DS Download Stations

[DarkwingChuck]

Owners of Nintendo's handheld will be able to snag demos, trailers, and other media from Wi-Fi hot spots.

On their way to work or wherever else they may be headed, gamers in Japan can approach special hot spots, in train stations, for example, and download demos, trailers, and other files to their DS. Unfortunately for North American gamers, such amenities have so far been limited to Japan.
At the DICE Summit taking place in Las Vegas, Nintendo announced that DS download stations would be coming to the US.

The company has commitments with retailers EB Games, GameStop, Best Buy, and Game Crazy to host download stations, and negotiations are under way with megaretailers Target and Wal-Mart.

The content will stay on the DS as long as it's powered on. Once the user shuts off the machine, the downloaded material will be lost.

Coolness! I hope they get these going soon.

[RPGD]

Re: DS Download Stations

Ooh. Again.

[DarkwingChuck]

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Oh, this was already posted? I didn't know.

[RPGD]

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No, no. That was a reference to the last time I replied to something amusing and/or cool simply with "Ooh."

[Vonwert]

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They should sell a game cartiage that could be used to save download data.

[Magus]

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AWWW YEAHHHH~~

[DarkwingChuck]

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The first DS Download Service stations will include free demos of Tetris DS, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Mario Kart DS, Meteos, True Swing Golf and Pokemon Trozei, along with a Metroid Prime Hunters video clip. The selection of games and other downloadable content at DS Download Service kiosks will refresh quarterly.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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So, nothing for us stay-at-homers, huh?

[Magus]

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Nintendo will release a special sunscreen add-on.

[tjoris9]

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This is SO justification for my argument that the DS should have memory cards.

[RPGD]

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The PSP does exactly the same thing, though. Demo kiosks have always been one-time poppers, regardless of console.

With Revolution, though, that's likely a different story.

[DarkwingChuck]

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The Download Stations Store Locator is finally up at www.nintendo.com/dsdownloadstation. I think they're mostly at Best Buys so far.

[John Mora]

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They should sell a game cartiage that could be used to save download data.

They did that with the Super Famicom in Japan, right?

[josh]

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why do the things you download disappear after you turn off the DS? that's really gay.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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Because the DS doesn't have an onboard hard drive. It's pretty much the same thing that enables people to play multiplayer games with only a single game card.