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Nnooo announces release dates for myNotebook: Tan

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Nnooo announces the following release dates for myNotebook: Tan on Nintendo’s DSiWare:

Europe/Australia/New Zealand – Friday 10 September
Americas: Monday September 13

myNotebook: Tan will be priced at 500 points in all regions.

Nnooo launches myNotebook: Pearl in the Americas

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Sydney, August 26, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo announces the launch date of myNotebook: Pearl™ for Nintendo DSiWare™ in the Americas.

myNotebook: Pearl, the second in the new series of myNotebook™ releases, goes on sale in the Americas on Monday 30 August. The updated myNotebooks allow the user to save 128 pages, export their notes to their Nintendo DSi Photo Album and unlock brand new page types. They also feature new icons to indicate the time and current battery level.

The launch of myNotebook: Carbon™ and myNotebook: Pearl in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on August 27 has also recently been announced.

“There are now 5 myNotebook colours to choose from and with the launch of myNotebook: Tan™ expected in September, we will have a range of products for all tastes!” said Nnooo’s Creative Director, Nic Watt. (more…)

Joint release of myNotebook: Carbon and myNotebook: Pearl in Europe/Australia/New Zealand

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Sydney, August 20, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo announces the launch date of myNotebook: Carbon™ and myNotebook: Pearl™ for Nintendo DSiWare™ in Europe/Australia/New Zealand.

Hot on the heels of the myNotebook: Carbon release in the Americas comes the joint launch of myNotebook: Carbon and myNotebook: Pearl in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Scheduled for release on August 27, these two new versions of myNotebook™ allow the user to save 128 pages, export their notes to their Nintendo DSi Photo Album and unlock brand new page types. They also feature new icons to indicate the time and current battery level.

“People are excited about the new colours and functionality so we are launching 2 of the 3 new colours on the same day!” said Nnooo’s Creative Director, Nic Watt.  “We hope to launch myNotebook: Pearl very soon in the Americas and the final release of this series, myNotebook: Tan, should come out in September.” (more…)

Carbon date set for myNotebook™ in the Americas

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Sydney, August 12, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo announces the launch date of myNotebook: Carbon™ for Nintendo DSiWare™ in the Americas.

myNotebook: Carbon™, the latest release in the highly popular myNotebook™ series, will launch in the Americas on Monday August 16. This version allows the user to save 128 pages, export their notes to their Nintendo DSi Photo Album and unlock brand new page types. It also features new icons to indicate the time and current battery level.

“We are excited to be able to respond to user feedback” said Nnooo’s Creative Director, Nic Watt. “People love using their notebooks so much, they quickly run out of pages. A lot of the feedback we had was to not only increase the page count but also allow users to be able to export their pages. We decided that the best way to do this was to release new versions with more pages and these additional features.”

myNotebook: Carbon is expected to be launched in Europe, Australia and New Zealand later this month. An additional two new colours, myNotebook: Pearl™ and myNotebook: Tan™, are expected to be released during August and September, with the same new features as myNotebook: Carbon. These new versions are in addition to the original three myNotebook colours – blue, green and red – launched at the end of last year.

“Soon we will have a suite of six myNotebook colours to choose from”, said Watt, “giving users plenty of choice and a chance to build a myNotebook™ library!”

The myNotebook range is part of Nnooo’s myLifeCollected™ series, which also includes myPostcards™ and the soon to be released myDiary™. myDiary will allow users to organise their lives by keeping track of appointments, making daily journal entries and even setting daily alarms.

myNotebook: Carbon will cost 500 points and be available from Monday August 16 in the Americas.

Set your alarms for myDiary and new versions of myNotebook

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Sydney, June 11, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo announce the development of myDiary™ and three new versions of myNotebook™ for Nintendo DSiWare™.

myDiary is a new application in the extremely successful myLifeCollected range of software exclusive to Nintendo DSiWare. It allows users to organise their lives by keeping track of appointments, making daily journal entries and even setting daily alarms.

“myDiary is a great application for keeping your life organised.”, said Nic Watt, Creative Director, Nnooo. “Users pop open their Nintendo DSi™, tap on a day and jot down a note, to do or event. They can even add an alarm per day to remind them of really important events.”

Users can tap on a day to see any notes they have set, add alarms to keep track of important events or birthdays and customise their myDiary by changing the User Interface colour and Ink colour.  While the new versions of myNotebook add several new features and enhancements.

“myNotebook has proved much more popular than we anticipated.”, said Watt. “Many users have requested more pages to write on, the ability to export their pages so we thought we should try to give them something back.”

The three new colours are Carbon, Pearl and Tan. These versions will allow the user to save 128 pages, export their notes to the Nintendo DSi Photo album and unlock many new page styles. They also contain a new HUD (Heads Up Display) element which contains the current time, battery status and volume level.

myDiary and the three new versions of myNotebook are planned for release between July and September 2010.

Announcing Spirit Hunters Inc.

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Sydney, May 21, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo announce the development of Spirit Hunters Inc: Shadow™ and Spirit Hunters Inc: Light™ for Nintendo DSiWare™ and future Nintendo portable devices.

Spirit Hunters Inc: Shadow and Spirit Hunters Inc: Light are augmented reality games in which the player works for Spirit Hunters Inc, a mysterious company which specialises in the detection, capture and trade of ghostly spirits.

“Spirit Hunters Inc. is essentially a Role Playing Game set in the real world.”, said Nic Watt, Creative Director, Nnooo. “Players use the camera built into their devices to hunt out and battle spirits anywhere in the world. Whether it at the supermarket, shopping mall, home or even on holiday. Spirits are hiding all around us!” (more…)

myPostcards stamped and scheduled for an April release!

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo are pleased to announce the release date of myPostcards™ the second title in their hugely successful myLifeCollected™ range of applications for Nintendo DSiWare™. myPostcards will be released in the Americas on April 19th and in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on April 23rd priced at 200 Nintendo DSi Points™.
myPostcards is a creativity application for the Nintendo DSi™ which allows users to take a photo, write a note and then share the created postcard with friends via Facebook™, email or even traditional mail. With over 50 different unlock-able background themes and 12 stamps to apply users will be limited only by their imagination.
“myPostcards allows any Nintendo DSi owner to create a neat looking postcard to record any situation or event and then share it with friends. Once they have made the postcard they can email it, print it out and post it  or even upload it to Facebook”, said Nic Watt, Creative Director, Nnooo.
Users of myPostcards can take a new photo using the Nintendo DSi Camera or choose an existing photo from their Nintendo DSi photo Album. They then write a note (or doodle), choose a background theme, apply a stamp and then save the postcard. Sharing the postcard with friends is possible by using the Facebook connectivity or SD card functionality built into every Nintendo DSi.
“We have worked hard to ensure that users can quickly and easily make a postcard whenever they find themselves in a situation which they simply must share with friends and family. We really like the idea of capturing a moment on camera and adding a note to share with friends. There was always something nice about getting a postcard in the mail from friends and family and we feel that with myPostcards we are providing a more modern take on this great form of communication”, said Watt.
Users can unlock new background themes to customise their postcards with while owners of previous Nnooo software are also in for some special themed backgrounds as thanks for their continued support. Nnooo have also started a Flicker group (www.flickr.com/groups/mypostcards) for myPostcard users and encourage them to share their best creations.
myPostcards is Nnooo’s third piece of software for the Nintendo DSi™ and the second application in its new myLifeCollected range.

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo are pleased to announce the release date of myPostcards™ the second title in their hugely successful myLifeCollected™ range of applications for Nintendo DSiWare™. myPostcards will be released in the Americas on April 19th and in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on April 23rd priced at 200 Nintendo DSi Points™. (more…)

Interview with GamesIndustry.biz full disclosure.

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Katherine Brice recently interviewed me for a piece she was doing about WiiWare and DSiWare and whether Nintendo are doing enough to promote the service. Her article can be found here. Below is a full transcript of the interview. Enjoy!

Hi Kath,

Thanks so much for emailing me in regards to this. Firstly let me introduce myself. My name is Nic Watt and I am the CEO and Creative Director of Nnooo. The following are my thoughts on the issue(s):

Is Nintendo doing enough to promote its Digital Services?

This is a hard question to answer as while I think that it is Nintendo’s responsibility to ensure that its customers are familiar with and using the DSiWare and WiiWare stores, I do not think it is Nintendo’s responsibility to promote and market every game on the service (that I think is the job of the developer or publisher). Overall I feel that Nintendo are doing a very good job making customers aware of these services for example:

Every Nintendo Wii now comes with a channel pre-installed which plays a video showing how to connect your Wii to the internet and what benefits you can get from this including WiiWare, the internet channel and Virtual Console.

  • The internet channel on Wii and DSi is free
  • This channel is a great way of getting all new customers to visit Nintendo’s online stores

The fact that the internet channel is one of the permanent top downloads on DSiWare suggests that many new DSi owners are connecting and downloading the channel. Which means they are familiar with and using the DSiWare store

There are several other free channels provided by Nintendo for both DSiWare and WiiWare for example Flipnote Studio and Everybody Votes. These are clearly downloaded by a lot of people and are therefore an indicator that a lot of consumers are at least familiar with the process of using the online stores

Every Nintendo DSi currently comes with 1000 free points to spend in the store. This means that every single user knows, on purchase, that their DSi can download new games and how to do so. To make use of these points the user must connect to the store. (more…)

Announcing myPostcards

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

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PRESS RELEASE: Following the highly successful launch of myNotebook™ Nnooo is pleased to announce the development of myPostcards™ the second title in Nnooo’s new myLifeCollected™ range of lifestyle applications for Nintendo DSiWare™
myPostcards is a creativity application for the Nintendo DSi™ which allows users to take a photo, write a note and then share the created postcards with friends via email, traditional mail or even Facebook™. With over 50 different background themes and 12 stamps to apply users will be limited only by their imagination.
“myPostcards allows any Nintendo DSi owner to create a neat looking postcard to record any situation or event and then share it with friends. Once they have made the postcard they can email it, print it out and post it  or even upload it to Facebook”, said Nic Watt, Creative Director, Nnooo.
Users of myPostcards can take a new photo using one of the two Nintendo DSi’s cameras or choose an existing photo from their Nintendo DSi photo Album. They then write a note (or doodle), choose a background theme, apply a stamp and then save the postcard. Sharing the postcard with friends is possible by using the Facebook connectivity or SD card functionality built into all Nintendo DSi’s.
“We have worked hard to ensure that users can quickly and easily make a postcard whenever they find themselves in a situation which they simply must share with friends and family. We really like the idea of capturing a moment on camera and adding a note to share with friends. There was always something nice about getting a postcard in the mail from friends and family and we feel that with myPostcards we are providing a more modern take on this great form of communication”, said Watt.
Users can unlock new background themes to customise their postcards with while owners of previous Nnooo software are also in for some special themed backgrounds as thanks for their continued support.
myNotebook is Nnooo’s third piece of software for the Nintendo DSi™ and the second application in its new myLifeCollected range.

PRESS RELEASE: Following the highly successful launch of myNotebook™ Nnooo is pleased to announce the development of myPostcards™ the second title in Nnooo’s new myLifeCollected™ range of lifestyle applications for Nintendo DSiWare™

myPostcards is a creativity application for the Nintendo DSi™ which allows users to take a photo, write a note and then share the created postcards with friends via email, traditional mail or even Facebook™. With over 50 different background themes and 12 stamps to apply users will be limited only by their imagination. (more…)

myNotebook gets 8/10 from Aussie-Nintendo.com

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Depending on your needs, myNotebook could be an essential purchase. Personally, having a digital notebook on the DSi just makes a lot of sense. I tend to take my DSi with me when I set out for my daily trips to Mars and back, but pen and paper? Yeah, not so much. It’s really something that should have been included with the system in the first place, and while Nintendo’s Flipnote Studio offers the basic functionality, this has a much better feel to it.
From Australian developer Nnooo, myNotebook is basically just that – a notebook. You get 32 pages to fill up (I felt the urge to draw Captain Falcon in mine) with a variety of pens and pencils. Holding the DSi on its side, pages are flipped with the D-Pad, or the X and B buttons for us lefties. The page turning animation and sound effect is pretty authentic! This is virtual reality, baby.
The application offers a range of options, including what colour pen you want to use, its thickness, an eraser and a clear screen trigger that’ll instantly wipe the page. This option bar can be tucked away with the tap of a button. The paper type can also be switched between lined and grid. Over time you’ll find yourself unlocking new paper designs, there are 18 in all. Those with Nnooo’s Pop+ Solo on their DSi will receive a special bubble-themed design.
Your notes are saved automatically, and the application will boot up on the last page you were writing on. It’s very quick, easy and convenient. There’s also some excellent chill out music by Beat Therapy; it’s almost scary how well suited it is. Of course, it can be turned off if you feel the need. Oh, and this review is based on myNotebook: Blue. There’ll also be a Red and Green edition, but the only difference between them is the colour of their front cover and paper.
Score: 8/10 – “Good buy”
Shopping lists, a game of hangman, general notes while out and about, Captain Falcon, whatever! It’s obviously not going to be for everyone, but myNotebook is a handy and well designed application.

Aussie-Nintendo recently reviewed myNotebook: Blue and gave us an amazing 8/10 :) You can read the review below or on Aussie-Nintendo.com (here).

Depending on your needs, myNotebook could be an essential purchase. Personally, having a digital notebook on the DSi just makes a lot of sense. I tend to take my DSi with me when I set out for my daily trips to Mars and back, but pen and paper? Yeah, not so much. It’s really something that should have been included with the system in the first place, and while Nintendo’s Flipnote Studio offers the basic functionality, this has a much better feel to it. (more…)