Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo’

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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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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Nintendo DS consoles for DIM cons in a bid

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

If you are an aficionado of Nintendo DS gaming consoles then you might want to become an inmate at a Scottish detention center. This is because that the government of Scotland has proposed that the prisoners should be provided with Nintendo DS Consoles to barin-train them.

The consoles will be provided in all the prison libraries. This recommendation came after a study into how the cons should or can be educated.

According to the said research, Nintendo DS gaming consoles had helped young children who were having difficulty at the primary schools, therefore they should be used to augment the reading and counting ability.

The report cited the example of the US, where the prisoners were allowed to use PlayStations.

The proposal, however, was opposed by Matthew Elliot of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. Matthew Elliot said it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money to buy gaming consoles for the crooks. He said: “It is a completely ridiculous idea. Most taxpayers can’t afford Nintendos for their own children. So why should prisoners get them?”

The report also reluctantly talked about the provision of Internet Access to the prisoners. It noted that access to email and online pornography are due concerns

“A key factor in reducing reoffending is improving employability.To get a job you must focus on literacy and numeracy, which DS consoles do. People who improve these skills are less likely to return to jail.” Opines a representative of the Scottish Prison Service

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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 DSi XL to be released in March

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Nintendo is planning to release the next version of the portable console DSi XL in the first week of March at Europe. DSi XL has large screens each measuring about 4.2 inches. Its screen resolution is 256×192 pixels and the computing power of the console remains the same.

The console weighs about 314 and also has large plastic stylus for easy handling. The battery is charged upto 50 percent which gives optimal level of brightness as well as increases the duration upto 8 hours. The device is sold in many attractive colors and comes with a title of DSiWare Dr. Kawashima’s Gehirn-Jogging Art-Version.

Additional feature of the console is that it is provided with a digital dictionary and web browser. The other two versions of DSi XL are still in market. DSi XL will cost around 180 -200 in the store. Game lovers are waiting for the release of this wonderful gaming console.

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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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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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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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DSi LL launched in Japan

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Good news for Japan as well as for the Nintendo fans. Over this weekend all the gamers in Japan were able to play the latest iteration of the Nintendo’s DS handheld. It is the DSi LL.

It has attracted the fans with its two large, in fact much large, screens compared to the previous versions, which is the DSi and the DS Lite. It also has two new touch pens (both a large and a small) and 3 pre-installed WiiWare titles. It will go on sale in Japan on the 21st of December, or last Saturday.