Web Browsing on the DS!

At the same press meeting that is mentioned below for the TV tuner they also announced a Web Browser made by Opera for the DS. I personally have been waiting for this for awhile now although i must admit i expected this to be bundled with a PDA package for the DS, I'm sure we will see this one come the U.S. hopefully sooner than later.


source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsconference2006s/page13.html

DS TV Tuner

Announced at a Nintendo press conference was this DS Digital Broadcast Receiver Card that allows Japanese DS owners to tune-in to the 1seg digital video service launching in April for the mobile devices but becouse it seems to only be for the 1seg service it is unlikely we will see it over hear stateside.

Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsconference2006s/page13.html

Interesting New Pictures Discovered!

- - - - - - - Very odd picture this one is - - - - - - -

- - - - - - Look the back of the Rev finally! - - - - - -

Very interesting pictures arn't they, they are believed to be from a Nintendo Annual Report for its major share holders although not confirmed, the picture of the back of the Rev shows the ventalation to shit those people up that tried to say it didnt have any vents based on a hollow shell concept.

Source: http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=85076&page=1&pp=50

Iwata Now Confirmed for GDC Keynote Speech

Iwata has now been confirmed in a press release to deliver the Keynote speech for GDC 06' in March.


Press release:
Iconic game developer and president of Nintendo Co., Ltd. Satoru Iwata returns for the second consecutive year to deliver the keynote address of the 2006 Game Developers Conference (GDC). GDC, the world's largest event exclusively devoted to the art of game creation, will take place at the San Jose Convention Center Monday through Friday, March 20-24.

In his keynote, entitled "Disrupting Development," Iwata will inspire developers to take risks and mine the depths of their imaginations to create innovative games regardless of the size of teams or budgets. He will point to the Nintendo DS™ "brain-training" games and Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection to prove it is still possible to succeed at engaging new players and surprising existing players. Iwata will also share his thoughts on the role Nintendo's video game systems will play in expanding the market and widening the possibilities for developers.

"We are extremely honored to feature an experienced platform leader such as Satoru Iwata as a keynote speaker," said Jamil Moledina, director, Game Developers Conference. "As Nintendo reinvents the scope of what games can be, it is ever more crucial to share their creative and market-growing philosophies with the other leaders of the game creation industry.

"Satoru Iwata's keynote, "Disrupting Development," is scheduled for Thursday, March 23, from 10:30 to 11:30am.


Sources: http://www.revolutionreport.com/articles/read/296
http://www.gdconf.com/conference/keynotes.htm

MegaMan on Rev?

According to an Interview with Jeux-France, Assistant Producer Takeshi Horinouchi & Planner of Production Tsukasa Takenaka of Capcom were asked about the MegaMan series and the Nintendo Revolution (codename). Here is a portion of the interview thats been translated provided by Revolution Report.


J-F: What do you think of the Nintendo Revolution? You had the chance to test it at Nintendo, do you think that a Megaman game can function with the concept of Revolution?

Takeshi Horinouchi: I indeed had the chance to quickly test Revolution, and I must say that it is interesting to note the evolution in this field. The perception of the video game is completely new. Concerning Megaman, we do not know yet what the future holds for us, but I would very much like to use the concept of Nintendo Revolution to see what a Megaman game could be on this console.

There has not been any official announcments as of yet regarding MegaMan on Nintentendo's Next Gen Console but i after reading this i believe its pretty obvious that we will see it happen. The question is what path would this 'Megaman Revolution' take? Could we see a MegaMan FPS on the Rev, now that would definatly be interesting.

anyone have any links to a translated version of the full interview?

Sources: http://www.revolutionreport.com/articles/read/295
http://www.jeux-france.com/articles_dossiers247_interview-megaman.html

New Found Nintendo Patent Suggests Voice Recognition

Theres been yet another Nintendo patent found recently this one involving Voice to Text Chat Conversion which uses different sized text for different volumes levels of speech, so if someone is yelling the text would be bigger and also different colors of text used for emotions like say if person sounded mad text could be red. This will be a difficult task for Nintendo to achieve voice recognition software is far from perfect today. Most programs only store like 3 or 4 recordings of each word when realistically much more would work much better but still would not be perfect, and the whole emotion part of it would make it even more complicated. Dont forget there will be many cases were more than one person per household will play online, So multiple people in the household spending a few hours each on the voice recognition alone i think might shy some people away from using that feature. though I am one of the people that would take as much time as needed to perfect this system to my own voice and speech habits.

I for one hope Nintendo can pull this one off but it wont be easy. Here is the patent for all who wish to check it out.

sources: http://nintendo-revolution.blogspot.com
http://appft1.uspto.gov/

PS3 Developer Josh Robinson gets fired for talking

Josh Robinson a PS3 Developer who spoke out about his opinion of the PS3 a few weeks back was fired for talking.

Here is the statement he made a few weeks ago.

"I started [off] VERY excited about the PS3. I was very confident that it was going to just destroy the XBOX 360 just on the name SONY alone. The more time that goes by the more I am becoming doubtful. Everything I’ve developed or seen developed has yet to be 'next gen."

It seems that Josh is still doing pretty good forr himself though acoording to this statement in an interview with PS3Week.com

"My life has changed a lot since the article. I was let go at Sony after the article was plopped on the desk of Sony corporate. I was also asked to remove the article immediately. (Which I did without any resistance.) I had lots of job opportunities immediately after I became a “free agent” I am a little fortunate because I’ve made a small name for myself over the last year or so with some things I’ve written. I wrote a 25-page comparison between Maya and 3D Studio Max. That article actually got me a book deal. I was asked to write the entire Max 8.0 essentials book, which I have been working on the last year. It will be in production in the next couple weeks and available at all book stores nationwide. So I’m very fortunate to have all the opportunities I’ve had. I had four or five job offers the same week I was let go. Ultimately I’ll be making even more money, I’ll have a better title at the end of my name and I’ll be very near the beach. So it’s a bit hard to complain I suppose. I ended up settling down near the Santa Monica area. I’d rather not say where right now. I’m pretty excited about the project however.

Well we heard an actual Sony Developer's opinion of the PS3 so it looks like the PS3 is not going to be way more advanced than the competition like some would like to believe.

Source: http://www.ps3week.com/blogs/ps3week.php?title=title_6&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1