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 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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