nintendo ds and sp thing that lets u watch movies and music!

Kanangea · Post by **Kanangea** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:47 pm

nintendo has made an announcement that around in a few months nintendo will release a game boy advance like cartride that goes into ds or ds only.

the cartridge thing fits flash TOKYO--Less than a week after Sony's launch of the PlayStation Portable in Japan, Nintendo has announced that it will release a new adaptor for the Game Boy Advance SP and Nintendo DS. Tentatively named Play-yan, the adaptor will allow the handhelds to play back MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio files like, much like the PSP. No date or price has been officially set, but Nintendo is looking at a release date in mid-February and a price range near 5,000 yen ($48).

Nintendo's Play-yan will use an SD card instead of a Memory Stick Duo, like the PSP. While the released designs of Play-yan aren't set in stone, the adaptor at the current time seems to be about the same shape and size as a GBA cartridge. The SD card will snap into the side of the Play-yan, making it irremovable as long as the Play-yan is firmly set in the handheld's cartridge slot. Because the Play-yan doesn't come with any PC connectivity, owners will need an SD Card writer/reader to record data from a PC.

this sounds pretty cool although only in japan ill think about getting 1 from a import store

oh yeah and it plays up two 4 hour movies and it also can have songs to listen to.

its going to be about 50$

and DONT post unless your not going to insult it. not mentioning any names cough.frost.cough

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:13 pm

Lol... I think its neat, but isnt there already a movie player...

Post by **gannon** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:25 pm

yeah, but not an official one

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:27 pm

True... If they released an av adaptor with better resolution Id buy that...

someone · Post by **someone** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:59 pm

the big difference is that this has hardware decoding and the 3rd party ones used the GBA hardware, this allows the nintendo one to have better quality.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:00 pm

offical is always better

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:12 pm

Must... buy...

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:28 am

no i think they sould just make a flash kit for there DS cards.

for movies and music but latter hacked games

Kanangea · Post by **Kanangea** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:48 pm

well i just thought of something if its from japan and for sp and ds there making it for sp to so it will probably be region locked...ill just have to wait for 1 to come out in north america.....

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:07 pm

Kanangea wrote:well i just thought of something if its from japan and for sp and ds there making it for sp to so it will probably be region locked...ill just have to wait for 1 to come out in north america.....

Im pretty sure the sp's and ds's are region free. But what do I know anyway?

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:20 pm

I hope the adaptor is only for DS. If it also works with GBA, then the quality won't be as good as it would be if it were specifically for DS.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:37 pm

the sps region free but they have the famicom sp in japan

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:08 pm

They also have the NES SP exclusive to the NES-using countries. What's your point?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:25 pm

is it region free?

Kanangea · Post by **Kanangea** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:25 pm

well heres a unofficial import movie and songs player it might not work in ds though because e-card reader and rumble cartridges there have been questions about it no positive answeres about it though
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?catego ... 95c2ce9081