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The Nintendo DS's dirty little 'secret'

Pcworld.com writes "The following is a true story: I'm walking through San Francisco's Chinatown, down a well-hidden side street. The mysterious person I had contacted earlier on Craigslist had instructed me to stand near a trinket store at the corner of "Lost" and "Tourist." Eventually, a petite Asian girl walks up and asks, "Nintendo DS?" I nod, forking over some cash. She gives me an R4. All this trouble for what amounts to a cartridge that you pop into a Nintendo DS. Why do I feel so dirty? Because Nintendo--and some members of the media--tell me to feel that way.

Let me back up for a second. I love my Nintendo DS Lite. And Nintendo has done a fantastic job supporting this device. It's the perfect traveling companion--any platform that can have me defending castles one second and coming up with cooking recipes the next can't be half bad. (I'm serious about the cooking thing; right now I'm testing out the Jamie Oliver interactive cookbook and shopping guide.) But I've been wanting more."

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psiom5657d ago

There's so much homrbrew for DS which has nothing to do with piracy. I'm 100% against game piracy, but I have an M3 for all the cool things it offers.

Tracker (music creation) software
Ports of abandonware games like doom/decent/etc
Cool painting app
PDA style organizer

They are great little addons for the DS. It doesn't have to be linked with anything illegal.

I find the back alley story strange too. I bought mine in a regular retail store.

beethy5657d ago

I love my R4 and my 500+ DS games stored on my HD. :)
For me it's a nice way to sample a lot of games on the market. If a game is really kickass, I buy the real thing.

ChickeyCantor5657d ago

Although i'm not infor illegal downloads but i do donwload games just to see if they are good indeed.

Also 500+? you sure you will buy them xD? because keeping them makes no difference xD

FailStation35657d ago

r4/m3 cards are a pirate's best friend.

LeShin5657d ago

lol and some people are surprised they got rid of the cartridge slot on the new DSi?

Isaac5657d ago

I'll do what beethy does because I'm really pissed off that Nintendo announced a DS 1.1 so early, it will eventually have exclusive games (but of course, there aren't any right now because Nintendo won't make any effort), and of course, the upgrade is basically the same as the one from Gamecube to Wii, which is retarded.

Hell, that way I'll save so much money I planned to spend on the DS, that I could buy a DS 1.1 once its exclusives start to come out. Either that or a PSP-4000+ version, whatever happens first.

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Pac-Pix - A Fantastic Forgotten Spinoff

Pac-Pix launched in 2005 as a Nintendo DS exclusive, and deserves to make a comeback on modern touchscreen devices.

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Delta, a new all-in-one Nintendo emulator launches for iOS

The new Nintendo-focused emulator for the iPhone is now available with support for several classic systems.

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jznrpg4d ago

How long until they get sued and it gets taken down? I say a month or 2

PRIMORDUS4d ago

Sued for what? It's just an emulator no ROMs are with it. ROMs are easy to get anyway, but with iPhone you can't just copy and paste like Android unless it's jail broken I think. Anyway Nintendo should be more concerned with their ROMs up to torrent for years for all of their concoles, but then again they can't do nothing about it, they never will and I love it. 🤣

NotoriousWhiz4d ago

As long as it isn't emulating the Switch, it'll be fine.

RonnySins4d ago

Naaah! Don't want to waste time emulating on iPhone.

Knightofelemia4d ago

Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.

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Final Fantasy VI turns 30 and it still feels new today

One of the most beloved entries in Square Enix’s long-running franchise is celebrating its 30th anniversary and that’s cause for celebration!

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RpgSama20d ago

FFVI is a timeless classic, surely one of the best games ever created.

_Decadent_Descent20d ago

I really do wish they'd give it the FF7R treatment.

phoenixwing20d ago

Ff6 is probably the most deserving for that

Cacabunga20d ago

Octopath traveller or Star Ocean remake treatment would fit it better i think

FinalFantasyFanatic20d ago

I'd rather it play more or less the same by have the 3D chibi graphics from Ever Crisis, I don't want them to change the story like they did with FF7R.

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shinoff218320d ago

Wish they still made them like this, obviously with a graphic update.

Themba7620d ago

This arguably is my best game of all time out of the 40yrs I’ve been playing videogames

ARESWARLORD20d ago

beat the pixel remaster last month. 10 out of 10 game.

-Foxtrot20d ago

FFVIII - 25th Anniversary

Square “….”

FFVI - 30th Anniversary

Square “….”

FFVII - 25th Anniversary

Square “HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. We got some news on the upcoming remakes, we got a shit ton of new VII merchandise, we have some other special community things planned and on, check out this cool 25th Anniversary logo specially created for VII’s big day”