Nintendo DS first impressions

monkeyfudge · 22-11-2004 7:02pm

TmB wrote:

Last game was Feel The Magic:XX/YY (a stalk-em-up by Sonic Team). This is a bit like Wario Ware on the GBA, but the aim of the game is to stalk a girl that you fell in love with at first sight.

And here is the girl in question

Very nice!

evad_lhorg · 22-11-2004 7:39pm

do you get the thumb strap(-on

) thing with the ds as well so you dont have to use the stylus? theres shag all games on it i want tbh. i was gonna get one when my parents were in america(supposed to be this week but cancelled) but im not too pushed now.

Jim · 22-11-2004 7:42pm

No white chicks, no?

evad_lhorg · 22-11-2004 7:45pm

I was about to say this game seems very racialist! lol

speaking of racist games, metroid prime 2, light world beasts are always attackin the dark world brothers.

Hugh Hefner · 22-11-2004 7:50pm

evad_lhorg wrote:

do you get the thumb strap(-on ) thing with the ds as well so you dont have to use the stylus? theres shag all games on it i want tbh. i was gonna get one when my parents were in america(supposed to be this week but cancelled) but im not too pushed now.

Their aren't many good games for the American DS launch (12 and that's just all the games). I'm getting XY:XX. But, if you take a look at the Japanese lauch games (there's about twice as many) they've got loads of excellent games. Wario Ware DS for example (I'm getting it).

mp3guy · 22-11-2004 7:54pm

My DS should arrive by friday, along with Mario 64X4

honru · 22-11-2004 7:57pm

I'm not too pushed either. The only games I'm interested in are Super Mario 64 DS and Feel the Magic XX/XY, yet since the Mario game is once again an updated port, I'm not too impressed. I don't think these two games alone would persuade me to purchase a DS. I'll have see the machine in person, aswell as see what future titles are planned for the system in order to make a decision. For now, I'm thinking of shelling out on a cheap SP instead.

Retr0gamer · 22-11-2004 7:58pm

And here is the girl in question

Oh, I like her. But then again I need to get out more.

I'd have a DS if I didn't owe my parents so much money

Raskolnikov · 22-11-2004 7:59pm

Will a US DS (heh) play European games?

Jim · 22-11-2004 8:01pm

Raskolnikov wrote:

Will a US DS (heh) play European games?

Yes, its region free like past GB's.

evad_lhorg · 22-11-2004 8:08pm

does anyone know if it can use the connectivity of the gba-cube like for metroid fusion or mario golf or whatever?

Jim · 22-11-2004 8:10pm

If your talking about with the current GBA games, no afaik, its all wireless so theres no port. So you can't play multiplayer on GBA games.

evad_lhorg · 22-11-2004 8:12pm

damnit! i want the fusion suit in prime!!!!!

Jim · 22-11-2004 8:14pm

Heh heh, got that myself the other day.

Rar!

herobear · 22-11-2004 8:18pm

can the DS play normal gameboy/gameboy colour games ?...since i own tonnes of them

Jim · 22-11-2004 8:19pm

Aye.

Afaik anyway.

Dogg Thang · 22-11-2004 8:29pm

Nope, it can't unfortunately. Just GBA games.

Well, and DS games of course.

Dogg.

monkeyfudge · 22-11-2004 8:50pm

Well.. I just got an email saying mine shipped... I should have it (well 2 of them actually) in 2 - 3 days.

I only ordered this a month ago, so I'd say most people who preordered will have no problems.

I've order Mario 64 as I missed it the first time around (The Dreamcast was my first foray into the world of consoles I'm afraid to say)

I was a bit disappointed with the launch line up. But there seem to be a bulk of good titles coming out in January.

And I may get XX:YY too now.. that girl has convinced me... although she doesn't have a mouth... I wonder if she is missing any other important orifices?

herobear · 22-11-2004 8:55pm

Dogg Thang wrote:

Nope, it can't unfortunately. Just GBA games.

Well, and DS games of course.

Dogg.

right so, theres one less customer for the DS, i'll pick up the sp on the cheap when the DS is released over here

rainbow kirby · 22-11-2004 9:24pm

evad_lhorg wrote:

damnit! i want the fusion suit in prime!!!!!

The Fusion varia suit is possibly the ugliest suit in any Metroid game. You're not missing anything!

Rew · 22-11-2004 9:29pm

evad_lhorg wrote:

do you get the thumb strap(-on ) thing with the ds as well so you dont have to use the stylus?

Yup...

Hugh Hefner · 22-11-2004 11:17pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

Well.. I just got an email saying mine shipped... I should have it (well 2 of them actually) in 2 - 3 days.

And I may get XX:YY too now.. that girl has convinced me... although she doesn't have a mouth... I wonder if she is missing any other important orifices?

1. Why are you getting two and from where did you preorder? Also what kind of delivery service? e.g. UPS, Airmail, etc.

2. Okay, for official reasons and numerous misspellings it's called XY:XX not XX:YY, not XX:XY or any other rubbish.

evad_lhorg · 22-11-2004 11:19pm

who gives two shats you know what they mean by YX:XX or whatever.

Bass.exe · 22-11-2004 11:22pm

Well, XY:XX would mean Male:Female.
XX:YY would mean Female:"Genetic Mutation resulting in Miscarriage".

No X chromosone, no survival.

evad_lhorg · 23-11-2004 12:00am

im well aware what it would mean im just saying theres no need to get your boxers in a twist over it. people understand what is meant. its only a misteak.

Rew · 23-11-2004 12:53am

Good to know Nintendo will stand over their screens:

http://ds.ign.com/articles/568/568084p1.html?fromint=1

Jim · 23-11-2004 2:03am

Rew wrote:

Good to know Nintendo will stand over their screens:

http://ds.ign.com/articles/568/568084p1.html?fromint=1

Wow, thats pretty decent of them.
They probably learned after Apple's iPod battery fiasco.

I can't really see Sony doing anything similar.

Mr E · 23-11-2004 2:12am

Did you look at the charger nad check its voltage rating (ie 110 only or 110-220)?

Never noticed. Will check and post later.

Have you noticed its hard to see both screens at the same time without opeing the unit up fully?

Why would you not open it fully?

BTW you can chose which screen to ply GBA games on in the menu.

Yep, spotted that.

Do you get the thumb strap(-on ) thing with the ds as well so you dont have to use the stylus?

Yep, you do. I think its pretty awful. I can't figure out a comfortable way of using it, to be honest. When I heard about the thumbstrap, I thought it would be a thumbpad with 4 elasticated straps (one to each corner) which would give nice feedback and may be usable. But a plastic thingy at the end of a regular strap? Pretty annoying. Maybe I'll get used to it.

can the DS play normal gameboy/gameboy colour games ?...since i own tonnes of them

Nope, the manual pretty much states as much. However, if you get a flash cart and use goomba (google for it... its a GB/GBC emulator for the GBA), then you can.

- Dave.

steviec · 23-11-2004 2:30am

For someone with no experience of importing can anyone give a quick list of essential information?
Somebody already said it will work with European games so thats ok. How about plugging it in to charge it? Will you need a special adaptor or something since it's American?
And who's the best retailers to buy from?
Is there any other information to be aware of?

Thanks

monkeyfudge · 23-11-2004 3:11am

Hugh Hefner wrote:

1. Why are you getting two and from where did you preorder? Also what kind of delivery service? e.g. UPS, Airmail, etc.

One is a christmas present for my nephew... ssssh... it's supposed to be a surprise...

I used importmadness.com and it is being shipped via FedEx... 2-3 day shipping.

2. Okay, for official reasons and numerous misspellings it's called XY:XX not XX:YY, not XX:XY or any other rubbish.

You are correct. But I did only hear about the game today, while I was hammering out the post I checked back on an earlier post in this thread, which I guess was also incorrect...

Nintendo DS first impressions

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