Sunday, September 18, 2005

Yes it is an update!!

Well I have not updated for a while reason is I now have a girlfriend so there ya go a miracle has happend lol!
First off I would like to congratulate my education establishment for gaining full University status. It is the start of something special for them. I also recently purchased an SD Card MP3 player with 128MB internal memory, FM Radio and voice recorder, I can also use it as USB flash stick and SD Card Reader. Its very nice I got it from ebay.

Next up is the recently unveiled Revoltion Controller

The remote control looking device on the left is the main unit using sensors put beside the TV, the Revolution will be able to pin point your movement and how fast you move the device, on the left is the numchuck expansion and is the first of many expansions for the revolution, it adds an anolugue stick and two triggers. Now I know what you are thinking? and that is why? Well it can open up now oppertunities for creativity in games take a look at this video to get some ideas. It could also give current genres a new feel to it like First Person Shooters. So what about traditional games and the wealth of downloadable games that will be availiable, well Nintendo are going to create a shell where you insert the remote like device in and it will play like a normal controller with motion sensor.
So what about the reaction? Well the press and some hardcore gamers love it but the rest are laughing because it does look like a remote control and at first glance people will not see whats it's about, this will be a problem for Nintendo, perhaps if Nintendo revealed the shell then it looked a bit better. Nintendo should advertise it a kinda detachable controller with motion sensor. Its not the final design so lets see what happens.

The DS has now got its most technical challenge to date with a port of Burnout Legends from PSP.


Monkey ball on DS, Its looks better in action then the screenshots.

Speaking of portables the PSP sold an impressive 185,000 units at launch betaing the DS by nearly 100K. Nintendo have a real challenge in europe as they have never had such big copmpetition since Sega's Game Gear. Perhaps Nintendogs will spike sales for DS like it has in the states.

M3 is being sold by Divineo China, they are shipping the CF version with the SD version coming by the end of the month. The SD version is pictured below, its only 1cm smaller then the CF version which is a dissapointment but I'll still get it.

I'll be selling loads of stuff on Ebay later tonight to raise money to buy M3, take a look.
Finally GBAX are selling the GP2X for a stunning £125 with Special UK Delivery for £129. It has also been unveiled that you'll be able to connect the GP2X to the TV which means that you'll be able to play emulators and movies using the GP2X. Sounds great :D