Dsi Archive

  • LeapFrog announces Leapster Explorer on exactly the wrong day

    LeapFrog announces Leapster Explorer on exactly the wrong day

    Way to get your news buried, LeapFrog. Oh well. Anyway, LeapFrog just announced the Leapster Explorer, a crazysexycool handheld device for four- to nine-year-olds. The device has a high-res touchscreen and allows for online play. The Explorer takes over where the Leapster 2 left off and supports online play with the LeapWorld kit as well as [...]

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  • Nintendo trademarks “3DS” among others

    Nintendo trademarks “3DS” among others

    Backstory: A Nintendo suit said a while back that the company hasn't announced the official name yet for its upcoming handheld 3D gaming device. This of course suggests that 3DS isn't the official name. Well, that might not be true if Nintendo's recent trademark filings have anything to say about it.

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  • Blood sugar testing game and accessory coming for the Nintendo DS

    Blood sugar testing game and accessory coming for the Nintendo DS

    Childhood diabetes sucks, there's no way around it. Testing is annoying and uncomfortable for adults, much lets kids, and the testing technology isn't exactly what you'd call fun or interesting. Bayer is trying to make it better though, by creating a fun way to test blood glucose levels using a Nintendo DS.

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  • Heaven forefend! Has Nintendo’s 3DS announcement killed the DSi XL?

    Heaven forefend! Has Nintendo’s 3DS announcement killed the DSi XL?

    NOT FOR KIDS! In all honesty, I don’t think the DSi XL is part of Nintendo’s standard line-up. It’s a reaction to the popularity of the Wii in retirement centers and is aimed at a much older – and much different audience – than the new 3D DS, aptly named the 3DS. Older folks who may [...]

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  • Daily Crunch: Pac Pills Edition

    Daily Crunch: Pac Pills Edition

    Wearing your unread email count on your chest This gives Pac-Man a whole new twist RCA’s AirPower has been repackaged to better hide the snake oil inside Review: Nintendo DSi XL Rugged Camera Roundup: The Movie

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  • Review: Nintendo DSi XL

    Review: Nintendo DSi XL

    Short version: Nintendo’s new DSi XL is aimed squarely at the older generation of casual gamers. People that appreciate something that’s a little easier to read. The people who wear their reading glasses while they sit down for their morning glass of fiber and read their copy of the AARP Journal. And heaven help me, [...]

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  • iFixit tears down the DSi XL

    iFixit tears down the DSi XL

    No Tegra chip for you! iFixit tore down the Nintendo DSi XL and found, not surprisingly, a bigger DSi. It’s running the DSi’s ARM processor and the motherboard is big enough to fit in the case, but that’s about it. Click through for more findings: * Nintendo is again using a custom ARM CPU, manufactured in [...]

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  • PSA: DSiWare games don’t transfer to the DSi XL

    PSA: DSiWare games don’t transfer to the DSi XL

    Remember that DSi XL that's coming out next week? Well, I hope you didn't spend a bunch of money in the DSiWare store with your regular size DSi. Yep, turns out that you can't transfer games to your new hand-held. That really sucks.

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  • Video unboxing of the Nintendo DSi XL

    Video unboxing of the Nintendo DSi XL

    Excuse our enthusiasm, but here’s the DSi XL unboxed for all and sundry. Enjoy!

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  • The Tiniest Press Release In The World Contest Winner: Nintendo DSi XL

    The Tiniest Press Release In The World Contest Winner: Nintendo DSi XL

    We have a great hands on up but did you know the DSi XL came with the tiniest press kit in the world? The kit includes all the specs but is written on little sheets of paper about 2 inches by 3 inches. There’s even a mini business card! Say what you want about PR people [...]

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  • First Look: Nintendo DSi XL

    First Look: Nintendo DSi XL

    Just got another care package from Nintendo, and it’s a big one — literally. Nintendo sent us one of its new DSi XL units, and color me impressed. The screens look great, and games look like they should have been on a screen this size in the first place. I don’t even need my reading [...]

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  • Nintendo DSi XL: March 28, $190

    Nintendo DSi XL: March 28, $190

    Nicholas here, from the past communicating to the future! (The site is all messed up, so I probably wrote these words several hours before you're reading them. It's like a Metal Gear Time Paradox or something.) Nintendo has said it will release the DSi XL on March 28 for $190.

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  • Control your Canon DSLR with a Nintendo DS

    Control your Canon DSLR with a Nintendo DS

    After trying to find a way to remotely control their DSLRs, the clever hackers at HDRLabs couldn't really find anything that would do what they wanted. So what did they do? Built a control of their own, using a Nintendo DS. HDRLabs went on to make the device available, for free. All you have to do is build one yourself.

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  • CrunchDeals: $88 Nintendo DS Lite

    CrunchDeals: $88 Nintendo DS Lite

    It's not a huge deal - $7 off - but if you're in the market for a new DS, maybe to rock some Pokemon (now with Pokewalkers!™ ) eCost has a rectified DS Lite (not the DSi) for $88.

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  • Nintendo keeps it public domain with their new ebook cartridge

    Nintendo keeps it public domain with their new ebook cartridge

    That bastion of fine games reporting, Bloomberg News, has a story on a new cart called "Classic Books" that will contain the greatest, public domain, royalty-free hits from Mark Twain and William Shakespeare.

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