Posts Tagged ‘Wii’

The Future of RockBand

For all you Rockband fans:  How about playing Rockband using Hologram Imaging?

Nintendo to announce 3DS Release Date

A Nintendo spokesman told Bloomberg Japan that Ninty plans to announce the Nintendo 3DS price and release date on September 29th. Thus far, we’ve only seen speculation about pricing (between $249 and $299) and release dates (between October and March, 2011).
Size (when closed):
Approximately 5.3 inches wide, 2.9 inches long, 0.8 inches tall.
Weight:
Approximately 8 ounces.
Look:
Final design is TBA.
Top Screen:
3.53-inch widescreen LCD display, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses; with 800x240 pixel resolution (400 pixels are allocated for each eye to enable 3D viewing).
Touch Screen:
3.02-inch LCD with 320x240 pixel resolution with a touch screen.
Cameras:
One inner camera and two outer cameras with 640x480 (0.3 Mega) pixel resolution.
Pre-Installed Software:
TBA
Nintendo 3DS Game Card:
2 GB Max. at launch.
Wireless Communication:
Can communicate in the 2.4 GHz band. Multiple Nintendo 3DS systems can connect via a local wireless connection to let users communicate or enjoy competitive game play. Systems also can connect to LAN access points to access the Internet and allow people to enjoy games with others. Will support IEEE 802.11 with enhanced security (WPA/WPA2). Nintendo 3DS hardware is designed so that even when not in use, it can automatically exchange data with other Nintendo 3DS systems or receive data via the Internet while in sleep mode.

Game Controls:
Touch screen, embedded microphone, A/B/X/Y face buttons, + Control Pad, L/R buttons, Start and Select buttons, “Slide Pad” that allows 360-degree analog input, one inner camera, two outer cameras, motion sensor and a gyro sensor.

Other Input Controls:
3D Depth Slider to adjust level of 3D effect (can be scaled back or turned off completely depending on the preference of the user), Home button to call system function, Wireless switch to turn off wireless communications (even during game play), Power button. The telescoping stylus is approximately 4 inches when fully extended.

Input/Output:
A port that accepts both Nintendo 3DS game cards and game cards for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems, an SD memory card slot, an AC adapter connector, a charging cradle terminal and a stereo headphone output jack.

Sound:
Stereo speakers positioned to the left and right of the top screen.

Battery:
Lithium ion battery details TBA.

Languages:
TBA

Parental Controls:
Parental controls similar to the Nintendo DSi system will be included

Bike Hero – Guitar Hero Style

Wow!  This is pretty entertaining….Can’t even imagine how long and how much effort was put into this….Imagine doing all this and performing it at night while trying not to crash or get hit on your bike…Not to mention playing Guitar Hero lights on your bike matching the dots and lines…

Some things to do today while you bored…

1. Check out Microsoft’s new search engine: http://www.bing.com/

2.  If you are into games like guitar hero….check this out: http://smashhits.guitarhero.com/index_en_US.html

3.   If you thought the Nintendo Wii was cool….Check this out: http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/DA33AEC8-03F0-442C-BA95-257CB5B761F5/0/vidProjectNatalAnnounceHi.asx

4. Watch a short video on the world’s tallest man:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoEMCKCAoBk

5.  Get ready for football season early and check out the latest…player by player: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/Home_NFL.aspx

6. Watch free tv, movies or stream free music like XM Radio…. http://www.hulu.com/,  http://www.joost.com/http://www.youtube.com/http://www.pandora.com/

So much to do and so little time left for boredom….. :)

 
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