Eurogamer has a interview with Nintendogs
creator Hideki Konno .
Nintendogs Unleashed
Nintendogs hits the stores today. This game is a HUGE hit in Japan, and has all the potential to make it big here in the states.
Nintendogs hits the stores today. This game is a HUGE hit in Japan, and has all the potential to make it big here in the states.
This game is kind of like those Tamagotchi key chain toys that were popular a few years ago in the states. It’s a virtual pet that you can interact with.
Now, as popular as Tamagotchi was, Nintendogs takes takes it to a whole new level. The virtual dogs run around, play with each other, come to you when you call to them, (remember, this is Nintendo DS we’re talking about here…. it has a built-in microphone). You can take the dogs for walks, throw frisbees to them, and feed them.
This game is wildly popular in Japan, where they sold about 700,000 of them. There’s a rumor going around that they might even have a special “Christmas” edition of the game out there.
Nintendo is releasing three versions, each with six different kinds of puppies, for a total of 18 dogs.
This game is probably going to a best selling game this Christmas season.
Nutrigrain Ad
Joe Ranft dead at 45
Joe Ranft, died yesterday. He was the head of Pixar’s story department, the voice of “Wheezy” in the Toy Story movies, “Heimlich” in “A Bug’s Life” and worked on many other animation projects before joining Pixar.
Google buys Android
Google bought Android today. No one’s quite sure what Android makes (it’s a startup, after all), but some folks think it makes location based software for handheld devices.
Beam me up
You’ll be able to buy a cell phone that looks like a Star Trek communicator soon.
PalmOne and Palm – Together Again
Roomba
The Roomba, the robot vacuum from iRobot will soon be getting a new version. The Roomba Scheduler programmed to automatically turn on and vacuum while you’re away. The current version of Roomba must be started manually. The Roomba Scheduler will come with a remote control. Already have a Roomba, and want to add “Scheduler” capability to your Discovery SE model? You’ll be able to upgrade for $59. Roomba Scheduler is ……er, on schedule…. to arrive in August 2005. |
Google Maps on your phone
Cristian Streng has created a J2ME midlet called MGMaps to put Google Maps on your phone. |