The DS Can Treat Eye Conditions Amblyopia, commonly and somewhat inaccurately called lazy eye, is a fully treatable eye condition that suffers from something every parent will understand: getting young children to do anything like wearing an eye patch for four hours a day is like negotiating with terrorists. Luckily for Isabelle Wurmser, playing her Nintendo DS was actually part of her treatment. Both her mother and her doctor found that it was easier to keep her on her schedule of use if they paired it with an hour of gaming.
The 3DS Was Until Very Recently Pretty Hack-Proof The 3DS is one of the most notoriously difficult systems to jail-break, but last month someone finally did a bang-up job. A hacker going by the handle Smealum released an exploit made possible through an obscure, most digital download only title from Ubisoft called Cubic Ninja that allowed the 3DS QR scanner to access homebrew games (titles not officially released by Nintendo). If you want the details on how they're available, see here, but I would expect Nintendo to plug the hole in a future update. They've already removed Cubic Ninja from the eStore, and physical copies can cost nearly $100.
It Broke Donkey Kong's Heart In 2013, Nintendo hired actor Parker Mills to dress as Donkey Kong and pose for pictures with fans at the L.A. Zoo to celebrate the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. Mills went on to sue Nintendo, claiming that the company didn't provide breaks or ice packs to cool him and thus contributed to a serious heart condition. His attorney told the Los Angeles Times that Mills had suffered from an aortic dissection, which is a tearing of aortic walls, and that surgery would be necessary because of Nintendo's alleged oversight.
You Can Record a Synth Album on 3DS Making a record on your own has never been easier, but Korg is one of the few to embrace doing so on a gaming system. Its Korg DSN-12 is the perfect tool for someone who wants to be effortlessly able to switch from a game of Super Smash Brothers and a slick synth pop track he or she has been wanting to finish off. The DSN-12 comes with 12 synthesizers, with a range of effects you can add. There are even capabilities for live DJing styles, or you can combine your creations into full songs.
We Might Get to Play a Zelda Interactive Movie on 3DS Of all the video game franchises in the world that have never had an official movie adaptation made from them, nothing tops The Legend of Zelda. I'm not saying it's impossible to mess up, but in this day and age, it's probably at least impossible to not make money on it.
It looks as if Nintendo might finally be thawing to the idea. Last year series producer Eiji Aonuma told Kotaku that not only was the company talking about making one, it hoped to use 3DS to somehow make aspects of the film controllable. In the interview, Aonuma said...
"If we were to make a Zelda title, if we had interest in doing that, I think really what would be most important to us is to be able to play with the format of a movie, make it more interactive, like you're able to take your 3DS into the theater and that leads you into participating in it somehow. We wouldn't want to make it the same as any other movie. We want to somehow change what a movie is."
If anyone can pull that off, it's Nintendo.
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