If you head over to PSPgo.co.uk you'll see that the site has nothing to do with raising interest for the upcoming PSPgo, but rather a brilliant advertisement for how amazing the DSi is. It looks as though some DSi fans with some proffesional web design skills have bought the domain name and linked everything on the site back to Nintendo's official pages.
It may not be a big deal as i'm sure someone as Sony will do something about it. but not before having a good laugh. But Sony should do the mature thing here... and buy NGAGE.CO.UK!
Well here it is. As you can see my first attempt at a Flipnote is ambitious but rubbish. It took me about an hour and a half to complete and I learnt about all the different tools and advanced techniques as I went through, resulting in a progressive quality increase in terms of animation. However this doesn't matter as a well animated drawing means nothing if the idea is terrible from the beginning! I just started with an image of a stick figure before rambling from idea to idea including a self portrait of my head minus a mouth or nose.
Anyway I'm planning on making a ridiculous amount of these things. But first check out my flipnote's Awesome Grafix!
This past week Flipnote Studios has become available for everyone outside of Japan and you can download it free of charge from the DSi store. Seriously, its such a good package that Nintendo could have charged for it and I'm sure people would have praised its features and content. It almost feels like a brand new Mario Paint but more advanced and intuitive.
What's even more surprising is how robust and addictive the online site is. You can view the site from your DSi as well as your PC and upload your own creations whilst also checking out some of the amazing animations other people have done after registering with Hatena.
Everything is simple and easy to use with plenty of options that will keep people people addicted for a long time. It's definitely a step forward in terms of user generated content from Nintendo.
At the moment I'm still currently working on my ambitious (and rubbish) first flip note and I'll post it on here as soon as I'm done. For every other DSi user who hasn't downloaded it yet, what are you waiting for?! It's free and easily one of the DSi's best features.
