DS E3 Demos Available from the Aether 26
Press the Buttons has the news that if you have a DS at E3 2005, this year's demos will be downloadable via wireless networks. From the article: "Now this has me thinking... since data downloaded into the Nintendo DS wirelessly stays in memory until the system is turned off, wouldn't it be possible to download, say, a Mario Kart DS demo at E3 and then just keep the system in sleep mode whenever it wasn't in use, thereby keeping the demo in your hands for weeks or even months after E3 is over?"
ROMs (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:ROMs (Score:2)
It's a demo, it's probably going to be crippled in some way in order to fit in the DS's RAM anyways.
If they do get these in ROM form, I'm sure that won't tick the big N off that much, and could be a good viral marketing side effect if that were to happen.
Store the demos forever? (Score:4, Interesting)
I like the idea of downloading these demo's on the floor though. A simple yet very cool implementation of our new wireless world.
Re:Store the demos forever? (Score:3, Funny)
Such is the price of having Mario Kart months before your non-E3 friends.
Re:Rock! (Score:3, Funny)
wifime (Score:1)
I did that once (Score:2)
Yes indeed (Score:4, Funny)
I'm going to the Nintendo store opening tomorrow, hopefully they'll have something like this there too. As soon as I get within range I'm going to hit that download play button. I also fully expect all four picto chat rooms to be full and populated with representations of male genitalia.
Re:Yes indeed (Score:1)
Re:Yes indeed (Score:1)
Re:Yes indeed (Score:4, Funny)
the real trick would be to broadcast pictochat graphics from a laptop to all the rooms with spam advertisements for viagra and the like.
Even better would be the Nigerian scam... pictochat style.
demo (Score:3, Interesting)
Hey man don't bring down our fantasies, ok! (Score:2)
Maybe even share p2p style wireless (Score:1)
couldnt the competition abuse this idea? (Score:1)
or possibly an demo ap, which is just a rolling video, that is watched on the DS, showing their products in action