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Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Ars Reviews the Nintendo DS -- 6:51 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Ars Technica posted one of their high-quality reviews, this time of the Nintendo DS. That's their new dual-screen portable gaming system. Here's a snip on its built-in wireless networking:

This can be a killer app for this system. Think about it, fully 3D games like Metroid, Mario 64, and even Goldeneye are easily made for the DS, and with wireless built in you're carrying a LAN party in your pocket. You just turn on your DS, put in the game, and you're playing against up to 16 other people in a network (the range is listed at 100 feet, but in my experience anything past 30 can get touchy) and there is no split screen, everyone has their own monitor.

The DS looks pretty slick, but they really need more games to make use of its new features.

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