Iwata says: more features, expanded audience for DS
by Alisha Karabinus 
{ Oct 30th 2007 at 3:40PM }
Just when we were beginning to think it was no longer possible to further expand the audience of the DS (it's everywhere), Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata says the company is planning to do just that. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Nintendo execs mentioned practical, wireless content for use in "train stations, amusement parks or museums" (where have we seen that before?). There was also mention of a television-programming feature for Japan that would allow users to check listings and plan out their viewing schedule. We can't help but wonder if it's related to that TV tuner that recently resurfaced, since it sure sounds like it.Personally, we welcome our new DS overlords in every part of our daily lives -- if Nintendo can manage something a little classier (and more common) than the Nintendo Fan Network that debuted at Safeco Field this year. The DS has a lot of useful functions that can certainly be exploited for more practical uses, and we already carry one around, so we hope some of these make it over to our side of the ocean.
[Via Engadget]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Adv2k1 @ Oct 31st 2007 12:39AM
I don't know how about put some PDA functions into the thing or online pictochat. That makes total sense, and they had that foresight years ago they would be even better off. Just imagine how many people text and pay for texts when they call pictochat online for free.
I hope when DS2 or whatever comes out it has more features from the get go