Topic: DS to act as wii controller? new info

[Donutt007]

first the source Nintendo Gossip
Now the quotes.

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Certain developers have received a new accessory from Nintendo. This accessory for the Nintendo DS goes in the GBA cartridge...You may remember Wario Ware: Twisted from Intelligent Systems, a game that uses the same type of movement sensor. The sensor registers movements the same way the cartridge did in Wario Ware: Twisted but when I played with the new sensor I got the feeling that it’s slightly better. This DS gyro-sensor doesn’t contain a rumble pak. Nintendo says they tried to fit a rumble pak in the cartridge but it would have made the cartridge too big.

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One of the first games that will use this gyro-sensor is Tony Hawk Downhill Jam for the DS. You’ll have to tilt your DS from left to right to steer your skater down the hill. This will give us the feeling like we’re playing with our Nintendo Wii on the road. Other developers got great ideas when they heard about this new accessory but I can’t share them with you yet.

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Games like Excite Truck and Tony Hawk Downhill Jam for Nintendo Wii will allow you to connect your Nintendo DS (lite) wireless with your Nintendo Wii. The DS will be used as a controller. Don’t expect too much of this feature since the gyro-sensor cartridge for the DS isn’t as accurate as the Wiimote.

[BigJim]

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Originally posted by: Donutt007
first the source Nintendo Gossip

That's where I stopped.

[TMW]

I forgot the article, but didn't a Japanese devleoper let slip that the DS will be able to connect to the Wii?  Could someone link to that?

[BigJim]

Iwata has said as much. Interoperability is confirmed, just not these specific rumor/fantasy examples.

[SixthAngel]

The DS should be able to be used to play the classic games.  Any supernintendo and nes game would work perfectly with it.

[Smash_Brother]

Also, the Wii acting as a DS demo download station was confirmed, which I had predicted it would months prior *cough*.

It was inevitable: practically no cost to Nintendo to deliver DS demos right into people's homes = an obvious yes.

Even if you live in the boondocks (which I do) you can have your own DS download station.

[Requiem]

You live in a cartoon?!

[Ceric]

Sweetness... I've been wanting to test my Theories of Cartoon Physics.

Here Smashie Smashie Smashie...  This won't hurt at all.