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CyberConnect2 planning something or other for the DS

Posted Jun 29th 2007 4:30PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

CyberConnect2, like every Japanese developer with any damn sense, is working on a new game for the DS. The question is: what is it? Based on this preview image, the likely candidates are: a new Tail Concerto game, and a new entry in the excessively serial .hack series.

The big mechs and anthropomorphic animals suggest Tail Concerto. However, the reference to "The World" (which was the name of the fake MMORPG in .hack) as well as a character that looks just like .hack's protagonist Kite, hint at a .hack game.

Who knows? Maybe it'll be a combination of the two. Maybe it'll be a board game with characters from both series.

[Via NeoGAF]

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'Backlit' DS Lite mod

Posted Jun 18th 2007 6:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Fan stuff, Hacks

The past few DS Lite mods we've featured didn't venture far beyond lodging LEDs into the handheld's face, so we're glad to have a twist to that formula for today. AcidMods forum administrator F00 f00 installed light-emitting diodes into the back of his portable. To emphasize its glow, he used what looks like Onyx Black casing and a clear replacement shell for the DS's frame.

How long will it be before we see a DS Lite kitted with ambient lighting? Staring into those bright screens while you're in the dark puts a lot of strain on your eyes, and there are times when turning on a light just isn't an option (e.g. like when you're hiding in a blanket because there are ghosts floating around your bed). Put on some sunglasses and check past the post break for more photos of F00 f00's mod.

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Pokemon cheaters banned

Posted Jun 15th 2007 10:00AM by Jason Wishnov
Filed under: News, Nintendo Wi-Fi

A primary concern of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (or, at least, that of this blogger) is the incredibly rampant cheating. In the past, use of an Action Replay wasn't a horrible offense ... your team would be uber, and a couple of your personal friends might be a bit ticked, but that was all.

These days, in the era of Wi-Fi, ridiculously impossible trades litter the GTS. What, you don't have a Level 100 shiny Palkia? Well, hmph, you can't have my Level 7 Munchlax, then. For honest players, or those that don't have access to hacking tools, such Pokemon would take days to train up and impossible luck/determination for one with shiny status. That's why we're happy that Nintendo is cracking down on some Action Replay users, specifically ones using the "All 493 Pokemon," "All Shiny," and "National-Dex" cheats. They will henceforth be banned from online barter.

Feel free to start a flamewar regarding the justification of cheating, by the way. We're pyros.

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My Pokemon saves: Let me hack them

Posted Jun 11th 2007 2:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Hacks

Pokesav is an editor program that allows you to hack your Pokemon Diamond and Pearl saves, adding rare Pokemon, changing their abilities, and doing all kinds of crazy hacky stuff. It appears that not only can you generate any Pokemon, you can then assign them abilities outside their type, and with more PP than the abilities can usually have. You need some kind of homebrew ability to do this, obviously, since you need to get your savegames onto the computer.

There's even a database of downloadable Pokemon, so you can get started cheating right away. We wouldn't recommend you use ill-gotten Pokemon online, but for your own use, we don't see why you should be bound by the limitations of the game.

Check after the break for a tutorial video sent to us by the Hall of Bards. Pokesav is serious business.

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Brightening up your buttons

Posted Jun 3rd 2007 12:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Fan stuff, Hacks

Rocky's ultra-modded DS Lite has gotten to the point where you can literally station it on the coastline, its LED beacons guiding ships to safe harbor. His latest hack installs LEDs under the ABXY buttons, sticking them in place with hot glue. We're not sure if the mod has any functional purpose -- save serving as a navigational aid to sailors at sea -- but it's certainly something we haven't seen done before with the handheld. Float your boat past the post break for larger photos of the DS lighthouse.

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Hacker gets revenge on Puzzle Quest's bullying AI

Posted Apr 10th 2007 12:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Fan stuff, Video

We're not certain what sort of demonic sacrifices Infinite Interactive made to grant Puzzle Quest its hellborn AI, but we imagine that the cursed contract that authenticated the ceremony was written with the blood of many innocents. The match-three puzzler does everything short of outright cheating, stealing your advantages and setting up multiple combos, each computer-cleared gem bearing the mark of Mephistopheles.

DS gamer Zaraf plotted a strategy that would tear down the AI's defenses and avenge dozens of unfair losses. Unwilling to spend months leveling up and making preparations, staying his vendetta, he hex-edited the game to to max out his character's stats. Zaraf then armed his warrior with a class spell called Deathbringer, enabling him to fill the screen with an amount of damaging skulls equal to half of his red mana. Head past the post break for the results caught on video.

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Get your geoposition with DS WiFi?

Posted Mar 6th 2007 12:45PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Fan stuff, Homebrew, Nintendo Wi-Fi

The tech experts over at Engadget have got something very cool to present. In the above picture, you can see the DS Lite using WiFi triangulation (rather than GPS) to determine geoposition and relay the data to the user. Being a lone snapshot sent in to the blog, we cannot comment on any plans for a commercial application allowing users to ... well, use this. Instead, we'll quietly pine for such a thing and leave the rest of the commenting in your wonderful hands.

Seriously, those hands are immaculate. What kind of hand soap are you using? They smell nice too ...

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Commodore 64 emulation on the DS

Posted Aug 17th 2006 4:34PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Hacks, Homebrew

Check out this nicely edited video featuring Commodore 64 emulation on the DS. Using the stylus and the on-screen keyboard makes this look so easy -- much easier, in fact, than winning those old school games!

[Thanks, James!]

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CyberConnect2 planning something or other for the DS

'Backlit' DS Lite mod

Pokemon cheaters banned

My Pokemon saves: Let me hack them

Brightening up your buttons

Hacker gets revenge on Puzzle Quest's bullying AI

Get your geoposition with DS WiFi?

Commodore 64 emulation on the DS

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