Educational Toys Guide
The Nintendo DS Next Generation Console Kicks
In Children Toys of Advisor (December 14, 2008 8:17 am)
The Nintendo DS was the slim new upgrade for Nintendo’s celebrated Game Boy Advance. This skinny mobile game console originally landed in the stores in 2004. An upgraded version, the DS Lite, was unveiled on the market in 2006. The new version of this famous handheld system, the Nintendo DSi, will be available in Japan at the end of 2008 and the other parts of the world will see it in 2009.
The Nintendo DS has two screens instead of the mono screen on the Game Boy systems. One screen functions as a typical screen; the other is a touch screen that can be operated by a finger or with the digital pen that comes with the game. A built-in mic lets the userto interact with some games verbally that utilize the mic is ‘Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends’where you speak the orders while training your puppy. The traditional D pad and button arrangement is included to navigate through the games, and they also have built-in WiFi so you can participate in multiplayer games on the internet. The DS Lite presently retails in stores for a attainable $129.
PictoChat lets you to type with the stylus and send the messages via WiFi to your nearby friends. The 2 communicating DS consoles can’t be further apart than thirty feet to utilize this option.
The DS and the DS Lite are both backward compatible with your top Game Boy Advance games, but the current DSi has removed the GBA cartridge plug in the advanced design. If you still desire to play the old Game Boy Color games, you’ll need to keep your Game Boy Advance… none of the models of the DS armada are backward congruous for those.
The DS line has loads of popular and game critic acclaimed games available to play, majority of which have come from the in-house programmers at Nintendo. Nintendogs and many Mario games are all available for the DS. Brain Age and comparable games are really gaining in popularity as they provide tons of tough puzzles and games that help exercise different thinking skills like mathematical skill.
In addition, the DS is becoming useful around the home. New games that help you bake in the kitchen or speak German can be purchased to help you gain new skills. This places the Nintendo DS in a whole new interest for many non-gamers. There will be plenty who have wished for a DS who will now get to try their hand at it as they now get the green light to purchase one because of these new applications for this convenient handheld system.
The new DSi, which will come to in the US sometime in 2009, features larger 3.25 inch screens and nicer speakers. This model includes extra internal memory so you can store the applications bought from the Nintendo DSi store. 2 cameras, a three megapixel on the outside and a 0.3 megapixel VGA camera on the inside close to the mic are available for new and rewarding gaming. With the popularity of the DS and the DS Lite, the DSi is certain to be very popular once it hits the store shelves.
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