From
Gizmodo:
Nintendo first mentioned this 1seg tuner for the Nintendo DS well over a year ago. Since then, we'd pretty much forgotten that it existed/lost any hope that it would ever actually be released. But Nintendo just announced that they will be launching the product on November 20th in Japan. The sweetness of wireless digital television will run customers $60, which isn't super cheap nor uber expensive.
At some point I just can't help but not understand the Japanese mania over the DS. I love being able to distract myself from the fact that that I'm commuting to work in the mornings by playing a quick round of Mario Kart, but a TV tuner? Really?
I thought the point of the DS was that it was compact and sexy-looking. That thing is hideous, and yet I'm sure it's still going to sell like hot-cakes over there.
There's so many more actually useful things that the DS is capable of that I'm dreaming will take place (more DS/Wii interaction please? can we get working on those demos from the Wii shop channel?), and being able to watch
Rosanne re-runs on the go is not one of them.
Though
Wheel of Fortune reruns?... okay, maybe I can understand the appeal.
Downloadable DS Demos would indeed be nice!
I was referring more to multiplayer games that required connectivity to be fun.
At least until Contra 4 is out, and then I'll have to deal with weird looks on the subway when I start cursing uncontrollably.
Again, just my understanding.