Sure, Japan’s DS TV Tuner looks nice enough, and sounds just as nice. Portable TV, a screen you can scribble dicks and moustaches on, it’s all good. Doesn’t explain why Japan went bonkers for them, though. This, however, does: it turns out when you get the package, you don’t just get a TV tuner, you get Game & Watch’s Fire along with it. As a bonus, you can play it on the bottom screen while you’re watching and listening to TV on the top screen.
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You may like the looks of Japan’s DS TV Tuner. You may even fancy one. Know that Japan doesn’t fancy them. Japan has gone CRAZY for them. Didn’t matter that there was little advertising or fanfare for the tuners, because it all went down like this: pre-orders went up, too many people rushed to Nintendo’s site, site crashed, site went back up, pre-orders sold out. All this for a teeny-weeny TV tuner that lets you scribble on the screen. Shine on, you DS-mad Japanese diamonds. Orders for Nintendo’s “DS TV” over-flooded [J-Cast, via CVG]
Know this about Japan: Sunday is horse racing day. Folks who are spending the day playing the ponies, spend the afternoon either glued to their big screens or tracking the race on their cell phones. Wouldn’t it be nice to follow the race on a beautiful screen via digital broadcast? With the PSP Slim & Lite’s 1seg tuner you can watch the horses on a digital reception. That means you can spend your Sunday playing golf, watching the races and generally avoiding your family. 1seg ad [PSP Fanboy] More »
Nintendo has tons of good ideas. This isn’t one of them. With many Japanese cell phones already sporting crystal clear displays and digital 1seg TV tuners (and smaller) antennas, why would anyone want this? Can you imagine pulling this out on the train? You’d put someone’s eye out! More »
The Wall Street Journal has outlined Satoru Iwata’s new strategy for bringing the Nintendo brand even more into the mainstream. And given the success of the DS in this department, Nintendo will be starting with the small but mighty handheld to roll out new functions in Japan next year. According to WSJ, part of the master plan includes: …a television-programming feature for the Japanese market…[allowing users]to check television listings, run searches by keyword and genre, and highlight each family member’s favourite programs.
Apparently this is a function beyond their 1seg tuner offerings. More »
And nowhere else, so cool your jets. Nintendo have announced that their official TV tuner dongle thingy for the DS will hit Japan on November 20, and will set Japanese consumers back Â¥6800 ($US 59). Not cheap for what you get, but then, what price convenience and portability? Importers beware: it’s a one-seg tuner. [via Game Watch] More »
