Phantasy Star Coming DS Way

This winter, Japanese gamers will have a chance to revisit the Phantasy Star universe again wit Phantasy Star 0 (that is a zero, not an O) for the Nintendo DS thanks to Sega. Players will have access to four player multiplayer mode that offers both local and Wifi connection based play. What's interesting about this new game is the visual chat. Players have access to the scratch pad on the bottom screen which they can fill with drawings and send to another player. The drawings appear as bubble above the character, giving the comic look to the game. Players will also have a pre set symbols to communicate. The Phantasy Star 0 will feature characters from both the old and new games although they will look a little bit younger. The North America release is not set yet.

Nintendo Release Wifi Network Adapter

Being connected to the network wirelessly is common thing nowadays. That's why all three current generation console have a wifi feature, although only Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 have the feature built in. Microsof Xbox 360 owners need to buy it seperately.
I dont understand as to why Nintendo want to releare a network adapter in the first place. But Nintendo actually will release it on September 18 in Japan. The card will be priced at ¥5800 or roughly equal to USD $53.
The card has two modes: Router and Bridge. As router, the card can communicate with any number of Wifi enabled devices including other gaming consoles and PCs. The range and wifi network have yet to be announced. Bridge acts as a technological interpreter between a user's existing wifi router and Nintendo system. North America availability has yet to be announced.

DS Redesign's on The Way?

It looks like that Nintendo is not going to sit down after Sony announced a little hardware change for its portable PSP. It is still a speculation though, but the internet community is treated to a news that said a redesign Nintendo DS could be debuting in April or May next year. It will be incorporating touch functionality on both screens with a widescreen aspect ratios. If it's true, the redesign DS will present a new control that would seem worthy of an entire new stock of titles and let's see how the existing titles are going to be able to take advantage of the addition of another touch screen.