Nintendo Europe: 'No plans' for Skype on the DSi

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darkhaven63 on 22 April 2009

We found out earlier this week that Skype is "technically possible" on the Nintendo DSi, but the question remained: Will Nintendo adopt the VoIP service for its fancy new handheld? CVG put that very question to Nintendo of Europe and, more or less, got a resounding, "No."

"We have no plans to release a Skype application for Nintendo DS or DSi," the company told them. Guess we're stuck only using the service on our PSP, iPhone, computer ... wait, do we really need this on the DS too?!

(Joystiq)

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wfz on 22 April 2009

How does skype work, exactly? Functionality and money-wise.

I wouldn't ever use anything like this on my DS, but I bet a lot of people would enjoy having it.