Take Your DS Out to the Ball Game
Buy it some peanuts and cracker jacks, or better yet: let it buy them for you. Engadget keyed us in to the new Nintendo Fan Network being tested first at Safeco Field, the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners. Beyond just ordering food for delivery straight to your seat, those who download the program at the park for five dollars per game (or the discount bundle of ten games for thirty dollars) will have access to a live TV feed, stats, and even a trivia mini-game. Oh, there had better be a mascot!
Major League Baseball is certainly interested in making the game more engaging for fans, and Nintendo looks to be committed to evolving and expanding the program if it does well. The question is just whether people at the actual stadium who have already paid money to get in and see the field in real life will be willing to stare at their DSs the whole time… For more details check out the original story.
