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Nintendo just announced that its new DSi XL (known and sold as the DSi LL in Japan) will be hitting North America on March 28th, and will retail for $190. In exchange for a couple mm of extra thickness and a significantly larger footprint the XL pairs two 4.2-inch LCDs for a jumbo-sized look at your well worn, oft-rehashed DS catalog. The unit will retail in Burgundy and Bronze flavors at launch, preloaded with two DSiWare Brain Age games, Photo Clock, Flipnote Studio and the DSi Browser. Unconvinced? Check out the teardown of the LL edition right here while you wait your turn to consume this American style. Feeling left out in Europe? Don’t, because you guys are getting the XL on March 5th. PR is after the break.
You can follow Joystiq’s ongoing coverage of the Nintendo Media Summit here.
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It may only amount to a drop in Nintendo’s pockets, but an Australian provider of R4 cards used to copy Nintendo DS games has now been ordered to pay Nintendo $620,000 Australian dollars (or about $556,822 US dollars) in damages, and destroy all its remaining stock for good measure. While that company, GadgetGear, doesn’t seem to be commenting on the matter itself, Nintendo says that GadgetGear has “now acknowledged that game copying devices infringe both Nintendo’s copyright and Nintendo’s trademarks and that they are illegal circumvention devices,” adding that “GadgetGear and the directors have agreed to permanently refrain from importing, offering for sale and/or selling game copier devices.” Of course, it is just one provider of R4 cards that’s affected by the case, but Nintendo is no doubt hoping that the hefty fine will be enough to at least act as a deterrent to others.
R4 card provider ordered to pay Nintendo over $500,000 in damages originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Starcraft 2 is in beta and the impressions are rolling in. Aliens Vs. Predator has been reviewed. And the next Civilization game has a new, hexagonal combat system. Prepare for an information injection of painful (OK, slightly discomforting) proportions.
Starcraft II: Some Thoughts On The Beta
The most important news? It runs well without a top of the line machine.
New Starcraft II Screens, With That Beta-Fresh Smell
OK, so I’m kind of craving Starcraft all of the sudden.
Aliens Vs. Predator Review: Too Human
We know it’s not going to be a great game, but everyone loves a throwback.
What’s The Father of the PlayStation Doing These Days?
Playing Xbox?
All The Super Street Fighter IV Dudley, Makoto, And Ibuki You Can Stand
Blasphemy, I know. But I loathe one-off Street Fighter characters.
Activision Chief Regrets Not Making Guitar Hero With Harmonix
A rare moment of honesty.
Civilization V Hexes PCs This Fall
Somehow, Civ just got even geekier.
Alan Wake Preview: The First Full Episode
I confess: I didn’t even read it. I don’t want the slightest spoiler.
First Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Screens, Gameplay Videos Leak
2010: A Video Gamer’s Guide
Every big trade show of the year, charted.
I’m surprised anyone under 20 even knows who Sonic is.
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Sony. Working on a PlayStation controller that can also be used with Xbox 360s. And Nintendo consoles. Has hell iced over? Did the last 30 years never happen? Has Linus Torvalds replaced Kazuo Hirai at SCEI?
I know Sony’s been working through its propriety issues of late, using the ePub format for ereaders and—heaven forbid!—launching its first range of SD cards. But opening the PlayStation up so the controller can be used with rival game consoles? Well I never.
GoRumors has dug up a patent suggesting Sony’s working on a controller with a touchscreen LCD panel that would display commands for other consoles or players that have been set up to work with it.
The patent spells it out:
“A game console controller includes a hand-holdable housing and a touch sensitive liquid crystal display (LCD) on the housing. The LCD is caused to present, depending on what type of game console a user has selected, a controller key layout for a first type of game console or a controller key layout for a second type of game console. A key layout includes plural keys selectable by a user to input commands to a game console.”
By the looks of the diagram, the controller wouldn’t just be a remote control that would let you turn on the different consoles—it would be an actual gaming peripheral, with the X/Y A/B buttons displayed on the LCD. It certainly wouldn’t replace the use of an Xbox 360 or Wii controller, as I can’t imagine mashing my thumbs on a touchscreen display for too long, but could be handy when you’ve got extra friends around and not enough pads to go around. Or as I mentioned before, turning the consoles on to access media.
I’m just in a state of shock that Sony of all companies is proposing this idea. I need to go lie down for a while. [GoRumors - Thanks Anand!]
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The DS 2 (not to be confused with the XL, which only ate a super mushroom), is reportedly alive and kicking, with developers now testing the motion-sensing console—but it won’t be ready in time for GDC in March.
CVG spoke to a developer at one of the studios that’s been lucky enough to receive the early prototype, and apparently it’s already making waves there:
“It’s genuinely the best thing I think I’ve ever worked with, I can tell you that it’s got a ’tilt’ function that’s not dissimilar to iPhone, but does a lot more. We know that The Pokemon Company are getting special attention with it.”
The Pokemon Company is a a division of Nintendo that handles marketing and licensing for Pokemon games—suggesting one of the launch titles that will take advantage of the HD screen and motion-sensing console will be a continuation of the Pokemon saga. It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with Ash and Pikachu, but I’ll definitely give it another spin if it’s got some cool iPhone-like tilt control when battling. [CVG]
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Nintendo has seeded the DS2 development kit to a few selected companies, including the hardware itself. According to one developer, Nintendo said the DS2 was the first version and not final, but he is very impressed with the new controls:
It’s genuinely the best thing I think I’ve ever worked with. I can tell you that it’s got a ’tilt’ function that’s not dissimilar to iPhone, but does a lot more. We know that The Pokemon Company are getting special attention with it.
I wonder if this move was always on the cards or if it’s just a reaction to Apple’s huge success in the gaming arena, a success that has turned upside down both the idea of games distribution and some of the conceptions for mobile gaming previously set by Nintendo and Sony, especially when it comes to the importance of physical controls. Would the new DS2 include capacitive screens too? How could Nintendo one-up the sudden and serious threat that Apple now represents? We will have to wait a long time to discover the answers. Probably too much, probably way after the iPad and the next iPod/iPhone generation appear. [CVG]
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Bioshock 2 is out, genre-bender Heavy Rain has been reviewed and there’s news on Fable III, Crackdown II and Alan Wake. So let’s do this.
Heavy Rain Review: No Wrong Conclusion
In 10-20 years, it’s my guess that you’ll see a lot more games like Heavy Rain.
Frankenreview: Heavy Rain
For a second opinion.
Your First Look At Fable III In Action
We all knew Fable III was coming, but official news just broke yesterday.
New Crackdown 2 Screens Show Off Shiny Preorder Armor
If you haven’t played Crackdown, it’s like co-op GTA for superheroes.
More Alan Wake Footage, More Flashlights In The Dark
A lot of people are comparing adventure game Alan Wake to adventure game Heavy Rain. Really, Alan Wake looks like survival horror with a narrator. That’s not a bad thing, but the title doesn’t feel quite as ambitious as an interactive movie.
City Of Heroes Gets A Visual Makeover
It’s always kind of neat when an MMO gets reskinned, like a whole world has been made better.
Frankenreview: BioShock 2
I’ve got Bioshock 2 sitting about 5 feet from me. But I think I’m playing through Mass Effect 2 again before cracking the case.
Star Trek Online Couldn’t Resist The Borg
And we couldn’t resist the Borg either.
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You know, we were surprised these Wii Remote appendages actually made it to the pre-order stage way back in April of last year, a feeling which slowly dissipated as they failed to make it out to real retail. Until now. The 2lb / 1kg Riiflex sleeves for your Nintendo-approved wand are ready to purchase, starting at a cent under $30, though the 5lb variety promised earlier is yet to make an appearance — perhaps it’s become yet another victim of the harsh, cutthroat economics of the Wii peripheral business. Anyhow, if you wanna take your Wii Fitness to the next level, the source link will get the set of two to your door with free delivery, though it might be a bit late in helping you shape up for V day.
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It’s been a long road from conceptual render to final product, but the Riiflex Wii weights (for Wii Fit, or any other game) are available now for $30/pair. Me? I’m too lazy to even waggle a stock Wiimote. [Riiflex]
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