Flipnote Studio will be available for free in the DSi Shop on Friday 14th August in Europe. Indeed, as well as being accessible from your DSi, the website - (currently locked) - will be open to everyone so you can also watch, evaluate and comment via PC. DSi Library was shut down when Nintendo closed the rest of Flipnote Studio 3Ds online features, and along with it all of the content from Flipnote Hatena disappeared. It's even possible to continue a Flipnote created by another user. After Flipnote Hatena was closed down, Nintendo converted all user-created Flipnotes to make them accessible from Flipnote Studio 3Ds 'DSi Library' feature. Nintendo has also set up an online service so you can share your works of art.Ĭalled Flipnote Hatena, you can trade, rate and save animations from users who have uploaded the Flipnotes. The Flipnote Hatena community available to users of Flipnote Studio on the Nintendo DSi system ended on May 31, 2013. Other options include the ability to adjust the speed of the Flipnote, and import photos as black and white images from your Nintendo DSi camera album. You can also colour in your drawings (black, red and blue only) and add audio via your DSi's microphone.
There's been plenty of interest and speculation about the exact release of Nintendo's Flipnote Studio animation package for the DSi but finally it's been announced as 14th August in Europe.Īnd the really good news is it's going to be free.Īs its name suggests, Flipnote Studio basically works as a paper flip pad where you draw one image per page and make small changes to each so that when you flick through them, it creates the illusion of movement.įlipnote Studio makes this easier than on paper because you can copy each image and use the tools such as pencil and eraser to edit it.