Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 07, 2006, 08:20:38 PM
Incidentally, how do these work, do you just walk into the Bestbuy or whatever with your DS? I've never taken my DS out of the house, and certainly not into a retail location. What's the protocol for something like this?
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: KDR_11k on April 07, 2006, 08:47:55 PM
You select "download play" from the main menu, if a machine sharing games is nearby it will be listed, you can select it and it's downloaded. If you get a download failed error you have to get closer to the source, the thing will happily show you three connection bars even though you can't reach the station at all.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on April 08, 2006, 04:36:28 AM
Already have all those games aside from Pokemon and True Swing Golf...but thanks for the heads up.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: Caliban on April 08, 2006, 05:15:23 AM
Cool, they even have some in Canada, and several really close to where I live.
Title: RE:Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 08, 2006, 08:12:37 AM
Quote Originally posted by: KDR_11k You select "download play" from the main menu, if a machine sharing games is nearby it will be listed, you can select it and it's downloaded. If you get a download failed error you have to get closer to the source, the thing will happily show you three connection bars even though you can't reach the station at all.
Yeah, but I mean, stores don't mind if you walk in with a video game system that's identical to what they sell, download a game, and walk out?
They're not going to hassle you or claim you stole the DS or anything?
I don't know how stuff like that works, I leave the house maybe once every other week to buy groceries and that's about it... but to try Brain Training I might have to dust off my car and drive to Best Buy.
Title: RE:Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: MaryJane on April 08, 2006, 08:58:36 AM
It would be pretty hard to steal a DS seeing as how they're usually locked behind a counter, or just locked away somewhere.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 08, 2006, 09:17:37 AM
Doesn't Best Buy just put them on the bottom row below the games? I don't think they're in a cabinet or anything...
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: Bloodworth on April 08, 2006, 11:31:30 AM
Well, I'm not going to have a problem walking in with my DS Lite for a while. I showed it to the guys at GameStop, and they're all like "what's that?"
Title: RE:Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 08, 2006, 12:03:13 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Brandogg Already have all those games aside from Pokemon and True Swing Golf...but thanks for the heads up.
You imported Brain Age? Out in the US April 20th.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 08, 2006, 02:37:29 PM
20th huh, just in time for Hitler's Birthday.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on April 08, 2006, 07:09:48 PM
It was released to everyone who attended GDC...and I've got connections, sort of.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 08, 2006, 08:14:08 PM
Dammit... all my connections ever get me are crazy self-published conspiracy theory literature
Title: RE:Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 08, 2006, 08:15:34 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Brandogg It was released to everyone who attended GDC...and I've got connections, sort of.
Ah, lucky man!
Title: RE:Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: Michael8983 on April 08, 2006, 08:17:56 PM
"They're not going to hassle you or claim you stole the DS or anything?"
If a game store actually has a download station I don't see how they could possibly have a problem with someone bringing in a DS to take advantage of it. I don't think it would be a problem for any retail store. I work at Target and we allow guests to come in with shopping bags with merchandise from other stores. You could buy a new DS from Gamestop across the steet, bring it into my Target, and leave without any hassle.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: Rancid Planet on April 09, 2006, 12:15:43 AM
Well if they do give me any problems I'll just smash them over the head with my big, heavy, original model DS and run for the door.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: KDR_11k on April 09, 2006, 07:56:02 AM
Pfft. Smash them with a DS. I'll smash them with my Lappy 386, the pathologist won't be able to tell they were human!
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 09, 2006, 07:57:19 AM
a 386 luggable? You might as well try sneaking in with a suitcase nuke.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: Bartman3010 on April 09, 2006, 08:18:43 AM
I wonder if some of those demos they have downloadable are the old E3 versions...
I noticed Mario Kart DS had some very 'pre-release' material for it, the music was a little tinny, for one, different DK voice, the older logo, older menu style and different sounds...
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: MarioAllStar on April 09, 2006, 10:45:15 AM
I saw one of these in Best Buy a week ago and conveniently had my DS in the car (I usually keep it at home). It was great to try out Brain Training. The only problem I had was that Brain Training didn't accept the word "blue". Not from me, not from my sister, not from my mother. I suppose the kinks are still being worked out, but what was there was great. Sudoku is great on the DS.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: RiskyChris on April 09, 2006, 12:06:44 PM
Wow you can play sudoku on the brain training download?
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 09, 2006, 12:10:42 PM
Between this and the in-store only $5 off any DS title printable coupon this week at Best Buy it looks like I might have to just deal with my agoraphobia and take a run over there tomorrow or tuesday.
Hopefully if I go fairly early in the day it won't be too crowded.
Title: RE:Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: MarioAllStar on April 09, 2006, 12:59:18 PM
Quote Originally posted by: RiskyChris Wow you can play sudoku on the brain training download?
Yeah one puzzle is availble for play. It is really cool because you select a square, then you can write a number in. Write a large number if you know you have the answer, or write a small one to leave a note for yourself of possibilities. It is really nice.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on April 09, 2006, 03:32:55 PM
Yeah, I played a demo of Brain Training before I got the retail version, and whenever you did the 20 math problems, the last answer was always "1", even though the problem would be like "8-2=", of course I would write "6", but according to my DS, 8-2=1.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jakeOSX on April 10, 2006, 05:42:31 AM
if they say anything about your DS ask them if they sell DS's with games and scratches and pre-installed user settings with your name on them.
if so, tell them you want a cut.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 10, 2006, 10:29:18 AM
It's weird, I went to the Best Buy, and I never actual "saw" the download station. But standing near the gaming section (next to some tweens playing Gitaroo Man) I was able to connect and download the Brain Training demo. Very cool, IMO.
The $5 off any DS title I combined with a copy of Bomberman DS marked $15 and got for $10. Not sure when I'll get a chance to play it though, since that would mean losing the Brain Training Demo. I at least want my mom to try it first.
Title: RE:Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: jasonditz on April 10, 2006, 10:39:52 AM
Quote Originally posted by: MarioAllStar I saw one of these in Best Buy a week ago and conveniently had my DS in the car (I usually keep it at home). It was great to try out Brain Training. The only problem I had was that Brain Training didn't accept the word "blue". Not from me, not from my sister, not from my mother. I suppose the kinks are still being worked out, but what was there was great. Sudoku is great on the DS.
Yeah, I hope they fix that voice problem... I figured out there are two ways to get around it. You can either say "Baloo" like the character from the Jungle Book, or you can say "Brue" with an emphasis on the "ue". Doing that I got it to accept my blues more often than not, but the delay from the 'not' parts still left me "in it's eighties"
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on April 11, 2006, 06:54:59 PM
I've never experienced that problem, Brain Training (retail) always recognizes the colors I say perfectly...so consider it fixed, I guess. There are a couple other problems, it likes you to make your number fours look like they do on a keyboard (4, where it it's shaped like a triangle), which is how some people make them anyway, but I write mine with an open top, so it takes a little getting used to. Also, and this has only happened once, if you're doing the math problems, and say the answer is 15, but you accidentally write the 5 first, you can't just write a 1 in front of the 5 after this, or the game thinks you're writing 51, even though you placed the 1 before the 5, you must hit erase and rewrite the answer. Brain Training goes by whatever you write first as the first number, which makes sense if you think about it really, but if you don't remember this, it'll mark you incorrect and will majorly hurt your score.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: vudu on April 12, 2006, 09:29:14 AM
Quote Also, and this has only happened once, if you're doing the math problems, and say the answer is 15, but you accidentally write the 5 first, you can't just write a 1 in front of the 5 after this, or the game thinks you're writing 51, even though you placed the 1 before the 5, you must hit erase and rewrite the answer. Brain Training goes by whatever you write first as the first number
That's kind of crappy. So much for carrying/borrowing when adding/subtracting. I hope there aren't any large-number problems (e.g. 5,432 - 4,189).
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on April 12, 2006, 06:49:09 PM
Nothing like that, it's all simple math...at least so far. My brain age is 23 today, down from originally 40, 20 is the ideal age...and I'm 24 in real life so I guess that's pretty good.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: vudu on April 13, 2006, 09:17:28 AM
I just checked out my location in the website and I have ten locations within five miles of my house. I'm going to have to check this bad boy out.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: MaleficentOgre on April 15, 2006, 09:36:57 PM
My gamestop just got one two days ago and I must say it is super awesome. I brought true swing golf (I think that's the name) just because of the demo. I would not have otherwise touched the game. I can't wait until we start getting demos of games that aren't out yet. (brain training doesn't really count cause it's out tuesday). The brain training demo always messed up my blue and black. maybe it's my accent though. good to hear the retail version may not have that problem. overall super slick thing this download station is.
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: RiskyChris on April 16, 2006, 07:40:09 AM
I visited a download station at gamecrazy last night, and it was a pretty awesome experience. Super *quick* downloads. I ended up playing sudoku while chatting with the employees for like a half hour (all while showing off my ds lite!).
The employees mentioned getting upgrades every 2 to 3 months. Pretty exciting!
Title: RE: Nintendo DS Download Station Locator Online!
Post by: silentbob on April 16, 2006, 01:18:58 PM
I downloaded the brain training demo, I can't get it to understand the word blue, i keep having to say brue lol
