Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo DS Lite’

Nintendo DS Lite most popular on Cyber Monday

Friday, November 26th, 2010

A hype has been created by this year. Many of the items there are becoming hot favorites to people who are shopping there.

The most wanted product on Google Trends list this time is Lite.

Lite features a port that enables the gamers to play Game Boy Advance Game Paks and also the Games. One can play games for up to 19 hours in just one charge of the battery. It also gets conected to Wi-Fi and gamers can chat and play with other players.

With the dual processors of the the 3D graphics also come to life and it has ulta bright touch screen. Now the visuals are crisp and bright colors.

, and are the good places to get the gaming device. The lowest price offered there is $129.99.

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Japan Chart: Nintendo DS line leads

Monday, October 25th, 2010

The total sales of line in has led all other platforms this week i.e. LL, and Lite, says tracking firm Media Create. The and of saw a sales boost.

The -3000 sold 37,127 units this week ended October 17. It is about a 4,000 unit increase from the last week. The PlayStation 3 saw an increase of 2,000 unit approximately. It jumped to the second position from number four on the charts.

Go experienced a sales boost. From last week’s 1,373 units, it jumped to 1,715 units this week.

On the other side, the sales of hardware of remained constant. Only the hardware had seen a notable change. It sold about 1,500 fewer units than the previous week. It came down to the foruth position.

The total sales of the line this week were 47,101 units. It is enough to lead the sales of all-platforms.

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Nintendo DS line tops Japanese hardware sales

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

For the week ended September 5, the line tops the sales chart of Japanese hardware, announced by Media Created on Friday. The reason behind the ’s top status is the recent sales boost of . It remained on the top of the individual hardware versions chart. With this, the is above the overall of .

Capcom’s Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Ailu Village was relased last week when the sales rose. The slower sales of the title this week mirror to the hardware’s return to #2.

sold 39,936 units. LL alone sold 18,929 units, the and the Lite sold 16,968 and 4,039 units respectively.

From last week the sales of all the platforms remained consistent, apart from the . It indicated the steady hardware sales and it left the rankings almost unchanged.

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Face Training game in Nintendo for facial wellness

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

In the game had announced earlier to release a camera for the and Lite. Three years had been passed since the announcement and in between two new versions of the had been released. Now, finally September 24th is the date when the will be released. Its a European release date.

So, now, apart from and XL, gamers can enjoy this game on Lite also.

In fact is not a game. It is similar to the Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training series. Here, instead of training the brain daily, there is a daily session with to improve the facial wellness.

Gamers are suggested to use it every morning. There will be avatar Miles to demonstrate the exercises on the left screen and gamers can see their face through the video feed on the right screen.

However, did not mention that this exercise will make anyone younger.

It says, “Target the Ocular Muscle with an eye exercise that can help to ease tension around the eyes.”

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Nintendo sales takes big leap after retail price cut

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Sales of have taken a big leap, a leap of 40% every week since the trade price of was lowered last month.

The current price of the is £129.99 and it is being promoted to comsumers as part of a ‘’ campaign.

Rob Saunders, head of communications of , said: “Since the adjustment in trade price has been passed on to consumers, each of the previous three weeks have seen sales increase by over 40 per cent week-on-week.”

The company, as it is usually, stressed that it does not directly dictate RRPs and the firm also stipulated that the price cut only applies to the and not to others, the Lite and XL.

For the past week the platform holder is running ‘’ TV ads on many channels during prime time.

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Pokemon Leaf Green game SKIN at only $6.98

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The Leaf Green game SKIN 15 for Lite costs just $6.98 and it is too useful. Below are the features of it:

It is superior-quality breathable vinyl stick-ons/decals. It resembles a paint job same as hot rods and race cars.

This will not tear up as paper does and it will also not leave any residue like stickers if it is removed anytime.

The skins are made in USA and the materials in Japan and USA.

Enough thickness in protecting the system from scratches.

It does not void any kind of warranty of the system because it is not replacing any parts.

The company has more than seven years online selling experience and guarantees 100% money back.

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Stopping R4 chips sale on e-bay and Amazon did not help much in piracy

Friday, February 19th, 2010

The deal of with the major online merchant sites such as and to stop the selling of has not done much to dampen the games’ piracy.

Piracy became easy with this chip. It goes into a cartridge slot of and through that illegal downloaded games is easily played on the .

Last year in the month of May both and had agreed of changing the user policy in order to prevent the sale of modified chips on their sites.

, the managing director of , said that the arrangement with the two retailing sites has not made much impact on the piracy front of the games.

After the introduction of R4 the company has seen a decline in the sales of the game sales. Though the two giant retailing websites is out of the picture, but still some smaller online retailers have been trying to make easy and fast cash by selling the modified chips.

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DS Lite vs classic Nintendo

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Lite is smaller than one third compared to the classic and has a weight of less than 20%. Lite features brighter screens and with four levels of brightness which give a higher gloss to the games.

With its fantastic look Lite is not just the top of portable entertainment, but also a true masterpiece of design. Amazing screen brightness: where the old was causing visibility problems in the presence of soft lights, we can rejoice four adjustable levels of brightness for both screens.

This new version of the will soon establish itself as the technological gadget to have at all costs. Moreover, it is a that has managed to sell 13 million units around the world, and we do not doubt the new version will collect even greater consensus among the general public.

The layout of buttons in is the same, changing only the position of the keys “select” and “start”, moved to the bottom right, but it lacks the power button, replaced by a lever to push (you have to push up a second and a half during ignition and shutdown) on the right side of the .

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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 -3000 captured, but along with its 3 different models were able to edge out the ’s line overall.

For January 31 week end 47,875 units of UMD-based -3000 was sold. Earlier it was 52,909. The newer UMD-less sibling 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 LL, of landed to the third-place spot after the Wii. It sold 34,863 units, up about 10,000 units. All the line combined, even the LL, the , and the 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.

sales rose notably. It was 34,431 units, which is up from 26,966.

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Nintendo DS consoles for DIM cons in a bid

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

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

The 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, gaming 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 of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. said it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money to buy gaming 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 do. People who improve these skills are less likely to return to jail.” Opines a representative of the

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