DS sleep mode details revealed!
Cubed: "Yet more juicy details are forthcoming today regarding the brand new Nintendo DS portable platform system that is due to hit the US in November. This time it is an update regarding the DS's sleep function. Apparently, just like the Game Boy Advance, the system will have the ability to power down slightly in order to save on vital battery power.
However, whereas the GBA required developers to code this into their games and have gamers actually pause play and select the option manually, the DS is to be more user and developer friendly. This time around things are far more 'advanced', with the portable powering down some of its battery-consuming inner workings, pausing the title, as well as switching off the back-lights once the screens are folded by the player.
This could well give Nintendo hopeful system yet another boost in the face of the more powerful Sony PSP..."
Jeremy: Looks like Nintendo is putting in lots of little (practical) features like this to add lots of appeal to the DS.
However, whereas the GBA required developers to code this into their games and have gamers actually pause play and select the option manually, the DS is to be more user and developer friendly. This time around things are far more 'advanced', with the portable powering down some of its battery-consuming inner workings, pausing the title, as well as switching off the back-lights once the screens are folded by the player.
This could well give Nintendo hopeful system yet another boost in the face of the more powerful Sony PSP..."
Jeremy: Looks like Nintendo is putting in lots of little (practical) features like this to add lots of appeal to the DS.
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U guys rock my world, I come to your site everyday to check out news on the ds! Thanks for the hard work. As for this new update, im really excited about it. For some of my earlier gba games i didnt even have the ability to put it in sleep mode. now i can leave the game from exactly where i left off if i choose not to shut it down. great news!
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