Easy Piano brings keyboard peripheral to DS Lite
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Jul 31st 2009 at 2:00AM } 
Fortunately for us, a Namco Bandai press release just revealed a Jam Sessions-esque title for the DS titled -- what else -- Easy Piano. The game comes with the keyboard peripheral you see above, so we hope interested parties have held onto their GBA slot-equipped DS Lites. With a lesson mode, a play-along mode and even a song creaion mode, it sounds like a neat offering for piano enthusiasts. We won't be sure until we try out that tiny, tiny keyboard, though.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Capgun @ Jul 31st 2009 2:03AM
I got a mental picture of keyboard cat when I read this. I half expected the video to be posted after the break. No dice.
ArchiGamer [Wiizer Sweatshop Human Resources] @ Jul 31st 2009 2:23AM
Keyboard Cat on the Go!!
Alex @ Jul 31st 2009 2:30AM
what do i get for getting a DSi????
The Aquacharger (PSN:Elvenmonk) @ Jul 31st 2009 2:40AM
Like me, a faster hand held.
Kawaiipikachu @ Jul 31st 2009 10:24AM
Gee you honesly believe that Nintendo would be willing to spend tenthounsands dollars on a stopgap.
The DSi has had only a small budget in it's devolopment & the acutal DS successor that Nintendo is currently devoloping would have a much bigger budget.
So out of the 2 which would you expact to have custom chips devolop ?
The only thing that's faster is the wifi.
In the end the DSi only has the excact same processor chip just like the lite it has a different numbering for no apparrant reason.
The DSi is the reason the I be replacing my worn out lite with another lite which should last me till Nintendo be releasing the DS successor.
Matthew @ Aug 1st 2009 7:18PM
^ WRONG.
DSi:
CPU: The DSi has two ARM architecture CPUs; ARM9 and ARM7.[52] The main CPU is clocked at 133 MHz.[53]
RAM: 16 MB of RAM (four times as much as previous models)[41]
Storage: 256 MB of internal flash memory[54] with an SD card (up to 2 GB) and SDHC card (up to 32 GB) expansion slot[7]
Wireless: 802.11b/g internal wireless connectivity[40]
DS Lite:
One 67 MHz ARM946E-S [2] and one 33 MHz ARM7TDMI
RAM: 4MB of RAM
4x as much RAM, faster processor, support for 802.11g. Regular DS games can't access the extra RAM or utilize the processor (but DSi-only download titles can), but it does give some games with slowdown a little more wiggle room.
Meh @ Jul 31st 2009 3:05AM
Wait, how is the octave changed? L/R?
mattprime86 @ Jul 31st 2009 3:06AM
typo!!!!!!!
jatie001 @ Jul 31st 2009 3:44AM
That's a DSi in the picture...is that some kind of hint that there will be a DSi version, or was it just a shortsighted Photoshop job?
Meh @ Jul 31st 2009 3:58AM
1) Look at a photo of the DSi
2) Facepalm
3) ?
4) PROFIT!
WhatIsThatThing @ Jul 31st 2009 12:57PM
Translation: that's not a DSi.
ynkhtr12 @ Jul 31st 2009 3:59AM
If this worked with Korg DS-10 I'd buy it
db73 @ Jul 31st 2009 4:05AM
That keyboard looks ridiculous! 1 octave? A mini octave at that. It's things like this that make me glad Nintendo sealed up the GBA slot & forgot about it. The thing is the DS/DSi has blue-tooth. So why not make a mini battery powered blue-tooth keyboard for this sort of thing?
THRILLHO @ Jul 31st 2009 8:29AM
the ds/dsi has bluetooth? since when?
Pastry @ Jul 31st 2009 8:05AM
And the piano sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say "Man, what are you doing here"
Gnoll @ Jul 31st 2009 8:30AM
This is a great way to learn how to play the piano as long as the songs don't include playing more than 13 consecutive keys!
Gnoll @ Jul 31st 2009 8:33AM
Or maybe you just have to keep sliding the DS down the table as if it were a large piano.
And there'd still be chords you can't pull off. No wonder it's so easy!
GiggMan @ Jul 31st 2009 8:40AM
And by "prefer", we mean "we were forced to spend our childhood summers hunched over a beaten-up Steinway, pursuing our parents' feverish artistic dreams as our peers actually enjoyed their lives."
Wow.........
What a way to paint a picture.
Luke @ Jul 31st 2009 9:47AM
If this were an Activision game, there'd be more rage in these comments. Come on people, where's the fucking RAGE?!
db73 @ Jul 31st 2009 9:21AM
"the ds/dsi has bluetooth? since when?"
I meant to put wireless, not bluetooth. That could be used for more than just hooking up multiple DS consoles;
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/11/26/dsmidiwifi-free-download-turn-your-nintendo-ds-into-a-wireless-synth-and-midi-controller/
Shadsy @ Jul 31st 2009 12:02PM
That's... easy?
Easy?!
It's so tiny!
Danny @ Jul 31st 2009 5:28PM
Cute, but i prefer Jam Sessions. At least I can play that on the DSi.
DeoWulf @ Jul 31st 2009 9:54PM
Damien Rice plays piano too.
legosmashbro95 @ Aug 1st 2009 11:45AM
this would be really cool if AQ games and korg look at this for the next korg ds-10 synth... even though it'd be the only plus on the ds lite compared to the dsi....
Feba @ Aug 2nd 2009 2:15PM
I'm still waiting for the day Rock Band/Guitar Hero adds a keyboard peripheral to the game.
And then people start to go "holy fuck, I can actually play keyboard! Finally, an instrument that you actually play by just hitting buttons!"