THE LATEST NEWS FROM JULY 2004

To demonstrate those commitments, he was front and centre for the unveiling of Nintendo’s new dual-screen DS handheld, along with demos of , , and more. felt that the system on display was “comfy” and that “it looks a bit like something from Tiger Electronics, but the prototype casing may well evolve before the machine is released”. “came away convinced that with the right software support, it will be a massive hit with the same audience that has predominantly given Nintendo ownership of game taking advantage of the system’s wireless internet capabilities. felt that the wireless networking “proves [Nintendo] is very serious about the online world”. There was some disagreement about the graphical performance of the DS. said “we’re looking at 3D graphics that lie somewhere between the N64 and the GameCube”, but negatively compared to its N64 counterpart, noting “there aren’t nearly as many polygons in the scene, and textures are PS1, not N64, in style”.