[Classic Technology Research Institute] A stunning dual-mirror handheld host with innovative and revolutionary gameplay: Nintendo Dual Screen (NDS)

On the eve of the launch of PSP, Nintendo released a mysterious folding device, which looks a bit like an electronic dictionary that students often carry. At first, people thought it would be a new Gameboy console, but they didn't expect it to be a dual-screen console, and the name had nothing to do with Gameboy. This brand-new host is named after its biggest feature: it has two layers of screens, namely "NintnedoDualScreen". It was first sold in Japan on February 2, 2004, 65438 days earlier than the competitor Sony PSP, 10 day.

Everyone is quite surprised that Nintendo's new handheld doesn't take Gameboy as the main extension of the new model, but they are extremely curious about this new console with two screens. Some people will think that this new console NDS and Nintendo's electronic toy game &; The watches are very similar. Is the play similar? The answer can be said to be half right. NDS does have a game &; Watch the remake of the game, but NDS has completely changed the gameplay, not just adding a screen.

▲ Nintendo's NintendoDualScreen handheld has made a major breakthrough in the interaction between players and machines. In addition to the traditional key control operation, you can also click and draw on the touch screen with a stylus, or blow into the microphone to make sound. The machine will react and give feedback on the game screen. Make the gameplay more changeable.

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Touch technology has long been commonplace in daily life, and later it is often applied to portable electronic devices such as PDA and smart phone. However, when it comes to the application of handheld electric toys, NDS should be regarded as a pioneer. At least the rival PSP has no touch function (but the beautiful big screen of the other side is also a new breakthrough).

NDS has an upper screen and a lower screen, in which the lower screen has a touch function. From here on, playing the handheld becomes no longer just using buttons. Just pick up a stylus and you can enjoy new ways of playing different games. There are many new games on NDS, all of which use the new function of touch to change the pattern. Many early masterpieces are like Touch Bad Leo Workshop, Nintendo, Cooking Mom and Fight! Aid groups, etc. , skillfully use the touch action, whether it is pointing, drawing, painting, etc. Through different actions, the requirements in the game are completed, and the gameplay is more diverse.

In addition, NDS also has a built-in microphone, which can be used to receive sound. Some games can recognize sounds by making sounds or even talking at home, and apply them to actual games. Generally speaking, the interaction between players and games is more diverse, not just the keys. Some people may feel tired from playing a game. But you have to admit that through these functions, there are more ways for players to communicate with machines, and a game has a broader infinite imagination.

Compared with the previous Gameboy, NDS also has the function of wireless network built in. With the help of wireless network Wi-Fi, players can play against each other without fighting, and they can also communicate with players all over the world through connections. These are the innovative features of Nintendo.

▲ In 2006, Nintendo introduced NDSL, the revised host of NDS. The whole machine has become thinner and shorter, but the function has not changed at all, and the brightness and texture of the picture have been improved.

The constantly evolving and revised NDS mainframe is thinner and lighter, and its functions have also increased.

About two years after the first NDS console went on the market on February 2, 2004, Nintendo introduced a revised NDS console, named NDSL, that is, the word Lite was added after the original host name. Literally, NDSL must be thinner and shorter than the original NDS host!

Although the NDSL host has not changed in computing performance, it has made some improvements in other aspects, strengthening the brightness of important LCD screens and making the colors look fuller. The overall appearance of the fuselage is more integrated, the grip is better, and the operation feel of the cross keys and keys has also recovered its original elasticity, so that players will not be overly tired when playing. The weight of the whole machine is about 60 grams less, which is more convenient to carry.

▲ NDSi mainframe, which debuted in 2008, canceled the downward support of GBA, increased the LCD screen, added a 30-pixel camera lens that can take pictures, and built-in system programs, which can purchase and download digital games from the Internet.

NDSL, as the host of revision, really set off another hot wave in the market. After two and a half years of sales in NDSL, in June 2008, 1 1, a modified NDSL mainframe went on the market. This time the name is quite special, called NDSi. Compared with NDSL, its functionality has made more outstanding progress. First of all, the size of the LCD screen has increased, from the original 3 inches to 3.25 inches, and the screen is bigger and more beautiful. Then, the original GBA cassette slot was cancelled, and the GBA cassette was no longer supported downward. Instead, a 300,000-pixel camera was built in, one inside and the other outside, and players could take pictures with it.

Finally, regarding the function of wireless network, we have added the function of "NintendoDSiWare", and we can purchase digital game software through wireless network. After the release of the Wii home console in 2006, Nintendo established the function of network digital software on its platform, and then moved this idea to the handheld, so that the handheld can also download many special games or tools through the network. There are more things to play with.

Pirated burning cards and crazy updates are to protect the interests of themselves and manufacturers.

Since the appearance of electronic products, software piracy has always been the last thing that hardware manufacturers want to see. Nintendo, a video game instrument manufacturer, has been tested by this behavior since the era of red and white machines. Super Nintendo, Gameboy and other host markets have pirated software. In NDS era, due to the popularity of flash memory, quick-thinking businessmen moved the host to the card tape and launched the so-called "game burning card". After purchasing this recording card, players can download the ROM files of NDS games from the Internet, copy them to the MicroUSB memory card, install them on the recording card, and insert the NDSL host to play the downloaded games. Players only need to pay for burning cards and memory cards. On the other hand, genuine game manufacturers can't sell genuine tapes, get no revenue, and then lose money, which makes the company difficult to operate.

In the long run, although this will help promote hardware manufacturers, it will gradually destroy game software manufacturers, so Nintendo cannot sit idly by. Since NDSi began to build in the system program interface, Nintendo can update the machine's body by updating the body, so that pirated burned cards can no longer be used. In addition, laws are also enacted to prohibit the sale of these card-burning software in Japan to safeguard the economic interests of themselves and game developers.

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As far as sales volume is concerned, NDS's entire series of mainframes are very successful. Nintendo has added special games such as touching and blowing to the NDS mainframe, and it has really succeeded in attracting some ethnic groups who don't play games very much. Its strategy is somewhat similar to the previous Wii game console. By using somatosensory methods, some popular games are introduced to attract some non-core players. This marketing strategy is successful. According to the statistics of 20 14, the sales volume of NDS series hosts exceeds1500,000 units, which is a great success compared with the sales volume of rival Sony PSP of 80 million units.

NDS does have many advantages. In addition to innovation, it is also commendable that it can support GBA tapes downwards, and this support was not cancelled until NDSi appeared, which can be regarded as maintaining for a long time. This downward support actually takes care of most of the original players and makes them willing to buy new consoles.

However, although NDS has innovative gameplay, it also has its hidden concerns. After all, with the passage of time, players' demand for the resolution and image quality of the picture is also increasing. However, Nintendo's strategy has always been based on creativity, not deliberately pursuing image quality. Although this may cause gimmicks in the early stage and widen the sales gap with opponents, players will still be attached to high-quality pictures after a long time. So in the long run, NDS will have a weak sales trend.

This is why in February of 20 1 1, Nintendo introduced a new model Nintendo3DS, which is another extension of NDS series. It can be used in general NDS host games, and enhance the performance of the screen, as well as hardware functions and naked 3D effects. At this point, Nintendo officially canceled the Gameboy product line, and NDS and 3DS series became the new representatives of Nintendo's handhelds.

technical condition

◎ The original NDS mainframe was released on February 2, 2004, and the official price was 15000 yen. ◎ Nintendo's first new product line no longer uses the classic name Gameboy, but starts a new stove. Equipped with dual LCD screens, and one of them has a touch function, which can be touched with fingers or a stylus. ◎ The screen resolution is 256 x 192 pixels, and the hair color number is 260,000. ◎ The successors are NDSL and NDSi. Lighter and thinner, and added a number of hardware functions.

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