Demo download stations hit NYC
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Feb 27th 2006 at 8:00AM }
Though they weren't due until next month,
an avid Flickr user has discovered that the Nintendo DS download stations
are already operational in the Nintendo World Store in New York City. After enterting the store and hitting
"Download Play" in the DS' main menu, she grabbed a trial version of Brain Age, strangely ignoring
the presence of Tetris DS. It shouldn't be too long now before the download stations roll out to the rest of the US and bathe countless gamers in free software, videos and deadly Wi-Fi radiation. If you see these glorious structures appearing in your area, let us know!
[Thanks dwarpdesign!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jeff @ Feb 27th 2006 8:35AM
man, can't believe i missed that!
i was at the nintendo world store just last week.
the next time i'm in new york, i'll remember to go back
Josh @ Feb 27th 2006 10:32AM
Just in case some people may not realize they were kidding, Wi-Fi is not harmful...And Tetris sucks. I'd take Brain Age over it any day.
push2flush @ Feb 27th 2006 10:44AM
brain age seems like a great game, but i wouldnt say tetris sucks... sure it's not as innovative as brain age, but playing wifi against people will bring back some old school gameboy competitiveness in us all.. and the 6 modes seem very interesting. ill be buying tetris and metroid on the 21st.
Gonzo @ Feb 27th 2006 11:08AM
I know where I'm going during lunch.
I may not even eat today if I can try Brain Games & Tetris for free. This is a hell of allot better than the cheap swag they're usually giving away at NWS.
This is the kind of thing I was expecting from nintendo when I first heard the DS was going to have wifi. I hope that we'll be able to regularly preview upcoming games here but I can't help but wonder about all of those DSers who don't live in NYC. I dig the Nintendo World Store but it seems like they need to have more than one in the country if they're going to do exclusive deals like this.
They should also have the previews available at EB or wherever they had those free nintendog virtual swag giveaways. What would be best is if you could preview directly from anywhere in the wifi network.
push2flush @ Feb 27th 2006 11:26AM
the demo's are rolling out at EB, bestbuy, target, gamestop, etc next month, i guess NWS gets first dibs...
Josh @ Feb 27th 2006 6:57PM
push2flush, I'm not saying that Tetris DS specifically sucks, but rather I'm saying that the entire Tetris "series" sucks. Ever since the original Game Boy game, I have never enjoyed playing Tetris. It's simply boring.
That being said, Tetris DS seems to be the "best" Tetris ever released, but that doesn't change anything for me, and just to add to it, I don't like Metroid Prime, either, or really any of the Metroid games, for that matter.
Scott Vieth @ Feb 28th 2006 8:54AM
The only thing that makes me sad about the rollout of the download stations is that, like in the case of most mainstream endeavours, small independent stores get lost in the shuffle. I would love for all of the guys who come into the store I work at to be able to enjoy this, but I'm worried that it won't happen.
The only hope for us small stores might be to hack up our own Download & Play station (which has been done after E3 2005 for the E3 demos!)
reef @ Feb 28th 2006 9:03AM
I tried it out yesterday and it's pretty awesome. I was hoping for some more tetris modes available, but all they give you is standard mode against the computer. It's on level 3 and it's more challenging than I expected. I am so torn over whether to get this or Metroid in March - I may have to sell some older games I don't play no more. I'm looking at you, Yoshis Touch and Go, Nanostray, and Need for Speed :)
hellokitty @ Mar 1st 2006 10:11PM
does this mean i can use the homebrew web browser there? also i hope the ds lite doesnt come shipped being denied of homebrew =( web browser i read about is here:
http://ds.qj.net/Fist-DS-web-browser-Watch-out-Opera-/pg/49/aid/5323