Coming For Nintendo DS: Flight Info and Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars!

The DS sells upwards of 20 million units in the States alone, so demand for new games and innovative apps is high. No surprise then that Nintendo is testing a range of useful Wi-Fi based apps. Among them: searching for flight information or stats at the ballpark (being tested right now at SafeCo field in Seattle) and finding local restaurants. Not too shabby if they do actually start rolling that out sooner rather than later.

Oh, new games are on the way, too. Guitar Hero On Tour Decade is slated for the fall. The big deal: Song sharing between players (if you have two different versions of the game). Spore Creatures, specific to the DS looks like a build-your-own creature part of the main game.

Now here's the big shocker: Grand Theft Auto hits the Nintendo DS with GTA: Chinatown Wars. That's right, a modern day Liberty City with a custom game engine in an open world. Wow. Didn't see that one coming. The game will launch later this year.

But that was it for the DS news. Seriously, I kinda hoped to hear more concrete info about how the DS will take advantage of Wi-Fi or at least a release schedule plan for these extra features. We plan to corner Nintendo a little later today and get you additional updates throughout the rest of the show.

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