At last, the long-awaited DS browser is here, but just remember to be careful when you buy -- there are versions for both the Lite and Phat DS models, and it looks like not all online retailers have separate listings yet. Obviously, Nintendo thinks you should just buy another DS, since that seems to be the hip thing to do these days. So who's planning on celebrating this week with a little browsing?- Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
- Nintendo DS Browser
- Planet Puzzle League
DS releases in Europe
- Brothers in Arms DS
- Impossible Mission
- Trioncube
DS releases in Japan
- Hissatsu Kung Fu: Kanji Dragon
- Kabu Trader Shun
- Kazujin Taisen
- Ontama: Onpu-tou Hen
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Yamakawa Shuppansha Kanshuu: Shousetsu Nihonshi DS
- Yamakawa Shuppansha Kanshuu: Shousetsu Sekaishi DS
DS releases in Australia
- Brothers in Arms DS
- Princess Natasha: Student - Secret Agent
- Shrek the Third
- Spongebob SquarePants & Friends: Battle for Volcano Island
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6-04-2007 @ 2:12PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I was recently helping cameraman on a 12 cities in 12 days across the US speaking tour. I don't have a cell phone or a laptop but I did have my DS Lite and if I had the browser I totally could have checked my email and kept in touch with the fanboy sites.
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6-04-2007 @ 2:29PM
rustboy said...
Would the browser work on a WPA encrypted network? I wonder...
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6-04-2007 @ 2:35PM
Eric said...
Planet Puzzle Leage is what I really wanna try. It looks sweet!
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6-04-2007 @ 2:42PM
Eric said...
@rustbow: I would be surprised if it does, I am pretty sure it's a hardware limitation.
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6-04-2007 @ 2:43PM
Wadely said...
So, according to Nintendo (here: http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=ZRIHM-K7C6pLPkN--ZjWFInT-vIEngbV ), the DS Browser is released TODAY. Has anyone picked it up or found it in stock at a store yet? I'd love to snag it without waiting until later this week!
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6-04-2007 @ 3:13PM
Commonc said...
It doesn't matter what comes out this week or for the next thirty, I just got Etrian Odyssey and I will be busy for awhile.
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6-04-2007 @ 3:29PM
Dan Russell said...
@Wadely
I'm hoping for the DS Phat version to show up here:
http://tinyurl.com/zas6t
but no luck yet. It would sure be nice if DSFanboy made a journalistic effort to actually find out when it will be available...
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6-04-2007 @ 3:37PM
pas said...
that lite, phat card thingy was no problem for me, I just bought the lite one and cut one of my Gba cards, pasted the header on the preperated lite card, and voiala, I use that since some months now and it works WONDERFUL !
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6-04-2007 @ 3:40PM
Wadely said...
Dan Russell -
Both Best Buy and Fry's ads in the paper said they would have it in store tomorrow, but of course don't mention WHICH (lite or phat) edition. The box art in the Best Buy ad was of the phat version, as it is on their website, but their website doesn't list 2 versions or mention which one it is in the description, so I dunno.
I need the lite version, so I think it will be easier to get mine locally, I just don't want to wait. I'm impatient. :)
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6-04-2007 @ 3:41PM
strider_mt2k said...
I'm considering ordering the browser to play with.
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6-04-2007 @ 3:47PM
Xaos said...
Well apparently Opera is pre-released by GameStop today too. They're saying its supporting flash and javascript, so it'd be very interesting to see how that works out (if at all) and any other differences between the UK/Japan versions and the new US version.
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6-04-2007 @ 5:00PM
ConstyXIV said...
w00t on Planet Puzzle League!
Also, can someone please acquire a US version of the DS browser and confirm/deny Flash support?
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6-04-2007 @ 6:35PM
strider_mt2k said...
Make that "have ordered it" to play with. :D
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6-05-2007 @ 1:25PM
Brian said...
The only full review I've seen that wasn't a European/Japanese version of the browser was on CNET, which was posted on 3/30/07, says no Flash or Java:
http://tinyurl.com/24hjrd
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6-05-2007 @ 4:14PM
elbillo said...
sweet ! I`m typing this from the browser right now ! so far pandora doesn't seem to work. email me any questions u have. gonna go try utube now. [yahoo mail was slow but workable]
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6-05-2007 @ 6:28PM
LooP said...
so what's the word on youtube? i'm guessing it didn't work...
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6-05-2007 @ 8:58PM
LooP said...
just picked up the browser from best buy. i gotta say, i was pretty excited about this coming out, but now i'm a bit disaapointed. the range isn't all that great and browsing is a bit slow and navigating certain websites is difficult because of the way it gets rearranged. youtube videos, or any type of flash for that matter dont work, which was no surprise, and turning off images is a must if you plan on getting anywhere.
using the software it feels more like it should have been integrated into the ds from the start (i.e. no cartridges but included in the same way pictochat was); the way it works seems more like a novelty than anything which is why i feel that way. overall i guess it's ok if you're in a pinch, but i'm glad i only had to spend 24.99 for it thanks to some reward zone cash.
if you've already made up your mind on buying this, i would recommend either best buy, circuit city, or amazon.com when i went to gamestop to preorder they were charging 34.99 which is wayyyyy more than you should pay for this software, the other sites are only charging 29.99 which i think is still pushing it.
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6-05-2007 @ 9:28PM
Jay said...
Youtube or not, this has got to be at least slightly more functional than my phone's browser.
If only they had an EVDO/HSDPA (depending on carrier) adapter that you could get that would double as the memory expansion....dare to dream
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6-06-2007 @ 11:32AM
Xaos said...
Wow thats amazing then. I cannot believe Opera and Nintendo wasted over 6 months since the UK release and didnt improve a damn thing.
A question for people with the US version, is the copyright on the browsers Startpage 2006 or 2007? Was just curious to see if they even bothered to update that.
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6-06-2007 @ 2:13PM
LooP said...
the copyright is 2006..
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