Nintendo Co. has announced additional features to its DS portable video games player on Thursday. These features include a provision to allow users to load game demonstrations and other related content directly onto the device for free.
The additional features were announced at the DICE tech conference being held in Las Vegas. Another exciting new feature is the introduction of voice-chat in the gaming device. Nintendo America's vice-president Reggie Fils-Aime also announced at the conference that the company would be opening electronic kiosks at various retail outlets in the country.
The function of these kiosks, which will be opened at places like Best Buy Co. Inc. and GameStop Corp, will be to offer game downloads via Nintendo's Download Play feature. Using this the consumer can play the game for as many times as he/she likes it until the system is switched off or until the user moves away from the kiosk.
Under this feature, Nintendo will make available game titles like True Swing Golf, Mario Kart DS, Brain Age and Pokemon. The company also said that it would be including a voice-chat feature in its "Metroid Prime: Hunters." This feature will start off from March 20. Mr Fils-Aime said that players who play games on the Internet could talk to each other after a game was over but not during it.
However, this feature is one step behind what is offered on rival Sony's "SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo." This game available on the PlayStation Portable allows players to talk to each other even while the game is in progress.
