Nintendo DS- November 30
Look like Wal-Mart is taking pre-orders for the new Nintendo DS game system. Is going to be selling for $199.82 and has a release date of 11/30/04 (my birthday). I'm sure all these details have been out for a while now, but I haven't really been following closly. Some things that impress me:
It's probably smart for Nintendo to do this soon as I imagine the PSP isn't going to be too far off. When I saw the PSP, I figured Nintendo was done for if they didn't have something up their sleave because it totally blows away the GBA.
But with the superior 3D capability than the Nintendo 64, this could hold up quite the competition. Nintendo does have a lot of support from developers for their mobile game platform since they have been the king for the past 15 years. Plus, the system is backward compatible with a 15 year gaming library. PSP vs. Nintendo DS could get very interesting soon.
- "If software developers desire, multiple players can compete in wireless games, even if only one person has a game card inserted. Players could also test-play games for themselves as long as they stayed connected."
- "With the newly developed graphics engine, DS can reproduce impressive 3-D renderings that can surpass images displayed on the Nintendo 64. Games will run at 60 frames per second, and allow details like fog effects and cel shading."
- For its compact cards, the unit uses newly developed semiconductor memory, which allows for lower cost, shorter manufacturing time and memory capacity of more than one gigabit of information.
- Nintendo DS makes a vast library of Game Boy Advance games readily available. Developers could find ways to make new connections between GBA games and DS games.
It's probably smart for Nintendo to do this soon as I imagine the PSP isn't going to be too far off. When I saw the PSP, I figured Nintendo was done for if they didn't have something up their sleave because it totally blows away the GBA.
But with the superior 3D capability than the Nintendo 64, this could hold up quite the competition. Nintendo does have a lot of support from developers for their mobile game platform since they have been the king for the past 15 years. Plus, the system is backward compatible with a 15 year gaming library. PSP vs. Nintendo DS could get very interesting soon.