Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Trailer Revealed...

Nintendo will launch a multi-million dollar campaign kicking off the company's focus on taking the Nintendo DS online with a film-style teaser trailer hitting movie theaters this weekend.

"There is a great element of surprise to this ad," says Nintendo's advertising manager Kelli Koenig. "The spot opens on a very dramatic situation that you just wouldn't expect to be related to videogames or Nintendo. The spot clearly demonstrates Wi-Fi as it relates to the Nintendo brand with a nod to Mario Kart DS and it does this in a magical, clearly 'ownable ' by Nintendo kind of way."

Impressive. The first opening of Nintendo's newest investment. I could see this being really big.

View/Download Trailer Here

Source: IGN

From Software supports DS

According to Gamefront, From Software announced that they will be supporting the Nintendo DS, and From Software are working on several titles on the Nintendo DS, but no specific title were mentioned.

Source: gba.n64europe.com

-Falco8

Viewtiful Joe DS named

According to Eurogamer, Viewtiful Joe DS has finally gotten an official name, and it's called Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble and the game will be released sometime in 2006.

Source: gba.n64europe.com

-Falco8

Where Do Babies Come From?

Where Do Babies Come From? is the given title to the sequal to Feel the Magic (Project Rub) in Japan. Whether the game will keep the title, or if it will even come over here is still unknown. Either way it seems that the game has a second date with the DS.

Source: Spong

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Nintendo at TGS (kinda)

Today it was announced that Iwata, Nintendo's president, will now be giving a keynote speech at the Tokyo Games Show. While Nintendo will not be showing any hardware at the event, the president's speech will covering the same thing it has for the last year, the state of the gaming and how it must change. The keynote is due at September 17th, 11 am. Whether there will be any news revealed, we will keep you posted.

Source: DS Advanced

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Sonic Rush screenshots

Sega releases screenshots of Sonic Rush for the dual screened system.

Sonic Rush screenshots

Source: Gamecube Europe

-Falco8

New Nintendog screenshots

We have ten news screenshots of Nintendogs, Nintendo's killer app at Japan. Nintendogs will hits in the US on August 22th.



Nintendogs Screenshot 1
Nintendogs Screenshot 2
Nintendogs Screenshot 3
Nintendogs Screenshot 4
Nintendogs Screenshot 5
Nintendogs Screenshot 6
Nintendogs Screenshot 7
Nintendogs Screenshot 8
Nintendogs Screenshot 9
Nintendogs Screenshot 10

Source: GC Cafe

-Falco8

Japan Software Chart

We have Japanese software chart sales for July 24th, and I got to say that it's looking very good for the Nintendo DS right now.

1 GC Super Mario Miracle Baseball Nintendo
2 NDS Yawaraka Atama Juku Nintendo
3 PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12 Konami
4 NDS Work Your Brain: Brain Training For Adults Nintendo
5 PS2 Sengoku Basara Capcom
6 PS2 Ape Escape 3 SCE
7 GBA Beatle Mushi King Sega
8 NDS Yugioh! Nightmare Troubadour Konami
9 GBA Bleach Sega
10 PS2 Full Metal Alchemist 3 Marvellous
11 NDS Rockman 5DS EXE
12 NDS Naruto RPG 2 Tommy
13 GC Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12 Konami
14 NDS Nintendogs Shiba and Friends Nintendo
15 GC Dance Dance Revolution with Mario Nintendo
16 PS2 Gundam True Odyssey Bandai
17 PS2 Pachislot Onimusha 3 Sega
18 PS2 Minna Daisukai Katamari! Namco
19 NDS Full Metal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy Bandai
20 NDS Nintendogs Chihuahua and Friends Nintendo

Source: gba.n64europe.com

-Falco8

New Marvel Nemesis facts and scan

Nintendo Power has info on EA's Marvel Nemesis and a scan.

"The fight between Marvel stars and a new group of flawed heros will spill over onto the Nintendo DS in EA's recently announced dual-screened duel. Joining wolverince, Electra, Spider-man and other marquee names in one-on-one battles are energy-controlling Solara, teleporter The Wink, earth shaker Fault Zone and several as-yet-undisclosed new characters for a total of 18 combatants.

The Imperfects are regular people with extraordinary powers, and they've been assembled by a professorial leader, (yeah, it sounds familiar to us to). What they have against Wolvie, Spidey and the rest, we don't know, but the game's story mode with undoubtedly sort that out.

By Winning bouts in story mode or wirelessly link multiplayer mode, players will earn points that they are free to spend on the game's art, unlockable levels, characters, alternative Marvel costumes and other memorabilia.

The fully 3-D fighting action is augmented by touch control, which triggers special powers. Once a hero's rage has built up, the player can activate a special mode that gives the hero unlimited powers for a limited time. The battle begins this October."

Marvel Nemesis scan

Source: Gaming Evolution

-Falco8

Scans, Scans, Scans!

We've got new scans from these Nintendo DS titles like Lunar Genesis (Lunar: Dragon Song),Castlevania, Londonian Gothic, Deep Labyrinth, and Lost in Blue


Lunar Genesis scan 1(Lunar: Dragon Song)
Lunar Genesis scan 2
Castlevania scan 1
Castlevania scan 2
Londonian Gothic scan
Deep Labyrinth scan
Lost in Blue

Source: gba.n64europe.com, Jeux France,DS Revolution

-Falco8

THQ discuss DS plans

THQ talks about their Nintendo DS plans in the fical year of 2005-2006. THQ plans to release nine different games based on The Incredibles, Scooby-Doo!, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tak, WWE and others.

Source: gba.n64europe.com

-Falco8

Weekly Japanese chart sales

Here's weekly Japanese chart sales for the week of July 11th.

Hardware:
1 Nintendo DS 35,827(this week) 41,503(last week) 1,148,780(YTD) 2,644,376(Total)

2 PlayStation 2 29,841 28,711 1,158,604

3 PSP 21,025 20,390 1,041,486 1,523,738

4 GameBoy Advance SP 9,132 11,176 411,059 5,406,112

5 GameCube 2,773 2,273 129,999

6 Gameboy Advance 318 289 14,343

7 Xbox 221 179 8,386 468,901

Software:
1 PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12 Konami 277,907(this week)

2 PS2 Sarugetchu 3 SCE 94,627 new

3 PS2 Jissen Pachislot! Onimusha 3 Sega 49,350

4 DS Yawaraka Atamajuku Nintendo 49,350 197,162(total)

5 DS Naruto RPG 2 Tomy 36,841

6 GC Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12 Konami 34,465 new

7 GBA Mushiking Sega 28,930 337,451

8 PS2 Gundam: True Odyssey Bandai 28,004 151,647

9 DS Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training Nintendo 20,925 295,864

10 GC Dance Dance Revolution with Mario Nintendo 19,787

Source: M-Create

-Falco8

New tony hawk DS videos

They are really sweet! Take a look here :

Tony Hawk videos

The second one is insider exclusive sorry.

Weekly Poll results

Last week, 300 of you guys voted on what you thought about DS Update. The polls are closed, and here is are the results.

What do you think about DS Update?

Excellent--101 votes
Very Good--82 votes
Good--70 votes
Fair--24 votes
So-So--9 votes
Poor--13 votes
Don't know--1

Well It looks like this site is a hit with some of our viewers. The next poll is "Do you think Nintendo made the right choise by making the Revolution HD-free?"

-Falco8

Revolution Interview

Shigeru Miyamoto recently gave an interview on the Revolution to Electronic Gaming Monthly. You can view the interview HERE.

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Editorial

Ninty Freak has come up with another editorial, again aimed at the next generation. Check out his latest piece,
The Fall of the Playstation Generation.

Two new reviews

We've finally got two new reviews on the site. D*Nyce, our writer, written the Kirby: Canvas Curse and the Need For Speed: Underground 2 reviews, and I wrote second opinions on both of the reviews. Enjoy!

Need for Speed Underground 2 Review

Kirby Canvas Curse Review

-Falco8

Free Nintendogs

As a new promotional campaign, Nintendo will be issuing free copies of it's upcoming pet-simulation Nintendogs to certain registered My Nintendo users. Exactly who will be selected is unannounced and how to become one of the lucky recipients is also unknown. Nintendo hopes that releasing the game a few weeks early to some die-hard fans will help spread the word about the title in time for it's August 22 release date.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

Prince of Persia DS revealed.

Surprising new details concerning the DS interpretation of Ubisoft's critically-acclaimed series have surfaced. The game will take place between the first and second games, and thus will feature many of the same characters from both titles. The most important aspect is the new style of gameplay. Rather than be a blend of platforming and action, this version will be a strategy game of sorts, similar to the "Tactics" style of games. Battles will make use of special cards for attacks and the game will feature a variety of multiplayer modes. The title is expected to release sometime during this year's holiday season. A short preview is available here

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

Revolution Rumors

Here's a new list Revolution titles, but just think of this as speculation as I say:

Animal Crossing Revolution
Nintendo
2007
Online Enabled-TBA

Castlevania Revolution
TBA
TBA
Online Enabled-TBA

Cruisin Usa Revolution
Nintendo
2006
Online Enabled-Yes

Donkey Kong Adventures
Nintendo
2007
Online Enabled-TBA

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Revolution
Square Enix
TBA
Online Enabled-TBA

Kid Icarus Revolution
TBA
TBA
Online Enabled-TBA

Killing Day
TBA
2006
Online Enabled-TBA

King Kong
Ubisoft France
2006
Onlined Enabled-TBA

Legend of Zelda Revolution
Nintendo
2007
Online Enabled-TBA

Mario Revolution
Nintendo
2006
Online Enabled-TBA

Metroid Prime 3
Retro Studios
March 2006
Online Enabled-Yes

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Eurocom
2006
Online Enabled-TBA

Pokemon World
Nintendo
2007
Online Enabled-Yes

Star Fox: Galaxy
Nintendo
2007
Online Enabled-Yes

Super Smash Bros. Revolution
Nintendo
TBA
Online Enabled-Yes

Xenias
Retro Studios
March 2006
Online Enabled-Yes

The Darkness
Starbreeze AB
TBA
Online Enabled-TBA

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Ubisoft
2006
Online Enabled-Yes

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 4
Ubisoft
2006
Online Enabled-Yes

I bet you guys seen these rumored Revo specs before, but GameInformer will be posting these specs on their next issues:

Rev Specs:
2 G5 1.8GHZ CPUS (NOT 2XCORE)
512K L2 Cache

1200 MHZ Front Side BUS - Xbox 360’s FSB is 1000 MHz

600MHz GPU with 12MB embedded 1T SRAM – 2x Pipes 4x T read?

128MB 1T SRAM MAIN MEMORY 600 MHz (L3 Cache to CPU and GPU)

256MB 400MHZ NEC design embedded DRAM

Embedded 16-BIT HD 7.1Digital sound chip
Dedicated sound bandwidth with zero affect on CPU

6GB HD Dual Layer Panasonic Discs

When combined Rev CPUs equal 3.6 GHz. Uses copper wire for less heat and is 200MHZ faster than X360 via FSB

A 3:1 balance ratio between CPU and RAM

1:1 balance ratio between GPU and Ram

Source: Revolution Rumors

-Falco8

acne treatment

Sega interview about Revolution

In a interview with Nintendo Power, Sega's President, Simon Jeffrey talks about what they thought about the Revolution and it sounds good. When asked if any of Sega's franchise, like Panzer Dragoon and Shinobi, might reach the Revolution, Jeffrey said that Sega will definately look into it.

"I think we're really looking at which of our classic IPs are appropriate for different platforms," said Jeffrey, "We're very interested in Revolution at the moment. We obviously haven't made any announcements, but we, like other people, are talking with Nintendo about what Revolution will be, about potential opportunities on Revolution," says Sega's President, Simon Jeffrey. They also talked about rising development costs for next-gen software, and Jeffrey says Nintendo may see increased third-party support for the Revolution, but however, he said Revolution's design and interface might scare off developer.

"I think it depends how Nintendo rolls out its third-party relations," said Jeffrey, "We're very excited about the prospects of Revolution, because, like we were talking about earlier, the Nintendo platforms have been great for Sonic and the classic franchises. We think Revolution can absolutely be the same." Jeffrey says, "If Nintendo does choose a different model than Sony and Microsoft, then it might be very difficult for some third parties to adopt this three-pronged, multi-platform approach."

Nintendo Power asked Jeffrey if any past Sega game can be downloaded on the Revolution, then he said it was a good idea, but nothing is in works.

Source: Gamecube IGN

-Falco8

Tony Hawks American wasteland!

First screens of Tony Hawks American Wasteland are in. It seems the game is going to be cel-shaded which is unique for the series. The game is said to incorperate touch screen control as well as microphone functionality and Wifi play. More details when we get them.

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-Blackmajik

Spider-Man Preview

A short preview of Ultimate Spider-Man has been posted on IGN. The article is here.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

Nintendo may use USB WIFI adapter for Nintendo WIFI Connection Online

Some unconfirmed reports indicates that Nintendo is planning to release an USB WIFI adapter for user who has no wireless network that can plug into their PC to go online with the Nintendo DS and Nintendo's next generation codename Revolution.

"Basically, instead of an accessory that will let you go non-wireless, this accessory will make your current Internet connection compatible with WiFi," according to a comment attributed to an unnamed Nintendo representative.

GI confirmed that Nintendo UK declined the reports, but DS Update emailed Nintendo of America and this is what he said:

"Hello and thank you for contacting Nintendo,

The USB Wireless Network Adapter, for use with the Revolution and the Nintendo
DS systems, is being developed and is estimated for release in 2006. It will
work with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. It will use a USB 2.0 connection.

Be sure to keep an eye on our web site at www.nintendo.com for all the latest
news on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection."

Have fun!
Nintendo of America Inc.
Joel Nicholson

Confirming the the reports even more. Stay Tuned!

Source: Games Industry, Nintendo of America

-Ross and Falco8

New Shrek SuperSlam DS screens

Shrek SuperSlam takes the characters from the Shrek universe against one another with a twist of humor and pop culture parodies. Now We have eight new screenshots of Shrek SuperSlam for the Nintendo DS. Enjoy!

Eight Shrek SuperSlam DS screens

Source: Gamecube Europe

-Falco8

Nanostray now in stores

Majesco Entertainment is ready to ship the first Nintendo DS shooter, Nanostray. Be sure to lookout for our review on the shooter, and since the game being shipped, Nanostray site has been updated for the World Ranking system page to submit high scores.

Source: DS Advanced

-Falco8

Free shipping for the DS

If you don't have a Nintendo DS, and you don't like pay for shipping, then this is the best time to get a Nintendo DS at Lik-Sang.

"Lik-Sang.com, leading international provider of cutting-edge gaming gear, today announced it has started a Free UPS Shipping Worldwide Promotion for all orders of Next Generation handheld systems, namely the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS. The promotion is valid for all systems shipping at Lik-Sang.com, including all different color variations, and is limited to the summertime, ending on August 31st of 2005 at midnight (HKT).

Both the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS hit Japan by storm last Christmas and have been selling like hot cakes ever since. True crowd pleasers, both portable devices offer a wide software library, wireless connectivity, and multimedia playback capabilities for movies and MP3 music (Nintendo DS using either the Nintendo Play-Yan or the Movie Player add-on, both sold separately).

Starting from today until August 31st, both of these bad boys are shipping for free via Express Courier Service to 205 countries worldwide, if ordered with at least one system specific game. Lik Sang is teaming up with market leader UPS on this operation, delivering parcels around the world in 24 to 72 hours (weekends excluded). All parcels are fully insured and trackable online at UPS.com.

Pascal Clarysse, Marketing Manager for the online retailer, declared about the stunt: 'I am very excited about the Free Shipping campaign on NextGen handheld machines. There is a revolution going on in the games industry for the last six months, with new followers joining in everyday. Lik Sang is very proud to offer a quick, easy and affordable opportunity to all hardcore gamers from all corners of the world to jump on the bandwagon right now.'"

Source: Nintendo Insider

-Falco8

Worms on the DS [Update]

THQ has announced that they are working with the European development studio Team 17 to bring a new title from the Worms series to the DS. No other details pertaining to the title have been announced, but the game is expected to take advantage of the system's wireless multiplayer.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

*Update*

Spadge, one of Team17's moderators on the company's forums, confirmed the following facts:

-Both the PSP and DS editions will feature classic Worms gameplay - as vociferously requested by our fans. Both versions have been in development for some time, news on release dates will follow much later in the year.

-Both platforms feature ad-hoc wireless play and of course, hot-seat play as well as single player games that suit the play patterns of the devices. I.e. short bursts.

-The DS will feature touch-screen use; planned to be finger rather than stylus control to make it better for hot-seat situations. The touch screen will be used for map scrolling, weapon controls and stats.

-The gamecode is all new for both editions and not a port of earlier 2d games.

-A 3d version of Worms is not currently planned for these devices, for both technical and play-factor reasons bearing in mind their screen resolution and suitability to the original 2d game mechanics.

-Further information will be released by the global publisher, THQ in future.

Source: gba.n64europe.com

-Falco8

Blizzard Games Coming to DS?

According to gba.n64, Blizzards most recent newsletter asked readers if they would buy diablo II for the DS if it would feature network play. Blizzard also asked if players would be interested in buying the real-time strategy game starcraft for the DS. Blizzard has not announced any firm plans but from what we are seeing they are, at the least, interested.

source: Gba.n64europe

-Blackmmajik

Weekly Poll results

Hey everyone, aren't you guys happy that Polls are back up on the site? Well unfortunately I accidently deleted the previous polls with the number results, but I do know who was first and who was last.

1st.--Mario Kart DS

2nd.-- Animal Crossing DS

3rd.-- Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles

4th.-- Winning Eleven Series.

5th.-- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

The next poll is what you think about our Nintendo DS news site, DS Update. What do you think about us? And another thing, do you think the poll should have comments as well? It's up to you.

-Falco8

Rumor: Revolution EAless?

Famitsu set up an interview with EA's Vice President, David Gardner talked and focused all about the Xbox 360 and PS3 plans, but he never mentioned Nintendo's codename Revolution. No EA games on the Revolution? But still it's just a rumor though.

Source: Nintendojo

-Falco8

Weekly Japanese chart sales

Again the Nintendo DS is still rules the Hardware sales, and the Nintendo DS software sales has two games on the chart.

Software:

1: Sakura Taisen V - Sega , PS2: 111,771

2: Yawaraka Atamajuku - Nintendo, DS: 75,156 (147,812)

3: Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy - Namco, PS2: 61,455

4: Musashiden II - Square Enix , PS2: 57,916

5: Mushiking - Sega , GBA: 41,370 (308,521)

6: Gundam True Odyssey - Bandai, PS2: 37,653 (123,643)

7: Otona no DS Training - Nintendo, DS: 28,792 (274,939)

8: Kenranbutosai - SCE, PS2: 27,928

9: Genji - SCE, PS2: 24,156 (94,239)

10: Star Wars Episode III Electronic Arts, PS2: 20,000

Hardware:
DS: 41,503 (1,112,952)
PS2: 28,711 (1,128,763)
PSP: 20,711 (1,020,458)
GBASP: 11,176 (401,927)
GC: 2,273 (127,226)
GBA: 289 (14,025)
Xbox: 179 (8,185)

Source: M-Create

-Falco8

New bundle possible

News of another Nintendo bundle has surfaced, and this time it's reportedly going to be a Nintendo DS packed with a copy of Metroid Prime Hunters for $150. Of course, this is still unconfirmed at the moment.

Source:Gamecube Europe

-Dark Gray

Metroid Interview

Two developers involved with Metroid Prime Hunters recently did an interview for Nintendo of Europe's website. In it they reveal details about the game's sing leand multiplayer modes, as well as a few of the other bounty hunters accompanying Samus.

First off, the game won't play online, but you will be able to play four-player with a single game card. Also, there will be an expanded weapon system, with most of the weapons featuring two different functions. Finally, some bounty hunters are better suited with certain guns than the other hunters.

The single player mode supposedly won't be the same as the other Prime titles. To start, Samus will have all of her abilities from the very start, so suit upgrades won't be necessary. Also, the focus has shifted from exploration and item-finding to combat and hunting down the other characters. And the story will center around Samus, and the other bounty hunters, trying to collect alien relics that will grant them unkwown powers.

Finally, three of the six new bounty hunters were revealed in-depth.

Noxus - "A spiritual being who's trying to cleanse the galaxy of evil."

Spire - "The last of his kind, a rock-based creature, trying to find out the
origins of the disappearance of his race."

Kanden - "An experimental lab-created creature who escaped, originally designed
as an unkillable soldier."

The other three hunters are being kept a mystery for the time being.

Source: Nintendo of Europe website

-Dark Gray

The Sims 2 Hands-on

There is a new preview of the upcoming Sims title on IGN, as well as some new screens of the game. The full preview is here.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

Nanostray Trailer

A new trailer of the upcoming arcade shooter Nanostray is available. You can view it here.

Source: Nanostray.com

-Dark Gray

Japanese DS sales figures

The sales figures for the first six months of the year have recently been published.

Hardware:
1. PS2: 1,286,882
2. DS: 1,236,268
3. PSP: 1,137,597
4. GBA SP: 497,931
5. GCN: 159,559
6. GBA: 16,040
7. Xbox: 9,045

Also, the DS had for the fourth highest-selling game with Nintendogs, which sold
494,330 units in the three months since it's release. Overall, the DS had
fourteen titles in list of the one hundred highest-selling games of the past six
months.

Source: Gamecube Europe

-Dark Gray

Narnia preview

A preview for the dual screen version of the movie tie-in is available from IGN.You can read it here.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

New Lunar screens.

There are four new screens of Lunar: Dragon Song available. The title, which is the DS's first RPG, will be released this September.

Lunar Screen

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

Mario Kart DS info

We have information from Nintendo Power's interview on Mario Kart DS.

Features

-Over 30 courses

-Approximately half of the courses are new

-8 Player Single-Card download play

-4 Player online mode via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

-You can choose the same characters in Multiplayer mode, for example, everyone can be Mario but you will be able to tell the difference because of the players names over the karter's head.

-Battle Mode is available

-Computer A.I is improved

-Battle Mode is available online, but no co-op play

-The Touch Screen can be used to draw decals on your karts (no doubt parts of the body)

-Possible touch-control steering

-The DS features will be used, Hideki Konno said they wanted to make a Balloon weapon where you blow on the microphone to blow the balloon up

-The feather item from Super Mario Kart is being considered

"In our interview with Hideki Konno yesterday, the producer of Mario Kart DS gave us new details on the game's online mode and updates to the weapons and battle mode. He says the theme of the new Mario Kart is an expansion of the multiplayer and community aspects that the series is known for. The LAN mode is the ideal form of multiplayer, because up to eight players can compete (on a single game card), and the gameplay is locked in at sixty frames per second. The online WiFi mode supports four players, and the team is working very hard to achieve the same framerate as with LAN mode, but they aren't there yet. In a first for the Mario Kart series, players will be able to choose the same character simultaneously, so you can have a race of eight Marios. Individual players are still identifiable during the race, because the registered DS system name will be displayed above each player's character.

Mario Kart DS aims to be the biggest MK game yet, with over thirty courses and approximately half of those being brand new. The rest are courses ported from previous Mario Kart games, chosen for their nostalgic appeal. Battle mode is returning and is more or less the same as in past games, but the computer A.I. is being enhanced so that the mode will be fun even for a single player battling against bots. Additionally, Mr. Konno said the battle mode will probably be enabled for online play, as with the racing gameplay. Since all the karts in MKDS are built for just one character, there is no cooperative mode like the one found in the GameCube's Double Dash.

Although the game will be extremely familiar to fans of the series (don't expect any huge changes to the way it plays), Mr. Konno's team is looking at several ways to use the DS input features. The touch screen can be used to draw custom decals to decorate your favorite kart, and touch screen steering is being considered (though it would probably be optional, as the E3 demo is played entirely with the D-pad and buttons). As for weapons, the team would like to implement some new items that use the DS features, such as a balloon that is inflated by blowing into the microphone. By the way, we asked Konno-san about the feather item, and he said that he would keep it in mind."

Source: gba.n64europe.com

-Falco8

Goemon DS preview

IGN has a hands-on preview of Goemon: Mystical Ninja DS. Read it here.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

More Mana.

It seems that a new DS title may be revealed at the upcoming Square Enix Party 2005 event. It's been confirmed a new chapter in the Mana series, also known as Seiken Densetsu. The title, World of Mana, will be in video form at the event, and although the game's platform is unconfirmed, it's rumored that it may be the Seiken Densetsu title that was announced for the DS last year. Only time will tell though. The event takes place July 30-31, so we'll know soon enough.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

Simple games preview.

IGNDS has posted an overview of DS installments of the Japanese Simple GameSeries. It's apparently a long-running series in Japan that features simplistic games that have no ties to any real franchises or characters. The games are usually simple titles like bowling, volleyball, etc. It's not the AAA titles we've been waiting for, but it's still kind of interesting. Here's the full article

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

WORLD FIRST PC/NDS CONNECTION !

It is possible to set up a very slow connection between a Nintendo DS and a PC using the USB onnection of an Action Replay MAX/DUO. The transfer speed is limited by hardware to ~430 bytes per second. This solution will be available to developers in the form of a library for DS and a console application for PC. The library and application are still under development.

Update :
Just tested it, in fact it report the key you press and the touch screen click location in a windows console ! That mean that your ds can become a controller for your PC ! Playing a ds emulator with a real DS XD

Cheapest price for the action replay Max Duo is on
Play-Asia

Here is now a preview of the application
here.


-Jujuforce

Pokemon news

Quite a few new details concerning the Pokemon franchise have been revealed, most of them concerning the upcoming DS RPG's Pearl and Diamond. First off, the titles will support 16-person mulitplayer in some fashion, but details aren't available. Also, you'll be able to plug your GBA Pokemon titles into your DS and then upload them onto a copy of Pearl or Diamond. It was also revealed that the title is slated to release in Japan sometime in 2006, with a North American release to follow later in the year. In addition to this news about Pearl and Diamond, a new title called Pokemon Ranger was announced, but there are no other details available concerning the title, including what system is will be on. The full article is here.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

New Editorialist

Welcome to DS Update the newest staff member and editorialist, Ninty Freak. He will be here to add some much needed editorials to the site and help prepare us for the next generation of consoles. Ninty Freak's editorials will take focus on the next generation of console gaming and the state of the gaming industry. Now without further adue we have his first article Nintendo Behind in Technology?.

Weekly Japanese chart sales

Nintendo DS is still topping Sony's PS2 and PSP. This is third consecutive month that the Nintendo DS beat out the PS2 in Japan.

Software
1 PS2 Gundam: True Odyssey RPG (Bandai) -85,989
2 DS Gentle Brain Exercises ETC (Nintendo) -72,656
3 PS2 GENJI ADV (SCE) -70,082
4 PS2 Kagero II: Dark Illusion ACT (Tecmo) -61,949
5 GBA The King of Beetle Mushiking: Greatest Champion RPG (Sega) - 58,751
6 PS2 Pachinko Slot Perfect Capture: Onihama Bakusou Gurentai - Gekitou Hen TBL (Success) -31,684
7 DS DS Training For Adults: Work Your Brain ETC (Nintendo) -27,066
8 PS2 Mai-Hime: The Another (incl. Limited Edition) ADV (Marvelous Interactive) -25,366
9 GBA Marheaven: Knockin' on Heaven's Door RPG (Konami) -24,809
10 PSP Pachinko Slot! Fist of the North Star Portable TBL (Sega) -19,700

Hardware
DS - 35,083
PS2 - 29,992
PSP - 21,901
GBASP - 12,509
GC - 2,602
GBA - 310
Xbox - 182

SOURCE: M-Create

-Falco8

RIVER CITY RANSOM DS!!!

Who could've guessed this game would see a remake? This is pretty crazy news and its even crazier that the game looks really good. Check out the first screens of River City Ransom DS here

-Blackmajik

Q/A mailbag back up

Hey everyone, we will be bringing back the mailbag back on the site. I will be taking your question that are Revolution and Nintendo DS related. Here is my email falco8@dsupdate.net

-Falco8

Weekly Poll back up

We finally found a new poll for the site, but if you find any pop-ups just comment about it. Well this weekly poll is all about Nintendo DS' online games. I think the poll's color selctions sucks, but it will have to do.

-Falco8

New Trailers

Pac N' Roll trailer (no sound)
Tak: TheGreat JuJu Challenge trailer

Source: GBA.N64Europe

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Animal Crossing Info

In an interview with Nintendo Europe the producer and manager of Animal Crossing DS revealed some tidbits of information on the game.

-Tom Nook's store will be much bigger
-Tom Nook store now has a beauty salon, where you can customize your hair
-All the buildings have changed
-The game will use the internal clock, and events will still happen. Regarding different time zones, the host of the game is the real time. So if the host's time is 3.42pm and the players are 1.42pm, the actual in-game time will be 3.42pm.
-It will be playable offline.

Now all we need is a release date...

Source: GbA.N64Europe

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Rare Supports DS

That's right, Nintendo's former second party company is getting ready to produce a DS game. Rare has listed some new job openings on its website looking for new people specifically for DS titles.

GAMES PROGRAMMERS (NINTENDO DS)
Must be motivated, enthusiastic and skilled in C/C++ to join our dedicated handheld team, recently nominated for a Develop Industry Excellence Award. 3D skills also an advantage in creating high-profile titles for this unique system.

EXPERIENCED 3D ARTISTS (NINTENDO DS)
Good understanding of 3D packages (preferably Maya), strong modelling and texturing abilities, imagination and motivation are all required from anyone hoping to join our Develop award-nominated team in creating key DS titles.

In the N64 days Rare produced some of the best games ever to see the light of day. After most of the members left to form the company now known as Free Radical, the company was not producing the same AAA titles and Nintendo sold them off to Microsoft. Hopefully with this news we may see some Banjo-Kazooie DS games, or maybe even some Jet Force Gemini action on the dual screened system.

Source: Rare

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Research: DS over PSP once again

WaveMetrix reports that the Nintendo DS is much better than the Sony PSP."DS is better than PSP in every important area."

"Customers say the DS beats the PSP hands down in each of the areas that concern them most: games, device quality and screen. Furthermore, gamers find the DS superior value as it is substantially cheaper than the rival PSP. Sony’s impressive marketing campaign for the PSP has put it at the forefront of customer minds; it is discussed twice as frequently as the DS. Perhaps surprisingly this has not fed through to customer satisfaction."

For the full report, click here.

Source: Nintendo Insider

-Falco8

The Revolution gets Possession

Blitz Games has confirmed that their zombie-infested game, Possession will be coming to the Revolution. The game is designed to work offline and online, as you can play as the necromantic monster who can control zombies at his very will, or you could play as the single hero who will get rid of the flesh eating army, but Blitz has not found a publisher for the zombie game.

Source: N-Next

-Falco8

EA's DS release dates

EA announced that Burnout DS will be released November 10 and Madden 2006 will release September 29.

Source: Only-DS

-Falco8

Revolution Rumors

While looking through Revolution rumor site, I found a post entry about a guy who used to work at Nintendo, and now he is at Factor 5, but anyway he sent a list of Revolution titles. Some titles are confirmed, but most titles are unconfirmed so take this list with a grain of salt.

-Super Smash Bros. = Rev. --confirmed
-Mario Kart Revolution = Rev.--unknown
-Super Mario 128 = Rev.--unknown
- Metroid Prime: Reborn = Rev.--name inknown, but confirmed
-The Legend of Kid Icarus = Rev.--unknown
-Xenias = Rev.--might be true
-Killing Day = Rev.--unknown
-Psychopath = Rev.--unknown
-Animal Crossing = Rev.--confirmed
-The Legend of Zelda = Rev.--confirmed
-Star Wars Rogue Squadron 4 (no title as of yet Q4 2006) = Rev.--might fake
-Madden 2007 = Rev.--unknown
-Eternal Darkness: Insanity Fulfilled = Rev.--might be fake
-Resident Evil 5 (Q3 2008) = Rev.--unknown
-Advance Wars: Annihilation = Rev--unknown
-Burnout 4 = Rev.-unknown
-Flat Out 2 = Rev.--unknown
-F.E.A.R.: Everything Objective Foretold = Rev.--unknown
-Stalker: Shadow of the Chernobyl = Rev.--unknown
-Guts N’ Glory = Rev.-unknown
-Umehas Ookieyara = Rev.-unknown
-Ichi the Killer (slated for Japan possible U.S. release) = Rev.--unknown
-Donkey Kong = Rev.--confirmed

A new Revolutio Ad is here, and well this news is true, but the Team Beta confirmed that his site is fake saying, "I wanted to make something fun, believeable, to get people excited about the new nintendo console."

Source: Revolution Rumor

-Falco8

SNES Emulator on Nintendo DS

Although emulation isn't the best thing to brag about, playing classic SNES games on your DS should be an exception. Loopy, the creator of PocketNES for the GBA has recently made a SNES emulator for the DS. To use it you must flash a snes rom to a rewritable GBA flashcart and then use the WiFiMe method to send the actual emulator to the DS.

The emulator is bare bones right now. I was able to get the Triforce intro on Zelda: A Link to the Past, but afterwards I was overwhelmed with errors. I then tried to play some Tetris Attack, and while still being far from perfect, offered tons of fun. Unfortunately, because you need a rewritable GBA cart, homebrew code and emulators like this will not become mainstream (rewritable GBA carts are very hard to come by for one, and not to mention expensive). For those interested in a download link, you can get it at the source below.

I've posted some screenshots of my Tetris Attack attempt.






Source: http://www.emuboards.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=22918

-VideoGamerJ

DOOM DS

Here's another post to the homebrew scene, but unlike a lot of the previous projects I have seen, the developer of DOOM DS seems to have his mind set well. All he needs now is a team to work with and we could see a successful DOOM port to the DS.



Doom64 had huge potential, but in my opinion, fell short for many reasons.
The weapons looked great but were let down by a lack of animation. There weren't any reloading animations for the shotguns!
The monster designs were fantastic, but once again poor animation and an unusual use of color let them down.
They also come across as being plastic figurines, rather then fearsome demons from hell.
I'm confident the N64 could have handled 3D monsters with the help of a decent level-of-detail setup.

Go check it out!

Source: DOOM DS

-VideoGamerJ

Doraemon comes to the DS

It seems that Coro Coro comics in Japan will reveal a Doraemon title in July 15.Doraemon is a cat that has appeared on the GameBoy Advance, Nintendo Gamecube, GameBoy Color, Nintendo 64, and the Sony PlayStation. This game is being developed by Epoch.

Source: DS Advanced

-Falco8

Resident Evil DS? [Update]

Apparantly an unofficial Nintendo magazine has heard word that Capcom will be remaking Resident Evil for DS. The game is suppose to have the same type of controls and camera view of Resident Evil 4 (which is the best game this console generation thus far). The touch screen is rumoured to be used to control Jill/Chris's knife. No official word has come from Capcom though so for the time being this is no more than a rumour.

Source: Cube-Europe

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Update:

DS Advanced found a scan of the magazine with the RE DS. Click here!

-Falco8

DS Sales Boosted

Recently in the past week DS sales in the USA and Canada skyrocketed by 86%. The large increase is due to the release of the new electric blue DS and also the bundle pack with a DS and Super Mario 64 DS.

Source: DS Advanced

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Fake Revolution Controller

Another day, another mock up. Here is the latest image of someones attempt at a Revolution controller, but it should not be taken as the real thing. The attempts are atleast becoming more realistic.

Controller

Source: Spong

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Expansion Packs Here We Come!

Great news in the world of gaming fans. Nintendo will be releasing the first DS expansion pack for Band Bros. Via the GBA slot. This isn't just good news to fans of the game, its good news to the online future of the DS. It shows that its 100% possible to get working expansion packs on the DS, which comes in handy when your talking about any online RPG or RTS game. More news as it comes

source: ign.com

-Blackmajik

Meteos Review! Goemon?

Hey everybody! I've been a bit absent but I'm returning and to start off I'm submitting my Meteos Review. Be sure to check it out. I also recieved my Goemon DS import yesterday and you can expect a review for that in the future. For anybody who was interested in importing it, I'd have to warn that it is very text heavy in Japanese. I know a bit of Japanese but I'm still struggling. So yes, Goemon DS is very text heavy (like an RPG...)

Meteos Review

-VideoGamerJ

Weekly Poll results

On this weekly poll we have the results for the best visuals for "upcoming" Nintendo DS games. You guys chosen Mario Kart DS that has the best visual with 105 votes, Nanostray snags second place with 99 votes, surprisingly Viewtiful Joe DS gets third place with 80 votes, Snowboard Kids holds on to forth place with 10 votes, and the underdog, The Boy and His Blob gets a six votes making the game with the least best visuals. Now this week, we won't have a poll because of the pop-up problems, but next week will have a new poll that hopefully have no pop-ups. Since you guys keep saying the selections are crummy, you guys can choose which Nintendo DS games can go up on the polls. The next question for the poll is "Which Nintendo DS online game are you going to get?"

-Falco8

Weekly Japanese chart sales

We have this week's Japanese charts sells, and do my eyes deceive me or is the GBASP just beat the PSP by over 1,000? Well you just got to see this.

SOFTWARE
1. GBA Mushiking: Greatest Champion no Michi - Sega - 208,000
2. NDS Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training - Nintendo - 32,000 (219,000)
3. PS2 Zill O'll infinite - Koei - 31,000
4. NGC Chibi Robo! - Nintendo - 29,000
5. PS2 Drag-on Dragoon 2 - Square Enix - 27,000 (153,000)
6. PS2 Rakushou! Pachislot 3 - Tecmo - 25,000
7. PSP Coded Arms - Konami - 14,000
8. PS2 FutaKoi Alternative - Marvellous Interactive - 13,000
9. NDS Famicom Wars DS - Nintendo - 12,000
10. PS2 Kenka Banchou - Spike - 12,000 (72,000)

HARDWARE
DS - 32,789
PS2 - 28,515
GBASP - 21,904
PSP - 20,862
GC - 2,649
GBA - 452
Xbox - 184

Source: M-Create, N-Next

-Falco8

Revolution Icon

The new icon to the left will indicate any news on the Revolution. All staff please bookmark it. One more step to bring you top of the line coverage.

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Happy Canada Day!

Today is July first, and it marks the 136th birthday for Canada. So to all our Canadian viewers, have a Happy Canada Day.

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Revolution Behind?

Recent comments from Nintendo's president suggest that the Revolution may be the last console on the market.

"There is no possibility that the Revolution's launch will fall behind by too much, but there might be some small changes [to its launch schedule]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President

On a positive note Iwata also commented that they are beginning plan the release dates long-term for the Revolution for many titles such as Super Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid and other titles.

Source: Cube-Europe

-Ultimate Zelda Guru

Top Gun DS

It appears that Mastiff is making a new version of an old game for DS, Top Gun.

The main features of Top Gun include:
-Top Gun Competition Campaign includes elite training and realistic combat/
-Choose pilots named for characters in the movie/
-Choose different fighter planes, each with different handling characteristics/
-10 diverse missions across arctic, ocean, forest and desert zones/
-Weapons include machine gun, fire-and-forget missiles, homing missiles/
-Multiplayer dogfight for 2-4 players/
-Stunning visual effects include explosions, water splashes, smoke, and gun/rocket trails.
-Challenging weather effects include sun, rain, animated clouds, and snow.Pulse-pounding music reminiscent of the movie soundtrack.

"Top Gun's intense action translates perfectly into a videogame. Top Gun exploits the capabilities of the Nintendo DS to duplicate that experience in a handheld environment."
Bill Swartz, Mastiff

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Source: Cubed-3

-Ultimate Zelda Guru