Gaming on TV & Nintendo Download
First, I went to Best Buy this weekend to see how the Nintendo Download Station was. The actual display was simple: a plastic display showing the instructions on how to get the demos, and (I am not kidding) a Nintendo DS which distributes the demos.
I went down the isle a bit to check the range, and its fine. Mostly I found it best to be near it when initializing the download, then you can look around a bit. Which is good, since it takes just long enough to be boring while watching it exclusively, but short enough that it isn't that much of a hassle.
The demos I tried was Tetris DS (Push mode), Brain Age and Meteos. Meteos was as I expected, a still great, but much harder version of Tetris Attack (aka Panel de Pon in Japan, also Pokemon Puzzle League). Brain Age was something that I just had to quit. It wasn't that it was bad (just the opposite), but talking into your DS in the midst of a crowd just made me look insane. I prefer to have closet insanity. Tetris was unexpectedly good, and was the demo I took home. Unfortunatly, you can't keep them, since powering down the DS.
Also, a bit on Brain Age, I was on a section that asked me to say a word, while the word was colored, and all the words were that of colors. Then one entry came up as "Yellow," and I said "Yellow." It said I got it wrong, so I said it again. Then again. Then again. Then I said, "Yellow damn it!" It passed me. So remember, if Brain Age doesn't understand you, you just aren't cussing enough.
Yahoo News has put out an article saying that USA Networks will start showing the Major League Gaming tournaments (here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060417/ap_on_hi_te/video_gaming_tv_show_3 ). This I find good, since it legitimizes videogames a bit more in the mainstream.
I just hope they treat it more like World Poker Tour then baseball.
Also, G4: You just missed a shot at goodness.
I went down the isle a bit to check the range, and its fine. Mostly I found it best to be near it when initializing the download, then you can look around a bit. Which is good, since it takes just long enough to be boring while watching it exclusively, but short enough that it isn't that much of a hassle.
The demos I tried was Tetris DS (Push mode), Brain Age and Meteos. Meteos was as I expected, a still great, but much harder version of Tetris Attack (aka Panel de Pon in Japan, also Pokemon Puzzle League). Brain Age was something that I just had to quit. It wasn't that it was bad (just the opposite), but talking into your DS in the midst of a crowd just made me look insane. I prefer to have closet insanity. Tetris was unexpectedly good, and was the demo I took home. Unfortunatly, you can't keep them, since powering down the DS.
Also, a bit on Brain Age, I was on a section that asked me to say a word, while the word was colored, and all the words were that of colors. Then one entry came up as "Yellow," and I said "Yellow." It said I got it wrong, so I said it again. Then again. Then again. Then I said, "Yellow damn it!" It passed me. So remember, if Brain Age doesn't understand you, you just aren't cussing enough.
Yahoo News has put out an article saying that USA Networks will start showing the Major League Gaming tournaments (here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060417/ap_
I just hope they treat it more like World Poker Tour then baseball.
Also, G4: You just missed a shot at goodness.
posted by SeanM at 4:26 PM
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