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Toyota turns to Nintendo DS as in-car GPS remote, won't guide you to Princess Peach

Let's say you liked adding GPS to your Nintendo DS . How about adding a Nintendo DS to your GPS? Toyota is trying just that through a new Smart Navi GPS unit in its Estima Hybrid minivan that will let passengers control the mapping system. Load up the Bluetooth-equipped Kuruma de DS cartridge and you can enter directions from the back seat instead of waiting for the driver's next chance at a red ...

Nintendo patent app reveals DS tracking system

A new Nintendo patent application uncovered from the USPTO reveals that the company plans to further extend the use of its gaming consoles in tour guiding. Nintendo had previously outfitted the Louvre so that its 3DS could guide tourists through the museum and now this new patent application shows plans to use the DS with Read The Full Story

Miyamoto's DS patent offers upgraded tourist hunting techniques

The DS Lite could see society's next great advancement in GPS technology, at least in tourist-heavy areas such as museums and haunted-home expeditions, a patent from Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto suggests. The patent describes a system where an overhead grid of infrared "positional information transmitters" reads a user's DS to light up floor patterns and potential walkways. The user can then pick ...

New Super Mario Bros 2 coming to 3DS, not Wii

The first sequel in the New Super Mario Bros franchise will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS. read more

Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS announcement features some answers, but raises more questions

Nintendo turns around a sequel to the 26 million selling New Super Mario Bros. in record time, reinstating a style of play to the series not seen in twenty years.