How To Make the DS Even Better 82
Next Generation has up an interesting piece considering ways to make the ultra-successful Nintendo DS even better. Thoughts include streamlining the needlessly complicated 'friend code' system, adding internal flash ram to the device, and rolling out a virtual console system ala the Wii. Their best idea, I think, is to use the GBA slot on the system for a cartridge including all of these new elements: "The advantage over typical 'system upgrades', like the ram expansion for the N64 or the PS2 hard drive, is that this cartridge should have little direct effect on game software; it would simply transform the DS into a more useful and personal tool. Such an update would also weed out the necessity to offer a whole new DS model, further annoying people who felt forced to upgrade to the DS Lite - itself only a cosmetic adjustment."
Kind of already there... (Score:4, Informative)
Now, this doesn't simplify the friends code issue, and it's definitely border line illegal, but it does exist.
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Rumble already exists. I got the rumble pak for free with Metroid Pinball. However, it's power is fairly weak.
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http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=11634 [nintendo.com]
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/02/15/ [opera.com]
The English language version of Opera is out (Score:4, Informative)
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