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Hori Charge Stand delayed, coming to America?

Posted May 6th 2008 10:35PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Rumors, Accessories

We hope you haven't already put in a preorder for Hori's upcoming DS Lite Charge Stand! When we last previewed this accessory, Play Asia had put up a product page promising to deliver the stylish dock to your doorstep for $16.90 (plus $5.90 s/h) once it debuted in Japan this month.

Checking the online import shop earlier today, we spotted a pair of notable details, bad news and good news, if you will:.

Bad news: The charging base's shipping date has been moved to May
Good news: There is now a listing for the White DS Lite Charge Stand bearing a US flag, scheduled for June and priced at $14.99.

Is Hori's North American arm planning to bring the dock to the states as it has with many of the company's other DS accessories? If so, it might worth waiting an extra month to pick up the Charge Stand at a local store for a few bucks less. Hit the gallery below for glamour shots of the White and Black models.

Gallery: Hori DS Lite Charge Stand

Friday Video: Tuning in

Posted Nov 9th 2007 8:40PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Friday video

GameBrink offered up some footage of the DS TV tuner, and we couldn't resist putting it in our video spotlight this week. Just realize: we do not have any for preorder, so please don't crash our servers or kill us or hurt us or anything, for the love of all that is holy. With that out of the way ... this does look pretty neat. Too bad it will probably never, ever come across the ocean.

A wonderfully cheap alternative to a special edition DS

Posted Jul 18th 2007 1:10PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, Accessories

Envious of the special edition It's a Wonderful World DS Lite? We were too. But now everyone who buys it, we tell ourselves, is a sucker, because Hori is releasing a Wonderful World DS Lite accessory pack for only 1,449 yen ($11.89), which actually looks better than the real thing.

The accessory kit includes a clear Protect Case with Wonderful World art and what may be the English logo-- we can definitely make out "Wonderful World" in that scribble. It also includes a black extending stylus with a skull logo and "TIME LIMIT within 7 DAYS" printed in red on the body. While we quite like the appearance of the case, we have to wonder why both special-edition Wonderful World designs (this Protect Case and the special-edition DS Lite) are so monochrome, when the game is characterized by explosive, vivid color.

We have yet to find a retailer selling this package, but when we do, it'll be, you know ... oh, there's a word for something that is really great. We wonder what it is ... It's got a w in it somewhere. Oh, yeah-- awesome.

Uglify your DS to avoid slippage

Posted Jun 7th 2007 3:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Accessories

You know how sometimes you'll be playing a DS game, and the system will slip completely out of your hands and fall? You don't, because that has never happened? Um, okay. Well, do you hate how smooth and shiny the system is? Oh.

Well, here's this thing anyway. It's a set of rubber grips for the sides of the DS Lite. It comes in white and black. It's got little nubs on it for maximum gripping. It also comes with covers for the ports.

DS Daily: Neglected

Posted May 2nd 2007 9:07AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: DS Daily

Sure, DS Fanboy is awesome (uh, right?), but no one's perfect. We all have our foibles and our obsessions, and that includes you. So we wonder ... what's missing? Is there something you love that we're not covering appropriately? Sure, you can always send us tips, but sometimes, in our lust for the latest Phoenix Wright pointy-finger accessory of doom, we might miss a few import titles. So don't forget to let us know that we're not perfect. It keeps us humble.

The pride of our pocket protectors

Posted Apr 4th 2007 4:10PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Imports

Unless you're the type who sharpens a pencil down to its metal crown, the DS Lite stylus just doesn't compare to the familiar weight, thickness, and balance of a pen or pencil. Hori's latest Touch Pen looks like a comfortable and convenient alternative to the stock stylus.

Users drop a standard stylus into the Touch Pen Attachment's casing just like with an ink refill. Including two replaceable styli with every purchase seems a bit unnecessary, but we're not going to argue with free stuff. The pen's wider and taller body will be able to rest on your hand, and the rubber grip makes sure that the stick won't slip out of your fingers during a hectic game of Elite Beat Agents.

The Touch Pen Attachment is as portable as any other writing utensil, but you can also latch it onto the back of your handheld with the two plastic bumps on the clip. From the product shots we've seen, the nubs fit right into the holes meant for the DS Lite's strap.

The pens come in White, Black, and Pink, retailing for about $6.00 each. Head past the post break for more photos of the Touch Pen Attachment DS Lite.

[via DCEmu]

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NIS America to sell DS Lite kimono cover

Posted Apr 3rd 2007 10:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff

NIS America just opened their own online shop, and it's already decently stocked with neat stuff. This kimono-style DS Lite cover isn't exactly one of them right now-- it's available for preorder only-- but as soon as it's available we're considering getting one.

The cover comes in eight colors, all of which add an air of serene beauty to your DS as well as a barrier against unwanted contact. Touching is good, unless it's your keys "touching" your DS in your pocket.

[Via Game|Life]

New Doraemon DS Lite accessories

Posted Mar 6th 2007 10:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

Are you a fan of earless cartoon robot cats from the future? What are we saying-- of course you are. Hori is releasing a new suite of DS Lite accessories in a blue checkerboard theme with Doraemon adornments. 980 yen ($8.42) gets you a pack containing decals for the inside and outside of the DSL, an extending stylus, and screen covers. A soft cloth carrying case with pockets for DS and GBA cartridges goes for another 980 yen.

Those are surprisingly reasonable prices for DS accessories! Hopefully NCSX or someone will pick these up for sale in the US. That case looks exceptionally handy to us, with all the pockets.

Just about the coolest DS charger we've ever seen

Posted Mar 2nd 2007 1:15PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Fan stuff

We've got to say, this charger beats our previous favorite. Sure, that one has USB support, which really drives the value up for us, but this one matches our Wii and cradles our DS Lite in such a loving manner it looks as if the DS Lite is a trophy. Some kind of reward for our hard work beyond our calloused hands and high stress level. The only thing we'd change is the huge Intec logo right on the face of it.

See also: New DS Lite stand is bendy

[via onNintendo]

New DS Lite stand is bendy

Posted Feb 20th 2007 2:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

We thought we didn't like DS Lite stands that much. We were so, so wrong. It turns out we were just waiting for this one to come along and make our DS look more like an IKEA lamp. Where those other stands use ridiculous hinges and rectangular bases to sit on your table*, or magnets to stick to surfaces, the Game Stand Lite uses two real, proven scientific principles which naturally increase awesomeness:

a big bendy arm, and
a suction cup

We don't think it comes with that transparent base, which is too bad. We like transparent things almost as much as we like bendy things. We do hope that suction cup is strong enough to stand up to the force of a few songs' worth of rhythm-action.

*Okay, so there's a hinged stand in the linked GAME Watch accessory roundup that's actually really nice, if significantly less bendy.

Gotta pre-catch 'em all: Pokemon preorder bonuses

Posted Feb 17th 2007 2:15PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Nintendo Wi-Fi

If you've been on the fence about this whole Pokémon thing, just waiting to be convinced about the monster-collecting genre (thus giving away your rock-underside-located residential status) then Nintendo knows just how to tempt you: free junk. Preorder the new DS Poké-games, Diamond and Pearl, from the Gamestop -EB mega-retail conglomerate and you'll be rewarded with a stylus! Also included is a ... stylus ... holder! It's a holder for your stylus! (Back in our day, we had stylus holders too. We called them DSes.)

Naturally, both of these items are decorated with Pokemans, so friends who come anywhere near your DS-wielding hand or your designated DS Accessories Storage Area will be tipped off about your pathological need -- your addiction -- to catch 'em.

Also, it wouldn't be Pokémon if there were no incentive to buy both games -- in the case of these bonuses, the styli each have a different little Poké-mascot on top: Dialga for the Diamond version and Palkia for the Pearl version. We assure you that those are real Pokémon names and not rare diseases. Or maybe both? We don't have medical degrees.

[Via GayGamer]

Romance of the Three Accessories

Posted Feb 17th 2007 12:30PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

Happy News about Games Related to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Day! So far, it's been a solemn event that we've observed respectfully, thinking about how ugly DS games affect us all. But we've got marginally better news for you, so don't take down your traditional NGRRTK Day decorations. Hori have released some relatively nice DS accessories in a black-and-gold color scheme to tie into the release of Sega's new card-based arcade adaptation Sangokushi Taisen DS, including a stand, a DS card case, and a stylus. Sure, they're not totally new items-- the stand looks to be the same design as the one reviewed by CheapyD, but they're black, with goooooolden eeeeemblems on them.

We like the blackness of this set, but we aren't sure about advertising any affiliation with Sangokushi Taisen DS or any other arcade-fad card games. Also, we like to keep our DS systems in our gentle, loving hands while we play, not relegated to a cold, unfeeling stand. It's a DS-fan thing; we have a very positive opinion on the concept of touching.

[Update 1: fairly major; this set is NOT a tie-in to Shin Sangoku Musou DS, but to a VERY SIMILAR-LOOKING Sega card-battling game Sangokushi Taisen DS that also uses the classic Three Kingdoms story as its setting.]

Comfort Stylus wraps it up

Posted Oct 17th 2006 10:16AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Fan stuff

From the weird-but-potentially-cool files comes this new third party stylus. Ho hum, says you. It's a stylus, who cares? But check this out -- it wraps around your finger. Crazy. Comfort Stylus has been around for a while, but they've just released a new gamer stylus that's mean to make those DS games with sprawling control schemes a little bit easier. Those spunky fellows at IGN were all a-flutter over this new entry in the stylus pantheon, so we had to check it out. The possibilities seem vast, but we can't help but be curious about how it feels. But hey, it comes in various colors, so maybe a flexi-stylus is what we need after all. Perhaps for the gamer who has everything?

[Via IGN]

But can it cook?

Posted Oct 11th 2006 3:46PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

One cooking game, it seems, was not enough -- Nintendo of Japan is bringing another kitchen assistant to the handheld, and this time it has a nifty accessory. Forget silicon protectors or oversized Ziploc bags, get a magnetic holder for your DS and stick it on the fridge out of splash-range. We're not sure if the accessory will be packaged in with the title, but it would make sense.

DS Kondate Zenshu, apparently a sequel to the earlier Cooking DS (not to be confused with Cooking Mama), contains over 1000 recipes and will include WiFi functionality. Looks like we better start those Japanese lessons ... if only someone would do something similar for an English audience!

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