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Overview of the Nintendo DS:

http://www.nintendo.com/overviewds

- Micro flash sites:

North America: http://www.nintendods.com/index.jsp

Europe: http://www.nintendo-europe.com/microsite/dsteaser/

Technological demo:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/nintendogs.php

*Nintendogs is a prototype of a game that uses voice recognition (calling your pet name, doing commands, tricks), touch screen to interact with your pets, virtual surround to have better feel of the spaces and environment as well good 3d gfx and models that DS is well capable of doing and multiplayer in sharing as well as competing your pets with others in dog shows...

Nintendo DS game previews:

Video: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/nwt/ds...ie/dssoft.html

List of Nintendo DS games:

http://lithium.1up.com/zd/board/mess...ssage.id=10228

Nintendo DS Hands-On:

http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3530
http://ds.ign.com/articles/564/564540p1.html?fromint=1
http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=2309

Nintendo DS Free Online Service:

Quote:

Iwata announced that the Wi-Fi protocol for Nintendo DS will provide users with a link to other players across the country or around the world. Once the service begins later this year, Nintendo DS users will be able to connect to the service wirelessly at Wi-Fi hot spots, whether they’re at home, in a hotel or at a coffee shop.

http://www.nintendo.com/newsarticle?...&page=newsmain

Offical software development site:

http://www.warioworld.com/

Official non-game oriented developments:

- PDA functions for DS by Summitsoft.

http://www.gamestats.com/objects/697/697533/index.html

- Nintendo Transalator/Dictionary for DS

Quote:

According to the Gaming Age Forums, a Japanese newspaper (Sankei Shimbun) reports on a new development title by Nintendo: software which includes features such as a virtual dictionary and a touch-screen translator (English-Japanese, English-Chinese and Japanese-Chinese). According to the newspaper, various mini games and other features will be included as well.

President Iwata quotes, "Although it is practical as a dictionary, it has several functions". Iwata hopes to target this product next year for sale by junior and senior high school students. A possible US or European release weren't mentioned.

http://gba.n64europe.com/index.php?id=3003

- Nintendo's new MP3/MPEG4 player for GBA & DS

Official Japanese site: http://nintendo.co.jp/n08/avp/index.html

Quote:

The best part of MP3 playback is how much time you can get on a single battery charge. The hardware is sent into sleep mode automatically if you don't enter any control inputs for a 30 second period. While in a sleep mode state, the system still plays back MP3 files, and can do so for up to 15 hours, according to Nintendo.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/573/573999p1.html

- Nintendo DS video compression

Quote:

More recently, Actimagine has upgraded its technology, allowing a 90 minute movie to be stored on a 32MB cartridge, producing impressive audio and video quality on Nintendo portable consoles.

http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=1472

Some unofficial projects under development:

- Porting Linux OS on to the DS.

http://www.dslinux.org/

- Hacking DS roms, custom boot loaders and decryption.

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewforum.php?f=18
http://members.fortunecity.com/infin...dev/dsdev.html
http://www.darkain.com/portability.php
http://darkfader.net/ds/
http://angrycat.typepad.com/
http://zerohaven.com/ds/wiki

DS Fan sites:

http://www.dsnews.co.uk/
http://www.touchds.com/
http://www.dual-scene.com/index.php
http://www.nintendonow.com/
http://www.planetgamecube.com/
http://www.nintelligent.net/
http://ds.advancedmn.com/
http://bugeyeds.blogspot.com/
http://dspaparazzi.blogspot.com/

Troubleshooting/FAQ:

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/ds/index.jsp

Nintendo Survey:

http://www.nintendo.com/survey_ds.jsp

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