Swiss group “and-or” have put together an innovative little homebrew game which taps the DS’s wi-fi capabilities. It captures WLan signals in your immediate area and transforms them into enemies in the game. Your objective is to grow and protect a crystal, which constantly comes under attack by the invading WLan signals. Things would get pretty interesting if you were playing this in a car, rapidly driving through an area with plenty of wi-fi hotspots.

It looks slightly more interesting than their other ambitious homebrew app, Sniff Jazzbox, and is well worth a download if you possess the appropriate hardware.

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In the time you spend reading this post, one Nintendo DS will be sold, according to a press release from Nintendo America. Selling 6 million units in November alone, the DS is poised to be crowned the most popular system of 2007. According to George Harrison, senior vice president of marketing and corporate communication:

There’s no letup in sight…Nintendo DS appeals strongly to both core and casual gamers, and its momentum is set to propel us into 2008

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If you are a fan of the old-school brick-bashing game Arkanoid then this paddle controller is a must. The Taito Paddle Controller DS slots into the DS’s GBA slot and comes in multiple colors to match your DS. Play-Asia currently have the Arkanoid/Paddle bundle in stock for US$49.90.

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It’s been a while since we had any new Ghostbusters news, and my life is feeling rather dull as a result. Don’t pass the Prozac just yet though - because I have some exciting news regarding the Nintendo DS version. The game will play more like a sim, enabling you to manage your very own ghost-busting operation. You will have to catch ghosts for income that can be spent on better gear and other goodies. It’s good to see the game differing from system to system and not just being a lo-fi port. It’s going to be an expensive day when these games launch.

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We present to you the most blinged out game console we have ever seen. This custom Zelda Wii is encrusted with 7,500 24-carat Swarovski crystals - and no, we have no idea how much that would cost. What we do know however is that if you lay down US$350 at Crystal Icing you can have your own DS lovingly adorned with whatever colors and designs you want. Unfortunately there isn’t much to ridicule here, as they do look absolutely amazing. Check after the jump for more pics.

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The GlucoBoy is a glucose monitor that plugs into a GameBoy Advance or Nintendo DS, rewarding kids whenever they take a glucose test, and an extra bonus awarded when glucose levels within a target range. The idea was conceived by Paul Wessel, who noticed that his son always lost his glucose monitor - but never lost his GameBoy. It took him 3 years to get Nintendo’s approval which finally resulted in the launch on World Diabetes Day in Australia.

Currently the product is only available in Australia and retails for AU$299.

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This Toys R Us store in San Antonio, Texas was one of many to be stripped bare of Nintendo products last week. In only the first week of holiday shopping, Nintendo America sold more Nintendo products than at any other time in its history. The money-printing DS set an all-time sales record for Thanksgiving week, with the 653,000+ sold units surpassing the previous 600,000 mark held by the GameBoy Advance in 2005. The 350,000 Wii’s sold during the period has made it the console’s most successful week ever, and earned it the title of the “must have” gift of the 2007 holiday season.

Lucky Japanese Wii owners will today get to use Everybody’s Nintendo Wii channel. The channel offers release date information, promotional videos, and DS demo downloads.

Due the DS’s lack of storage space, content has to be streamed from the Wii to the DS. Currently the DS content on the channel features some demos of training games and patches for both Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

The channel also features trailers for many game, on of them being the highly anticipated Wii Fit game.

via Wii Fanboy

Aside from several other eyebrow-raising products, Japanese company CyberGadget have hit on a winner for the DS– an adaptor which lets you play your old Famicon favourites. It plugs easily into your DS’ GBA slot and also has a TV out option, essentially providing you with a portable Famicon. This excellent piece of periphery will be released next month in Japan, but a North American release seems unlikely at this point.

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Now that the Famicom support is discontinued you’ll probably want to not play it too much as to preserve its mint condition. Luckily you can still play the games on your DS, thanks to the Cyber Familator cart. Sure you could just emulate the games but it doesn’t hold quite the amount of street cred as walking around with the original cartridge. Although the Famicom and NES have different cart shapes you will be able to buy a converter for all your NES playing needs. No word on the cost, but it most likely won’t make it out of Japan.

via Technabob