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DS Web Browser in June

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-wrong-about-pr0n-on-a-nintendno-console dept.

Eurogamer reports that the Opera DS Browser will be available in June, though so far only in Japan. From the article: "In fit-to-width mode, Opera uses both screens for scrolling up or down a page with both screens completing the view. In DS mode, an overview of the Web page is displayed on the lower screen and a pink square can be moved around an area of the page. The area you have selected is shown on the upper screen."

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  1. DS Browser In Action (video) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ogWgYF3r4M

    it's in japanese, but it's cool to see. not sure how youtube will handle /. but we'll find out.

  2. Re:DS Lite by Servo5678 · · Score: 2, Informative
    On an unrelated note, newegg has Metroid pinball for 18 bucks. To anyone out there who has it, would you recommend it?

    I recommend it. It's a fun little pinball game and if nothing else you'll get the Rumble Pak with the game for free which I believe sells for $10-$15 by itself. It took me about 2 weeks to unlock all the secrets and get the high score on each table, but the Rumble Pak has come in handy for other games.
  3. Re:Gaming implications? by jomas1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Is there no flash support for the DS version of opera? Even if there isn't, there are quite a few browser based games that don't rely on javascript or flash. I realize that these games may not appeal to the typical console gamer but nintendo has already expressed that they want to draw in non-traditional gamers and there are quite a few people playing games like http://www.urbandead.com/ and http://www.fallofnations.com/ These games already work on browsers for Palms and Windows Mobile so they should work on the ds.

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  4. Re:Gaming implications? by Fammy2000 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The browser should have JavaScript support, so some web based games will work (non-Flash). Screen resolution will be the limiting factor.

    I'm hoping that we'll be able to capture D-pad and button presses in JavaScript.

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  5. Re:How? by Kelson · · Score: 2, Informative

    You'll buy a DS card and plug it in.

  6. Re:DS Lite by rev063 · · Score: 2, Informative
    On an unrelated note, newegg has Metroid pinball for 18 bucks. To anyone out there who has it, would you recommend it?
    As a real-work pinball junkie, I heartily recommend it. It's made by the same people that made the awesome Pro Pinball PC pinball simulations "The Web", "Timeshock", and "Big Race USA". (Disclaimer: I was a design consultant on the latter two, but I'd lost touch with the Pro Pinball guys a long time ago and didn't realise they were behind Metroid Pinball until I finished the game and saw the credits!) Metroid Pinball is less of a simulation and more of a pinball-themed game, but it's still very strong on real-world physics and just "feels" like a real pinball game. If you like pinball, go for it.
  7. Re:DS Lite by Swordsmanus · · Score: 2, Informative

    As far as I know the DS Lite hits the US either on May 7th or 21st. They tend to release hardware on sundays, and the new Super Mario Bros. game's release date has been pushed back two weeks to May 21. Normally Nintendo doesn't release games on Sundays unless it's with new hardware, so it seems very likely that the DS Lite and SMB game will release on the same day.

  8. Re:WPA Support by vexx0 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Why dont you just have your Wireless AP let only cards with certain MAC addresses connect. You can view your MAC address on your DS so it not that big of a deal.