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Nintendo to Counter PSP Media Features

Posted by Zonk on from the extending-your-gameboy-for-fun-and-profit dept.

docdude316 writes "Gamespot is reporting that Nintendo has just announced a new media player add-on which is compatible with the Game Boy Advance SP and the Nintendo DS. The media player will let both the GBA SP and the DS play MPEG-4 and MP3 files off of a SD card. It will retail for 5,000 yen ($48 US), and will only be available off of Nintendo's website. There are currently no plans for a North American or European release."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. Re:SP only? by big+daddy+kane · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think its less a technical issue and more of a marketing one. By makeing the SP or DS a requirment, it will drive sales of the new units, rather than having people stick with their regular GBA's.

  3. Re:Buy a 3rd-party one right now by Aggrazel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have one of those, works great. I bought it for my kid, takes about 4 hours to turn a 30 minute TV show into a 200mb file that it can play.

    Also you can "trick" this device into playing Gameboy games as well as NES games. The NES emulation leaves a lot to be desired though since you can only load roms up to 192k and you can't save... but most roms 192k or less have passwords anyway.

    If you want to do this for real though get a Flash2Advance card, then you can do all KINDS of neat GBA tricks.

  4. Re:actually for the gba... by satoshi1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You might be able to. When flash carts are inserted into the DS it says "A DS Option pack is inserted" where it normally says "Play GBA Game." The DS may be able to take advantage of this if Nintendo makes the DS see it as an "option pack."

  5. Re:DS Net? by FortissimoWily · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Is this even possible on the DS or am I way out there on this one?"

    It's quite possible, and in fact, internet browsing software is already in development. ;)

  6. Re:Buy a 3rd-party one right now by mausmalone · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The differences, though:
    • the one from lik sang uses CF, not SD (in my mind, that's a point for the lik sang one since I already have CF cards)
    • the one from lik sang requires you to re-save your movies and music to their format, which apparently is pretty shitty. the nintendo one says it'll play Mpeg 4 and MP3, excellent formats.
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