Gyro-sensor accessory for Nintendo DS?
When I opened my mailbox ten minutes ago I found this:
Hello Nintendo Gossip crew,
I love the concept of your website so I thought that this ‘gossip’ was something I should share with you instead of leaking it to a big website in the game industry.
Certain developers have received a new accessory from Nintendo. This accessory for the Nintendo DS goes in the GBA cartridge. The one I held in my hands was made for the DS lite but off course there will also be one that fits in the old Nintendo DS. Inside this cartridge is a gyro-sensor. 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.
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.
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.
The size of this accessory is the same like the rumble packs for the Nintendo DS and the DS lite. Nintendo will show off this new accessory at the Leipzig Games Convention. I don’t know if there will be any games using this sensory playable on the show floor.
Greets,
Anonymous
I don’t know who this person is or where he/she first got his or her hands on this new accessory. Off course I won’t give you this person’s e-mail adress but I guess I don’t hurt anyone by saying that what’s behind the @ of this person’s emailadress tells me that this info is from a reliable person.
Personally I didn’t see a gyro-sensor GBA cartridge coming. I thought that the touch-screen was innovative enough for the Nintendo DS but apparently Nintendo thought that developers could use this cartridge to make their games even better. At E3 2004 Reggie Fils-Aime said that DS actually stands for Developers System. They probably want to give developers even more opportunities to make the greatest software for the Nintendo Dual Screen.
After I read this email I got really excited for the Games Convention in Germany!
August 7th, 2006 at 12:26
Hehe, what makes you guys think it’s fake? =)
June 30th, 2007 at 11:56
hey how do i connect the nintendo ds to the nintendo wii
August 1st, 2007 at 9:11
[…] More rumors from the Nintendo camp coming this week, and this is something that really interest me alot. According to NintendoGossip, the website that reports anything from rumors to speculation about Nintendo, Nintendo is currently in development of a motion-sensing cartridge for the the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite. The cartridge will include with a built-in gyro-sensor and will be inserted to the GBA slot of your beloved DS/NDSL. One of the first game that will utilize the gyro-sensor will be Activision’s Tony Hawk DownHill Jam, an exclusive title for the Nintendo Wii and DS. The report suggested that it will allowed you to connect your NDSL in conjuction with games such as Excite Truck and Tony Hawk DownHill Jam for the Nintendo Wii, with having your NDSL as part of the controller. Interesting stuff, for a sneakpeak on how the control mechanism of Tony Hawk DownHill Jam will be like on the Nintendo Wii, here’s a little demo from the executive producer of the game explaning about it, released earlier this week by the developer, Activision. […]