June 1, 2006

Nintendo DS Robot

Interested in making your Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite into a powerful programmable Robot.

DSRobot says its possible.

Features of Nintendo DS Robot

- 20 Digital Input/Output for multipurpose use.
- Customizable with you own Motors and Sensors
- Wireless programming and controling.
- You can use your DSRobot with NinjaDS to make the robot works alone.
- Programmable in C or C++ with devkitpro and a custom library to manage the signals.
- You can use PAlib (very easy NDS library to program you first DSRobot
- Upgradable Software & Hardware.
- DSRobot.com will offer you kits for update your DSRobot.

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Nintendo Wii Release Date, November 6th 2006?

According to Cubed3,the Nintendo Wii will be released on November 6th 2006 in the USA.

Nintendo Wii to Launch on November 6th in USA [GadgetReview]

May 26, 2006

UK price point for Nintendo Wii will be in line with US and Japan

A Nintendo UK spokesperson has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the Nintendo Wii console will go on sale in Europe at around the same price point as has been announced for the US and Japan.

Nintendo stated yesterday that the Wii will cost YEN 25,000 or less (GBP 120) and USD 250 or less (just under GBP 135) when it hits stores later this year. A spokesperson has now told GI.biz that "UK pricing will be in line with Japan and the US."

GameCube mistakes help Wii

Nintendo of America's executive vp of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime says the company is has learned from the mistakes the GameCube made, and that Nintendo is applying the lessons learned from GameCube to their launch of the Wii.

Read More @ GamesIndustry.biz

Nintendo Wii Controller will be used as a VoIP phone?

Nintendo's Wii controller will feature a microphone and will store a user phonebook/address book while it will be used as a VoIP phone and will help gamers communicate while online without the need for a headset reports megagames.com.

All this comes thanks to a few Nintendo patents unveiled by nrevolutiona which demonstrate exactly how the microphone will be implemented.

May 25, 2006

Nintendo Wii Price under $250

Nintendo's next-generation console, the Wii, will retail in the US for $250 or less, and no more than 25,000 Yen in Japan reports reghardware. It also expects to have shipped more than 6m of the machines by March 2007, the company said today.

Nintendo made the announcement in Osaka this morning after reporting a 12.5 per cent rise in full-year net profits

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May 24, 2006

Nintendo Wii will allow web access

Nintendo and Opera have announced plans to take Wii users to the Internet reports IGN.

- At the Electronics Entertainment Expo 2006, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that its forthcoming Wii console would be able to access the Web with the Opera browser. Iwata said that the Wii console could, "… power up virtual console games and applications like our Opera Web browser saved to flash ROM… in just a few seconds."