Nintendo News | Official DS Download Service Unveiled

By Adam Riley 29.11.2007 16

AM3, the company behind the GBA Movie Player, has signed an agreement with Nintendo, in conjunction with Dai Nippon, to bring a similar product to the Nintendo DS, along with a download service called 'DSvision'.

The product package itself will go on sale in Japan this coming January and includes a 512MB microSD card, the DS cartridge holder that fits into any DS as normal, plus a high-speed USB adaptor to attach to your PC when transferring files all for around

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knighty is offline. knighty 29.11.2007#1

Haven for pirates? That won't help, it's so easy to pirate stuff on the DS it isn't even funny.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 29.11.2007#2

It sounds great, for only

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jesusraz is offline. jesusraz 29.11.2007#3

Well, didn't the GBA Movie Player get at least released in the US and that was via Majesco, right? I'm sure AM3 will be keen to license this out to publishers abroad as well at some point...perhaps even directly through Nintendo.

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Phoenom is offline. Phoenom 29.11.2007#4

Hmm, sounds good I guess.Smilie

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 29.11.2007#5

GBA movie player only played like a few episodes of Pok

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jesusraz is offline. jesusraz 29.11.2007#6

But that was because it had such a low capacity and basically came across as something rather cheaply made. This time it appears AM3 is taking things much more seriously, thus the joint venture with Dai Nippon and the big Japanese conference that took place a few hours ago...(yes, this is breaking news, by the way!).

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Lynk is offline. Lynk 29.11.2007#7

Thanks to the magic of Wi-Fi and USB this could actually take off.

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jesusraz is offline. jesusraz 29.11.2007#8

Let's hope it doesn't take TOO long before Wi-Fi downloads straight to this device are enabled then...

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Ski is offline. Ski 29.11.2007#9

I remember one thing that helped make PlayStation hardware so popular was the ammount pirate software, I hope Nintendo isnt thinking 'if we cant beat 'em, join 'em', as it didnt help DreamCasts cause.

Other than that Im hoping to see additional dungeons and story for existing Zelda games.

( Edited on 29.11.2007 16:49 by Ski )

 
Canyarion is offline. Canyarion 29.11.2007#10

Sounds nice. But will it only play officially bought stuff?

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 29.11.2007#11

I love my GBAMP, and I already use for for homebrew. (and yes, I mean freaking homebrew, I havnt pirated a single game).

Comic Books work *really* well on the DS, the existing ComicBookDS program is a treat, especialy combined with;
moonbooks.net
Which lists legaly free comic books and movies in ds playable formats.

I see big opertunitys for AM3 if they can get the content for it.

Id particularly love it if they could do a deal with Marvals new online service.
Reading She Hulk on the DS would just rock.
(err...seriously...the new She Hulk is a fantasic comic...no..really....)

( Edited on 29.11.2007 17:19 by Darkflame )

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Raff is offline. Raff 29.11.2007#12

lol 512mb

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Cheesing It Up is offline. Cheesing It Up 29.11.2007#13

GRUMBLEMASTER said:
lol 512mb

Yeh, not a great start.

 
spazmatron is offline. spazmatron 30.11.2007#14

color me intrigued

 
jesusraz is offline. jesusraz 30.11.2007#15

Well, that's only the starter pack offered during the trial run in January. AM3's considering offering it for free eventually, to those who subscribe to the download service on the website. And hey, there's nothing to stop you using your own memory cards. In the Press Conference they specifically talk about people using 2GB cards, so it seems it's not out of the question.

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Satoshi is offline. Satoshi 30.11.2007#16

So unlimited games for a subscription fee?
Sounds good to me SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie

...but its probably going to be pay one by one...but hopefully downloads will be cheaper than cartridges as they don't have to have any factories to make the games.

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