Gaming DS Camera To Be Released Japan In August

[MADKATZ99]

what a crappy candle...



Im all for a camera, even the old gameboy had one... which I wanted because it looked awesome btw. But why did they have to make a stupid game for it??? a camera alone is enough. Im sure they can somhow make some kind of fancy extention for the old DS users.

 

[Veho]

I really expected an actual digital photo camera, not a low-res webcam.

How long before a homebrew videoconference app comes out?

 

[Hadrian]

what a crappy candle...



Im all for a camera, even the old gameboy had one... which I wanted because it looked awesome btw. But why did they have to make a stupid game for it??? a camera alone is enough. Im sure they can somhow make some kind of fancy extention for the old DS users.

Well its a nice extra I guess. Who knows it could be a decent game, Brain Training sound like shit when I first heard about it.

 

[lagman]

Ok, how about this:
A detective game where you have to take pictures of stuff to get clues.

 

[Hadrian]

I remember there was a paparazzi mobile phone game where you used your camera phone.

 

[Sir VG]

Of course it's only a matter of time before something for the male demographic gets released like 'Upskirt Capture DS' which sees perverted gamers taking upskirt pics of unsuspecting females, tradeable via wifi.

Don't give SNK any funny ideas. If they made a game that allows you to touch witches/underage girls...

 

[Gimmy]

Oh man, I understand that there is a whole unused sector of peoples (in this case women) that the Hi-Tech (including computers and consules) companies can make alot of money on their backs, but every man with decent logic would throw this idea to hell.
And if I'll continue with my business view, I guess the camera will be used for other things as well. me happy!

 

[Rayder]

I figure if I want to make silly faces at myself, I'll do it in a mirror for free.

 

[ugly_rose]

Good ideas would be....
skype style calls+ video over wifi.

I second this idea! With the Nintendo headset it would be pretty smooth and from what I know IP videocalls doesn't take too much bandwidth from the poor ol' Wi-Fi either. What I'm worrying about however is the battery life, especially if you'll have people on both screens.

 

[chadders]

I personally think this is a great move on nintendos part, one because its another new form of gaming(if we can call it that) and two because of all the extra apps this can be used for.

On the down side though, i think it would have been a good idea if the camera was able to rotate through 180 degrees, then they could have adopted game ideas such as this http://www.toyspring.com and the camera could have also been used to do normal camera functions.

Another idea would have been for the camera to be spring loaded so when not being used the camera could have been tucked away out of sight and with one quick press it would pop out of the side ready to use.

I think if nintendo were to redesign the DS again, they would add a built in camera and if every piece of hardware had the function built in the game developers would incorporate this into their software. But being as the price set in japan is only £20(GBP) i think we can safely say alot of DS owners will opt to buy this add-on, and if the majority of people own this neat piece of kit, theres no reason why game developers wouldn't start adding some sort of use for it in game if the expansion pak was recognised.

Plus, this also adds a camera function to Wii now, which who knows what weird and wonderful ideas this could be used for. I for one am sold on this idea and prey for a worldwide release, here looking at you ninty!!!

 

[MaHe]

Good ideas would be....
skype style calls+ video over wifi.


I second this idea! With the Nintendo headset it would be pretty smooth and from what I know IP videocalls doesn't take too much bandwidth from the poor ol' Wi-Fi either. What I'm worrying about however is the battery life, especially if you'll have people on both screens.

Uhhh, I don't think you could really make a quality videocall through DS' 256 kb/s WiFi ... it's just not made for it.

 

[Veho]

Uhhh, I don't think you could really make a quality videocall through DS' 256 kb/s WiFi ... it's just not made for it.

One or two frames per second would be quite enough for "videoconferencing". In fact, merely being able to capture single frames and send them (along with voice chat; you only need 9600 bps for GSM quality sound, the rest can be used for pictures) would be enough. I think 256 kbps could take that strain