the nintendo DS - C or D?

The current crop is a little weak (Mario DS, Madden 2004, and Feel the Magic are all good; the others are somewhat crap), but Nintendo obviously rushed the console to market before its flagship titles were finished so they could have the 2004 Christmas season all to themselves.

It can play Gameboy Advance games (though not, AFAIK, the older Gameboy Color/Gameboy Classic games). The screen is just astonishingly beautiful to look at, and the WiFi gaming works flawlessly. There are also heated rumors of a Katamari Damacy DS being developed, for which I might be convinced to kill a man.

?? gross?

I for one want one JUST for Zookeeper.

I haven't seen any DS games in particular that look terrific yet, but I'm not worried. The graphics do look terrific and the ability to play whatever GBA games I want on the thing is really the dealbreaker for the DS/PSP comparison.

Rumors abound as to what the thing might be ultimately capable of, with the 802.11 support and etc. etc. but for now I'm happy with Minish Cap upcoming and Final Fantasy 1+2 /FFTA to keep me busy.

I had grave reservations about the touchscreen, but it actually works brilliantly.

Also, this thing seems HEAVY to me, it really weighs down a coat pocket. I can't imagine having to haul around the PSP.

I suppose the unit is kind of heavy. It's not so bad if you're using the D-pad, but if you're using the stylus it's a real strain on the wrist that's left holding the machine/mashing the buttons. Also the likelihood of dropping it seems quite high. Hasn't happened yet, touch wood.

Yeah, I have that problem all the time.

Searching for 'nintendo DS' under goodgle images comes up with... lots of stuff. But not very helpful.

But I have to wait 4 hours for the battery to charge! Shoulda done it at work.

I have Pokemon Dash.

I wanted Wario Ware but it wasn't in stock :(

why do i have to be broke now :(

well, i have enough for resident evil 4 next friday ;)

I've just got stuck into Polarium though, and it's very promising. Lovely hard puzzles, the sort that make me think "cor Jim, you're a genius!" when I finally solve them. Challenge mode is too hard for me, yet, but hopefully that'll change.

Of the other DS games I've got - Tiger woods is interesting but fatally flawed (stupid difficulty curve). Mr Driller is no different to the GBA version really. Mario is...mario, only with a dodgier interface. So where it used to be a joy to play, now it's just slightly mundane. The minigames are great though. Feel The Magic/Project Rub is...too wacky for its own good really. And Zoo Keeper is GREAT! Way better than the flash version of the same game thanks to it's improved combo system. It's the first game I got with the system, and the one I keep going back to.

(and yeah Hari, RE4 is bloody great, you won't need a DS for a while)

Maybe Nintendo will port this:

http://www.laserp.com/fun_stuff/escape_neverland.htm

it is a reasonably big unit, weight and size wise, enough that I won't carry it around in a coat or trouser pocket. unlike the SP.

the screens are lovely as is the front-end OS. the touch is v. responsive.

one minor gripe: when I change my system settings there is no way to get out of the menu back into the front end. similarly when I start up a game there is no way to exit in a similar manner but it's really just a minor problem considering it takes next to no time to power up.

I'm looking forward to the kirby, zelda, and mario kart games. hopefully there'll be a new mario too.

I wish the UK was hooked up enough for organised wireless throwdowns.

then I get to buy advance wars 2 advance wars DS!

But it could be that the games coming out for it will have special protocol stacks built in so they can link up through proxies, we shall see I suppose.

(re Advance Wars: Backwards compatibility is the best feature you can build in to anything, isn't it?!?)

aw:DS is as great as could be expected

NO.

WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEND ME SOME OF THEIR EXTRA SLEEP.

grumpy & his handheld

what are the best games for this thing? can i get any vaguely adult or brutal games for this? cos i did love mario kart but then found it was too fucking easy and im not sure how many other ways i can play this thing now. i blame the adverts - its all for kiddies, girlies, or people that dont usually play games. *sticks tongue out*

get Advance Wars (the first one). I wish I could find my DS. This is a real good strategy game that takes forever to beat.

I can't get into playing games on my phone. But I found my old ds lite while looking for needle nose pliers and I can't stop playing Dawn of Sorrow. I have a bhuj now.

It happens.

been looking at used chrono trigger carts on amazon. dragon quest and advance wars as well. feel like I missed plenty of good ones. seems like a good thing to have when getting an oil change or something. never played minish cap. this will be fun.

DS has a good library, 3ds even better (imo)

dawn of sorrow is great. check out order of ecclesia, maybe the best castlevania since the 90s

Will do. Thanks!