Do you hear that? It's the sound of thousands of pre-teen girls and angsty teenage boys squeeling with joy. Why you ask? Because Nintendo's just dropped the biggest thing since Deviant Art...and it's free. That's right if you own a DSi then sign onto the closest wireless hotspot and grab yourself a copy of Flipnote Studio, did we mention it's FREEEEEE?

Flipnote Studio was released yesterday on the Nintendo Network and is a nice DSiWare app that allows you to create animations in the vien of a simplistic Mario Paint. (Gameboy Camera anyone? Eh? EHHHH?) Known as Moving Memo in Japan, the application is pretty easy to use and has been building a large fan base since its Japanese release last December. The coolest thing about the program isn't the ability to draw animations or record audio but it's the ability to upload your artistic creations to the Flipnote website!

Now we must say that the website is clearly booming with animations of almost everything you could think of. It's comparable to an animators version of YouTube.

Could we see animation of art companies begin to pick up kids from the site? Only time will tell but there's definitely a wealth of talent strewn across the board. Just in case you're a little shy about your artistic ability fear not in knowning you can save all your animations to an SD card or share them though Nintendo WiFi.