Official Nintendo 3DS Release Date annouced
One of the Message Forums users, Red9378, has done the extra mile and posted the official release dates for the Nintendo 3DS. The final console design can be seen above.
Release Dates:
Japan: February 26, 2011
US and Europe: March 2011
The price tag will be around $300 US Dollars. It remains to be seen when the release date will be for Australian Markets. There’s currently 2 colors on offer, Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue; and a Virtual Console library of classic Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color and normal Game Boy games. An SD Card is also included in the box.
Nintendo’s updated rehash of the Wiimote Controller
Nintendo has done it again and has scheduled a release of the new Wiimote Plus in November, which is a Nintendo Wiimote (Wii Remote) only with the MotionPlus add-on integrated with the remote itself.
The bundle also comes with FlingSmash, and as gameplay suggests, it puts the Wiimote Plus to good use. Gamers that were disappointed with the Motion Plus add-on falling out of their Wiimote controller in the middle of playing MotionPlus games should be happy to know that this new controller eliminates that issue.
Nintendo 3DS: $400 AUD a pop
Recent rumors suggest that the upcoming successor to the Nintendo DS, the Nintendo 3DS will have a price tag of $300 USD (US Dollars).
The price of the console itself in question, was seen on Amazon on a “pre-order” 3DS placeholder item with a price tag of 199.99 GBP (British Pounds), which roughly equates to about $400 AUD – $100 more than the price of the original phat Nintendo DS when it first launched. With the positive feedback the new console has been getting, Nintendo may be raking in the money when it hits the store shelves.
DS Flash Cartridges now Illegal in the UK
Homebrew-enabling devices such as Flash Cartridges are now banned from Britain. In an anti-piracy law that was discussed today, the UK has decided to make a ruling against any flash cartridges being imported or sold in the UK, including, but not limited to, M3DS Simply and R4DS just to name a few. While flash carts were originally used to boot homebrew software like Web Browsers, Organization Software (see DSOrganize), IRC Clients, Email Checkers and all sorts of useful tools, their legality has been questioned as commerical game backups can easily be downloaded and booted on the console thanks to flash cartridge software loaders.
Homebrew Channel 1.0.7 Update
As usual the latest System Menu version set out to remove any homebrew you might of installed on your Nintendo Wii.
Although it did succeed, It’s success has been short lived.
On July 26th, The Homebrew Channel was updated to 1.0.7.
This update is compatible with System Menu 4.3.
Other updates in this (Homebrew Channel) update include the end of DVDx, as a new exploit has been found that allows direct communication with the Disc Drive.
This update also includes a new look and improved USB support.
Nintendo 3DS Security more paranoid than ever…
It seems that the big N, Nintendo, has decided to take a massive swing at the Nintendo DS piracy and homebrew scene, and as a result, locked down the Nintendo 3DS firmware with security checks and other tricks to prevent unauthorized tampering.
The 3DS is to feature a upgraded version of the Nintendo Wii’s and Nintendo DSi/DSi XL security system, which Nintendo describes it as “uncrackable”. The 3DS apparently performs a lot of checks that make sure that the code being executed on the system is genuine, and not exploited (which some boot game backup on DS Phat solutions such as PassMe have taken advantage of in the past).