NYT Report Inaccurate on Full DS Downloads Via Wii 27
Kotaku notes that the report from the New York Times, that full DS games would be downloadable via the Wii, wasn't entirely accurate. "That's right, according to Nintendo, the Wii will NOT be able to transmit or download full DS games. Apparently the New York Times confused DS demos with WiiWare titles. So you can download full on Wii games (which we knew), but only wireless DS demo games (which we also knew)."
Already Two Corrections (Score:4, Insightful)
Because of an editing error, an article in Business Day on Monday about Nintendo's video game consoles misstated the capabilities of one of the devices. A statement about movie-playing should have referred to the PlayStation Portable or PSP, made by Sony, not to the hand-held Nintendo DS. (The DS does not play movies.) The article also misspelled the surname of the president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America. He is Reggie Fils-Amie, not Fils-Aimee.
Correction: January 3, 2008
An article in Business Day on Monday about Nintendo's video game consoles misspelled the surname of the president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, and a correction in this space on Tuesday gave another incorrect spelling. He is Reggie Fils-Aime -- not Fils-Amie or Fils-Aimee.
Maybe this reporter just...sucks?
Couldn't of happened, DS doesn't have the space (Score:4, Insightful)
If i'm not mistaken, the DS has 4MB ram, which can be shared for storage of wifi games.
With modern ds cartridges using up-to 64MB games, it'd be impossible to copy them into the DS, let alone having remaining space left to run them.
Then theres the fact that most people would find it annoying, having to to wait 2-3 minutes for even the smallest of games to load a 3MB game over wifi.
It'll be fun for downloading DS demo's, but actual games are only practical with a cartridge behind them.