Fils-Aime: Full Downloadable DS Games Coming
Date: Thursday, January 03 @ 10:59:56 UTC
Topic: Off Topic
The DS will eventually be able to play “complete” games that are downloaded via the Wii, according to a recent interview with Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime.
Speaking to the New York Times, Fils-Aime said that the DS would become increasingly integrated with its home console counterpart. Full games would reportedly be downloaded to the Wii, then transferred wirelessly to the DS.
Consumers will begin seeing the first signs of such integration in February, with the release of Level-5’s brain-teaser Professor Layton and the Curious Village. The game will be the first title in the US to allow gamers to download new content (in Professor Layton’s case, new puzzles) to the Wii for transfer to the DS. The DS has already been able to directly download short game demos, but not full games.
With Japan already using the DS in non-gaming capacities, such as a guide for museum tours, Fils-Aime also said that the US will eventually see similar uses for the handheld.
“To aggressively drive DS business we need to provide other forms of entertainment to excite the consumer,” said Fils-Aime.
News-Source: Next-Gen
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