Has anyone already bought a DS?

MasterTang · newbie! Joined: Oct 07, 2004 Posts: 14

If you havn't noticed...nintendo's kinda dying and I do enjoy most of its games but the games for it's handheld are either really good (megaman battle network series1-3, advanced wars, fire emblem) or really bad (iono..barbie's adventure?). Sony however owns the console market for a good reason, they have a bigger variety of good games over bad games. Not saying that just because a game is cartoony its bad and gore and violence is good, nintendo just doesn't get the support that it used to get. Square enix havn't given the cube a good FF game, yes crystal chronicles is bad compared to te ones on ps2. Moreover, Xbox is slowly killing the cube along with ps2 (just look at the gamecube's price drop) and the psp...iono maybe i'll do good but nintendo's always been pretty good with handhelds. My opinion is taht i prefer sony, now go take a chill pill and go to sleep.

Ganiam · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Nov 06, 2004 Posts: 97

MasterTang · newbie! Joined: Oct 07, 2004 Posts: 14

3V1L_3R1C · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject:

I have a DS and I have faith in Nintendo, but I agree that things aren't going great for them. Their console sales are lacking and they are looked upon as a kiddy company, yet they continue to survive because of their great first party games. Even so, they can't survive forever on Mario, Pokemon (god I haven't said that in a while), and Zelda. They will need stronger 3rd party exclusives and online support in the next generation.

The main problems I have with the DS are that the face buttons are small and I get a wierd pain in my hand while trying to play with the touch screen. Still, it's worth it for a portable version of Mario 64. I just hope more, and better, games come out soon.

Xie · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:38 pm Post subject:

i'm waiting for a price drop...

Ganiam · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Nov 06, 2004 Posts: 97

pieisgood · newbie! Joined: Aug 16, 2004 Posts: 25

I got a DS for christmas, and I have been playing Super mario 64 DS for hours on end, I really like the fact that the system supports GBA games. Playing Fire emblem, Golden sun, and Poke-mon Fire red on a DS is alot smoother than running it on a GBA. I also really like the fact that the touch pad is going to be used ALOT. I would really love to see a new Poke-mono come out for the DS with 2D free roam world, and a 3D battle enviroment, that would rock.

jake222 · newbie! Joined: Dec 05, 2004 Posts: 38 Location: Florida

I got one and its a really good system. The touchpad is awesome and the graphics are really sharp for something that small, however there are no really good games that are out for it right now. I'm waiting for games that can bring out it's full potential like Gundam Seed DS in February, overall its a good system.

3V1L_3R1C · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:39 am Post subject:

I sorta agree with you Ganiam, Zelda, Mario, and even Pokemon (again, I can't believe I'm talking about Pokemon) continue to do well. However, Nintendo needs to focus on innovation over gimmicks (cough*eReader*cough) to sell their games and, I cannot stress this enough, they need an online strategy. Why do you think the Xbox has done so well here (besides Halo)? The DS shows they're trying, poorly mind you (100 feet? Just throw a note at the target person.), but trying and there's still promise for online head to head games in the future. As for the Revolution, who knows? I'm just saying that Nintendo needs to get with the times and stop trying to do these poorly designed plans (GBA link up) they've been doing recently.

SSJGohan07 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Dec 25, 2004 Posts: 53

I plan on getting one but because of christmas rush they are sold out everywhere

3V1L_3R1C · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:09 am Post subject:

yeah, I had a hard time finding a system near launch and when I did they only had six left. You can probably get one now since they shipped more, but some small communities might not have them yet.

Also, I don't hold much hope for the Gundam Seed DS game. It looks like a cash-in, but who knows?

ddogt432 · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:31 am Post subject:

I've had my DS for awhile (bought one early sunday morning a few weeks before exams started) and thoroughly satisfied with it thus far. For having only three games (Mario 64, Feel the Magic, and Metroid) i'm suprised how much play time i've alredy gotten out of it. having never played the original Mario 64, i can only say that its an awesome game on the DS and makes wide range of useage out of the DS' capabilites. Feel the Magic is a quirky and extremely fun game. for those who are waiting for WarioWare DS (i for one), i believe Feel the Magic (as well as the mini-games in Mario 64) provide an excellent foreshadowing to what we can expect.
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ChaoticZaeon · newbie! Joined: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 30

What I don't like about the DS, actually, is the touch screen. Sometimes, if you get rather excited while playing a game, you could start to stab the screen a bit too hard, which would ruin the DS? I'm not sure, but too much touch screen could affect the lifespan of the screen?

darkmortal90 · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:48 pm Post subject:

i don't think ill buy one, not until the next expansion of Nintendo comes out

How is DS that good when there isn't that many gamez on it?