Yes, you read that correctly -- thanks to the power of homebrew, you'll soon be able to turn your trusty DS into an etch-a-sketch. This new DS motion card plugs right into the card slot and includes a 3-axis accelerometer and single-axis gyroscope functionality for a rich motion-sensing experience that you can take with you. But what can you do it with? Just think -- tilt sensing, gesture recognition, twist functions ... the possibilities for applications here is huge. There are already a few apps on ndsmotion.com that have been designed to work with the sensor card: the aforementioned DSaSketch, and two other simple games, Spout and Water Drops Tilt.The DS motion card has not yet been released, but is available for preorder at the very reasonable price of $25. You need to already be familiar with homebrew and be able to run new apps on your DS, so if you haven't already done so, you might want to look into a handy tutorial to help you get started. Since this card won't be available until the first of the year, you've got some time! Until then, we'll just have to wait until someone gets their hands on one so we can see a full review of how well this is actually going to work. If it's even half as exciting as it sounds ... well, we just don't know if we could handle it.
Who wants to be the first to make a joke about Sony's tilt-o-matic PS3 controller now that the DS can perform in a similar fashion? We know someone is gonna do it ....
[Thanks, Nushio!]
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12-06-2006 @ 6:23PM
Nushio said...
I'd love it if Nintendo released a similar cartridge for the GBA port and made "etch-a-sketch" games and motion sensing games for the DS.
Rumours were around that there would be one of these announced on the September conference by Nintendo, perhaps they might start and actually make one now?
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12-06-2006 @ 6:58PM
DiahrreaMan said...
That would be VERY awesome. I'm too lazy to get acquainted with homebrew, so if one of these came out from Nintendo, it'd be nice. Still, I'll keep an eye on it. After all, I can always wifi-me my ds phat and get this to run on it. :)
STILL WAITING FOR GOLDEN SUN 3 DAMMIT!
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12-06-2006 @ 9:15PM
Matt said...
What's the point of this post?
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12-06-2006 @ 9:34PM
CJC said...
Hmmm... Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble:DS, maybe?
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12-07-2006 @ 12:11AM
strider_mt2k said...
Waiter, an imagination for the gentleman at table #3 please...
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12-07-2006 @ 12:15AM
strider_mt2k said...
If they could cram rumble into it I think it would make for the ultimate DS Lite pak.
(No offense, Phssthpok)
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12-07-2006 @ 11:22PM
Shal said...
Pure vapourware. Just like the Opera browser that was never released for the US, but has somehow made it to 3 other continents in a 6 month time-span. (Asia, Europe, Australia)
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