New York Times Lied; No Full DS Games Coming to the Wii

A recent New York Times article had an interesting note supposedly from Reggie Fils-Aime about future capabilities for the DS and the Wii. That article stated that “complete games as well as game samplers will be able to be downloaded into the Wii using its broadband connection, and then transferred wirelessly to the DS.” And just about every gaming news site (GT included) believed it to be true. Well, the New York Times lied to us all. Fils-Aime was referring to Japan’s current service allowing people to download game demos for their DS; the whole idea of “complete games” was thrown in by a NYT writer. According to Nintendo:

An article about the Nintendo DS video game system in the Dec. 31 Business Day section of the New York Times incorrectly referred to future capabilities of the device. The statement that complete Nintendo DS games will eventually be able to be downloaded into the device via a wireless connection with the company’s Wii game console is incorrect. 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, dang. That actually would’ve been a pretty cool service. Maybe next generation.

Via Kotaku