Full Game Download on DS Not True

Nintendo DS

It looks like the recent interview the New York Times did with Reggie Fils-Aime about the DS getting full game downloads from the Wii is false. The original goal was for Wii-to-DS downloads to limited only to demos and Nintendo announced today that those limitations are still what they have in mind.

A representative from Nintendo has stated that “Users can download games to play on Wii, and, in the future, the Nintendo DS will be able to receive demo versions of some DS games from Wii, but not the entire game. The demo will be erased once the Nintendo DS is turned off.” Well, that sucks. Oh well.

DS Will Have Full Downloadable Games

Cat Holding DS

Reggie Fils-Aime has announced that Nintendo has plans to give the Nintendo DS the functionality to download full games via download. He also mentioned that the Wii and DS will have a lot more interplatform functionality. This will probably be something similar to the Playstation 3 and PSP, where you can dowload something on the PS3 and transfer it over to the PSP. This should make DS owners very happy.