on smart phones like Apple’s iPhone to themselves busy when free.

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