This game has identicle sprites to the previouse two (also wonderful) Advance Wars titles. Of course new units are introduced, as well as new COs and Characters. It also has the same (or at least noticeably similar) controls as its GBA predecessors, however does allow the use of a stylus.
AlexB123 did a review of Nintendogs a while ago heres more info:
Put a puppy inside your Nintendo DS! In this game choose from Chihuahua, German Shepherd, Boxer, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Yorkshire Terrier or Shetland Sheepdog. Described as a "puppy simulator", this innovative new title gives you a small amount of money to purchase your own puppy...and from there, the sky's the limit! Using the Nintendo DS's built-in microphone, you can name your dog, and then teach him tricks! Nintendogs also makes heavy use of the DS Touch Screen. Use the stylus to pet your dog, rub him on the belly, or touch his nose! But be careful: different dog breeds have different personalities, and not all like to be treated the same way.
At the beginning you get to pick from a few dogs. There are 5 on the cart. After you do that, you choose if you want a boy or a girl. Yet again after that you get to pick how it looks. (Limited choices.)
Once you get that out of the way you can begin "playing" with your dog by petting it and things like that. Soon a little bulb popped up and I was told to name him. I named the guy "Spud". It took the DS quite a few times to recognize my voice. Let me give you a hint. DO NOT have the TV on while playing this as it will throw the voice rec out of whack.
The Chuckster has released a new version of the port of Stella to the Nintendo DS, heres whats new:
Press START during a game to go back to the menu and play a new ROM.
I replaced the dubious official Atari/Activision ROMs with a collection of homebrew ROMs in the NDS file. If you want different ROMs, compile the emulator with a new set in the arm9 data directory.
Tosh-ds has updated his Choplifter game for the Nintendo DS:
Got the collision detection pretty much down now. Atleast when it comes to the soldiers, and basic chopper movement. Might have to work a bit more on collision response though.
Added basic logic to the soldiers, so they'll both find the chopper, and bases. And get out of the chopper when it lands on a platform near a base. Check out the new demo!
is there any way possible as of now, to play super metroid on a ds or gba? i have a flash cart and linker but i cant seem to find out how to run snes roms on either. and i own a ds and a gba ? can somone please help, thanks
I recently bought a super card, a CF card, and a superpass in the hope that I could put monkey island on it, but I can't seem to figure out how, can somebody give me a 'for dummies' guide on how to get it working?
Keeping in stride with the other various teaser sites across the internet, Nintendo have launched their own teaser website for the upcoming WiFi enabled DS games. Here is a partial list of the known DS titles to use WiFi:
- Animal Crossing: Wild World
- Bokujou Monotargari
- Bomberman
- Castlevania
- Contact
- Digimon World
- Dynasty Warriors DS
- Europa Universalis II
- Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles DS
- Jikkyo Powerful Pro Kun Pocket 8
- Mario Kart DS
- Metroid Prime: Hunters
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Momotaru Denetsu World
- Professional Wrestling
- Rune Factory
- Super Monkey Ball DS
- Tony Hawk's American Sk8land
- Top Spin 2
- Tenchu DS
- Ultimate Brain Games DS
- Ultimate Card Games DS
- World Soccer Winning Eleven DS
I recently read that the SuperPassKey only works with DSs that have a serial number that starts with numbers <= 12. My serial is "NU41089*** [2]" does that mean it starts with a 4 or a 41? If SuperPassKey doesn't work with my DS, what will?
Ben2303is working on a new quiz for the Nintendo DS, its looks great but the downside for most is that unless you understand French itll be useless to you.
I was considering buying a SuperPassKey and flash cart adapter for my system, but on some FAQs it states that PassKeys are incompatible with DS's with serial numbers starting with a number higher than 12. Is this the case with all passkey type setups (like the Magic Key series) due to a strictly hardware-based incompatibility issue, or are there software and firmware upgrades that deal with this?
While we in Europe wait patiently for our pink and blue DS release, timed to coincide with Nintendogs' debut here on October 7, news of another Nintendo handheld bundle is filtering in over yonder US way.
It seems our lucky American comrades are set to see a fancy red DS plop down in stores as part of a bundle deal featuring the upcoming Mario Kart DS on November 14. It's the same version of the handheld that shot out of Nintendo's palpitating manufacturing womb at the launch of Jump Superstars in Japan earlier this year and the Mario Kart bundle is due to retail at 149.99 USD.
There's no word on whether we'll be seeing the red DS in bundle form or otherwise over here, but given that most US DS announcements of late have wriggled their way to Europe pretty swiftly - that price slash and Nintendogs bundle, for instance - it wouldn't surprise us to see a similar deal in our stores eventually.
Over on the iDeaS site theres some screenshots of what looks like the commercial game Castlevania running on the Nintendo DS Emulator for windows, check out the site here --> http://www.rascalboy.nzone.it/ideas.html
Where can I buy all the nintendo ds flash stuff (other than a sd card or compact flash card) i need for homebrew for REALLY cheap.(must be trustworthy site). I dont have much money, looking to spend less than $40....maybe $50 (my money that im willing to spend doesn't include the cost of compact flash card and/or sd card because i already have em)
Before crying to the wolves about piracy
I want to tell that I respect peoples work
but also like to simplify my life when I can
I have 22 nintendo original DS games
and now that the possibility of not carrying them around with me is offered
I grab it
I mean, I have a Flash2 advance ultra of 1G and a superpass
I would like to put more than one DS rom on my GBA flash cart
I tried yesterday but it didnt work
do I have to include a program like a boot file or something?
thanks for your help...
Set just a year after the events of Aria of Sorrow on Gameboy Advance, where a cult decided to resurrect the fallen Dracula and the evil that follows, the legendary Castlevania series continues, this time showing the incredible sprite pushing 2D power of the NDS. As either Soma Cruz or later Julius Belmont or Yoko, each with their own individual gameplay styles, you must infiltrate enemy territory and stop the evil of Dracula's resurrection from happening. The upper screen displays a map and character data, while the lower view is where the full on action you can see in the trailer below goes. The touch screen also comes into play with a new ability where gamers can "shatter" weak bricks with their finger or stylus, or learn and draw magical seals to defeat enemy creatures.
Further making use of the NDS, there's two different wireless modes, the first of which lets you trade soul abilities between systems. The second is a multiplayer versus mode, where one gamer builds a level by filling areas of the castle with their enemies of choice, and then race each other through it. With multiple endings, both good and bad, and gameplay additions like Weapon Synthesis mode, where Yoko will combine your weapon with a soul to create new items, get ready to sink your teeth into another Castlevania classic, due in stock this week.
You’ve been hearing about it for weeks… well it’s finally here! To celebrate the UK arrival of Nintendogs, the hugely anticipated virtual puppy phenomenon - HMV’s famous mascot Nipper the Jack Russell will be throwing the doors open for the very first time to shoppers AND their dogs! Taking place at HMV’s flagship store - at 150 Oxford Street on Friday 7th October, 8am - the launch of Nintendogs signals the end of a very long wait for shoppers pining for ‘the next big thing for Christmas’.
On sale across the UK from Friday, gamers, dog lovers and kids alike will be able to get hold of a copy of Nintendogs before anyone else in the country. In addition, the first 50 people (or dogs!) reaching the till will get another free Nintendog from a choice of three breeds plus an exclusive doggy bag including free Nintendogs treats and another free Nintendo DS game!
The Nintendogs arrival at HMV is the stores’ first ever early morning launch and the first time dogs have been allowed in store - breaking the tradition of midnight store openings to open its doors to pooches across the capital taking their breakfast time walk.
Tim Ellis, HMV Head of Games, commented: "There's been a real buzz around this release for some time now and many of our stores have been inundated with customer enquiries. It has wide player appeal, which will make it a perfect gift item and a big seller for us all the way through to Christmas.
"HMV feels a natural affinity towards this title given that our own company mascot is Nipper the dog. Call us 'barking mad', but we're really excited about hosting the official Nintendogs UK launch at our Oxford Street Games Department on October 7th, when Nipper will be joined in-store by lots of his canine friends."
The manufacturer told us that the factory in China has just started working after the long holidays . We should able to receive the shipment on Sat and all the pre-orders will be shipped immediately . Thanks for your patience waiting.
Nintendo has unveiled the new Wi-Fi USB connector that will allow DS owners to take their handheld online if they don't already have a wireless Internet connection.
The USB connector will go on sale in Europe on November 25 - the same date as online enabled title Mario Kart DS - priced £30.
Once it's inserted into a USB port on a PC, a window is opened to establish a link between the DS, computer and Internet. The user must then complete a three-step on the DS to get connected. The connector will not work with Macs as Nintendo is only supporting Windows at present.
As previously announced, DS owners will be able to construct a Friends list but no usernames or passwords will be used. Instead, gamers will be able to swap 12 digit "Friend Codes" to add each other to their lists. There will also be an option to play with a random opponent selected by the Nintendo servers according to skill level to ensure an evenly matched game.
The USB connector was unveiled at the DS Conference 2005 in Japan, where three new titles for the handheld were also announced.
Eigo Zuke teaches Japanese speakers how to write and speak English using the DS's touch screen and microphone. Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training is the sequel to the chart topping Brain Training, and will be in the shops by Christmas. Daredemo Asobi Taikai is a collection of more than 40 popular board games, with game sharing and wireless support for up to eight players. So far all three games are down for a Japanese release only.
Final Fantasy III is being remade in 3D for the DS in 2006. FF V and VI will arrive on the GBA next year as well, following the GBA release of FF IV on December 12 of this year.
This will result in all pre-PlayStation Final Fantasy titles being made available on a Nintendo portable by the end of 2006.
Long-term Nintendo fans might remember a time when news of the company's big name franchises missing their release date came more frequently than a nymphomaniac sat on the spin cycle. So, in many ways, it's like being back in the good old days, what with Zelda: The Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime Hunters and now Mario Kart DS slipping back unexpectedly.
No need to jump off that multi-storey car park roof just yet though - Mario Kart DS is only skulking back in Europe, and it's only going to be two weeks late. It's now due out on November 25 rather than the previously touted November 11.
Although Nintendo's not revealed any particular reason for the delay, we'd hazard a guess that it's probably been set back to allow for some last minute tweaks to the company's European Wi-fi Connection service, which Jim Merrick was adament would be launching at the same time as the game when we interviewed him recently
Infantile Paralyser have updated their Shell for the NintendoDS. heres whats new:
The file made from dmvenc before cannot be reproduced.
'Colors saturation' bug was corrected. thanks Kir.
The aspect ratio was detected automatically.
codec was sped up.
Even '256x192pixel 12fps' is confirmed.
However, there is a difference by source movie.
Additionally, a detailed correction was done.
Kuwanger has released a new version of his unofficial port of Pocketnes the Nes emulator for the GBA (also works with Nintendo Ds and Gamecube Gameboy player):
Okay, here' S has binary release for my fork of partial PocketNES that supports compression of ROMs. Included are linux and Windows binaries for compression/decompression (all command-line). Simple run "nc\nc file.nes file.npc". Yew it says it' S not compressable, you can' T compress it. Otherwise, file.npc will contained the compressed content. Want yew you, you edge rename it back to file.nes and could it under has build program. However, none of the build programs will Be whitebait to properly recognize the ROM (it' S compressed). They should Be whitebait to Be added to drank has compilation. Regardless, you edge uses npc files under Pogoshell by simply adding has line for npc (gold again, simple rename the npc files to nes).
Please notes, state saves from previous versions of PocketNES will not work with this version. There' S No way to C has conversion, sadly. Please carryforward any problems you cuts with it here.
The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed more than thirty new Nintendo DS titles, including quite a few first party ones. You can check out some screens on these new titles (including the aforementioned TINGLE RPG) at Famitsu. Without further delay, here's what titles were featured in the magazine (please note that any release dates are Japanese):
Adult Brain Training 2
Seiken Densetsu DS [Secret of Mana DS]
Rainbow Island DS (Jan 5)
Gyakuten Saiban 4 [Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney] (2006)
Tales DS
Daikoukaijidai DS
Magical Vacation: When the 5 Stars Line Up
ASH (Archaic Sealed Heat - Mistwalker RPG)
Wishroom
Kaitou Wario (Kaitou means 'Mysterious/Phantom Thief')
Custom Robo DS
English Training DS
Tingle RPG
Detect Hacker
Densetsu no Starfi 4 [Legend of Starfi 4]
Puzzloop DS
Mario Basket 3 vs 3 [Mario Basketball]
Crossword
Jigsaw Puzzle
Sudoku
Bomberman Story
SD Gundam game
Stylebook series (Bandai)
Ocha Inu no Heya
San-X Dreamland
Dangerous Jiisan
Nobunaga's Ambition DS
Dracula [New Castlevania Game]
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Tenchu
Vs. Puzzle Papi Inu Vector Wan!!
Titles of Note
Tingle RPG
The top screen shows Tingle holding a bomb with the number "9", while the bottom screen has a gigantic insect crawling around with what appears to be a big red target on it. You can also see a bomb with many little balloons attatched to it near the insect. Perhaps the game will play out similarly to the Tingle Tuner in Wind Waker, where players did not control Tingle directly?
Densetsu no Starfi 4
The fourth game in the Starfi series of games - the previous three were available for Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this game, the top screen shows the action while the touch screen displays a map. Starfi (as you may or may not have guessed) is a starfish.
Mario Basket 3 vs 3
Basketball with a Mario flavour. The top screen shows the action, the touch screen shows a layout of the court. Confirmed characters include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Wario, Bowser and Paratroopa. There are also Question Mark boxes scattered on the court, including one with coins spewing out of it. Looks like you have to hit those boxes when you have the basketball. Turtle shells are also displayed on the touch screen, suggesting Mario Kart item mischief as well. Finally, this game is Nintendo Wi-Fi compatible!
Kaitou Wario
Not sure what to make of this platform game. The top screen shows a Metroid-like map, as well as what appear to be power-ups. There's also a clock shown - could this be timed, similar to Metroid? It's definitely Wario, though - that Wario hat shown in the touch screen is enough of a clue!
Mario Kart fans rejoice as the hugely popular racing game comes to the Nintendo DS on 25th November 2005. Mario Kart DS will drive players new and old to distraction as they race their way around a selection of tracks, including all-new extravaganzas and time-honoured classics from previous versions of the games. What's more Mario Kart DS will be the first Nintendo DS title to offer gamers online play allowing you to race anyone, anywhere, anytime for free.
Want to show off your skills? Then get excited as Mario Kart DS features both online and wireless multiplayer modes. By using the Wireless DS Single-Card Download Play feature, up to 8 players can link up with just one game card. Alternatively you can battle it out online with three other players either in the comfort of your own home using your existing Wi-Fi broadband; or in the High Street either at Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Access Points in store or at Nintendo Wi-Fi connection enabled public Wi-Fi hotspots. Never before has it been so easy to pick up a games console and challenge friends from all over the world for free!
Nintendo's unique new Friend Roster enables players to play online with their friends, all you need to do is set up a Friend Code by swapping a number with your friend, they will then be added to your Friend Roster and you can select to play with them online anytime, anywhere. Alternatively you can play with someone of a similar skill level. This is done seamlessly via Nintendo's servers through the use of a skill mapping system to ensure the environment is open to users of all ages and skill levels.
The Nintendo DS's double screens are put to perfect use in Mario Kart DS, moving certain features, such as the map onto the bottom screen, clearing the top solely for the fast paced action. Mario Kart DS also allows players to see what weapons their opponents have, thanks to a small symbol next to their faces on the lower screen. For the first time ever you will know what item to hang onto and what tricks your opponents have up their sleeves.
Following in the Mario Kart tradition, players must pick up items along the track such as power-ups which they can use to boost their own powers, mushrooms for a speed boost, a star to become invulnerable or shells, bombs and bananas to attack their opponents. Players can use these items to knock their opponents off the track and out of their way. These power ups can dramatically change the outcome of a race, so mastering these can give you the vital edge over your opponents.
Mario Kart DS provides excitement and challenges to keep players, both young and old, entertained and in the driving seat. This highly addictive, fun and fast paced racing game launches on the Nintendo DS in the UK on 25th November 2005, at the estimated retail price of around £30. Also launching on the same date is the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector which will enable players who have Broadband at home to join in the Wi-Fi fun. The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector will be priced at around £30.
Celebrating the Gameboy legacy, and hot on the heels of the Micro launch, Yujin have released a capsule toy collection featuring Nintendo's handheld line recreated in fantastic detail. Models revisited include the GameBoy (DMG-01), GameBoy Pocket (MGB-001), GameBoy Light (MGB-101), GameBoy Color (CGB-001), GameBoy Advance (AGB-S-WA) and GameBoy Advance SP (AGS-001). A little set of accessories is also included with each toy, such as a game cartridge, GameBoy printer or camera. Brand new for October, each is just US$ 4.95.
Next in line we have the Nintendo Cartridge Type Pocket Calculator from Banpresto. Inside a Famicom (NES) cartridge replica of either Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda or Ice Climber, is a fully working calculator, complete with authentic screenshot and real game sound effects. 15 cm wide (6 inches), these are US$ 14.95 each, and are the perfect example of original gaming collectables you can only pick up from your favorite hardcore store.
Previously we had plushes from the Super Mario DX label, very high quality soft toys from one of the most famous and best selling gaming series of all time, Super Mario Bros. Naturally these didn't take long to sell out, but now to help christen the title's 20th anniversary, we have Goomba and Koopa Troopa. A large 27 cm high (10.5 inches) in size, these are only US$ 16.95 each, a truly great price for a plush.
If you prefer to enjoy Mario and friends how they were 20 years ago though, we offer Nintendo Mini Mascot Keychains from Banpresto. At just US$ 2.95 each, you get Mario or Luigi from Super Mario Bros., Popo or Nana from Ice Climber, Player 1 or 2 colors from Balloon Fight, and Link wearing either Green or Blue from The Legend of Zelda, all in their classic pixel designs.
These are just the first collectibles to come from a complete line-up of Mario 20th Anniversary goodies that Banpresto has on the release calendar for this quarter. Stay tuned for more, as we expect tons of Mario related products to come within the next three months, from computer mice to bath towels, plushes, and much more.
Nintendo held a special DS event in Tokyo yesterday where the new Wi-Fi adapter was unveiled, as well as a bunch of DS games to come out at a later point in time.
The company will launch the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in Japan this autumn with two compatible software titles (Animal Crossing: Wild World on November 23rd and Mario Kart DS on December 8th). The games will be free to play online, although Nintendo said it is up to third-party publishers to follow the same path or go for paid subscriptions schemes. The network allows you to use friends lists when searching for online opponents, and it will also give you the opportunity to play against "rivals" or random players (national or international). The marketing campaign for the service in Japan will be organized around the tagline of “Easy. Safe. Free.”
The games will be playable online using any Wi-Fi hot spot that you can catch with the NDS built-in receiver. Where the USB connector comes in handy is for those times when no Wi-Fi station is nearby: the USB connector plugs in your computer USB port and allows your wired internet connection to be broadcast wirelessly for your Nintendo DS.
Of other interest to DS owners is the ever-expanding list of games in development for the handheld. Though Nintendo showed several games that were previously announced, it did announce some new surprising ones including an exciting Mario Basketball 3 on 3 (not much more information and no release date as of yet).
You play as a rather ordinary character who one day falls in love at the first sight of a particularly hot chick. From then on, the character puts all his energy into getting the girl, only to find numerous obstacles in his way. The game was given its name to deliver the sense of how serious the main character's attraction is to the girl -- a good thing, because the entire point of the game is to earn the girl's affection. You use the Nintendo DS's touch panel to interact with the game and make the girl grow fond of you. The basic gist of the game is to touch the girl via the touch screen. In fact, the game doesn't even use the standard D-pad and button controls -- it's all about the touch.
Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection will begin a new era of easy, social gaming. For the first time, characters from the Nintendo universe will be playable online, as part of a unique wireless community, accessible inside or outside the home. Nintendo DSTM games like Mario Kart® DS, Animal Crossing®: Wild World and Metroid® Prime Hunters will require no additional charge for online play. Each is scheduled to launch in the coming months, along with the first third-party title using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Activision's Tony Hawk's American SK8Land, developed by Vicarious Visions.
From home, if the user already has a Wi-Fi network, the Nintendo DS unit will connect directly to it with minimal setup procedures. Those who have a high-speed Internet connection such as cable or DSL, but no wireless network, can use the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, sold separately, that will plug into a computer USB port to create a wireless access point to connect to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Outside of the home, players will be able to connect in a variety of ways, including at thousands of free Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection hotspots nationwide. More details about these hotspots and how to connect outside of the home will be announced shortly.
Nintendo DS is just the first Nintendo system to connect via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The same service will be incorporated into Nintendo's next-generation home console, code-named Nintendo Revolution, set for release in 2006.
"Nintendo has taken the online video gaming model and rewritten the definition of community," said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing. "With easy setup and no added service fees, players far and wide will log in and play with one another as easily as if they were sitting in the same room."
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will create a welcome, inviting atmosphere where video game players of all kinds can log on wirelessly and begin playing. The service will be used in different ways for different games. In Mario Kart DS, four players at a time can race over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Racers can pick opponents from their roster of friends, match up randomly against strangers of comparable skill levels or simply choose to race against anyone in the world. Mario Kart DS launches Nov. 14.
People who hang out in Animal Crossing: Wild World can travel to other players' towns or invite up to three other players to visit their own towns, simply by opening the town gate. The four players then can interact and play together simultaneously in one town. Players must know one another and register to their respective friend rosters before they can connect. Animal Crossing: Wild World is set to launch on Dec. 5.
Activision's Tony Hawk's American Sk8land will let players compete head-to-head in multiplayer games in a variety of modes. Players also can create custom skateboard art and graffiti tags, and share them with other players via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The service will track global high scores and stats. Tony Hawk's American SK8Land will launch on Nov. 14.
Games in development include Metroid Prime Hunters, slated to launch in the first quarter of 2006. Players can hook up for play with registered friends, automatch with other players based on a skill-level match or play with anyone; Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection quickly finds the best match with other players online.
The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video game systems. Each year, hundreds of all-new titles for the best-selling Game Boy® Advance SP, Nintendo DSTM and Nintendo GameCubeTM systems extend Nintendo's vast game library and continue the tradition of delivering a rich, diverse mix of quality video games for players of all ages. Since the release of its first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion video games and more than 353 million hardware units globally, creating enduring industry icons such as MarioTM and Donkey Kong® and launching popular culture franchise phenomena such as Metroid®, ZeldaTM and Pokémon®. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.
For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com.
iQuiz is a couple of two games. In the "QuizGame" you have to answer questions in limited time. In "Fastwriter" you have to type given words as fast as possible. On the upper screen you see everything you need to play, and on the lower screen you see a Keyboard for the input. In the "QuizGame", there are 1393 Question! The whole game design is made up like you are typing on a PDA. Release notes for this version: New iQuiz version! It is now balanced and has sound!
While Mario's tendency to get shoe-horned into all Nintendo's sports titles has seen the jolly fat one fall from grace, Zelda's a name that still has the power to make fans dribble in sheer uncontrollable anticipation. Now, while Twilight Princess lingers in extended development time, series producer Eiji Aonuma has spilled some new details on the Link's upcoming DS debut.
In an interview with EGM, Aonuma has explained that the dual-screen handheld's Zelda game will be an entirely new experience for fans of the franchise, offering a brand new method of control and enabling gamers to view proceedings from a whole new perspective.
In fact, he said it just like this: "What I can tell you is that it's going to use the touch screen for a very unique control system that people have never experienced in a Zelda game before. I think one of the important elements of the Zelda series has always been that you feel like you're in the world doing the things that Link is doing and touching the things that Link is touching. This time you'll be able to use the touch screen and actually touch those items and objects yourself."
Quite what all that means is anybody's guess at the moment, but we can't quite shake the feeling that we might just be looking at some sort of first-person Zelda trickery, where you'll roam Hyrule looking through Link's eyes and manipulate your surroundings using the stylus. Of course, we might be entirely wrong here, but we've been wondering if this is the direction Aonuma intends to take the series ever since Miyamoto announced that Twilight Princess would be the last outing for Zelda as we know it.
With Nintendo's Revolution video suggesting the new controller can be used as a virtual sword, it wasn't too much of a jump to imagine we'll be seeing this kind of gameplay mechanic crop up in the green-clad elf's next-gen outing. Which would give Nintendo all the more reason to bring both console and handheld version into line.
Of course, all this is rampant speculation at the moment, but then it's Friday afternoon, we're full of pie and our brains are in a twirl. Wanna make something of it?
creepyplaidman has updated his WIP game for the Nintendo DS.
W00t just made a major update, I added a data map to the backgrond. What does that mean? Now the map has passable and nonpassable tiles, so now my game has a bump you can jump around w00t. This map will also allow me to do more in the future, such as determine tiles to be grind poles. The hard part non touch screen part of my game is done, now I can do the easy stuff various new tiles, artwork, and more levels. When I get some sort of hardware to test this game on my ds I will add the main characters weapon and enemies, so until then I think I'll make this a race to the end of the level game. In honor of my engine being basically complete, I've made the background ub3r awesome. I also slowed down the sprite a bit, leave comments if it's too fast, and also if the jump motion looks skippy.
Some arsehole for want of a better word has released a new RomLoader and it will brick your Nintendo DS, please only download software for your Nintendo DS from the sites that you trust like this one.
Infantile Paralyser have updated their Shell for the NintendoDS. heres whats new:
A fatal bug of betatest3 was corrected.
Seek was supported with DMV.
Quick seek can be done with the cursor key.
copy from betatest3
'Colors saturation' bug was corrected. thanks Kir.
The aspect ratio was detected automatically.
codec was sped up.
Even '256x192pixel 12fps' is confirmed.
However, there is a difference by source movie.
Additionally, a detailed correction was done.
An update on the port of Doom to the Nintendo DS named DoomDS:
Well, its been too long since my last update, but I've been very busy.
Lots of design work has been done over the past few weeks, lots of progress with Doom level editing, but sadly, not alot of progress with the engine.
I've recently decided to learn C++ then move onto OpenGL and then apply what I have learned into DS development. Its going to take a while to get to a decent skill level, but i'm pretty determined and learn fast when i want to. This does not mean I plan to work on the DoomDS engine myself, I am still relying on outside help for that.
I am playing around with the source to some engines already, and its good fun.
There has not been a media update for quite some time, I did post some pictures of the levels over on the dual-soft forums, but other then that I don't plan to release too much. I'd much rather wait until some hardware testing begins and then show some better stuff.
The Chainsaw has just been modeled, lots of map objects such as computer terminals, switches and random equipment have also been modeled. Levels are progressing well too, but there will most likely be changes
once testing begins. Textures are also being pumped out at a nice rate too!
In other news, Stephen Stair is very close to finishing he's work on the DS WiFi code.
He's progress is fantastic and he looks set to claim the bounty, he deserves it.
No doubt we will see a surge in WiFi apps for the DS. Pop over to Stephen's site and check out the progress. http://akkit.org/dswifi/
When not working, modeling, mapping, playing games, or sleeping, I've been designing a very simple game purely for WiFi play. It would also be a great single player game, but I think the multiplayer aspect will be alot of fun. Its seems there is more and more that needs to be learned before the DoomDS engine takes shape, this project may serve as a good stepping stone for it, but we shall see.
I will be sure to keep you posted though, no more delayed updates.
Thanks again to everyone who's emailed me, your kind words and suggestions are much appriciated.
Keep them coming.
Well, lwIP appears to be working, from what I've been able to test. I'm presently hung up trying to disable a hardware feature that overrides my setting of the powersave bit. Basicly, until I can change that bit, I can't get data from the access point properly, it's really anoyying. I've been working on trying to unset the bit now for about 2 days now, and have been rather unsuccessful (have tried some 50-100 combinations of things) I will probably take a break from this for a day or 2 (to service another pressing project), but this bit can't take that much more time to figure out.
seems GBA SRAM has a couple unreliable bytes at the beginning and end, thanks Tepples for the info in the GBA programming newbie’s guide ;-) and thanks Eric for making me look for it :-) this is now fixed for EToolSMS, and will be fixed for ETool 2.x SAP. The first and last couple bytes being unreliable (NULLing sometimes on power cycle) it will simply update the header on the save so that the APPID no longer has any data in the first couple of bytes, fixing this problem transparently for anyone using EToolSMS, and it should fix it on any damaged (0x00 in first 2 bytes) existing EToolSMS file. Still unsure as to why the previous versions would not boot with G6.
creepyplaidman has updated his WIP game for the Nintendo DS.
Alright, I've now turned my engine into a 3 level game and I've dubbed the release the Zotbot Preview, because I feel the game has reached that 60% Level that neoflash desires, so feel free to judge my zotbot preview. Also added top screen fun to the release, just to make it look more fun
According to logs that were posted on the internet a coder by the name of Darkfader has released a Bricking tool which will kill any Nintendo DS that uses PassMe/FlashMe and any of the following cards Supercard, M3 Adapter and the GBA Media Player.
Basically for now you must hold off trying any new homebrew unless you can guarentee 100% that the person supplying it is safe:
Brakken posted this:
DarkFader, the person who cracked the Nintendo DS, was behind the creation of the NeoFlash, the MAN who ran the Nintendo DS ROM release group GST (Golden Sun Team) has released a small program that will erase your Nintendo DS firmware, GBAMP firmware and/or your SuperCard Firmware and the release appears to be supported and endorsed by the DSDEV (#dsdev on EFNET IRC) community of dev's (who most recieve free NeoFlash devkits). This Bricker does not destroy NeoFlash carts? Could there possibly be any correlation?
The code used in the original bricking application has been ripped and now is being added to other homebrew and roms so if you run one without checking it first you'll end up with a dead Nintendo DS, GBAMP and/or SuperCard. This is a very counter-productive move on the Nintendo DS's Development Community as their code to disrupt piracy (which they helped create) is now being used in their own programs! Currently there is no way to test for this bricking code!
Just image going to run NESDS and having your Nintendo DS die! Luckily, if you use the FlashMe Firmware replacement for the Nintendo DS you can recover from this deadly attack by booting up the system any holding "A+B+START+SELECT" then loading the Firmware from a flashcart other then your SuperCard (as it's most likely been destroyed).
Some Conversation off IRC that was posted:
<DarkFader> yes
<xxxxx> what's all this about a trojan?
<DarkFader> DS program that erases some things
<xxxxx> hmmm... payback for something?
<DarkFader> firmware of supercard, media player, DS
<DarkFader> nah
<DarkFader> for fun of course
<xxxxx> heh, I see
<DarkFader> it also erases the xg/neoflash card and CF inside movie player
<DarkFader> I still need to add support for more devices
<DarkFader> M3, G6, SD cards
<xxxxx> hmmm... for what purpose? laughs?
<DarkFader> it will put ppl on alert
<xxxxx> and leave them with a hell of a lot of broken DS'es
<DarkFader> it can be fixed
<DarkFader> but still very annoying to fix it all
<xxxxx> indeed
<xxxxx> but won't stuff like this kill the homebrew scene?
<xxxxx> no one wants to load anything in fear of frying their DS.. or flash card
<DarkFader> hmm
First off id like to say that no release on this site will ever brick your DS because i will check everyone that doesnt come from a valid source, the DS scene is great apart from some elitest idiots who think its funny to ruin peoples DS consoles.
Read it and youll see that the Developers (a minority it must be said) thought it was funny when one of the users ran the software and nearly bricked his PSP.
I read what other forums and sites posted about the loader and so i went in myself to #dsdev and well the atitude that came across when i asked about the loader was disapointing to say the least, basically they were saying that unless you flash your DS then its tough if anything happens.
My thoughts on the whole situation are that as any homebrew scene you do not shit on the homebrew users and this ill guarentee will be found in a homebrew game before long.
No site or forums or even a chat room should think its funny when a release like this happens but it seems that a certain chat room does, now ill bet that a lot of the developers are horrified that this has been released but from what i seen in there, only a few lamers rule the roost.
So in future can you trust anything released from such sources if they think its funny when your DS dies, it has to be the lamest release of the year and it will hit homebrew users more than any bloody warez users in the long run
BigRedPimp founder of #DSDev speaks out on the Bricker issue, heres the full newspost:
I feel that this should be said considering how people are saying #dsdev supports the bricker…
I, BigRedPimp, am the founder of #dsdev on EFNet. Rumor has been going around that the bricker app (which renders stock Nintendo DS units useless) is supported by the ops of my channel. This is not the case. The fact of the matter is that I am disgusted with certain individuals who not only created it but condone its creation by saying “because I can”. This, to be blunt, is bullshit. You are single-handedly making it hard to trust anyone out there looking for help on their current work. Why someone would create an “app” that would turn a US$120+ portable device into a paperweight is beyond me. I think this individual needs a serious reality check. Just because you can afford a DS whenever you want one doesn’t give you the ****ING RIGHT to destroy the rest of ours. I’ll be expecting some sort of retort for this but I don’t care.
In closing, I reiterate the point that the staff of EFNet #dsdev does NOT condone the use of the bricker in any way, shape or form. Support positive development, not destructive. That is all.
- I say thanks to BigRedPimp for this news, pity that one lamer and a few idiots who think its funny can cause problems for our scene.
The recent Brick inducing PSP/DS Software has claimed many victims, more DS than PSP, heres an article from the respected Kojote of PDRoms
just can't hold myself back but there are a few things which have to be said right now.
Recently the PSP and now the DS are affected by malicious programs, which are able to break your handhelds. The sense of this action is just right beyond my understanding and the understanding of most developers I know. People who are new to homebrew might be tricked to run a program, which will destroy their hard paid off system. Not everyone can afford a new one - and it's not clever to trick new people into running code which is really doing bad things. Many people will get a wrong opinion about homebrew software and this is what i don't want.
The PSP is affected in two ways:
There is a FAKE downgrader which ****s up your bios, the chance of getting it back to work is almost zero
Recently Symantec also figured out the first VIRUS for the PSP. It doesn't spread it self, but it ****s up the bios as well.
The NDS is affected in this way:
The DS bricker will overwrite some regions of the bios and it will be extremly hard to recover anything.
All that stuff might have been developed to show skills, but never forget there are kids who don't understand anything about it and they forward those things to their friends to fool them. More and more system will be bricked - Is this what we need? Things will spread over Bittorrent and E-Mule and reach hundrets of people - hundrets of people who are now in potential danger to brick their system.
Exactly such a behaviour shows companies as Sony that they are right with upgrading their firmware again and again, and finaly eleminate EVERY SINGLE EXPLOIT which is found. If there are no exploits left, you can't run any homebrew. This could be the dead of everything people were supporting for years.
Until further notice:
* NO NEWS ON PDROMS
Homebrew over - at least for the next days.
I hope my words will ring a bell in some people head. A general warning to everyone who is new to homebrew, please only get things for a serious source and avoid warez, as playing commercial games for "free" might be a bigger target. You shouldn't play warez at all anyway.
Thanks for everyone who keeps on destroying the homebrew scene - Thanks for destroying the hard work of many people - Thanks for destroying the effort people used to get everything working.
DarkFader has released a fake DS ROM that claims to be a Hentai viewer or ROM loader but is in actual fact a program that will flash part of your firmware rendering your DS useless. It is apparently possible to fix the DS if you have FlashMe but otherwise you will be left with a brick. UPDATE: To fix if you have FlashMe hold A+B+SELECT+START when switching on the DS, you can then run the original FlashMe updater to restore the DS. There are also reports that it will erase G6, M3, gbamp and SuperCard firmware as well as deleting anything found on the CompactFlash card in the gbamp.
The file was originally released as taihen.zip (.nds size 548,673 bytes) which is an Hentai viewer and then as r0mloader.zip (.nds size 151,361 bytes) which claims to be a ROM loader. At the moment there is no way to be absolutely sure if a ROM is legit so please be VERY careful before trying any new homebrew.
More news on the horrid release, heres what Drunken Coders Posted:
A day or so ago, Darkfader released a certain malicious bit of homebrew under the name r0mloader. This software claimed to allow a person to run commercial roms off of their GBAMP or supper card. What it actually does is corrupt the firmware on your DS as well as on your supper card or GBAMP effectively turning your DS into a brick.
It is suspected that this was done as an act of anti-piracy but it has caused many beginning amateur programmers to shy away from the system. Although I tend to fall heavily on the anti-piracy side of things myself, I do not feel it is the homebrew communities place to take such actions.
Fortunately the first thing most people do when the set up their DS for homebrew is apply Firefly's firmware patch. Unlike Nintendo’s firmware, Firefly's patch has recovery code built in which allows you to restore your firmware if you have a gba flash cart.
If you do not have the firmware patch applied be careful of what you run. If it is already too late it is still possible to recover although it requires a bit of effort.
I am not sure how wide spread this is, feel free to email me if you were affected and I will work on getting a recovery guide posted.
Might Max has released an update to his homebrew loader for the gbamp. This is comming along very nicely and even suppors plugins based on file type. Currently only png and mpg (v1) are supported.
08.10.2005 - 21:25
Enabled FileListSize parameter
Added FileListColor_R/G/B parameters
Added Description* parameters
Added Icon* parameters
Added font.ini for font customizations
Hidden files or folders don't show in list anymore
Fixed a bug that prevented a reload of multiboot
Added a parameter to list the files vertical centered
Touchscreen selection scrolls now correct
Microphone is still not available but I added sounds (not yet for everything), I fixed numerous bugs, all current maluses are available, and I translated the project from the uggly C++ to regular and holly C ))
By the way, I fixed the wrong section assignment (linker complained about my "attribute"s).
I'll try soon to add a *really functionnal* highscores saving.
ok, my proposal is to make a list of all the known brickers and all the clean non-killer rom loaders. then we know whos being a bstrd when they say "somthing somthing ds rom loader v1" and that somthing somthing is on the bricker list. this way we can find the rats and ban them. and probly block there IP if you can.
Ok, heres the deal. I used wifi to replace my firmware, and I used the NDSPatch to load games onto my 512 x-rom cartridge. Everything is working great. So far I have gotten metroid, castlevania, and a couple other games to play just fine. I have 3 questions though.
1) Warioware Touch won't play. I read it has something to do with "unlocking" it? Can anyone shed some light?
2) More importantly is there a working multiboot program for NDS roms?
3) Is there anyway I can use my x-rom cart for both NDS and GBA roms at the same time? It sucks have 1 NDS rom on there and I cant use the extra space for any GBA roms.
Hi, I just stumbled onto this whole NDS homebrew thing, I was wondering, are there any programs available that simulate PDA functionality, or allow web browsing through the Wi-Fi link?
I have probably the most laughable question to date so set your faces to chuckle. I have been searching for about 24 hours and can not find an answer but please forgive me if it has been asked before.
Background: I have a M3 Perfect and a Passkey. When I try to load up with the Passkey in passkey mode with a cart in the slot my DS greyscreens.
The Stupid Questions 3:
1. Do I need to do a firmware flash for the Passkey to work?
2. If so, what ones won't wreck my DS?
3. After a flash, will I need to still use the Passkey?
4. Can I still use the DS 'as normal' after a flash?
I found this site while looking for info on DS homebrew stuff. I'm about to take the plunge and buy some crap, but I'm not sure which crap I need.
On your site, it has the 4 gadgets that I need. Is that it? Everywhere I go to buy the Superpassme, I see these other NDS Flash Cart Kits, that supposed to have everything in it. But they seem different from what your site said I need.
Overall, I'm confused. If someone could shed some light on the difference between the Flash Cart Kits and the SuperPassMe route, I'b ppreciate it.
Just checking before I go leech some CF cards off my grandpa, theres no way a CF Type II Microdrive is gonna work with the M3 right? (Its an IBM 1GB Microdrive). Will CF Type II even work?
Meet Phoenix Wright, the rookie defense lawyer new to the scene with the wildest cross-examination skills in town! Take on five intriguing cases to reveal dramatic, stunning, and even comical court proceedings. Use both the dual and touch screens to investigate crime scenes, question witnesses and present shocking evidence. "Objection!" ...It's outrageous fun! You won't be able to put down this laugh-out-loud, riveting adventure!
Puppy training simulator Nintendogs has racked up sales of over 160,000 units across Europe in its first weekend on sale, with the Nintendo DS title looking set to match its earlier successes in North America and Japan.
The highly unusual title - which allows players to interact directly with a puppy using the stylus and microphone on the Nintendo DS - launched last Friday in Europe, accompanied by new pink and blue editions of the DS console.
The enormous success of the game mirrors the situation in North America, where the title sold around 250,000 units in its first week on sale. So far 1.5 million units have been sold in North America and Japan alone.
"Nintendogs is clearly helping sell new Nintendo DS hardware," commented Nintendo's senior director of marketing Jim Merrick. "Nintendo DS sales are up between 400 - 700 per cent across Europe; this will further cement our position as leader in the portable market."
In Japan, Nintendogs sold strongly to female audiences and is fingered as a key title in helping to drive the DS console out beyond the traditional gaming demographic in that market, along with other software such as the Brain Training titles - which will appear in Europe in the coming months.
After bringing you the news back in July that the fantastically fast and furious racer Burnout Legends was on its way to Nintendo DS, we've now uncovered the first shots of the pocket rocket.
As with the PSP edition, Burnout Legends DS combines aspects of the first three console versions of the series and, with unashamed vehicle shunting, upended motors and flying bodywork all present and correct in the new shots, the DS version's smashanigans (You're fired - Ed) look set to be just as addictive as in previous outings.
Penned for release in December, the game's publisher EA has yet to release any detailed gameplay information, and it seems DS's touch-screen will not be fully utilised - these shots merely show maps and statistics on DS's bottom screen.
However, the handheld's WiFi capabilities will surely mean a bit of head-to-head racing and car swappery is on the cards.
Burnout Legends will be released for DS in December and is out for PSP now
News from SuccessHK that they are seling Homebrew Compatible DS Consoles (Some of the new DS`s wont play homebrew)
Compatible with Super Pass Key
The latest portable gaming console from Nintendo
Equipped with 2 LCD screens. Besides, the lower one features with PDA-like touch capabilities
Wireless multiplayer for up to 16 players
GBA backwards compatible
they also have new stock of the following:
Nintendo DS Jap ver. New Stock.
Nintendo DS Jap ver. - Candy Pink New Stock.
Nintendo DS Jap ver. - Red New Stock.
Nintendo DS Jap ver. - Turquoise Blue New Stock.
Nintendo DS Jap ver. - Graphite Black New Stock.
Hello, fellow users. Now it's time to help the ScummVM team bring out a new release of err... ScummVM. Ta-da!
We have a large amount of changes, new features and bugfixes. Almost every aspect of the program was touched, tuned, altered. So we once again need to ask for testers of every game we support.
We'd like to mention two completely new titles we support now. They are Inherit the Earth and Gobliiins (first one in the series). Please, pay attention to those too.
Instructions on how to do the testing are located at our Wiki page. Please, stick to those and report on our mailing list, on #scummvm or in our forums.
Dragonminded has released a new app for the DS, heres the news:
I'm posting a working beta of the DS Text editor. No longer is it a viewer with an annoying cursor, but a text editor! There are some bugs, such as horrid things going wrong when it can't wrap a line properly, and I'm sure there's other stuff out there. Please comment! Get it here.
TO DO:
- Real Ins/Ovr button.
- Caps/Shift indicators.
- Proper wrapping of really long lines.
- Repeating characters.
- Touch buttons for the cursor functions.
- Left hand/right hand mode.
- Credits screen.
For a long time now, I've been wanting to implement breakpoints into DSemu's debugger. Indeed, I remember writing about it here. And for the longest time, I thought having a list that the dispatch looks through every cycle would be too slow. But then I found C++.
The STL has a log-n reverse lookup table (just a map, basically) that I can use to get some viable speed out of the breakpoints. And so I have.
And keep in mind, this is working on Linux; the Windows compile looks exactly the same, and if I could get it to build on OSX, it'd be the same as well. So yeah, it's portable.
It would seem that the project lives once again. I took up the idea recently of using C++ to create a massively modular plugin structure, and it seems to be pulling itself off. As of right now, I have a small amount of an ARM7 core in one plugin, a mode3/4 GPU in another plugin, and a memory plugin tying them together.
Not only that, but the whole lot is portable cross-platform, thanks to the FLTK user interface plugin. And that means I can run this thing on Windows, Linux, yea even on OSX (if it would compile there).
As of right now, the simplest of mode3 demos run, and mic's afire also seems to work fine. Anything else refuses to output. That may be due to missing instructions in the core, or missing graphics; either way, there's a long way to go.
I am, of course, providing the source. Eventually, this'll make its way into the official DSemu repository as a (huge) patch, replacing nigh-on the whole repository with new source files. But for now, you can grab the source at the link below. (You will need fltk's includes and libraries; the Unix makefile checks for them, the Windows one doesn't.)
Ruuvisca has released a Minesweeper game for the Nintendo DS:
I started to develop a classic minesweeper game for nintendo ds. I think this game is now 70-80% ready but there is still many things to do. I haven't got a change to try it on a real nds but it works on dsemu-emulator (also on dualis, but not fully. check info page for details).
- Fixed the speed problem
- Fixed another problem in the sound init
- Adapted the makefile, now just put the mod in the data directory, and put #include modfile.h"
- Fixed upper/lower case problems for linux systems
The downloads have been totally migrated to sourceforge, in 3 packages :
- Examples... (zip)
- PAlib without the examples, a bit smaller (zip)
- Complete package (will include examples and the doc when I update it), in 7z format, though, to take up less space. I'll add a documentation package next time I update it
0.60d
- Library (when compiled) and rom sizes reduced by 150kb
- Optimised the Astar memory usage, now has an init function...
- Added a function to load mod files from GBFS (too large files will kill your DS, though, as it copies them into RAM)
- Added a LargeMap Ex function, in which you chose the tileset size
Im working in a new project called "DrumerS", its a game of playin drums. The game is the first version, it plays with pad the different sounds, its only for test sound. Later, when spritetouched problem is solved, Ill draw some drums and cymbals in screen and play sounds when touch them.
This little demo I put together outputs a few different methods of interpolating more accurate touch readings from the DS. The method that works best is simply averaging the last few points to get the next one. It is by no means finished, and the cursor is still a little jumpy, but its better than using raw data. Try touching the screen very lightly and you will see the inaccuracy of the DS touch screen.
Rumor has it that a Mario Kart DS bundle is heading our way just in time for the big post-Thanksgiving sales. The bundle will hit on Nov. 28 and come with a copy of the WiFi enabled Mario Kart DS and a DS in a brand-spanking new color: Hot Rod Red (Basically an eyeball searing red.) The bundle will also include a checkered wrist strap and some sweet stickers so you can customize your DS with flames, numbers and other racing images. The whole thing will sell for a cool $150, so save up those clamshells.
The game takes place in the city of London, Londonian Gothics Meikyuu no Lolita is an Action-RPG which lets players assume the role of Alice. The heroine, a gothic lolita, is searching for a scientist who has been abducted by a grotesque being. Unlike other representatives of the genre, which focus on taking out everything that appears on the screen, Mega Cyber's title will allow for conversations and negotiations with monsters, a system that you can find in Atlus RPG series Shin Megami Tensei.
On November 28th, Nintendo will be selling a new bundle of the Wi-Fi-enabled Mario Kart racing game for the DS. Included with the bundle will be a DS with a special “Hot Rod Red” color, a checkered-flag wrist strap, and a set of “racing-inspired” decals for use in customizing your mass-produced consumer product.
Mario Kart DS—as those of us who saw it in action at GDC 2005 know—will be Nintendo’s first game to take advantage of the Nintendo DS’s built-in Wi-Fi connection. If you’re within range of a Wi-Fi network, you’ll be able to play against pretty much anybody else that has a DS and is also in range of a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Mario: not too exciting. Mario Kart: kinda cool. Mario Kart DS: yet another nifty title that’s got people picking up a DS more often than a PSP these days, but Liberty City Stories may be set to change all of that.
Way of the Rain started as a little physics demo, where waterdrops search their way trough a level. Now its a game, where you have to draw barriers, to show the waterdrops the right way. The game has only 4 levels yet.
Seddy is seeking help in creating levels for his game, more information about this on his page.
Shaun Taylor has updated his DS Text Editor, heres whats new:
Added an insert, delete, and tab button.
Added a shift and caps indicator.
Fixed bug that let you scroll past the end.
Fixed bug with cursor and lines with a tab.
Fixed bug with wrapping to previous line not working unless you hold down left.
Added repeating characters.
Fixed potential bug with trying to write 0 byte files.
Fixed bug with the cursor on very small text files.
Updated cursor location to be natural numbers.
Added in proper wordwrapping for lines that are too long but lack spaces!
Major speed increases for longer text files.
Left hand/right hand mode.
Touch buttons for the cursor functions.
Credits screen added.
Now this is long overdue and to be honest an extremely foolish thing to do in the first place, but the creator of the DS Brick Apologises, heres the full post:
I want to say sorry to everyone out there. I should have realized the impact. Not just few DS'es that were hurt, but all the damn media and whatnot.
I cannot really justify my actions. It was also very selfish to draw some attention, which I tend to do in odd ways.
It caused some harm to some non-targetted and targetted people owning a DS with non-Nintendo-approved hardware.
And that is a terrible thing to do. Even more so with the reputation I had in the DS homebrew scene that now completely abandoned me.
I do not have clear reasons and I can't blaim the little headache I had at the time. I just had to realize the idea I had after seeing the PSP variant of a bricker.
The files do not come with any form of name/signature of me, a thing I would do if it could be trusted.
I won't release any more of this crap for DS and I don't think parts of this trojan or the idea itself will emerge in future homebrew releases.
The point is probably clear. Do not run any form of untrusted code that just suddenly appears without any name.
If you only use official Nintendo games, there is absolutely nothing to worry about.
Untrusted code includes ROM loaders and that sort of stuff. It's probably not a very good reason since it has been proven before.
I can tell that the negative feedback is far greater than the positive ones. I received one donation of $6.66 and I'm not proud of it.
One news site completely ignores the r0mloader version and reasoning behind it. grrrrr.
Another common mistake: A TROJAN IS NOT A VIRUS! That means that it does not propagate on its own. And thus non-intrusive.
The GameCube may be slumping, but Nintendo's DS is helping pick up the slack, according to the top 100 sales charts for the first half of fiscal year 2006 (March 28-October 4), as reported in the latest issue of Famitsu.
While the PlayStation 2 commanded more spots in the top 10 than any other system (5), and also claimed the top spot with Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (884,130 units sold), four Nintendo-published DS games and a Sega Game Boy Advance game helped split the chart 50-50 between Nintendo's handhelds and the PS2.
Nintendogs took second place by selling 697,940 copies, followed closely by the surprise hit Nou o Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (615,074 units sold), a puzzle game intended to enhance brain activity in adults. Another brain-teasing DS game, Yawaraka Atama-Juku, ranked sixth (531,750 units sold), while the handheld's Shonen Jump-inspired anime battle royal Jump Super Stars sneaked in to the top 10 with 375,745 copies sold.
While the numbers look good for the DS and the PS2, those systems' respective homebound and handheld counterparts had disappointing showings. As for the rest of the top 100, the highest-ranking GameCube game, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, only made it to 20th place (194,775 units sold), while PSP offerings topped out at 35 with World Soccer Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Evolution (137,337 units sold).
Overall, the PS2 fielded the most entrants into the top 100, with 57 games, followed by 17 games for the DS, 12 GBA offerings, 8 PSP games, and a half-dozen GameCube releases. No Xbox or PSOne games managed to crack the top 100.
It's time to race... with no wires attached! The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star line-up of more than 30 courses drawn from every Mario Kart game. That's right – players will tour courses from Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, not to mention brand-new tracks and arenas. With all the crazy items and frantic speed players have come to expect, this game is a Mario Kart fan's dream. The game has a new dimension of fun, since players can battle others around the world by connecting to Nintendo's new wireless gaming service, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, via Wi-Fi.
<a href="http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html" target="_blank" >FluBBa</a> has updated his Sega Master System emulator for the GBA (works on Nintendo DS - with a GBA Flash Cart - and Gamecube Gameboy Player too ), heres whats new
V1.0 - 2005-10-14 (FluBBa)
Fixed Codemasters mapper (broken in V0.9).
Cleaned up the mapper code a bit.
<a href="http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html" target="_blank" >FluBBa</a> has updated his PC Engine emulator for the GBA (works on Nintendo DS - with a GBA Flash Cart - and Gamecube Gameboy Player too ), heres whats new
V7.5 - 2005-10-14 (FluBBa)
Optimized DMA control (sprite bit) a bit.
Fixed SUBQ_READ in CD emulation (FinalZone II intro doesn't crash).
Fixed AD_PLAY status in CD emulation (Valis II intro doesn't crash).
Fixed Game Over screen in Rayxanber II.
Separate version for EZ3.
PicrossDS has seen a new release, heres whats new:
100 more puzzles, bringing the grand total to 150
Music! Now you don't have to play in silence. If it irks you, you can turn the music off in the pause menu by pressing left or right.
You can now use L and R to scroll through the puzzle menu a bit faster.
Fixed a bug where saved times would get overwritten on certain puzzles.
Let me know what you guys think by leaving a comment. Any bugs you find or general feedback you have is great.
The Supercard makers have released new firmware and Software updates for their software, heres whats new:
What's New?
* NDS Saves Directly to the CF/SD Card using a .SAV file (SRAM)
* Supports 256Mb Images and Larger
* Load NDS Images Directly from the CF/SD Card (1 second loading!)
* No Slowdown During Gameplay
* Optional Saving SRAM to NDS Cart in Slot
* Optional Loading to SuperCard SDRAM
* No Original NDS Cart Required for FlashMe Users
Downloads for both the CF and SD versions via the comments.
It's no secret that portable gaming machines are wildly popular in Japan. In the last year, three high-profile handhelds have stormed the country, the latest being Nintendo's Game Boy Micro. Now, with all three on the market, various sales charts in Japan are showing some interesting trends.
Recent sales figures provided by Dengeki Online revealed that cumulative shipment of the DS has nearly doubled that of the PSP in Japan since their launch in the country last December. As of the end of September 2005, Nintendo sold 3.2 million units of its DS handheld in Japan, while Sony Computer Entertainment shipped only 1.7 million units.
The latest issue of Famitsu showed that the line-up of games seems to be the main factor for the PSP's sluggish sales. While four DS games ranked in the top 10 sales chart for the first half of FY 2006, the best-selling game for the PSP, Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Ubiquitous Evolution, trailed behind at 35th place.
A private survey conducted by the magazine further showed that only 15.3 percent of PSP owners are happy about its game line-up, and 46.2 percent see it as the biggest issue regarding the PSP. On the other hand, 46.1 percent of DS owners are satisfied with the line-up of their handheld, and the number of owners complaining about the lack of games remained low at 24.2 percent.
According to the survey, the biggest issue for DS owners is the machine's design, with 31.3 percent of Japanese gamers complaining about its size and weight, especially since the handheld is often played with one hand holding the stylus. On the other hand, PSP owners see their handheld's design as the second-best selling point, following its various hardware functions. However, hardware functions are also the selling point for the DS, with 61.8 percent of owners saying that they like its touch-screen controls.
While the Game Boy Micro has been a successful hit in Japan since its debut in September, its sales seem to be gradually settling down. Famitsu reports that the handheld has shipped 200,000 units in its first three weeks of release. But the week of September 26 saw a decline of 45 percent, as the handheld's sales dropped from the 52,048 units sold the week before down to 28,721 units.
A private survey published in the magazine showed some mixed figures for the Game Boy Micro, as 46.9 percent of surveyed gamers said that they had no interest or plans in picking up the handheld at the current time. The unit's price seems to be the biggest sales roadblock for the miniaturized Game Boy Advance, with 83.9 percent of gamers saying that its quality doesn't justify its price. The Micro sells in Japan for 12,000 yen ($105), which is only 3,000 yen ($26) less than the DS.
24.7 percent of gamers said they would consider purchasing the Micro when its price drops, while 22 percent said they're currently interested in picking up the handheld. The top incentive for buying the Game Boy Micro is its chic style. With multiple answers allowed, gamers planning to pick up the handheld voted its design as the top reason for purchase at 80 percent, followed by its size (54.3 percent), and face plates (36 percent).
SuccessHK have posted the following new Nintendo DS Commercial games Releases on their site:
Marvel Nemesis: Rise the Imperfects delivers the most authentic and cinematic Super Hero fighting experience ever seen in a video game
Purchase, collect and manage animals in this zoo sim from THQ, now ported to the DS. Easy to learn, hard to master! Encounter the ultimate zoo experience in Zoo Tycoon DS!
Meet Phoenix Wright, the rookie defense lawyer new to the scene with the wildest cross-examination skills in town!
In our last Mario Kart DS post, we managed to find a video of the game’s Wi-Fi menu screens in action, but we didn’t get a taste for the gameplay evident in the other missing files. Thankfully, a free RapidShare download mirror of the 40MB of zipped-up content has been made available, and we can now indulge in seven fast in-game videos (even if they’re in Spanish and missing sound).
There are many things you can catch in the videos, whether running driving missions (Misiones) on a giant DS (BatallaGlobos), editing the design on the front of your kart (Vinilos), or even Wario pumping his frosty fists after a successful strike (CircuitoNevado). What’s most impressive, however, is squeezing visuals onto the handheld that look more like the N64 version of MK than the SNES one.
Infantile Paralyser have updated their Shell for the NintendoDS. heres whats new:
A lot and it doesn't remember. Only the remembered part is enumerated.
DMV was completely renewed. It became smooth faster. And, a large amount of sizes of the file became it.
When starting, the sound was added. (see global.ini)
'Delay and interval' of key repeat was made to be able to be set. (see global.ini)
CrashMe is detected by multi boot. The start was stopped. Detection is powerless compared with subspecies.
The re-drawing of the file list is sped up. Only a necessary range is updated.
It corrected it because it was IMFS and there was a decipherment bug of LZSS.
It is effective in the situation that demands single NDSROM such as SuperCard. (see files_EXFS/readme.txt)
When DMV is performed. The light of the screen in the under was turned off when making it to full-screen.
It corresponded to the SPC reproduction. (include from PocketSPC) Thank you Gary Linscott.
The GBAMPCF driver was renewed. It corresponded to FAT32.
The proportional font was cached and it sped it up.
As of the end of September of this year, the Nintendo DS has sold 3.2 million units while the Sony PSP has sold just 1.7 million units in Japan, according to sales figures provided by Japanese games site Dengeki Online. The culprit? Sony’s just not coming out with games that Japanese gamers want to buy. The PSP’s game lineup is a source of major dissatisfaction for Japanese gamers, with just 15.3 percent of them satisfied about the games available for the system. Compare that to nearly 50% of DS owners who are happy with the games available for the DS.
This isn’t a shocker. We’ve been hearing from reader comments for a while now that the PSP’s line-up is somewhat lackluster. The top-ranked PSP game to date is launch title Lumines, and that’s kind of puzzling, considering how well Sony has done lining up developer support for the PlayStation consoles.
Maybe this is only a short-term problem. There are currently around 50 PSP games available, and Sony has promised that nearly 150 will be available by Sprint 2006, but we still have to wonder whether Sony might have taken on more than it can handle in trying to launch the PS3 and support a brand new mobile console at the same time.
But as we all know, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Another way to look at these same figures is in terms of gross sales. At twice the price of a DS, the PSP only needs to sell half as many units to match gross sales. That’s not too shabby for Sony’s first-ever game console portable
Nintendo DS’s Wi-Fi capabilities have been unveiled
. Interesting features include:
Save settings for up to three connections
Auto-detection of available wi-fi networks
Support for primary and secondary DNS servers
Support for DHCP and static IP addresses
Support for WEP (but not WPA!) security
This last item is going to earn the system some real bronx cheers. According to security experts, WEP is an obsolete protocol for securing wireless data transmissions. Earlier this year, the FBI gave demonstrated that they could crack open a “WEP-protected network in 3 minutes using publicly available tools” (source).
So what’s the big deal if someone’s snooping on your Mario Kart race? There’s probably not too much risk, as most hackers are going to be looking for the juicy stuff, like people signing in to their PayPal accounts or engaging in PictoChat cyber. This does expose the DS to man-in-the-middle and hijacking attacks, but does that mean that viruses and bricking trojans can be introduced to game devices via wireless attack?
Im not sure what egga is unless its the Genesis emulator but heres the news posted on LiraNunas site:
It has been some time since my last update. so here is a short news flash.
First of all, i got my DS! finally!. and currently it's at the store, being replaced because of a dead red pixel at the upper screen.
The work on Egga has also been improved, now the emulator can output sound at a high quality 32Khz stereo. The emulator's speed is almost perfect, 30-45 FPS with sound, altho it still has some problems with tiles and direct rendering which i can't resolve. There is no awy of adding your own ROMs into it, cause i still need to add some kind of a ROMFS. after i will code or find a ROMFS, i will add it to WonDerS too.
the work on WinDS has also increased lately, cause of something i can't talk about right now. I'm polishing documentations, and adding more and more examples. Yesterday i was able to convert Doxygen's HTML generated docs to a CHM format which is a lot more smaller and easier to use.
Alot of GFXers has contected me. which is very nice! i got some nice sprites from Tostadilla, and i will soon add them to HornetDS.
I'm intrested in buying a GBAMP, but i don't have the money. 25$ is kinda expensive here in Israel, so it'll
take some time. I am allways accepting donations if you are willing to help
Lien has released a new version of his Drum app which fixes Touchscreen bugs, adds a splash screen and also the game will enter Sleep mode on the closing of the lid:
The SD version was supposed to be available in the mid of Oct , however , the manufacturer told us it will be delayed to 27th Oct , we know that most of you have been waiting for long time but such situation is out of our control. You can also visit the official site : www.m3adapter.com for the update shipping schedule of the product.
So. As of right now, I have a kinda-functional ARM and Thumb core, and the former DSemu's GPU has been ported in full to the new plugin structure. And that means ARMwrestler tests all green, which is a good thing.
I've also been testing a few demos gleaned from PDroms, and have in fact had some results; indeed, maybe 30% of the small tech demos I've downloaded so far seem to run. Furthermore, I've finally found that little bug that was causing Torlus's Walk3D guy to be missing half his ribs and a thigh.
is that possible? converting java Apps from the net into a DS game? using the obvious bottom screen keyboard/point and click switchround thing with L+R.
We don’t mean to get up on a soapbox here or anything, but the same DS WiFi network Nintendo’s setting up in Japan in more benign spots like video game shops is still scheduled to hit America (as expected), but will land in a slightly more inauspicious venue: McDonald’s. There are a lot of ways to roll out wireless access, but did Nintendo really have to go the one route that not only plays into the fat-gamer-nerd stereotype, but actually actively encourages unhealthy diets in America’s youth? Gamers will supposedly be able to compete via WiFi in one of MickeyDee’s 6,000 hotspot restaurants; we’re as yet unsure of whether there’ll be other future wireless venues for the DS, but let’s hope there will be by giving them a resounding lack of support on this one.
Nintendo of America has signed a deal with McDonald's to put Wi-Fi hotspots in more than 7000 restaurants across the US, giving DS owners free access to the new Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service.
McDonald's already offers wireless Internet access to laptop owners in restaurants around the country, but charges a fee. The access points are supplied by Texan firm Wayport, which will receive an undisclosed sum from Nintendo for providing wireless access for the DS.
"This agreement with Wayport will bring countless people together to play games in a single, simultaneous wireless community," said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive VP of sales and marketing.
"Beginning with free access at participating McDonald's, we have removed one of the major barriers that have kept people from going online to play games."
Wayport CEO Dave Vucina commented: "By enabling Nintendo DS customers to access Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection via our Wi-Fi World network and business model at McDonald's, we are continuing to drive more customers to the restaurants we serve and increase the relevancy of Wi-Fi to a broader customer base."
"Nintendo is a pioneer in providing a new way for their customers to play the games they want to while away from home or the office, and McDonald's is the perfect venue based on their ubiquity and accessibility."
The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service will launch in the US on November 14, with a European launch to follow on November 25 - the same day as Mario Kart DS, complete with online mode, hits shop shelves. Other forthcoming Wi-Fi titles include Metroid Prime Hunters, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Tony Hawk's American SK8Land. Nintendo was unavailable to comment on whether European McDonald's restaurants will also offer free access to the service.
However, it has been confirmed that "Nintendo DS is just the first Nintendo system to connect via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection," according to an official statement.
"The same service will be incorporated into Nintendo's next-generation home video game console, codenamed Revolution, which is set for release in 2006."
SuccessHK have posted news of the latest Nintendo DS Games they have just posted for preorder:
The Sims 2 US ver
The No. 1 PC game of 2004 is coming this fall completely redefined for all consoles and handheld systems. Directly control your Sims through all of the fully customizable locations unique per platform and create thousands of your own food
Spyro: Shadow Legacy US ver
Experience the magic, live the adventure! Spyro returns home to the dragon realms to find them in ruins. He soon discovers that a powerful magic force has banished....
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked US ver
Ruh-roh! Fred's cousin, Jed, is nowhere to be found! His animatronic monsters have gone haywire and are attacking everyone in sight! It's up to Scooby-Doo and Mystery, Inc. to stop the creepy costumed creatures, unmask the mystery, and find Jed before its too late. Could Jed be prime suspect? Zoinks! Get me a Scooby-Snack!
Metroid Prime Pinball US ver
Samus Aran's entry into the bumper-and-flipper world is a sleek, sci-fi classic gaming adventure that has her careening into gigantic boss monsters and bouncing through a variety.
The M3adapter team have announced that the m3adapter can work fine with the GameBoy Micro. In related news they have also released Game Manager v1.6 for use with their products.
ChangeLog
M3 game manager v1.6 (special version): (PC application)
NDS features:
1. Improve the game compatibility.
Almost all games are compatible except the following 3 titles:
Rakubiki,SD_Gundam,Pokemon
The followings are compatible but have to convert by using the Normal method: (3 titles)
SuperMario, Retro Atari Classics, Mahjong Taikai
- Fixed hi-light bug
- Moved keyboard source into separate file
- Updated for new libnds
- Fixed some more bugs
- Nicer keyboard function (uses your own string at a length you specify)
- Backspace now works over multiple lines (bloody escape sequences!)
- Added echo on/off to console
I've been getting a lot of mail/etc from people suggesting that I use uIP to replace lwIP..... well, I'll briefly explain why I'm not doing that. First, have you seen uIP's interface? I mean, sure it has a small footprint but it looks like an utter pain to use for anyone but hardware engineers. Not to mention it doesn't support things we really like such as fragmented packet reordering, packet retransmission and other things people expect a TCP system to do. Were I to use uIP, I would basicly have to do the same amout of work I'm going to be doing with my own TCP stack, I still have to emulate sockets, and I would have to write most of the major features that a TCP system needs. Well, I don't mean to lash out at the people sending me links, as I'm glad people are interested and trying to help - but uIP just isn't going to cut it. We now return you to your regularly scheduled waiting...
PAMOD is a highly customizable music player for the old trackerformat "mod". The goal of the project is a small, but customizable, stand alone player with a quick and easy filesystem. This first release is just a fundament which i will continue to add features to continuously
Electroplankton has finally received a release date for the DS here in the States: January 9, 2006.
The hard-to-describe music-interaction simulator (with cute digital creatures) fits perfectly with Nintendo’s recent strategy of releasing titles, like Nintendogs, which break the mold and don’t fit our traditional notions of what a game can really be. (Check out some “gameplay” videos here.)
If you’re put off by the primitive-looking graphics, keep in mind that ’plankton is the work of but one man, the “media artist” Toshio Iwai (who supposedly crafted the game’s Japanese manual as well). Get ready to sample some funky Mario remixes on your DS in the new year.
I went to Linker4U.com cause i was thinking about buy the Superpass Key, but I saw a note that said "Note: If the serial number of your NDS start with '12' or later(e.g. NU12255608(4)), your console is not compatible with SuperPass." I mines is NU40 does that mean i am unable to user superpass or has it been updated to work on some newer. Also if it doesnt work should i go with Passme instead
Nintendo finally announced the Rumble Pak accessory for the DS. It will be bundled with Metroid Prime Pinball. Just shove this accessory right into your DS and lo and behold, your system will do some kind of vibrating, jiggle thing. Instead of the usual “Start GBA game” you’d see when you insert a cartridge, you’ll get a message that says “DS Option Pak inserted.” Rumour has it that the noises the game makes in rumble mode is pretty unbearable—loud and chirpy—but it certainly is different. Look for other games (like Metroid Prime Hunter and Mario and Luigi:Partners in Time) to support the pack soon.
Divineo UK have posted that they have the Compact Flash version of the excelent M3 Adapter instock: heres more info:
M3 Adapter is made for those who want to download freeware games, movies and music from a PC to a GBA(SP) and/or Nintendo DS. You can use your PC and normal Compact Flash Card Reader to transfer and convert you movie & music files to the Compact Flash Cards. Then, insert M3 Adapter with CF/SD Card into GBA(SP) or Nintendo DS, and the files will be available after boot up of the console. Its features are just the same as any other MP3 Player on the market but also playing games and movies instead of playing music only. One of the coolest features of an M3 Adapter is that you can directly run third party software on it – that includes emulators of the video game system.
Compatible with all GBA games without any patching required and without any problem during gameplay. NDS games require patching. Excellent Save compatibility. It support all saves types with the RTC function. Capacity is very flexible and only depends on the card you use, which now are up to 4GBypte (32Gbit) on the market. GOLDEN FINGER (CHEAT Code ) employs the IPS system that prevails in the world, with more diverse and powerful distinctive functions than CHT. The unique Auto IPS feature completely prevents computer crash. With unique Super Real Time Save Function, easily operates and it can revive without limits. CF/SD card +Reader can be used as a U disk and it only needs drag here and there when the game is burning. Saves money: CF/SD card can also be used in digital camera and other products, and you can share your card as you need it without the need to buy a dedicated card for your NDS/GBA. Supports GBA Games, FC games, Emulator games, GBA Movies, E-book, Cartoon books, browse pictures, enjoy music and so on. Supports 4-key reboot to Rom menu function, and supports 4-key reboot beginning function. Very safe for your CF/SD card.
As the launch of Nintendo's online handheld racer Mario Kart DS squeals ever closer, we're getting increasingly frothy over the steady stream of new details pouring from the deepest recesses of the internet.
This time around, website ds.advancedmn.com is reporting on confirmation of the complete track listing for Mario's latest tyre-burning trip around the tarmac. It's pretty astonishing purely for the sheer number of tracks Nintendo is cramming into the handheld version, with a total of thirty-two courses in the mix.
There's been some confusion on the web previously regarding the game's Retro track mode, with various reports incorrectly claiming that Mario Kart's past glories are all you'll have to race around come launch day. In fact, not only does the game feature sixteen fully 3D reworkings of classic courses culled from previous GameCube, GBA, N64 and SNES versions but sixteen brand new tracks as well.
Check out the full listing below and dare to dream of the unadulterated moustachioed racing bliss you'll be experiencing come November 25.
Retro Mode
Shell Cup
Mario Circuit 1 (SNES)
Moo Moo Farm (N64)
Peach Circuit (GBA)
Luigi Circuit (GCN)
ruuvisca has updated his Minesweeper game for the DS, heres whats new:
I fixed more bugs and updated graphics. (download updated)
This game is now quite ready. I'll add some sounds when I got change to run my code on a real ds (emulators doesn't support sound yet). Please report me if you find bugs
While graphics and gameplay usually take the spot light in videogames, music is all too often overlooked. From time to time though, innovations are made, from games like Vib Ribbon, to Parappa the Rapper, Dance Dance Revolution, Space Channel 5 and Rez, music played a vital part. Then there's Tomb Raider which used a unique combination of silence and song to reward and brew up emotions in us, and games such as Lumines and NiGHTS where the music actually reacted and changed as we played.
Each game system usually has a few such titles over its lifetime, but in less than a year the Nintendo DS already has three. Electroplankton, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and Dai Gassou! Band Brothers provide hungry DS systems with a fresh taste in games. Considering after Jump Superstars they are #2, #3, #4 and #5 on our best selling Japanese NDS games of all time, it seems there just may be more to these titles than some people realize. So let's see what all the fuss is about...
Electroplankton
First up, being developed by Nintendo themselves, Electroplankton has received the most attention. It's described as "Touchable Media Art", and pushing the boundaries of what you'd consider a videogame, the creatures in its water based world will react to your touch and voice and produce different sounds as a result.
There's ten species of Electroplankton, each of which you can play with differently and produce new unique songs. For example Beatnes can have tunes like the Super Mario Bros. theme playing in the background, and by touching their heads or various parts of the tails, you create your own remix of the Nintendo classic. If you'd prefer to drum up your own beats though, other animals create various noises and by manipulating their environment, come together and an original melody comes to life before your eyes and ears. Rec-Rec's for example 'eat' sounds when hungry, and you can 'feed' them what ever you like through the built in microphone.
Then there's Nanocarp, which will group into different formations based on your own sounds, from clapping in various different patterns, to blowing on them, and even singing to them. Singing "Do, Re, Mi" will have them line up in the shape of a musical note, while other things like raising or lowering your voice as you sing, or changing the octave produce new results. There's so many possibilities with all the different Electroplankton, it's easy to loose track of time just playing, even though this isn't a game in the traditional sense of scores, levels etc.
If you'd prefer just to sit back and relax however, you can leave Audience Mode running and let the ever changing Electroplankton perform for your listening pleasure. With English words, this couldn't be more import friendly, and comes with a free set of NDS headphones. So if you haven't yet experienced Electroplankton, give it a go today and see what the importers are raving about!
Everyone needs a little encouragement now and then. Whether you're studying for College, you're a Ramen Shop owner with cat pee up that needs mopping off the floor, or you're a sexually frustrated pottery maker, this team of male cheerleaders is here to help! Using those situations and more, you take care of the background music as the black trench coat wearing trio spring into action and attempt to motivate who ever needs it.
Gameplay uses various glowing circles on the touch screen, and as larger circles timed to the music close in on them, you tap them. Not just having you keep the beat though, each circle produces a sound effect of its own such as a whistle, clash of the cymbals, hit of the drums or others. As the game goes on it'll throw new challenges your way too, such as following a rolling a ball around, or spinning a turn table. The game will keep you busy for a long time, and the later levels will provide a worthy challenge for even the most hardcore of gamers. Along the way there's a wide variety of songs for everyone too, from rock to J-pop, funk and more.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan is the type of whacked out insanity that will almost certainly never get picked up for a release outside of Japan, but that you'll be dying to show your friends. If they have an NDS also, you can hook them in by sending a demo over the wireless, and once your buddies get a copy of their own, up to four of you can jam at once. Menus, while in Japanese are quite easy to navigate without knowing Japanese, but there's always a translation to it all a click away never the less.
With a great and in-your-face graphical style, plus the 16 reviews on our product page, an average of a full , every day many import gamers are finding out that Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan is one of the most random and flat out fun purchases they've made all year! And with your help cheering him on, the Japanese business man that needs to transform into a 20 story high giant and battle a huge monster can finally do just that.
Dai Gasso! Band Brothers
Dai Gasso! Band Brothers lets you create your own virtual band through the Nintendo DS. Up on the top screen one of 40 songs play, such as the opening theme to Full Metal Alchemist, or Nintendo tunes from titles like Fire Emblem, Super Mario Sunshine, Dr. Mario, Kirby, Excitebike and more. Then using buttons on the touch screen, you're responsible for playing one part of the band, aiming to hit the right notes, timing and pitch. As you improve, the number of parts you have to play simultaneously increases, and when you reach Professional mode half steps and manual octave changes come into play. Because of the pace and sheer number of things you have to do at once at this point, the touch screen is then completely replaced by buttons.
When it's time for the band to practice, the game's dedicated mode for just that lets you pause, rewind and fast forward songs till you're happy with your results. Custom mode is the best of all however. Here you can create your own tunes, leaving the possibilities wide open, and letting you save 8 at any time onto the cartridge. Each song can also have up to 8 separate tracks, and Nintendo have clearly done their research to create an impressive MIDI composer here. There's the ability to cut, copy and paste, and with an unlimited number of undo and redo’s you can always satisfy your "what if's". If like me and you're a little rusty on the old composing skills though, you could always hum or even sing to your NDS, and it'll try and whip up a song to match.
In addition to the single player mode, you can have up to 8 members of your band play either the game's built in tunes, or your own, even if your friends don't own a copy of the game. All linked via wireless, everyone plays a part, and you can see 8 Japanese office workers try just that to the previously mentioned theme of Full Metal Alchemist here:
Dai Gassou! Band Brothers was, and still is, so popular in Japan that Nintendo actually released an expansion pack. Using the GBA cartridge slot, "Daigasso! Band Brothers Tsuika Kyoku Cartridge" contains over 30 more songs from pop, anime and game music like Super Mario 64, Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Star Fox 64, Catch! Touch! Yoshi! and more. With a large amount of English words, this game would score a moderate on the import accessibility scale. Some trial and error is needed to figure out the more complex functions, but quickly it'll become instinctive, and that's exactly what you need when pumping out the fast tunes anyway.
Both the full game and expansion pack are in stock now, and if you've ever had an interest in creating music, Dai Gassou! Band Brothers is something not to miss. Or for those that haven't, this game makes a fantastic portable alternative to the likes of Keyboard Mania and Dance Dance Revolution!
New Commercial DS Game, heres the info from Success HK
Digging Strike combines elements from the original Dig Dug and its successor, Dig Dug II. The top screen shows an overhead view of the stage, similar to Dig Dug II. The bottom screen shows the stage in classic Dig Dug side view as you dig. Your goal is to defeat a single large boss character that has taken over the stage. Enemies move around underground with you, collecting food. Should they get their hands on food, they float up to the surface and are then consumed by the boss character, which then evolves into a more difficult form. You've got to avoid this by taking out food and enemies under ground. You have a number of weapons and items at your disposal outside of just your drill. Underground, you'll find magnets, bombs and boxing gloves which can be used to defeat enemies. You'll also find parts strewn about underground that you can use to build new weapons.
They’re lovable. They fetch you presents. They obey your commands AND work hard to earn you money! They’re…not real women! Well, we knew that, but I think they could be on to something with this Chinese web site’s spoof of some new dog game for the DS. If this idea ever gets the greenlight, the big N might have to rethink their “touch me” tagline. Are you listening, Rockstar?
In unofficially announcing a DS version of Mario Paint for the second half of 2006, Nintendo may have “inadvertently confirmed a Revolution version as well.”
“Nintendo plans to include painting, animation, and music functions in the game, which may be implemented together as one game or separated into three games like their Nintendogs series.”
More Wi-Fi connectivity is in the works, as “the new Mario Paint will be a community-building game and users will be able to share their creations with other DS users and Revolution users.” The same source claims that the Revolution edition will also have 3D-modeling capabilities.
Finally, an online version of Pictochat that really takes advantage of the DS’s stylus-based abilities (and the Revolution’s hand-held capabilities). We expect galleries of Paint-produced masterpieces to be posted to the web as soon as the games are released next year.
Capcom® today announced Resident Evil®: Deadly Silence for Nintendo DS™, a rendition of the original Resident Evil game that features both new and familiar gameplay, adapted to incorporate the handheld system's unique feature set. Resident Evil will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2006, marking a decade since the birth of the series that has been credited with popularizing and defining the survival horror genre. The Resident Evil series has sold more than 26 million units worldwide and is Capcom's highest selling series. Resident Evil: Deadly Silence will carry an "M" rating for mature audiences by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) and Capcom plans to release the game across North America in Q1 2006.
A secluded mansion in Raccoon City has been the center of top-secret biotech experiments - all funded by a mysterious corporation known only as Umbrella. When contact with the scientists at the mansion is broken and reports of gory attacks come in from areas nearby, the Special Tactics and Rescue Squads (S.T.A.R.S.) is sent in to investigate. The team is chased into the nearby foreboding mansion by a pack of monstrous creatures. Once inside the adventure begins.
Players control Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine as they embark on a horrific quest through a dark and mysterious mansion filled with unimaginable horrors. An entire arsenal aids them on their quest including bazookas, shotguns, pistols, health supplies and more. The heroes will need all the help they can get to survive a house filled with flesh hungry zombies, giant spiders, horrific amphibious creatures, mutant dogs and worse.
Players can relive the beginning of the Resident Evil saga in a newly revamped "rebirth mode." Whereas the original game focused more on puzzle solving, this new version will place a heavy emphasis on action with more enemies and ammo as well as improved visuals for intense enemy confrontations. Also, nearly half the puzzles have been freshly upgraded providing new challenges for fans. In addition, the rebirth mode includes enhanced controls and will incorporate the DS system's unique feature set, utilizing the touch screen and microphone functions.
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence includes the following features:
Dual screens offer a more accessible player interface
Top screen displays area map, ammo supply and color denoted health meter
Bottom screen features main action view and also switches to sub screen menus
Touch panel provides innovative gameplay variety
New battle elements using touch screen - control the knife with the stylus to slash enemies and even deflect jumping dogs
Fend off enemies - an effective maneuver for escaping an enemy's deadly clutches is to move the stylus quickly back and forth over your foe which will shake them off
Navigate sub screen menus by using either the touch screen or regular buttons
New enhanced controls
Reload function - allows players to quickly and easily refill their equipped weapons
Quick 180* turn - provides much needed agility to escape dangerous situations
Knife button - permanently mapped knife can be used at any time, reducing one item from the inventory
Microphone function - solve puzzles and even resuscitate your injured teammate by blowing into the microphone
Multiplayer network gameplay in specially created mansion map
Two to four players can play wirelessly
Vs. mode - players compete for high scores by defeating the most enemies and performing the quickest escapes
Cooperative mode - work together with others to solve puzzles, collect items and get out of the mansion
Updated to gcc 4.0.2.
Improved patch to newlib to aid stdio support.
Ndstool embedded default arm7 core updated.
libnds 20051018
further doxygenation of headers.
corrected BG_BMP8_1024x512 & BG_BMP8_512x1024 defines.
added lcdMainOnTop() and lcdMainOnBottom().
Touchscreen code uses ratiometric mode, locks touchscreen on and takes a weighted average of several readings.
Added imageTileData(sImage* img) to allow loading of pcx as sprite data.
Updated pcx.c to set image bit per pixel field.
Altered glTexLoadPal to accept a texture slot to allow multiple texture palettes.
safer nested interrupt support
libnds example code
Updated for libnds changes.
Added touchscreen test example.
libgba 20051020
begin doxygenation of headers.
replaced systemcall macros with static inlines.
use enumerations to aid doxygenation.
interrupt code reworked to use masks directly.
safer interrupt nesting.
corrected rot/scale register definitions.
libgba example code
Updated for libgba changes.
Added Apex Audio example.
October 19, 2005: sgIP (5am)
As promised, I'm working on a TCP stack to call my own, and as for names, it just doesn't get much better than sgIP (thanks to Rusty_ in #dsdev for suggesting this name) I've spent the past day or two with my nose deep in several RFCs, and have now started to put my newfound knowledge to good use - the stack is just getting started but the design for it is quite solid. Anyway, I'll add more info here when I get it a bit more complete.
October 21, 2005: More about sgIP (5am)
Progress is continuing on sgIP - as of right now the core data/glue routines are done, the ARP system is mostly done and IP/TCP/UDP have been started. I'm too tired to continue tonight, will be back working on it when I wake up.
i was just looking at that multi boot hack for the ds and i was wondering if i needed a certon gba game or cart or what i need i am about to go get a ds so i was wondering while im out if i should buy a gba game or order a certon one online
i was looking at the Super Card Secure Digital (SD) Adaptor and reading about it and it says it dose alot of stuff and its only $60 then i saw Neoflash Development Kits and its $164.95 when i was reading the discription of them both the $60 one sounds better so could some one tell me what is the diffrence and why the Neoflash Development Kits is $164 and if its better why?
New DSes seem to be shipped with new firmware that makes current PassMe not work. Loopy figured out how to circumvent the new protection, but the exploit is DS card specific and requires SRAM in the GBA slot (i.e. GBAMP won’t work). I can probably fit in support for about four cards into a single PassMe. Also, there will be PassMes with different sets of supported games.
So what I need people to do right now is to run the attached .ds.gba on bootable DSes using different DS cards and tell me the numbers on the screen. This will help me add support for those cards.
You need to run this from a GBA flashcard without any use of DS menu loaders, since they might clear or corrupt the memory that is being searched for the exploit. Consequently, there is no .nds version of the program.
Some PassMes (or clones) are not supported, because a specific bit in the header is set, resulting in scrambled memory. This bit doesn’t affect homebrew in any way, but it makes it impossible to explore memory left over from loading a DS card. This program will tell when a PassMe (or clone) is not supported.
Please post your results here or email them to me. I will then add support for most popular games and put new PassMes up for sale.
Many thanks!
Note: This program will whitescreen for a while before showing numbers. This is normal, since searching takes some time.
Gamecop messaged me on IRC (efnet #dcemu) this following news posted at 1Emulation:
1Emulation and its co-partners are proud to present you our first major exclusive! We have worked hard to finally make this place appreciated throughout the entire emulation and gaming community.
Stephen Stair (SgStair) has sent us first teaser video for his DSWifi. The DS Wifi project is a homebrew library for the Nintendo DS to allow developers to add wireless internet support to their applications. This has NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE and the wait has been anxious for all Nintendo DS homebrew developers. Stephen has made his first teaser video of his project that is almost complete. We are both working together to present you the most anticipated homebrew project on the internet.
This is only the first teaser video of a couple more we will release.
Check it out at the link above and tell us what you think
The window buffer memory is allocated by the necessity. Memory saving design.
'GIF/GSM/IT/S3M/WAV/OGG' plug-in was added.
Corresponded to the CF version of M3 perfect Adapter. (The NDSROM start cannot be done. )
The turning off bug of the backlight was corrected.
The file name was displayed in the window title.
'StartupSound' setting item of 'global.ini' was moved from [System] to [Boot].
The bug that the MCUCount error occurs by dmvenc.exe was corrected.
Additionally, correction for a moment.
ReboNDS is a puzzle/action game in which you have to fill a playgound area isolating balls. To reach the goal, you have to draw horizontal or vertical lines. Any closed area without ball inside it will be automatically filled. Hence, this game is another version of the various X-bounce, K-Bounce, Win-Bounce, and so on... Some of the graphics wre created from scratch, some others use parts of icons from the Linux world.
The current version is still under development. Sources are available for coders who are looking for ideas and solutions to problems.
Currently, highscores are again not recorder and microphone is not yet available. However, some sounds have been added and numerous bugs have been fixed. This version has been updated for the devkitARM release 17.
A new competition has started over at the WinDS homepage for authors to create their own WinDS applications. Heres some further info:
So it's time to reveal the news I talked about some time ago. Gbawins.com is going to run a development compo! It'll be the first WinDS development compo, a compo for WinDS software only! If you plan to win a nice prize by coding, start learning the winsapi as soon as possible and you'll be ready in time to build your WinDS great app (or game)!
The compo is sponsored by NeoFlash, and they guaranteed us some cool prizes for the winners! The compo has been made possible thanks to NeoFlash, Lira Nuna (who worked hard on WinDS Devkit) and Francesco Lombardi (who made the WinDS Form Designer).
So what are you waiting for? Run to the forums and start searching for the compo rules (I'll put a beta asap), WinDS documentation and devkit and get ready to WinDS-code!
Hi all, this is my first NDS program, and it's just a "preview" of a handwriting recognition library I'm writing (using something like grafitti), it was only a few hours of programming, but I hope you like it: it's a library to recognize gestures done with the stylus, for now, only absolutes directions (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT), but adding others is easy... The code will be up soon, just have to clean it a bit.
Ok I have come back to the DS after being bored with my PSP. I would like to know the differences and catch up on whats happened since I have been gone so I will be reading a while. However I have noticed a few things so I want to ask a few questions for clarification:
A) It seems there is more then one way to run DS Homebrew and the FAQ up did not give me the info I was looking for. It seems you can run it through either the GBA or DS Game slots. I am not 100% sure on this so some clarification would be nice.
B) I noticed there are two DS's that are said not to run Homebrew. IQue I believe it was and a Red DS I am sure I am ok on the Red color but the IQue I am not sure of. So a way to tell would be nice. Thanks. (Unless I do not have to worry about this)
C) Back to the different methods of HB. I noticed that the FAQ ref.'s the the method you choose. Implying more then one but I did not see any detail on what ways there are. So in link with above which is the pref'd and most useable method in the sense of future ability. I would assume the DS side but then I could be completely wrong and need both.
D) Which method do many of you use? And what would you recommend?
Thanks and again I checked through the FAQ but could have missed something (Many do it) But I would like to start somewhere and this is the best way I felt ^-^
Samus Aran’s entry into the bumper-and-flipper world is a sleek, sci-fi classic gaming adventure that has her careening into gigantic boss monsters and bouncing through a variety of exciting pinball tables. Play tables across two screens at the same time using the touch screen to nudge the pinball table.
Battle deadly enemies and experience a number of special modes such as Clone Machine Multiball and the Wall-Jump Challenge while you blast and bomb your high score into a state of pure pinball pandemonium.
Retro Atari Classics will feature 10 original Atari games, including Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Tempest, Warlords, Gravitar, Lunar Lander and Sprint.......
Everything that you loved about Puyo POP is here as you puzzle your way through the ultimate combo creator: Fever Mode! This is where you'll throw as many chains together as possible in order to crush your opponents with unbreakable Nuisance Puyos
Finally, after much delay, I've gotten a working multigame loader for the Nintendo DS NeoFlash flashcart. Currently, it supports Nintendo DS homebrew in the .ds.gba format, and Gameboy Advance games in the .gba format. .nds homebrew files can easily be converted to .ds.gba.
The interface is Darkain's MultiNDS loader.
1. Copy 'neoboot.bin' to your Neo Power Kit folder. (Usually C:\NEO Power Kit\)
2. Put the N.P.K in "GBA Mode" by running "GBA_Mode.bat"
3. The first time, you must remove all the contents of the NeoFlash (in order to force the loader to be added). After this, you can add or remove single games without removing everything.
4. Add either Gameboy Advance games (.gba), or Nintendo DS Homebrew in the .ds.gba format in Neo Power Kit.
5. Turn on your DS. You must use either FlashME, PassME (or one of the clones, like Magic Key) or WifiME
6. When the menu loads, if you want to play a NDS Homebrew game, press 'A' to start the game.
If you want to play a Gameboy Advance game, press the 'GBA' button on the touchscreen.
NOTE: If the NDS header can not be found, the title used will be the title shown in the NPK when you are writing the game. You can change this title by double-clicking on it. (You can not change it after it has been written to the cart, without removing it first)
TODO:
1. Make NDS header/icon reading more accurate - only works on some homebrew currently
2. Add support for .nds without loaders
3. Make the GBA games play on the screen you chose in your firmware settings. Also turn off the other screen.
sgstair has his IP stack listed at 80% complete and has this to say on the state of DS wifi:
Rudimentary IP layer has been created... so now just TCP is required to make a proper demo. Should be soon. (Yes, I know I could just as easily demo with UDP or whatnot, but I'm committed to bringing TCP, mainly because I remember the gamecube situation where for the longest time the only public code was UDP without ARP.)
Maybe it should be noted that the percentages on my list are to initial completion, until I have something to show for it.
I will very likely make the source code public on initial release, but please stay tuned as I'm not going to drop this project and will release a much more polished version not much later.
Thanks for your patience waiting but we are sorry to tell you that the manufacturer told us the product will release on 15 Nov . We know some of you have been waiting for almost 2 months but such situation is out of our control. You can change the order to CF version , please send mail with the order number to us and our staff will handle with it for you. You can also visit the official site : www.m3adapter.com for the update shipping schedule of the product. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Rolling into a ball, Samus is perfectly suited to a pinball spin-off, not to mention how the vertically dual screened NDS is too. Much more than a stop gap while waiting for next year's Metroid Prime Hunters, with realistic physics and the ability to nudge the table in any direction via the touch screen, this is a great pinball title. The Metroid license however takes it all so much further, and the tables perfectly match areas you'll recognize from Metroid Prime. Fuse Games have done a stunning job with the graphics, right down to the occasional rain in the Tallon overworld table. The CD quality music is some of the best ever to come out of the NDS too, and there's more voice samples here than in all of Metroid Prime for GameCube!
The game sets a new record for multi-player fun on the NDS too, letting up to 8 people play over the wireless, with just one copy of the game! Multi Mission mode on the other hand, lets you play through and unlock new tables on your own, of which you can return to anytime in single mission mode and aim for a new high score. Enemies and bosses from Metroid Prime are also present, and in some of the thirteen mini-games, Samus will rip out of her ball and you can aim any weapons you collected around the table. Lastly, further enhancing the realism, the game comes with a free rumble pack inside a GBA style cartridge, which while a bit noisy, works well. This can then later be used in Metroid Prime Hunters and Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time. Nintendo also announced the GBA slot will be used for many other NDS accessories to come, and we look forward to seeing what they come up with.
Zi Corporation has announced a licensing agreement with Nintendo that will allow developers to make use of handwriting recognition. PDAs have been offering handwriting recognition for some time and with the DS's touch screen it seemed inevitable that the console would eventually gain handwriting recognition technology. An agreement between Zi Corporation and Nintendo means that DS developers will be able to utilise Zi Decuma handwriting recognition technology when creating software for the handheld
The Nintendo DS handheld console has added handwriting recognition to its impressive arsenal of unique features, with a deal being announced this week with Zi Corporation to bring the Decuma handwriting technology to the platform.
This will enable developers of DS games to integrate handwriting recognition into their games - and not just in English, either, since the Decuma system supports not only the Roman alphabet but also traditional and simplified Chinese, and the Japanese hiragana, katakana and kanji alphabets.
Although no actual products have been announced that use the system, the technology deal is very significant since it opens the doors for game developers to use the system as they see fit in their products.
"As the leading provider of handheld video game systems in the world, Nintendo has a reputation for adopting innovative technologies that improve the user's experience with its products," explained Zi Corporation's CTO Milos Djokovic.
"With Decuma, Nintendo DS users will experience natural handwriting recognition previously only available to PDA and smartphone users. Zi continues to bring its multi-modal input products to leading mobile phones, gaming platforms and smartphones across the globe."
One obvious use for the handwriting recognition technology is in the "Brain Training" series of software products for the Nintendo DS, which provide a range of logic and intelligence based trials and have proved enormously popular in Japan since their launch last summer.
Infantile Paralyser have updated their Shell for the NintendoDS with 2 new releases:
MoonShell libMikMod test
Interpretation format. .669/.AMF/.ASY/.DSM/.FAR/.GDM/.IT/.IMF/
.MOD/.MED/.MTM/.OKT/.S3M/.STM/.STX/.ULT/.UNI/.XM
Only '.MOD/.IT/.S3M/.XM' was tested.
but.The source is returned to Ver0.4 because there is 'not possible to start' bug of an uncertain reason.
MoonShell ver 0.5 updated.
The window buffer memory is allocated by the necessity. Memory saving design.
'GIF/GSM/MOD/S3M/IT/XM/MTM/OGG' plug-in was added.
Corresponded to the CF version of M3 perfect Adapter. (The NDSROM start cannot be done. )
The turning off bug of the backlight was corrected.
The file name was displayed in the window title.
'StartupSound' setting item of 'global.ini' was moved from [System] to [Boot].
An unknown key is detected by 'Global.ini'. It changed like doing the disregard continuation.
The bug that the MCUCount error occurs by dmvenc.exe was corrected.
Additionally, correction for a moment.
In this application you can include your favourite song to sound as an alarm at the time you want. The NDS turns off when you activated it, and turns on again to sound when you programmed it. http://usuarios.lycos.es/pyga/nds/app.html
WRG have released a DS loader that can be used for Homebrew. You can now play Homebrew with any older generation gba flashcart but you must own a passme/flashme. This loader supports more then 90% clean dump and 90% sram save patch.
Heres the info:
Usage*
1.Run loadme.exe.
2.Open or drag&drop a nds/ids (Yes,iQue DS rom can run
on Nintendo DS now, no ONLY FOR iQue DS screen
anymore) file on the programme.
3.Click Apply Loader.
4.Burn the output.gba to your flashcart and enjoy.
*Option explanation*
Data Reading:
These are 2 different data reading code for the
loader, choose one as you wish, both mode should
work as the same feature.
Sram Patch:
If your DS is the old one that support
normal passme,use the default one (save to 0A000000)
If your DS is the new one with the new version
firmware such as iQue DS, you have to select
another one(save to 0A001000).Cos' the new
passme code need 4K bootstrap code placed in
SRAM, so 0A000000 ~ 0A000fff is used for this
bootstrap code.
Download via the comments, post your findings and any compatibility
Ys Strategy for the Nintendo DS was first announced last month, but details on it were scarce. Thankfully, the latest issue of Famitsu sheds a little more light on Marvelous Interactive's new departure for the venerable series of role-playing games.
As the name suggests, Ys Strategy strays from the series' action role-playing game roots in favor of a focus on real-time strategy. The storyline also deviates from the series' past formula. This time around, players won't be taking on a diabolical enemy as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Instead they'll be thrown in the midst of a major war between the nations of Ys.
The series' main character Adol might sit this one out as well, as players will take control of Abel Lenford, a mercenary swordsman in the employ of one of the warring nations. However, Abel suffers from amnesia, and similarities in name, costume, and trademark red hair suggest there will be some connection between the two.
Ys Strategy uses the DS's top screen to display an overview map and a menu of the player's remaining resources. The bottom map is used for the main game screen, where the player issues commands to units on the field with the stylus. Some old-time Ys fans might not be used to RTS games, so the developer is including tutorials and advice functions to lower the learning curve for strategy game novices.
The touch screen and stylus aren't the only DS features that Ys Strategy makes use of. In addition to allowing local wireless multiplayer matches, the game also supports the Nintendo Wi-Fi service. Ys Strategy is slated for release in Japan during spring of 2006 by Marvelous Interactive.
The Nintendo DS edition of Viewtiful Joe features a brand new storyline introducing Joe's sister Jasmine and puts players to the task in saving Captain Blue's Hollywood show after a sinister group steals it away. The Nintendo DS' hardware will be put to use as the development team is bringing to life the familiar cel-shaded environment the series is known for. The two screens will keep track of the action in two viewpoints and the touch panel is used to solve puzzles and pull off special moves. A new "Power Split" move debuts here, which requires that you draw lines across the screen.
We love Mario Kart. The diehards whinged that Double Dash was a blaspheme against the series' roots, but we loved the utterly unfair at time co-op whacky races action. Oh the joy. Sod the diehards - it ruled.
Since we found out about the track remixes from all the past Mario Kart games too, we've been *even more* excited about the up coming DS game... if that's even possible.
Anyway, let's cut to the chase. Here's a selection of videos from Nintendo's very first online Mario Kart title out in Europe this November for the DS. Don't forget - you can play LAN multiplayer with 8 players and when the online dongle comes out (big online-related announcement coming next week apparently so stay tuned for that), you'll be able to plug into a game with three other Kart enthusiasts from anywhere in the world. Except maybe third-world countries as they don't have proper/any internet.
Of course, if you don't have enough friends Nintendo suggests that you could always hire in some Escorts*, as they'll be anyone's friend for a price. Or just set the multiplayer characters to 'com' controlled. But of course, that would be boring.
Till the game's out, have a gander at the videos we've enclosed. We're sure you'll agree that they're rather lovely indeed.
While the 8-bit and 16-bit Final Fantasy games have proven to be popular fodder for rereleases on the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, and WonderSwan Color, the 1990 Famicom game Final Fantasy III (not to be confused with the Super Famicom Final Fantasy VI, released on the US SNES as Final Fantasy III) has for years eluded a remake. However, it's about to lose that distinction, as Square Enix is readying a DS conversion of a game most American Final Fantasy fans have never had a chance to play.
The latest issue of Famitsu contains new details on the game's development in an interview with executive producer Hiromichi Tanaka. Tanaka is best known as the head honcho of the Final Fantasy XI development team, but he's also an old-time Square staffer who worked on many of the early Final Fantasy home console games, including FFIII.
Tanaka was heavily involved in the original game's development as one of its three planners, together with Hironobu Sakaguchi and Kazuhiko Aoki. Tanaka commented to Famitsu that he plans to be very hands-on in seeing the DS project through to proper completion, especially since the members working on the remake are different from the staff that worked on the original.
Tanaka also addressed why it took so long for the game to be remade. Despite it being a Famicom game developed by a team of about 10 people, Tanaka said FFIII used some complicated programming techniques that couldn't be ported to other handheld gaming machines until now.
Tanaka added that having gone so long without a port, gamers will be getting to experience a vastly upgraded FFIII. For one thing, the developers are remaking the DS version with 3D graphics--sort of. Tanaka said that the game will actually use "virtual" 3D graphics so its maps can't be rotated around, but the camera can still be zoomed in to show details. The characters in FFIII are being overhauled for style, as well as technology. While the original four main heroes in the Famicom version looked like quadruplets thanks to reused character graphics, the DS version will have different models for each of them.
The visuals aren't the only thing being updated in the DS version. In the original Famicom release, the four main characters didn't have any personalities of their own. But with the DS remake, Tanaka will give different characteristics to each of them, which will have an impact on the game's storyline. There will also be fixes in the job system's balance so that gamers will have more freedom to choose how to fight in the game.
Finally, FFIII will take advantage of the DS hardware, including the touch screen. In fact, Tanaka said that he plans to make the game completely playable with just the stylus. FFIII will also make use of the DS's wireless capabilities, although the game's main mode will still be a single-player affair. Tanaka didn't go into specifics on how it would use the system's wireless features, except to say he wanted to give people a bonus so they could enjoy the game with friends.
Famitsu magazine has spilled the beans on the various game modes that will be featured in the DS remake, Resident Evil: Deadly Silence. The single-player campaign includes two modes: Rebirth & Retro. Rebirth will feature touch screen controls and smarter zombies. Unlike the original, players will have quick access to the knife and can also reload without entering the inventory menu. Rebirth will also include new traps. Retro, of course, is the original Resident Evil in all its glory—no stylus support.
Deadly Silence will also feature two wireless multiplayer modes. Co-op will challenge players to work in tandem to defeat a horde of zombies; while Versus awards the player that has killed the most zombies in a round. Wi-Fi support (via Nintendo’s wireless network) has not been confirmed. Deadly Silence will be released in Japan in January.
Cross has done a review of the game Lunar Dragon Song Review, heres some info about the game:
Discover the events prior to Lunar: Silver Star Story in this role playing game for Nintendo DS featuring three new characters. Battle the forces of evil and transform Dark creatures into Light with the new Light and Dark system. Augment the abilities of your party via Battle Cards, and then exchange cards over wireless LAN with your friends.
The game takes place 1,000 years before Lunar Silver Star Story and follows Gien Campbell, a 15-year-old delivery boy. Gien receives a delivery request to the town of Heelritz, a town of half-beasts. Although it's a place Gien has dreamed of, he finds out the dreamland is far from perfect.
Lunar lets you move around the map by simply tapping a point on the touch screen. Battles in the game use both screens to show grounded and airborn enemies. The game also feature controls dictated to the built-in microphone.
There is a clock and area setup. You can still see the bad guys but when experiance mode you are timed and shown how many bad guys there are (but not where they are). If you beat all of them in an area before the click goes all the way around you get 30% HP/MP restored and access to a Blue Chest with a special item in it. All and all this s not hard but you must be in experiance mode and you must beat them all. Every time the timer makes a full rotation one enemy reappears.
ReboNDS is a puzzle/action game in which you have to fill a playgound area isolating balls. To reach the goal, you have to draw horizontal or vertical lines. Any closed area without ball inside it will be automatically filled. Hence, this game is another version of the various X-bounce, K-Bounce, Win-Bounce, and so on... Some of the graphics wre created from scratch, some others use parts of icons from the Linux world.
The current version is still under development. Sources are available for coders who are looking for ideas and solutions to problems.
Currently, highscores are again not recorder. However, microphone is finally available. If you blow enough in the microphone or if you speek strong enough, then it will cancel the possible line currently drawn, just in cas you notice that the line will be cut by a ball I wil generalize the use of the microphone in the cases where ther eis only one possible action (like, end the highscores view...)
Sounds have been added and numerous bugs have been fixed. This version has been updated for the devkitARM release 17.
Yes! This is what all of you wanted - a WonDerS build with a ROM loader!
WonDerS is still a WIP emulator, so all i'm asking is you, the users to send me
your tests results with your favourite ROMs, so i could start a compatibility list.
Get the emulator from [Here] and start playing!
I would also like to thank some people :
Extreme Coder - for helping me with the ROM Loader integration.
Ryan Hansson for pushing me forward with a nice donation
All the people who have emailed me - this is very encouraging.
ninogenio has released a new Nintendo DS homebrew game to the public.
Release notes:
heres a link to a game ive been making for the past month its for the mp2 the code is very very rough and will be cleaned up but i thought id put it up to get some feed back from you guys also i still have the sound to put in.if anyone wants to have a pop at the sound or a clean up of the code ill creadit them a lot :-p
I've completed my initial documentation for the DS wireless system, and it has been accepted to complete the first milestone of the DS Wifi bounty! The documentation can be found here akkit.org
More to come soon, as I'm working very hard on my TCP stack, so far things are still looking good.
Neoflash have just put out the word that they will be shipping their newest product the MK2 and 3, as well as the Neo-Max in 2 weeks. “we will ship out the MK2/3 and NEO-MAX in 2 weeks, please send your address and TEL number to R3Light ASAP if you are pass for get the FREE MK2!”
When Mario Kart DS launches on November 25, it will be a landmark moment in the history of the hit series, as it’s the first Mario Kart to be playable online.
It’s all thanks to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection - the new service launching in November that lets you race, battle and compete with players across the world.
To explain what Wi-Fi Connection is and what it means for the future of Nintendo gaming, we’ve put together the following Frequently Asked Questions…
What is Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection?
The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection allows you to play games over the internet, either at home or at an internet hotspot, using a Nintendo DS and a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection compatible Nintendo DS game.
What do I need to access it?
To play Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection compatible games on your Nintendo DS at home over the internet, you must have a wireless access point, like a wireless router, and an active broadband internet connection.
If you do not have a wireless access point, you can purchase a Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector (available November 25 for around £30) which plugs into a PC and automatically sets up a connection for you.
You can also play at special Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Access Points in stores and also at Wi-Fi hotspots around the country.
What are these ‘hotspots’?
A hotspot is generally a public location that offers wireless connection to the internet. Nintendo has partners throughout Europe to provide free Wi-Fi access in many of their hotspot locations; also Nintendo will offer free hotspots in many retail locations. More details about Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Access Points and hotspots will be revealed soon.
Does it cost anything?
Using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is free. You only pay your normal internet connection charges. (In the future, it’s possible that games publishers other than Nintendo could charge to play their games online via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.)
Who can I play with?
In Mario Kart DS, you can take part in online races with up to three other people, in four different modes: Friends, Rivals, Continental and Worldwide.
Friends lets you race against people you know, Rivals pits you against people with similar skills, Continental lets you choose players from your region (in this case Europe) and Worldwide lets you race against any Mario Kart DS owners in the world.
How do the Friends and Rivals modes work?
Nintendo’s unique new Friend Roster enables players to play online with their friends. All you need to do is set up a Friend Code by swapping a number with your friend, they will then be added to your Friend Roster and you can select to play with them online anytime, anywhere. Alternatively you can play with someone of a similar skill level. This is done seamlessly via Nintendo’s servers through the use of a skill mapping system to ensure the environment is open to users of all ages and skill levels.
What games can I play online?
The following games have been announced as featuring online play with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection:
Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land (Activision) - November 18
Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - November 25
Animal Crossing DS (Nintendo) - Release date to be confirmed
Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo) - Release date to be confirmed
Where can I find out more?
More details about Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, including the location of Wi-Fi hotspots, will be announced soon.
News from the Official DSemu site (nintendo ds emu for windows)
While I was hacking on the ARM9 extensions to the ARM core, I thought there was an awful lot of duplicated code (indeed, the whole of the ARM7 was a subset of the new ARM9 source). So I decided to seperate out the common components. I now have data-processing, load-store and the ARM9-specific extensions, each within a seperate source file. It makes compilation so much quicker.
The ARM9 currently supports most of the Enhanced DSP: double-word load/stores, saturated word addition and subtraction, and saturated halfword multiplication. 48-bit multiply is yet to come. However, something that's a glaring omission right now is the coprocessor facility; it's entirely missing.
In testing, the new ARM9 core simply swaps out with the ARM7 by changing a line in plugins.ini; plugins rock. ARMwrestler9 reports all green (apart, of course, from that pesky coprocessor operation). So, I'll probably pick up copros, and the system copro #15, very soon.
As ever, you can grab the source to the current build:
In other news, well done to Stephen Stair on accomplishing milestone 1 of the DS Wifi Bounty; we all hope to see not just the completion of the other milestones, but a wifi driver for that newfangled DSLinux toy, real soon now.
Infantile Paralyser have updated their Shell for the NintendoDS, heres whats new:
setting item added [MikModPlugin]:MaxVoiceCount(The maximum pronunciation number setting)
The DMA transfer method was used by mistake. The text plug-in etc. recover.
The overflow of the file entry was checked.
If someone could shed some light on the difference between the Flash Cart Kits and the SuperPassMe route, I'b ppreciate it.
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