E3: Nintendo part two
by Ben Zackheim 
{ May 19th 2005 at 4:51PM }
Nintendo's booth also has a lineup of DS consoles where people can play multiplayer Metroid. If you've played the demo you've seen it all, but it is cool to be able to just sit down and bash heads.
On the tech side they're showing off DSpeak, an IP phone tech that seems to work really well. If you want, you can sit down and talk to pretty people via a vid conference setup (the voice is done with the DS). Fast and clear are the words of the day, but there's no way I'm sitting down and talking to these people. I overheard one of the models say "Nintendo will continue to change peoples' lives." Hey, it's okay for gamers to say that, but it just doesn't sound right coming from the mouth of an N employee.
Hey, Pokemon is here. Who knew?
Dancing with Mario can wear a girl out. They asked me to dance and I said no. Revenge at last for my high school years!
I’m going to go get some hands-on time with Yoot Saito’s Odama. Be back asap.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
renac @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM
I think DSpeak is one of scarely products coming out from Nintendo... This gonna be most practical, cheapest and funniest IP phone device on the earth (if you don't mind its look.). You know how other company are struggling to develop this kind of thing. They probably spend a lot of time on this, but they are saying "Isn't this fun?" putting it as just a comment at E3.
KD @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM
I was thinking the same thing.
Voip with a DS would be a really easy way to set Voip up.
I might think about buying one for my mom that lives out of town as an easy and cheap way to talk and we'd also get to play mario.
blankwave @ Dec 18th 2005 8:45PM
They're actually called Nployees, not N employees...
I'm just being a jerk 'cos you're at E3 and I'm not.
From the outside looking in though, Nintendo Revolution and Xbox360 are really, REALLY exciting, and Sony is managing to look like a big Asshat. I think this and a good amount of online sentiment looks this way as well.