DS Download stations

[Spunky Monkey]

This list might interest a few people.

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/...6_download.html

Apparently they contain a number of demos and items for Animal Crossing.

[Transient Curse]

In a moment of raw sadness I tried the one at HMV at Picadilly Circus and it did nothing.

[shirubagan]

In a moment of raw sadness I tried the one at HMV at Picadilly Circus and it did nothing.

Me too It had "GET AN AMAZING MIYAMOTO PRESENT FOR NINTENDOGS BY HAVING YOUR DS IN BARK MODE" and I did that, but nothing.

Crap.

[Mr Do 71]

Just like the pods, it probably wasn't turned on

[moosegrinder]

Well, we had ours activated then as soon as the dude left it stopped working (couldn't retrieve data or some such shit). They're boxes with lots of DS's with (what I assume) modified carts with the data on. If you turn the black boxes off the DS's run down and then you can't turn them back on because you have to get someone from Nintendo to open them. As I understand it anyway.

[Blue Screen Error]

I got a trauma centr demo in the virgin megastore in glasgow.

was hoping for a brain training one.

[Halo]

My little town has 3 of these points... odd. I have no DS though

[probeater]

it seems a bit random where the pods are situated, there's only one within 5/10 miles of me but its in croydon so I doubt I'll bring my ds there.

[Burai]

I have to go to either an out-of-town retail park or a shite little arse of a "town" to access a download station.

No thanks!

[joffocakes]

Excellent.

I think I'll visit that glasgow one, even though i already have trauma center.

[JohnC]

I don't really like how they do this via pods. There aren't even any pods around here anymore. The DS has online capabilities, so they ought to have used that for demos.

[Exidor]

One of the Newcastle ones is in a street called Chevy Chase.

[Jack]

One of the Newcastle ones is in a street called Chevy Chase.

Eldon Square, that is.

[pelago]

I don't really like how they do this via pods. There aren't even any pods around here anymore.

The download stations aren't the same as the playable demo pods, as far as I know. I must go and try out some of the Oxford ones, if they're working.

[Popo]

Trauma Centre demo in Glasgow eh?

[pretentious_helvetica]

I tried in HMV in Newcastle today.

No joy. Someone obviously hasn't switched on the wi-fi thing, but there's the tempting "get new items in Animal Crossing!" message on the pod itself. Why taunt me so, unworking pod of promise?! Will try another pod (and there's plenty of them...) close to me soon.

[Xevious]

No joy. Someone obviously hasn't switched on the wi-fi thing,

Did you try asking someone to turn it on?

[Blue Screen Error]

Trauma Centre demo in Glasgow eh?

Yeah top floor fo the buchannan st branch of virgin megastore.

theres a ds with brain training on as you come off the escalator. just download it from there. theres other things on offer as well.

[AutomaticOutlaw]

The one in my local Game says there are Animal Crossing items to download. How do I go about getting them downloaded? I've only just got the game y'see.

[Blue Screen Error]

The one in my local Game says there are Animal Crossing items to download. How do I go about getting them downloaded? I've only just got the game y'see.

I havent got the game but I believe its some thing to do with amessage in a bottle mode or something

[probeater]

I'm tempted to bring my ds with me incase I come near to one. There's an ntsc brain training demo out, I'm not sure about a pal version though?

[Tom*]

I was wondering, how much space does the DS have to store these? And can you delete them later?

[evil p]

I was wondering, how much space does the DS have to store these? And can you delete them later?

It deletes as soon as you turn the machine off, so you can only get one at a time. I've currently got the Trauma Centre one which i grabbed yesterday, so my DS is existing in sleep mode. I can't do the second operation at all.

[pretentious_helvetica]

Did you try asking someone to turn it on?

That I did. Clueless sod looked over the pod and said "but it's already on".

Cheers.

I just read in the Brain Training manual you can download extra Sudoku puzzles too. I think.

[mprice]

"BELFAST - HMV - 346 DONEGAL ARCADE"

Probably vandalised to fuck already, but I'll give it a try.

[therev]

I went up to London on Friday and found two stations on Oxford Street, but neither of them seemed to be working. Gah.

[Xevious]

It deletes as soon as you turn the machine off, so you can only get one at a time. I've currently got the Trauma Centre one which i grabbed yesterday, so my DS is existing in sleep mode. I can't do the second operation at all.

They certainly ramped the difficulty up rather a lot between the two ...

I went up to London on Friday and found two stations on Oxford Street, but neither of them seemed to be working. Gah.

The one in HMV by Bond St definitely works.

[pelago]

Anyone else trying these download stations, don't make the same mistake I just did this lunchtime:

I started DS Download Play from the DS main menu, waited for it to search, saw the DS Download Station Volume 1, clicked on it, and then when the DS menu disappeared and was replaced by a splash screen, I closed the DS to put it in sleep mode, so that I could take a proper look back home, as I assumed it had finished loading (sorry, I've never done Download Play before so I dunno how quick it is!). It turns out that it hasn't finished loading at this point so my trip to town was a waste.

Still, I can confirm that the Download Station in eplay in Oxford is at least switched on.

[Fireproofradiator]

The list that's doing the rounds suggests that Playtime Multimedia in Sheffield have one. They don't. Bloke in there said he'd get one in if they took away the PSP one so they had space. Sure. Mr Sony PR South Yorkshire's gonna go for that one...

Nearest one now is Playtime in Rotherham I believe. Blinking flip.

[Chooch]

"BELFAST - HMV - 346 DONEGAL ARCADE"

Probably vandalised to fuck already, but I'll give it a try.

Ah a fellow belfast man.

I think i shall check that one before it gets burnt tonight in the 'celebrations'