This is my opinion on all of this mess. The Nintendo DS is without a doubt one of the worst mistakes by Nintendo since the Virtual Boy. Like the Virtual Boy, Nintendo is trying to sell the DS based on a new feature you won't find on another video game system. Now thats all fine and dandy, but they used a crappy feature. How many things can you use a touchscreen for, honestly? It's going to get really old, really fast. And even if you don't like the touch screen, the games force you to use it. When you get a star on Mario 64 DS, you have to touch one of the options afterward, you can't hit A or start, you are forced to touch the screen. I'm not lazy or anything, but it's just a hassle that does not need to be. Crappy games are going to be made so you can use the touch screen in more ways. Which brings another point, the games. The games so far are pure crap. Super Mario 64 was probably the best game ever on 64, it was pretty much flawless. And instead of making a completly new title, all Nintendo did was make a port with new features. They are doing the same thing with Mario Kart, releasing the 64 version on the DS, but with extra features. One good thing out of this is the Wi-Fi playing. And yes, I know they are making SOME new games, like The Metroid Game, Yoshi Touch and Go, Kirbys new thing, and a couple others. But their original games are pointless and have very little effort put into them (Nintendogs, enough said). The way it is built is also a hassle. In the world of consoles, the DS is an inbred outcast. It is a 3-D game console, but it has no analog stick, which is just a crime. And even if they were going to make an analog stick, the damn thing wouldn't be able to close. It sucks to play game boy advance games on it, because the a and b buttons are in a different place on the DS, so running on Super Mario Bros. has become something to master. The PSP has released in it's short life, games that are both new and fun. Nintendo is seriously on the verge of destruction. They f'd up big time with Gamecube, and with the next gen wave coming, don't be surprised if Nintendo is dead in five years. And about Mario shooting up pimps, don't be surprised if it does happen. He takes over every other type of game.
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19 years ago
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patesta
19 years ago
grimreaper, youve mixed up quite a few of your "facts", i dont think you own a ds. do you know the reason why the ds doesnt have an analog stick? it has a touch screen. but a touch screen can be used for more than control, its also an input devise. as sario said, mario kart ds is not mario kart 64. it only has one 64 level. it also has a snes, gba, and gamecube level. what interesting new games does the psp have? it has a load of ports too, fyi. midnight club 3, with its loading times... think about it. the ds is the perfect system for original games. it will have an original viewtiful joe (double trouble), an original prince of persia (battles), an original tony hawk, an original tomagotchi, plus nintendogs, animal crossing, metroid hunters, mario kart ds, black and white creatures, katamari demacy ds, sonic rush, advance wars, castlevania, the list goes on and on and on. all i think of when i hear psp, is grand theft auto: liberty city stories and, wow, you can load nes, snes, and gb emulators on it! more nintendo! nintendo may be down in the dump with its consoles, but its handhelds always win. even going up against huge challenges like sega and, yes, sony.
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nightmareco
19 years ago
Ds is better for one thing its portable for 15 hours of play. psp is 1 hour and a half. not much time to see a movie or good for long trips. they have made a battery pack for psp in japan that increses the life span of psp batteries byan hour for 40$, lame. sure it had dvd thing of a jig but you have to buy it at the same dvd price but no special features. ds not only has touch control it has a mic, in nintendogs you can say like roll over. and in first person shoters, its esayer to control since the touch screen can move the gun around making it faster to shoot a guy behined you and 2 screens can be usefull to put the action on one screen and map and info on the other. Ds has new games that no other system can do. all psp games are seqals or on other systems, sure it has all that stuff jamed into it but when will play station make some thing new like nintendo for example. dk drums or make like a game that exist and make it more intresting like mario kart or mario golf those rock. ps os only in it for money and dont care what is put into there games no matter how violent it is. also x box 360 games made by micro soft can be played on ds. its a rumer and also there making play yan. it plays movies music on ds and gba.
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nightmareco
19 years ago
Ds is better for one thing its portable for 15 hours of play. psp is 1 hour and a half. not much time to see a movie or good for long trips. they have made a battery pack for psp in japan that increses the life span of psp batteries byan hour for 40$, lame. sure it had dvd thing of a jig but you have to buy it at the same dvd price but no special features. ds not only has touch control it has a mic, in nintendogs you can say like roll over. and in first person shoters, its esayer to control since the touch screen can move the gun around making it faster to shoot a guy behined you and 2 screens can be usefull to put the action on one screen and map and info on the other. Ds has new games that no other system can do. all psp games are seqals or on other systems, sure it has all that stuff jamed into it but when will play station make some thing new like nintendo for example. dk drums or make like a game that exist and make it more intresting like mario kart or mario golf those rock. ps os only in it for money and dont care what is put into there games no matter how violent it is. also x box 360 games made by micro soft can be played on ds. its a rumer and also there making play yan. it plays movies music on ds and gba.
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