Navarr's Tech Side » nintendo http://tech.navarr.me The Technical Side of my Life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Apple Propaganda Takes a Stab at Nintendo http://tech.navarr.me/2009/09/apple-propaganda-takes-a-stab-at-nintendo.html http://tech.navarr.me/2009/09/apple-propaganda-takes-a-stab-at-nintendo.html#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:22:58 +0000 Navarr http://tech.gtaero.net/2009/09/apple-propaganda-takes-a-stab-at-nintendo.html Apple reported today at it’s event that the iPod Touch was better than the Nintendo DS for the following reasons:no-multi-touch[1]

  • No Multi-Touch User Interface
  • Games are Expensive
  • No App Store
  • No iPod

Now, If you don’t like to listen to me rant, It would probably be a safe bet that you’ll want to skip this post, because I’m going to be going into great deal about what exactly is wrong with those reasons.  If you’re willing to listen to me rant and rave, then just continue reading :)

No Multi-Touch user interface:

Now, this is mostly true.  I can’t really refute or argue this statement.  However, homebrew developers working with the DS have managed to enable multi-touch operations.

Multi-touch Proof of Concept

Games are Expensive / No App Store

Now, when Apple was talking about the Nintendo DS games being expensive, they were referring to the cartridges you pick up off the shelf that can run anywhere from $20 to $50 per game.  Of course, this is for good reason.  The games generally contain a lot of information and can be quite large file sizes.  Apple has the advantage here due to their widely accessible app store, which generally maintains low prices on all applications.  However, Nintendo has this too on the DSi.  It's called DSiWare and currently has 38 titles due to how they approve games, and locking out small developers.  These games also sell for sub $10 prices.

No iPod

I’m not even sure what Apple means by this.  Why would the DS and PSP have an iPod?  They both play music files all on their own.

DSi Music Channel

I just wanted to correct these misconceptions Apple may be giving people.  They’re obviously not entirely true, but they do bear a certain amount of truth.

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From bushing's blog, HackMii, the un-"official" Homebrew Channel has gotten a massive amount of updates.  Including a very nice mini-banner, the sound on the banner, and a wonderful user-interface.  It's quite beautiful and workable.  I hope it includes Wiimote support too!  Heh.

I can admit to being impatient about it, but now that I see some updates, I'm glad that they've been taking the time to make it the best that it can!

I do submit, for your approval, that a developer log would be great for us nerds who really want to see what's going on, and how it's going!

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He will be releasing documentation and the new WAD file for the NES emulator soon.  Good job!

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