Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo DS’

DateFeb 11, 2006
Nintendo DS Offers New Features, Including Voice Chat

The video games industry’s “story of the year” for 2005 is growing even more compelling early in 2006, as Nintendo today announced major new initiatives for its hot-selling Nintendo DS portable game system. In a matter of weeks: DS owners will sample free games simply by visiting their local game retailers; players will enjoy live, [...]

DateJan 30, 2006
Time For Some Brain Training

After decades of exercising players’ thumbs, Nintendo is now moving to their minds. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS will help players flex their mental muscles. Brain Age represents the first in a series of U.S. brain-training titles that already have taken Japan by storm. Brain exercise has been [...]

DateJan 28, 2006
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll

Super Monkey Ball is one of the strangest concepts to come out of any gaming generation. First exclusive to the GameCube, SEGA really brought us something original when developing these games. So far we’ve gotten two console Super Monkey Ball games and the GBA Super Monkey Ball Jr. Next month we will be receiving the [...]

DateJan 28, 2006
Tao’s Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal

Nintendo these days seems to be a company starved for quality RPG titles on their systems. The GameCube was not heavily supported with the genre, and the DS doesn’t have much either. We have gotten some great RPGs like Tales of Symphonia, Fire Emblem and Paper Mario. However, all those games are iterations of extremely [...]

DateJan 26, 2006
Nintendo Announces the DS Lite

The long rumored redesigned DS has finally been revealed by Nintendo of Japan today. Here’s what we know so far: • Nintendo is planning to launch the DS Lite in Japan on March 2, 2006 • Priced at 16,800 Yen, 1,800 Yen more expensive than the original • More than 20 percent lighter and two-thirds [...]

DateJan 25, 2006
Super Princess Peach

The guy has been saving the girl for 20 years. It started with Mario saving the damsel in distress Princess Toadstool in the original Super Mario Bros. It has continued to this generation, with games constantly having the well-built male characters coming to the rescue of the opposite sex. Not every game has been that [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
Dollars for Bells, Buy Animal Crossing Currency

“Short on bells? Portable Gaming Currency has got you covered, and they’ll get you back to digital purchasing lickity split. It’ll cost you though as bells can be traded for dollars through their online PayPal store. From the site: “There are two ways to obtain currency through us. The first is to click the Store [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
USA Today on Nintendo’s “Solid” DS Lineup

“One year and more than 13 million units later, Nintendo remains the king of the hand-held gaming market with its acclaimed Nintendo DS device, ahead of Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) at just over 10 million units sold. While the $129 Nintendo DS doesn’t support digital music, movies and photos as with the pricier PSP ($249), [...]

DateJan 16, 2006
No Re-designed DS, Yet

Nintendo of Europe has told GamesIndustry.biz that there are no plans to unveil a redesigned version of the multi-million selling Nintendo DS handheld this week, despite rumours to the contrary. Reports of a redesign began to emerge after online retailer Lik-Sang said Nintendo was planning to unveil the new unit at a press conference in [...]

DateJan 14, 2006
Nintendo DS Re-design Coming this Monday?

Nintendo DS re-design rumors have been circulating for months and many expected to learn more at this year’s E3, but Lik-Sang.com reports that a re-design may be revealed sooner than previously thought: “Late last year Reggie Fils-Aime, chief marketing manager for Nintendo said how they’ve been looking into re-designing the DS ever since its launch, [...]