I read books, usually two or three at a time. I'm not saying I read good books or anything; I'm not above reading a book about a television show, or books with lots of pictures. So I'm happy Nintendo is putting out a cart called 100 Classic Books for the DS.
This app will essentially turn your DS into a very limited book reader. Imagine a library consisting of 100 public domain classics, right in your back pocket. Excited yet?
Picture being able to read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll on a device not designed as a book reader at all.
“100 Classic Books transforms your Nintendo DS system into a portable library,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Readers of any age will enjoy exploring the many worlds, characters and adventures created by these icons of literature.”
Cool, right, everyone? Right?
Anyway, check out the full list of 100 books right here.
Seriously, though, this seems to be another attempt to integrate gaming peripherals into other, non-game aspects of people's lives. Which is cool in a way, but in another, more realistic way, I can't see myself ever reading a book on my DS. Maybe if i was still in school, and I had to read Bleak House or something, this would be a good way to get a bunch of other great books for a low price...
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lilhotdude1313
Nice to know G4 is keeping on top of game reveals. I knew about this game at least two weeks ago from the Club Nintendo website!
camaro72toy
Baldurs Gate 3, Demons Crest,and a new Burnout...where?
TrustFall
Ipod has an "100 Classic Novels" app that is (I think) free. Kinda cool but the interface isn't as good as Kindle.
YourAssassin93
So it's 100 books I could download for free but on the DS.
Velocity2k
I'm surprised they hadn't tried this earlier. I saw its potential as an e-reader when I played Brain Age. Plus, they have math games, language tutorials, and cooking apps (might as well call them apps because they're certainly not games). Also PSP has Marvel online. So the DS has to compete somehow, right.
I see your Spider-Man and raise you Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!
Littlebigthreat
Seems like Nintendo is pointing their guns at the iPad; how effective the DS is going to be as a mobile book is sketchy to me at least.
Sovs
i'd rather use my droid with an unlimited amount of ebooks thanks; however, I can see some concerned parents buying this for their children. Maybe that's the consumer their aiming for: parents worried about their kids
deleted_C15928E0-D8DC-4CE4-9630-F94FAA269B56
How long is the battery life on the newest DS systems again?
clorin12
I wonder if they could put a Kindle or Nook store as a download on the DSi. This also seems like a step toward there announcement years ago about wanting the device to be more than a gaming device. How about Skype with the front facing camera and internet connection?
osubluejacket
Mom - "Put away that videogame!"
Kid - "But I'm reading mom, I swear!"
Mom - "LIES!"
Ashley_Si
It was announced a couple months back, or at least that's when Nintendo put it up on their site. You're a little slow on the up take when it comes to Nintendo.
camaro72toy
where's Demons Crest, Baldurs Gate 3, and a new Burnout ???
merivigian
That's actually not bad. I've recently turned into a reading freak, thanks to my English teacher. These past few months I have read To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, and Lord of the Flies. This seems like a nice cheap way for people to actually try out a book they may like. I already see a few titles making it worth the purchase; Dracula, Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes, Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Now I'm a little confused, are there already those 100 books on that DS Cartridge, or do you have to have the cartridge and purchase the books separately?
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