Just curious if anyone has one or is going to get one, their opinion of it, and what games they have (although it's probably more interesting to talk about what games you will have when the good games start rolling in...)

5/30/2005 11:40:44 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=189579

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=306058

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=278345

and for comparison debate,

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=289389

5/31/2005 12:07:53 AM

bah those are all old i was just wondering if alotta ppl had one but apparently not...

5/31/2005 12:29:04 AM

I have one. I never play it. The only reason I haven't sold it yet is because I will want to play mario kart and advance wars. For the time being if you're thinking about getting one, save up for a psp. I play that 1000x more than my ds.

5/31/2005 12:31:43 AM

that last one was updated yesterday

5/31/2005 12:31:44 AM

save your money for a ps3/360/revolution

5/31/2005 12:53:26 AM

Surgery game looks pretty badass/insane.

5/31/2005 1:10:17 AM

I heard a rumor that there is a new smash brothers game in the works for the DS. btw I have one and it is awesome.

[Edited on May 31, 2005 at 1:36 AM. Reason : ]

5/31/2005 1:36:13 AM

I've been borrowing one for a while.
I loved Mario 64-DS. The only other games I've had access to are golf and racing, and I wasn't blown away by those. I can certainly see possibiblities for some good games, but they will probably almost all come from Nintendo. I don't really see using that touch screen for FPSs.

5/31/2005 1:47:57 AM

http://www.nintendo.com/pop_video.vm?url=http://media.nintendo.com/mediaFiles/652d59df-82a0-42a7-a383-826e4f3b220d.mov&width=600&height=420

If you like dogs...

5/31/2005 2:03:12 AM

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"I don't really see using that touch screen for FPSs."

I dunno. have you played the metroid demo? I think that's the one thing that the ds has going for it is you can use the touchscreen much like you'd use a mouse. the control is tons better than the psp (or any other console for that matter) in that regard.

So if you're keeping score at home that makes it 1 to 568 in favor of the psp



[Edited on May 31, 2005 at 2:18 AM. Reason : r]

5/31/2005 2:17:26 AM

By all accounts, the Nintendo DS had a good showing at E3. Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing, Castlevania DS, and the new Super Mario Bros. look like they will be a lot of fun. In fact, while I believe the PSP has a stronger lineup at the moment, the DS is primed to bounce back from its dry spell big time. The PSP games at E3 were pretty underwhelming.

And don't forget about GBA support as well, so you can pick up that sweet Gunstar Super Heroes game.

5/31/2005 8:53:54 AM

^^Yeah, I played the Metroid demo, but I just wasn't feeling it. The screens are too small for an FPS.

5/31/2005 9:34:49 AM

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"so you can pick up that sweet Gunstar Super Heroes game."

that game deserves to be on a big screen

5/31/2005 1:21:56 PM

Yeah, I wish someone would do a high-res, intense 2-D action game with handrawn graphics on one of the main consoles.

5/31/2005 1:50:31 PM

I just got mine yesterday. It's alotta fun actually. Even those games like warioware and pac pix...even though I'd never buy them and only rent them from gamefly since they'd probably get old.

6/1/2005 11:40:50 PM

yeah i just picked one up used the other day. I think it's great. I know it sounds crazy, but zoo keeper is addictive as shit. And its only 20 bucks.

I think the games on the horizon, battery life, price tag, and awesome GBA library compatibility give this system the handheld king (IMO).

People that are all about the PSP I can't relate to -- I mean, isnt the whole point of a handheld to get pure gameplay in mostly 2d areas. Maybe slight iso and 3d. But the PSP library sans lumines just just look like ps2 games weve seen a million times, with polygons being the only thing on their side. Why not just play the real system.

6/2/2005 3:54:01 AM

^Well the reason you play the PSP and not the real system, is because you play the PSP when the real system isnt available. Portables are for exactly what their name says. Take it with you on the go. Thats why I don't have a portable, because I rarely have a time when I'm away from a comp or tv but could be playing video games.

6/2/2005 4:00:13 AM

yeah, for me it is the fact that I can play the same games that I play on PS2 and xbox wherever I go without having to lug around a console and a tv. I like taking my psp to work and playing Tony Hawk, or Tiger Woods and have it be the exact same experience as if I were playing at home. Plus the psp wins in my book for no other reason than the following 6 words: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

6/2/2005 7:21:24 AM

I've had a DS since a week after its launch. I love it. I immediately bought the Mario game -- which consumed me for several days -- and picked up Tiger Woods in December -- which then consumed me. My next was WarioWare ... don't waste your money on Sprung! I didn't, but I've got to play everything Nintendo sends me.

[Edited on June 2, 2005 at 9:53 AM. Reason : ]

6/2/2005 9:52:17 AM

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"Yeah, I played the Metroid demo, but I just wasn't feeling it. The screens are too small for an FPS."

good thing the metroid games arent FPS games

6/2/2005 10:00:29 AM

I'm looking forward to the couple of adventure games they're actually bringing stateside

Another and whatever that lawyer game was, not a lot of replayability but I don't really mind

6/2/2005 10:18:55 AM

^^Yeah, of course.

Deathmatch is a mode you find in many RPGs.

6/2/2005 10:36:00 AM

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"good thing the metroid games arent FPS games"

Good thing you don't have a clue what you're talking about.

6/2/2005 5:45:47 PM

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"and picked up Tiger Woods in December -- which then consumed me"

really? REALLY? You liked that game? I tried really hard to like Tiger Woods. I wanted to really really bad. I even played it a lot because I only had Mario as my other DS game and I was tired of it. But...That game sucked ass. There were par 3 holes with Island greens that you could NOT get the ball to stick on. Major bugs that weren't just distracting, I had a list of things I hated about that game, but I've long since traded that game in, and have now been playing Hot Shots and Tiger Woods for the PSP. Now those are two portable golf games that are "consumed-worthy"
IMO Tiger Woods for the DS is my worst gaming experience of all time. But perhaps that's because the circumstances I described made me play it a lot more than I would have otherwise.

6/2/2005 5:55:02 PM

I had a hard time with it at first. But then I got used to the controls and it was hella fun.

6/2/2005 6:19:59 PM

^^^LOL

6/2/2005 6:53:49 PM

i think once animal crossing and castlevania come out i will be forced to get a DS

animal crossing looks to have a lot more features(and i think multiplayer) than the gc one, and that one would keep me occupied forever

6/2/2005 8:19:41 PM

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"Quote : "good thing the metroid games arent FPS games" Good thing you don't have a clue what you're talking about."

MP and MP2 for gamecube are definitely not FPS games. It's an adventure game in first person perspective. FPS games concentrate on guns and basically shooting everything in sight. MP and MP2 has lots of scanning, four beam weapons, the first one didn't have a multiplayer which is required for FPS. HOWEVER DS's metroid is definitely deviating from the formula and concentrating more on being part of this genre.

6/5/2005 3:22:00 PM

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"multiplayer which is required for FPS."

that's a new one

6/5/2005 8:34:05 PM

I saw the preview of Nintendogs and I thought that was innovative. However, I would get a PSP first.

6/5/2005 8:39:00 PM

ShinAntonio said:

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"Yeah, I wish someone would do a high-res, intense 2-D action game with handrawn graphics on one of the main consoles."

You should look into Alien Hominid for the PS2 and GameCube.

http://www.alienhominid.com/

6/5/2005 8:42:21 PM

^He's right.

6/5/2005 8:43:44 PM

yeah Hominid is fun and original -- however it is hard as hell.

Don't forgett viewtiful joe for that 2d + parallax background type of game. I love that genre too. In fact the upcoming Super Mario is like that.

I love my DS -- especially consider by the end of this summer into this fall, games are going to be busting out in droves. And they are all going to be big ones, some innovative.

Super Mario DS
Age of Empires DS
Final Fantasy III & Crystal Chronicles
Castlevania DS
Advance Wars : Dual
Meteos
Metroid Prime Hunters
Mario Kart
Viewtiful Joe
Lunar
Phoenix Wright
Under the Knife
Bomberman
Sonic Rush
Animal Crossing DS
Nintendogs

6/5/2005 8:50:30 PM

nanostray and the new super mario bros game as well

6/14/2005 8:59:43 PM

and online and the rumored online "pictochat 2"

6/14/2005 9:00:10 PM

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"Good thing you don't have a clue what you're talking about."

you stupid fuck

have you ever played Metroid Prime or Echoes?

They arent first person shooters. Nothing about them aside from the camera view (sometimes) has anything in common with an FPS.

get a fucking clue.

from what I played of the DS metroid game, calling it an FPS isnt right either

[Edited on June 14, 2005 at 9:50 PM. Reason : *]

6/14/2005 9:49:03 PM

The last time I checked, dickweed, This thread was about the DS. Meaning that we were talking about the DS Version of Metroid. So telling me how a gamecube game isn't a first person shooter really has no relevance to the situation. But thanks for trying. You might as well go ahead and try and "pwn" me again by pointing out that the original Metroid for NES wasn't a FPS either. OMG I'm so retarded lolololol!!!!1

The point I was making was that the demo of Metroid Prime Hunters for the DS plays very much like a standard FPS. With the stylus acting very simular to a mouse on a PC. It's in the First Person view, And you go around Shooting things. At the very least it has aspects of a FPS, even though that may not be what makes up 100% of the game.

But hey, if calling me a stupid fuck makes you feel like a big man, by all means, have at it cowboy.

6/15/2005 7:12:04 PM

I just picked up Goldeneye: Rogue Agent for the DS and it is excellent. The amount of control and accuracy you have with the touch screen is incredible.

6/15/2005 7:24:30 PM

6/15/2005 7:26:28 PM

This is the same guy talking about how Land of the Dead doesn't sound like a good zombie movie, after having never seen any of the Dead movies.

6/15/2005 7:26:35 PM

And he hates Quentin Tarantino, but likes Friends and Linkin Park

6/15/2005 9:51:10 PM

Sorry, I didn't know that Lokken was a known douche bag. I had to go to the trouble of finding out myself.

6/16/2005 12:35:20 AM

bump

9/1/2005 6:07:19 PM