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Originally posted by: Bossk
Very cool about the memory card adaptor. And if it can play the old GBA games, I see no reason why it shouldn't be able to play GBC and GB games as well. They all had the same interface.
Nintendo to Bring Music, Video to DS Game Machine
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo (news - web sites) Co. will begin selling an adaptor for its DS and Game Boy Advance handheld game players to allow them to play music and video, the company said, matching a popular feature on Sony's portable game machine.
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The DS, which by itself is strictly a game device, will be able to play video in the MPEG-4 format and songs in the MP3 format by inserting a memory card into the adaptor, which is plugged into a slot in the machine.
The adaptor will also work with the DS predecessor, the Game Boy Advance SP.
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"Someone could record a TV program on a memory card and then watch it the next day on their way to work on the train," said Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa, adding that it would allow for playback of CD-quality sound, depending on the transfer rate.
The company will start selling the adaptor in February in Japan for about 5,000 yen ($47.47), Minagawa said. That is roughly the difference between the price of the DS by itself, at 15,000 yen, and the PSP, which sells for 19,800 yen before tax.