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• My Night At DJ School With Rhythm Heaven

  I've written about Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven and its predecessor Rhythm Tengoku a couple of times before. I love them, they are my ideal games. Nintendo did not need to do anything fancy to get me excited about the game's long-awaited western release, and yet they were kind enough to invite me to their DJ School event hosted at Scratch DJ Academy last week. You guys are so good to me sometimes. A decidedly casual affair outside of the hors d'ouevre, most of the people I talked to there were from local community meet-ups and hip-hop discussion groups, a welcome change from the depressingly stereotypical otaku at most of the Nintendo events I've attended. DS kiosks glowed on the dancefloor, surrounded on all sides by turntables, and everyone seemed to be having a good time playing around with both. Describing the night's activity is kind of futile, though, so here's a video I shot to give you all a better idea of how it went down: Read More... Posted Apr 17 2009, 10:30 AM by Derrick Sanskrit with | with no comments Filed under: nintendo, nintendo ds, derrick sanskrit, rhythm tengoku, dsi, rhythm heaven, dj

• Fun Fact: Secrets of the DSi

  Though I've had my new Nintendo DSi for almost two days now, I've only had a few hours of playtime so far. Overall I am very impressed with the upgrades and the new features. A few minor features in particular have caught my attention that I don't think I've seen mentioned elsewhere. For your benefit, here's what I've noticed so far, including why I brought the DSi on my lunch break instead of my iPod: The interior plastic (the stylus slot and SD card tray) are the complimentary color of the system's exterior. That means they're white on the black DSi and orange on the blue one. It would not be an unsafe assumption that a violet DSi would have yellow features, green would have red, and so on. The SD card slot cover is not a hinged door like on most digital cameras but a slide-out tray of flexible plastic. You will likely worry about breaking it the first time it opens, just remember to slide out, not flip down. The DSi supports high capacity SD cards out of the box, which means no storage problems for a long time. You still can't load games off of it like the recent Wii update, but maybe someday... Read More... Posted Apr 07 2009, 07:00 PM by Derrick Sanskrit with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: derrick sanskrit, fun fact, dsi, art style, nintendo dsi

• Nintendo DSi Has "Figured Me Out," Literally!

  They've finally done it. Nintendo has finally made me want to upgrade my old white DS Lite for a new DSi (haven't decided on color yet, but I'm leaning towards the electric blue). I've resisted for months. I already have two DSes, I don't need one with two 0.3 megapixel cameras, that's just stupid. I don't care if my DS can play AAC audio files, that's what I have an iPod for. And no GBA slot? Yeah, I hardly ever use it, but come on! I should have known Nintendo had an ace up their sleeve when it was revealed a few weeks back that Beyoncé would be doing their advertisements for Rhythm Heaven, a game that I want to encourage everyone in the world to buy and play incessantly. I'm not really a fan of Beyoncé (I could go for a little more "Bugaboo" and a whole lot less "Single Ladies") but I certainly don't hate her and this ad campaign is clearly effective (just look at Professor Layton's sales numbers since the Lisa Kudrow ads started airing...a full calendar year after the game was released!). Having read that the ad campaign was supposed to start this week, I flipped over to the Nintendo Channel on my Wii for a peek. Imagine my surprise when I see not one, not two, but three videos with the coolest, most soulful white boy in the world, Jamie Lidell! Behold, his DSi-inspired-and-powered remix of "Figured Me Out" after the jump. Read More... Posted Apr 02 2009, 01:00 PM by Derrick Sanskrit with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: derrick sanskrit, music, korg ds-10, rhythm tengoku, electroplankton, dsi, nintendo dsi, jamie lidell

• Here Comes the DSi

  It came down from on high today that Nintendo will be launching its new handheld system, the DSi, in the US on April 5th. The good news is that it will be $170, a far cry from the exorbitant Japanese price and ten bucks less than the swirling rumors were assuming. The better news is that it’s not just coming out in black, but in an ugly shade of turquoise that I can’t wait to whip out on the subway. I’m a little bit confused by how Nintendo has been handling the DSi announcements in the US. At the West Coast press conference where it was announced it was kind of brushed off with a “we’ll get to that some other time” style discussion. Now it is Some Other Time, and we have a press release with a price, less than two months of lead time, and no games to speak of. It feels more like another DS color than a whole new DS system. Read More... Posted Feb 18 2009, 11:00 AM by Joe Keiser with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: nintendo ds, dsi, joe keiser, nintendo dsi

• Japan Scares Me: Tokyo Game Show Rising, Strangeness, and Panty-shot Beat ‘Em Ups

  Does it ever. Japan has me trembling in my delicate booties. Typically it’s just one thing or another that gets me quaking in abject terror: a bizarre fan-made video here, a witch molestation game there. Today, Japan’s working overtime. Gaming exists, at the Japanese moment, in a state of flux. Traditional gaming appears to be dwindling – way back in June 2007, Screen Digest predicted that 89% of Japanese households would own a Nintendo DS, a number that will likely need to be increased after the DSi releases later this year – while simultaneously thriving thanks to Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable juggernaut. Major publishers continue to consolidate while the nation’s auteur creators start crafting more and more games to suit Western tastes and flock to Western publishing houses. Hell, the Xbox 360, an American console, outsold the PS3 throughout September. Things are topsy-turvy over there. It’s enough to make a man skittish, especially with the Tokyo Game Show due to start in just forty-eight hours. Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 05:00 PM by John Constantine with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: john constantine, playstation 3, nintendo ds, xbox 360, wii, psp, shadow of the colossus, ico, fumito ueda, team ico, chrono trigger, tokyo game show, japan scares me, dsi