Homebrew coder Quipeace has release Handwriting Calculator for the Nintendo DS. The homebrew application, based on Nokia's Handwriting Calculator features basic math operations, multi-digit support, handwriting recognition and more.


Download: Handwriting Calculator 09/14/09 update

The other day, Vicarious Vision sent out an email to the Sk8land community about their upcoming game, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam. What's in it? News on something a lot of DS gamers have been clamoring more of. Read on, friends...

The Tony Hawk franchise is known for its fresh, gravity-defying games, but this time they'll be doing something of a first for the Nintendo DS: In-game voice chat. Imagine you can spend the whole afternoon either shouting props to your friends for getting the Backslide Lipslide or the Ollie Fakie or smack talk on how they missed the Frontside 180 Powerslide or the Nollie Frontside Pop-shove-it. No official news yet on how this will be implemented, although some rumors are saying that friend codes may be required for chatting. So what else will you be expecting come October 25?

Besides the feature mentioned, there's more to this game than you can shake a stick at. The game will have 50 graffiti and skate decks courtesy of Sk8land's best artists, an option to create custom clothing & skate decks, and global score rankings. Looks like the game may be starting something new on the DS. Let's see whether this will take the game downhill or uphill.

Pre-Order: [Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (DS)]

NINJAS! THOUSANDS OF THEM!

Well, not really. However, Square Enix's official website for Mario Hoops 3-on-3 reveals that there will be a few new characters from the Final Fantasy series in the game and Ninja is one of them. Here's a full list of the characters that have been confirmed so far!

Character	Type	Special Skill
Mario	All-Around	Fire Shoot
Luigi	All-Around	Green Fire Shoot
Peach	Technique	Heart Shoot
Daisy	Technique	Flower Shoot
Yoshi	All-Around	"Straddle" Dunk
Wario	Power	"Doki Doki" Dunk
Waluigi	Technique	Screw Dunk
Donkey Kong	Power	Konga Dunk
Diddy Kong	Speed	Barrel Jet Shoot
Bowser Jr.	Speed	Graffiti Shoot
Bowser	Power	Bomber Dunk
Ninja	All-Around	"Hiding in Leaves"
White Mage	Technique	Holy
Black Mage	Tricky	Meteo
Moogle	Tricky	Moogle Dance
Cactuar	Tricky	Thousand Needles

Bowser, Ninja, White Mage, Black Mage, Moogle, and Cactuar are unlockable characters. Thank you to NeoGAF for the translations!