Action Replay DS Review

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Nintendo Action Reply is one Nintendo line products specially designed for Nintendo DS, manufactured by Datel. Action Replay DS is the product’s name, it’s used to abbreviated as AS, ARDS, AR. This product can enhance Nintendo DS games and give the player many advantages to obtain. The upgrade version of the software has more user satisfaction by allows players to enter cheat codes through PC application which are copied to the software from USB, compared with earlier versions that forced player to input codes manually directly on Nintendo DS itself.

Action Replay DS can be used as a NoPass device in addition to functioning as a cheat device, just by holding “select” when powering on the DS. The shape is looks like a handphone’s memory card, small and easy to take.

You can find Action Replay DS around the world with the suggested retail price about US$24.99. It’s compatible with Nintendo DS and DS Lite only. But you can try to find newer version of Action Replay DS and read the document of it, I think it should be compatible with Nintendo DSi as well.

To install Action Replay DS on your DS, you can simply take this few steps:

1. Install Action Replay Code manager. This software should be included on a small disc, 1 package with Action Replay DS system.
2. Insert the Action Replay game cartridge into your Nintendo DS and turn it on.
3. Plug the USB into your PC and the other end line into top of your Action Replay game cartridge.
4. Write or copy paste all codes you’d got into Notepad.
5. Save the file (type whatever the filename you want to recognize this code).
6. Before click the Save button, make sure that you save the file with “xml” extension, by type the filename ending with “.xml”. (exp: the filename is “pokemon diamond cheats”, change the filename into “pokemon diamond cheats.xml”)
7. After that, choose this file on Action Replay Code Manager. Open up the file you saved your code in and right-click it.
8. Choose “copy” and go over to your Action Replay Code Manager. On the left screen there should be a huge column with all the codes your Action Replay came preloaded with. Right-click that column and choose “paste”. Pasting this one code on here will have your whole library of preloaded games deleted off of your Action Replay system, don’t freak out! You can easily put the preloaded games back onto your system once you are done with this code by going online with your Code Manager and resubscribe with it.
9. Once your code is added onto your system you can disconnect the USB cable from your Action Replay cartridge, but don’t turn it off just yet. Click the little house logo on your Nintendo DS screen to go back to the main screen.
10. Now click the green button with the little star symbol on it and scroll down to choose your code. Click the green star button again and scroll down to your code. Once again, click the green star button to check-mark the code and then without shutting off your Nintendo DS system take out the Action Replay Cartridge and insert your game cartridge. Once it’s inserted, there should be a new button that says “Start”, click on that button to start up your game!

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Nintendo Zapper Revolution

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Nintendo zapper is an electronic light gun accessory for Nintendo console. The first released of this accessory is for Nintendo Entertainment System. It’s known as Beam Gun in Japan, released on February 18, 1984.

Nintendo zapper for NES allows player to aim like using a gun or a bow gun at the monitor and shoot the object appear on the game. I remember that i’d used it before on my NES console when I was a child. On that time, the most compatible game using this accessory was Duck Hunt. You need to aim for all ducks and shoot time by the zapper. Each duck has three chances to shot them. And there’s a dog appear on the game, which you can see the dog is patrolling around the field (don’t know what it’s doing) and also the dog will laugh at you when you’re miss shooting the duck. It’ll make you embarrassing. So whenever the dog laugh at you, just shoot it, ask it to stop laughing (that’s what I always do).

After several years, Nintendo upgrades its video game console and so does with this accessory. Now the Nintendo zapper for Nintendo Wii, unites with Wii Remote and Nunchuk to use. It’s very easy to use, just slide the Wii Remote in above the trigger and slip your Nunchuk onto the back of the zapper. So the shape of the zapper looks like a crossbow. And you’ll be like a zapping pro within minutes while playing the games.

You can use your both hand to look like a zapping pro or use a single hand to looks like a police aiming the thief. This revolution sure is a simple but very wonderful idea. With Nintendo zapper you can use it to play shooting games such as Ghost Squad, The House of the Dead, Link’s Crossbow training, Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace and Call of Duty: World of War.

From the originally resembled a shotgun, into the latest version changed look more like a sub machine gun. All shooting games should be enhanced by the zapper add on, including the mini games. Just imagine you’re playing the Resident Evil, aiming those zombies with the zapper, sure is wonderful experience. Who knows it can be useful, when there’s a real zombie in this world, doesn’t it? (but hope there’s no real zombie >.<).

If you’re wondering how to use this zapper, you can visit Nintendo.com to view the short videos demonstration of how to use Nintendo zapper.

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Finding The Best Nintendo Emulator

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What is emulator? An emulator is a program created by programmers who allow us to play video game console games on a computer or modern console. This program emulates all video game consoles’ behavior, so you can play games on computer exactly same the way you’re playing on the console. Actually emulators are used for the developer games to do the testing demos of their new games for older systems. The most commonly video game console to be tested is Nintendo’s console. So if you got a Nintendo emulator on your PC, means that you’re the lucky one ^_^

You can use Nintendo emulator to emulate the original NES, Nintendo Game Boy, VSMC (SNES), etc… roms to play them on your PC. You can also using the emulator on your Wii console. For example you can play the super Mario all stars on your Nintendo Wii using emulator which this game was supposed to play on Super Nintendo Entertainment System by using “roms”. Copy these games on your SD card on which you load the roms in a folder named roms through a SD card writer.

But not all Nintendo emulator is the correct emulator for your video game console system. So be sure you found the right emulator on internet and download them. But i’ll prefer looking for emulator that can be played on computer or hand phone. I got one emulator from my friend called “Super Go Boy” released by Wildpalm. Maybe you can search about this emulator. I’m using this emulator on my Nokia phone to play Super Mario Bros. So whenever I’m boring, I’ll play Super Mario out there (I’d reached the super player stage – advance stage). Usually the emulator is very easy to use; it got option to select the keypad setting, game speed, and sound volume.

Other modern console i mentioned above is Apple iPhone. iPhone is the technology of most desirable available on market today. You can play your favorite classic Super Nintendo games on your iPhone just by some simple steps. Firstly install TotalCommander on your iPhone, you search on website about this plugin. And then install the iPhone SNES Emulator using TotalCommander and your iPhone will ready to play the games. To play the SNES games, you need to search for game roms. Transfer your game roms by dragging and dropping them into TotalCommander. That’s all the steps to play SNES classic games on your iPhone.

And still more Nintendo emulator you can find out there like ZSNES (Emulator-Zone.com), NDSEmulator.com, Super Go Boy (Wildpalm.co.uk), and more. You can download all of them legally, but be sure you play all roms game legally. That’s all, hope this article useful to you.

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Nintendo Wii Mod Chip Explained

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Have you heard about chips? I think some of you may know about chips, chipped system, mods or modded systems. Each video game system basically has one inside of the system. A chip is a component to make changes to the way a video game console works.

When you bought a video game console in certain country, usually it’s designed by the company to play specific types of disks from its local regions only. Those machines have region codes which are specified by the company. Sometimes the console won’t allow us to play the different game version released from different country. For example the console we bought from US can’t play the game released by Japan or Asia. But with a mod chip, you can customize the games which are bought from other country than the one where you bought your console.

Mod chip is available on Nintendo too. With Nintendo chips you’ll be able to play all Nintendo Wii backup games whether it’s on DVD-R or DVD+R discs. Nintendo Game Cube games, import games, downloaded games are also can be played. It really gets down to installation of the Nintendo Wii Mod chip and the features and functions; and future upgrade options of each Nintendo Wii Mod Chip.

There’re 3 different Nintendo Wii Mod Chip released by Nintendo that we can use on Nintendo Wii, they are:

1. Wiinja Nintendo Wii Mod Chip
2. WiiKey Nintendo Wii Mod Chip
3. CycloWiz Nintendo Wii Mod Chip

The first Nintendo chip released to the market is Wiinja Nintendo Wii Mod Chip. This chip is one of the easiest mod chips to install in Nintendo Wii. But seems like disregarded by many online news sources. This chip enables you to play all Nintendo Wii and Nintendo Game Cube backup games with just a single swap.

The second one is the upgradeable Nintendo Wii Mod Chip. WiiKey Nintendo Wii Mod Chip is made by XenoGC team which is responsible on Game Cube line of mod chips. This chip offers an almost wireless installation and was the first chip that boasted full upgrade capability through DVD-R disc. So you can burn the new firmware updates into DVD and it’ll automatically run and update the chip on your Nintendo Wii.

Lastly and the major advantage of Nintendo chips is CycloWiz Nintendo Wii Mod Chip. This chip does not require you to solder any wires to the Nintendo Wii mainboard which is put this chip different from the other chips.

Overall the features you can get with Nintendo Wii Mod Chip is:

• Supports DVD-R and DVD+R
• Supports multi-disc games
• Direct boot of Nintendo Wii backups
• Boots different region games/backups
• Boots different NTSC region of Nintendo Wii games/backups
• Works in all Nintendo Wii consoles World Wide

Now it’s up to you to decide which Nintendo chips is more suitable for you. Well how about view my other guide on Nintendo Pink.

GBA Digital Photo Camera

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Game Boy Advance is the handheld game consoles which allow you to play games wherever you are. But if you add some accessories in this console, it can be more than video game console! With GBA Digital Photo Camera, your game boy advance is more than a game console. It’s very creative idea make an accessories camera on a video game console, so you can either play the games or take some picture. Game Boy Camera is one of Game Boy accessory released by Nintendo in 1998.

GBA Mini Camera which can transform your GBA into a digital camera has 8MB built-in flash memory that allows you to store up to 26 pictures. This accessory is capable to take basic, grainy, white and black digital images by using 4 color palette of the Game Boy system. You can print any saved images using the Game Boy Printer for making the hardcopy of your images.

The Game Boy Camera also got the title of “the world’s smallest digital camera” in the 1999 edition of Guinness World Records. And this accessory is the only handheld Nintendo product which features the camera function. All images taken by Game Boy Camera can be uploaded into PC using USB cable and Mini Cam PhotoBook software.

Some of the mini games were built into camera itself. You can use your own photo as an avatar in these mini games. Game Boy Camera is compatible with Original Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy SP and also Nintendo Game Cube. You’ll need a Universal Game Link Adapter to connect to the printer, if you’re using original Game Boy.

There are many mini games can be played by using Game Boy Camera. The faces of the characters on the game can be changed by integrated the pictures you’ve taken by Game Boy Camera. The mini games you can play with are Ball, DJ, Space Fever II, and Run! Run! Run! The Game Boy Camera has a huge amount of cameos from past Nintendo games, most of which are from the Zelda, Mario, or Pokemon. Even though those series have the most cameos, others also have some, such as R.O.B., arcade games, and Game & Watch titles.

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