Nintendo DS Sees Voice-Chat, Demo Stations

An anonymous reader writes "According to Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing, Metroid Prime will include the ability to voice chat with other players before and after games (not during). Granted, the PSP's version of SOCOM allows for in-game chat, but this certainly is the first step." They're also going to be setting up demo download stations in retail stores, as reported in a DS Fanboy post. More details also available at the Game|Life Blog.

Comments

Finally

[GammaKitsune]

I was wondering when we would see demo kiosks in the US. Seems like something they should have implemented a long time ago... Ah well, better late than never.

Re:Very cool.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, the DS flashcard scene is quite something. As they do it now, they use a device similar in shape as a DS cartridge, along with an actual DS cart plugged in to it, to run unsigned DS code from the flash card. Works very nicely for homebrew as well as...*cough* actual games *cough*.