I have no idea how much 3,800 yen is when converted to pounds or dollars but hopefully it shouldn't be significently more than a game. I think this is good news. It's more proof the DS is capable of producing the same things the PSP can. And from the sounds of how the dual screen and touch screen are to be used, easier and better.
I'd be more interested in the web browser than the TV tuner though.
The web browser seems okay, but the tv tuner seems rather pointless, not to mention that the clip said that it only worked on a Japanese broadcast format.
The browser will be a budget game, like Polarium. So half the price.
Less than £25 - Be happy.
I think nintendo is trying to keep up with the psp and maybe trying to prefect it a little. Anyone seen the right up on opera going to the DS?
holy hell, its only about 26 or so dollars! But why can't you use a stylus for a mouse?
Is there a chance that they'd bring this to other countries and make it possible to watch shows in those countries?
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i hope it comes out in the U.S. and it most likely will..but who knows some how the fcc would find a way to get in the way
It's awesome in my opinion, but then again, I doubt it'll follow through. I've read of countless devices and programs for the DS/GBA that were never released.
Well considering how well the GBA TV tuner sold, I don't know if it'll make it to the west. Then again, it was £60, whereas this will most likely be much cheaper.
Ha ha, we will be all chatting on the forums with DS's. Something to think about though is if they bring the TV tuner over. Will it receive ATSC signal?
Now you'll be able to recieve hate mail from that guy you skull raped in Mario Kart DS.
Life is good.
I've noticed that a DS can pick up a wi-fi signal better than most laptops can.
*Imagines surfing the internet in my room...*
[quote=Roger Smith]Now you'll be able to recieve hate mail from that guy you skull raped in Mario Kart DS.
Life is good.
"Skull raped"?
Ha that's awesome. That is sure going ot put more competition between the DS and PSP. For those Sony lovers out there tha think the PSP is the greatest handheld media thing to ever happpen, this may possably change some minds as they see its capabilities.
Thats imaginable, just badly used.
Not really. It's a standard term.
So getting away from raping skulls and such, I heard that the TV tuner might work like a radio with the antenna, where you can walk anywhere and watch TV. I really hope this is true, because that would be uttery awesome.
Drewboy: That's exactly how it'll work. How else would it?!
Hate to burst your bubbles, but there won't be any TV tuner for the US. Nintendo IS considering having the browser released out here though.
I'd like to see a source on this. If I remember correctly, portable TVs work worldwide - not only that, but DS screens are a standard anyway, so no region specificness should occur.
Wouldn't that be quite expensive to set up, though?
What? It requires no setup. It just receives normal TV signals from the ether and displays them.
The problem with regions when it comes to TVs is that each region has a different refresh rate, and has to decode stuff differently to display it differently. DS screens, however, are standard screens (they all refresh at the same rate). The TV tuner must be able to receive a wide range of signals from the broadcaster and 'translate' them, as it were, to the DS screen, and I don't see any reason why 50Hz, 60Hz, and 100Hz signals can't all be handled by the same machine.
The TV tuner will be roughly 32 USD.
I want web browser, the TV thing was once for GameBoy, though.
Yeah, Blaze made a TV Tuner for GBA. It was massive, though, and cost twice as much as a game, so it didn't shift.
http://www.gameboy-advance.net/accessories/gameboy_advance_tv_tuner_review.htm
Good quality, but expensive. And region-specific, too, so I might have been wrong before.
EDIT: £25 at Lik-Sang!
That thing looks ridiculous. The use of the GBA to play some GCN games on may look appealing to some people, but to me it's a complete waist of a feature since you need to plug it in to the system. You would do better to play on your TV. :p:
Well, exactly. Portable TV is all it's good for, unless you have freakishly long cables and an Afterburner to watch it in bed.
Kind of makes me laugh seeing as you need to be really uneducated in knowing things before you buy them to go and purchase this thing. Big cost, large product, plus a big waist of energy makes it so unatractive. I just hope the DS version does a lot better than this thing.