Opera on DS

I saw a discussion or two and a number of sites that talk about Opera (the Web browser) on the DS. It would come on a cart you bought apparently as a self contained thing.

Couldn't decipher from all the pages I read as to whether it actually had a US release. I can't find it if it did.

Anybody know the fate or current status of Opera on DS?

 

I know a US release was planned, dunno if it has been yet or if it's a direct from Nintendo only item or anything.

There is a JPN version and a EUR version though, so you can get either of those.

 

you need an expansion pack in slot 2 right?

 

yep you need a memory expansion pack. You can download OKIWi which is a free browser for NDS. (It's website is in spanish so this google translated link might help) http://translate.google.com/transla...refox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=w9y
otherwise the site is http://okiwi.blogspot.com/
I have not tried it out for myself but i will be able to on monday(hopefuly).
I think there is some memory hack if you REALLY want to run the Opera browser without the memory expansion pack.

 

how would you be able to do that? haking it to go without an expansion pack.

 

There is no way, I don't know where he got that idea.

 

i dont know, i think i saw it on the net somewhere but i forgot where. anyway it's meant to be really slow. Use okiwi or hobro instead. the're both free.

 

whats opera

 

reading comprehension?

 

opera is a web browser like internet explorer who teamed up with nintendo (i think) to create a version for the ninteno DS and Nintendo wii. if you want to get the PC or mac version of Opera you can downoad it free from http://www.opera.com/

 

what are the diferences between the browsers, like wat are the ups and downs.

 

you'd just have to try them out. google is your friend.

 

so its not which one is better, its more like which one would you prefer?

 

Download a few different ones on a PC and try them out. I use Opera on a PC (using it to post this) and it is my favorite. I also have Seamonkey, Firefox, and of course IE.

I'm not an expert but I think Opera is nice and fast, it seems to work well, it doesn't seem to use a lot of resources, it seems more secure, it is a lot more customizable. I just like it.

It has a thing called mouse gestures (you can set up a click and left drag of the mouse to mean "go back" for example) that will practically let you surf with just little flings of your mouse.

I think that would translate nicely on the touch screen of a DS.

 

is there a way to put flashplayer onto the ds opera browser?

 

No, I don't think that's be possible...

 

Yeah, I'd also like to know if you can get flash on the Opera browser - also since opera is what i use on my Wii.

Is this worth the price?