The Game Composer’s Blog

The new new Nintendo DS.

I guess it’s a little late to be calling the DS Lite the “new” DS. But that’s how I still think of it. I better get over that habit as Nintendo has announced their newest model of the DS, the DSi. The main difference I’m interested in is its ability to read SD cards and play MP3′s. Does that mean you can play your own music within a game? I hope so!

You’d think as a game composer I’d be against that sort of thing, but as a gamer I’m all for it. I’m under no illusion that even the best game music is not going to get old after hour upon hour of play. It will, and the game player should have options. The pundits are saying Nintendo is releasing this new model to compete with the extra features of Sony’s PSP, a nice multimedia machine. Well, whatever the case I hope Nintendo keeps on the forefront of innovation and adds the camera and MP3 player to its long list of new ways to interact with games.

October 2, 2008 - Posted by thegamecomposer | News, Ponderings | DS, DSi, Nintendo