We’re hosting yet another tournament and raffle. I guess for the casual viewers, I’ll talk about the raffle first. It is open for registration right up until the end of the Jump! Ultimate Stars tournament, and requires 5 posts. You can make the posts betwen now and the time the raffle begins, so there is no rush. The prize is one Supercard DS ONEi flash cart kit.
The tournament is just like the old ones. The game is Jump! Ultimate Stars, and in order to combat unfair combos, Shadz and jincongz have agreed to help me out. All registrants must include 3 teams. You can post them now or edit your signup post before the tournament begins.
Looking for something to do over the summer? And you happen to also be one of those people that never played Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, or perhaps never heard of it?? Well it seems like now is a great time to pick up the game because Djipi finally finished his hi-resolution cel-shade mod for the game and released it 5 days ago. (http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=49340) I had a bit of spare time, so I put together a quick video of various locations and how the game looks now.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was first released on the N64 in 1998 and is often hailed as the best game of all times. The game was re-released on the Gamecube and Virtual Console with identical graphics, but in two flavors, one original, and one with a higher difficulty level (Master Quest). Needless to say, after 11 years, the graphics, no matter how jaw-dropping they were when first released, were getting bland. Djipi’s cel-shade mod is one of the most extensive retexture projects out there.
To explain what hi-resolution retexture is, some N64 emulators have the ability to replace every single texture of a game with custom ones, and as a result, over the years users have created mods that enhance the game’s visuals. One of the best packs I’ve found was Djipi’s “Celda”. Djipi retextured the game to look as similar to Legend of Zelda: Windwaker as possible, and the results are fantastic.
Hey! The raffle that had far too many entries and took way too long finally came to an end. The odds were 0.57% with 352 entries and 2 prizes. Anyways, here is the raffle video, I hope you all enjoyed it. And remember to try and stick with your summer goals!
As usual, if you want to skip the video, just read the first comment below for the winners.
I’ve had the iPlayer for 3 days now, and I have to thank our newest sponsor for providing it. So if you want to support future reviews and projects at DSDatabase, head over to www.4CoolDay.com and buy some stuff.
So a few days back, the cart arrived at my door, I was extremely happy to receive it. There has been a lot of negativity surrounding this cart, and also a lot of hope. The iPlayer is a flash cart device that does something pretty extraodinary, it plays videos and music. Now before you go on to say “you must be mistaken, any other flash cart can do that”, you should ask yourself, can any flash cart play .avi files without conversion? Can they run video off an .mkv container or perhaps play a few .wmv files? No.
The truth is that video support on other flash carts aren’t great. They practically require conversion because the formats they support such as .dpg or .dsm are so rare and pretty much isolated to only the Nintendo DS. The iPlayer can play .avi files, .flv files and even those pesky .rmvb files without conversion. It is a special flash cart because it claims to have extra hardware to decode the video. I was pretty excited to try it out, but honestly, I wasn’t expecting much, it just didn’t really seem possible for me. When I finally got to test it myself, I was blown away. It is an amazing device that is worth every penny.
Just wanted to make a really quick post about the key winners. I did an excel file with the 37 entrants’ emails and used random.org to generate 3 numbers between 1 and 37.
I didn’t take a video or anything since this is a small raffle. Winners should check their emails now. There should be an invite in their inbox. So the winners are:
I finally took the time to finish off the review for the AceKard 2i. Despite being my main cart for the longest time, I didn’t really have the time to do the tests. So now that it is finally up, I think all I have to say is that it is THE budget cart to get. If you are looking for an AceKard for your DS Lite, get the AceKard 2i still, it’s only a few dollars more and the build is much better.
So today I was excited since I knew that the M3i Zero would arrive. The M3 team kindly sent me a sample and it even arrived before the release date, so that’s pretty cool (especially since the packaging was marked EXTREMELY URGENT).
Anyways when I opened the packaged I saw the M3i Zero box for the first time. It is quite similar to the M3DS Real, I actually prefer the lighter color on the M3DS Real box, but who cares. Opened it up, it has the same clear case as the M3DS Real, but in it was the M3i Zero. There was also a tray with the USB cable and MicroSD reader.
Just got the email with the Club Nintendo Rewards today, they aren’t that great (click read more to see what they are). The thing that bugs me the most is that they’ll ship on November 1st, 2009. That’s ages from now.
So just wondering, out of the prizes, which ones would you have picked?
If you guys play DotA, you HAVE to try out Heroes of Newerth. Heroes of Newerth is going to be a commerical game that is almost an exact copy of DotA. There are a few new heroes, but many are straight from the game with new names and new graphics. The engine is updated, the interface, etc. I’m not allowed to post any pictures or screenshots of my own because I might get banned, but there is a bit of stuff on Youtube.
Here’s the juicy part. I have THREE invites for DSDatabase viewers. If you want a key, simply post IN THIS THREAD, with a valid email on the form. I don’t mind one word posts or stuff like that, but keep it in this thread. I will then raffle the three off on July 15th, 2009 among everyone who entered. Remember that entries are limited BY IP, not by email address, so don’t try to scam your way into a key.
The iTouch 2 review is finally posted. I had a lot of time to fiddle with this cart, and overall I think it is pretty average. There is something about the cart that I like a lot, and it functions well, but when I actually write it up and look at the facts, it is average. I think it is one of the better carts out there, but the real problem is that the bootloader is not rewriteable. That means it is very vulnerable to DSi updates.
The odds were 0.57% with 352 entries and 2 prizes. Anyways, here is the raffle video, I hope you all enjoyed it. 
