Literally, a new twist. It’s pretty much the same wireless controller, but with a D-pad that can be twisted to take the shape of a defined “plus,” and twisted back to give you the typical disc. Apparently, some people miss the classic plus shape that you’d normally see on Nintendos, although it seems strange that they’d even bother reworking it since players are more likely to use the left stick—not the D-pad—to move around games anyway. Oh, and they also redid the colors, dropping the red/green/blue/yellow colors on the ABXY buttons and painted them in different shades of gray. Nice touch,although the lack of colors could confuse newer players who still tend to look down at the controls. Video that demos the twisty button action after the break.
If you were planning to get a Nintendo DSi or DSi XL, try waiting a couple of weeks. Nintendo just put out word that they’re going to be dropping the two handheld consoles’ prices by $20, setting the DSi’s price to $150, while the larger-screened DSi XL’s price drops down to $170.
That collective sigh you just heard came from PS3 gamers in Australia, after a court ruled in favor of Sony that temporarily bans Oz Modchips and Quadtronics from distributing the PS Jailbreak USB device in the country. The PS Jailbreak USB dongle allows gamers to copy and load games into the Playstation 3’s hard drive, which opens the console up to software piracy by allowing games to run without loading the original game disc.
Interested in jailbreaking your Playstation 3? A new USB dongle called the “PS Jailbreak,” set to arrive before the month ends, promises to help you with that. The $150 accessory is basically a modchip that allows you to run games straight off the PS3’s hard drive without needing the game disc, but since you don’t have to hard-wire it into your system, it supposedly won’t break the warranty.
Okay, to be clear, Nintendo didn’t announce a ship date for the dual-screened 3DS handheld. They did mention when they’re going to be announcing the golden date though. According to this Bloomberg Japan report, they’ll be announcing a release date on September 29. Nothing new after that, but we could still at least expect the 3DS to arrive by the holidays.
