Rare makes DS-360 connectivity

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MTV Multiplayer » Nintendo DS - Xbox 360 Connectivity Considered For ‘Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise’

But they ended up not actually doing it.

...what would you say about the unholy marriage of the Nintendo DS and Xbox 360?
The developers at Microsoft’s Rare games studio tested it and one of them told me that they’ve gotten it to work.

“We got it to work, but it was too late in the development cycle,” Cook said, presumably talking about the cycle of the DS game. If only they’d thought of it sooner, he laughed. “It’s one of those things where you just kick yourself.”

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I don't think Nintendo would allow that.

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woulda been a neato idea, too bad nintendo and microsoft are on different pages and different consoles