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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353263 is a reply to message #353029] |
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R315r4z0r
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| Canadacdn wrote on Fri, 03 October 2008 13:56 |
Keep your old DS and just buy a flashcart.
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The DS Lite is so much better than the original DS, which I have. I've seen so.. be it the updated firmware, better screen light and compact design.
Not to mention I do not own any form of digital cameras. That's why I think the DS-i is definitely worth the purchase, for me at least.
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353271 is a reply to message #353000] |
Sun, 05 October 2008 03:13 |
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Hate it, Where is the support for Pokemon? No GBA slot means no more Green Leaf/Fire Red on the newer games.
EDIT: And why don't they stop making the DS smaller and work on its graphical abilities? Its small enough and now they are making it smaller?!?!
Look out guys, these high res DS zombies are comin' at cha!
Sad day when a 2004-2009 gaming device isn't even as powerful as a 1996 N64. (Super Mario 64 DS was toned down)
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353426 is a reply to message #353000] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 04:46 |
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Got one and one of every console on the market. I just need a DS for the pokemons.
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353463 is a reply to message #353454] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 11:39 |
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| R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 06 October 2008 20:04 |
Agreed. I can't stand the PSP... that and the PS3. Although the PSP is better than the PS3, I don't like either.
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why do you think the psp is better than the ps3? i dont have any of them so idk.
sorry for my English
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353478 is a reply to message #353468] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 13:13 |
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Mon, 06 October 2008 14:33 |
If by "arm and leg" you mean "only $149 more than the $249 ripoff that is the 'wii' which can't even compare to the PS3 in terms of features, multimedia, graphics, and AAA game library" then sure, the PS3 is a ripoff.
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Different styles of play, Wii is meant to get you interactive - it's different than Xbox and PS3, and Xbox360 rapes PS3...so don't even go there..
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353493 is a reply to message #353468] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 14:00 |
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Wii is eons better than the PS3. Its the only console that I actually got other people in my family, other than myself, to play.
I've enjoyed every last game I bought for it and it's graphics aren't THAT bad. It also has many features such as allowing me to download demos for my Nintendo DS by turning my TV into a DS download station. I can also purchase old classic games for cheap and play them whenever I want. There is an internet channel I can use when I want to browse the internet without wanting to leave my couch. I can also catch up on news in my area (or anywhere else in the world if I wanted to), also I can see the weather anywhere in the world if I wanted to. I can view/upload/edit images with the photo channel... and that's not even the half of it.)
For graphical and competitive games I have my 360 which also beats the crud out of the PS3. Not to mention the 360 can connect to my PC and I can use it as a media center (watch movies, view images, listen to music, among other things)
And what does the PS3 have that I can't already do? Good graphics and a disk player I wont even use for at least another 5 years? That's where my PC comes in..
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353497 is a reply to message #353000] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 14:19 |
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The PSP is great if you love to game, and that's about it. The DS is the better product not by design, or power, but by overall appeal.
Its quirkiness and appeal across sexes, and age-brackets never fails to amaze me. It's quite something to see the oldies playing 'Brain Age' on a gizmo that they would've dismissed as child's play only a couple years ago.
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
The only game where everyone competes to be an e-janitor.
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353524 is a reply to message #353000] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 18:37 |
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NSS: You say "get you interactive" as if you think games have never been a highly interactive form of media before the "wii" showed up.
Nikki: The PSP is great if you: want to game, listen to music, watch videos or movies, browse the internet, take photographs, or play multiplayer. The "ds"? not so much.
R31: Eons better, how? The fact that it's old generation technology repackaged and resold as new with a $249 price tag? The fact that it doesn't play Blu-ray or DVDs? That it can't stream video/audio/photos from your PC? That it charges you $5 to use Opera when Opera's been free for years?
I think your ignorance concerning the Playstation shows clearly. You mention the three siddy as if it's the only media center out there... The PS3 can stream content from a PC without a problem. I've had mine hooked up to my PC since last Christmas. Guess what, the PS3 has a weather and news service... It's called Life with Playstation and helps cure cancer via Folding@Home. If you don't like using it, use the free web browser to check Weather.com or a news site.
Oh, cool, your "wii" can edit high-def photos in low-def downscaling... I love seeing my 3648x2736 E-510 photos in low def glory! Oh cool.. you can buy old NES games and get ripped off at $5 apiece when they've been free for years. I really like paying a high percentage of retail value from 1987, the "wii" beats Sony there! At least the PS1 classics are $5 which makes a lot more sense considering the PS1 games are a lot more recent than NES games are.
Hey! You can use your "wii" to download stuff for your "ds", guess what? You've been able to download demos and themes for a PSP since the PSN store came out, even better is the fact that your PSP can play PS1 games streamed to it from your PS3 anywhere in the world.
Go look up the console you're bashing before you post more stupid fanboy shit.
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353525 is a reply to message #353000] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 19:04 |
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R315r4z0r
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What I said wasn't pointing out it was better than the PS3, I said those were EXTRA features that the Wii had, or did you skim over that like you did when I said:
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And what does the PS3 have that I can't already do? Good graphics and a disk player I wont even use for at least another 5 years? That's where my PC comes in..
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I'm not implying that the PS3 can't do things I don't need it to do, better, I said together, with my Wii & 360, all the useless features of the PS3 (Useless to me, as I wouldn't use them) are covered.
Why should I spend money on a PS3 when I can do what it does between my Wii & 360? I can view the news/weather on my Wii. I can use my 360 as a media center. I can download games and demos on both my Wii & 360. I can browse the internet on my Wii (FOR FREE), I can view photos on both my Wii & 360 (I don't own any items that allow me to take digital photography, so I don't really care what its abilities are), ect.
Why should I settle for more of something I don't need, is basically what I'm saying.
And the Internet browser on the Wii is free. I've never payed an extra cent for Wii-ware content, so I don't know where you heard that from.
And another thing, why are you putting quotes around "Wii" and "DS?" Putting quotes around it makes it seem like you're trying to imply that said consoles don't exist or are an idea. Well they do exist... If I said "PS3" instead of PS3, then all it really does is make me look like an arrogant jerk.
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Nikki: The PSP is great if you: want to game, listen to music, watch videos or movies, browse the internet, take photographs, or play multiplayer. The "ds"? not so much.
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DS can do all that.
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Go look up the console you're bashing before you post more stupid fanboy shit.
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A. I'm not bashing anything. I'm just stating my opinion that I prefer my DS, Wii, and 360 over the PSP & Playstation. If I were to be bashing it, I would be saying things like "T3h PS3 r suxx0rz!!1!"
B. I'm not the one being a fanboy here, Mr. Get-pissed-off-because-someone-doesn't-like-a-Sony-console. The only thing that I said negatively about the PS3 was that it costs too much and has a bunch of useless features I would never use, including a blu-ray drive. Other than that I'm being pretty tolerant of it.
Not to mention the fact that I am also in favor of the 360, which would not be the case if I was as you said a "fanboy."
Who's more of the fanboy here?
Me supporting the Wii, 360, and many positive aspects of the PS3.
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You, supporting the PS3 and shooting down every other positive comment at other consoles?
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353526 is a reply to message #353000] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 19:10 |
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The DS-i is pretty much a mixed bag. One one hand, you've got a slightly smaller package, bigger screen, an SD slot for, er, home brew games and music/video, etc., and a 3.0 megapixel camera.
On the other hand, you don't get the GBA slot, the battery life is cut in half, and you have... a 3.0 megapixel camera. Oh, and since the DS Lite is selling so well, it won't be sold in America for some time.
I just want to see more about the new PSP. 
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353533 is a reply to message #353000] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 20:50 |
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There isn't that much of a difference in the new PSP besides a built-in microphone and a much better screen, but I'm still buying one Dollar per dollar, there is more value in a PSP than a "ds" could ever see.
Oh boy, quote breakups, I love those. I mean it. I really love reading what I wrote again and have you break it up into tiny sections that you misinterpret and twist to make the "wii" look like it's less than a ripoff.
Let me break it down for you: If you bought a new "wii" you can't browse the internet via Opera for free. It's five dollars. If you have an old "wii" then that doesn't apply to you, but it does for the other suckers that bought a new one.
Sure, you can use your three siddy as a media extender. The only issue is for how long? The brick rate on three siddies is about ~30%. Enjoy your console!
And no, the "ds" can't do everything you mentioned. As it stands, right now, all the "ds" can do:
Play GBA games and "ds" games
Play against people via a horrible "friend code" system... I bet you love being treated like you're five years old.
And yes, you're right. You can download games and demos on a "wii" but the only problem is that your "wii" has a 512MB drive. For $249 you sure got ripped the fuck off. How many games can you store on that before you run out of space? Last time I checked, a real AAA title takes well over 1GB of storage... I think HL2 weighs in at several GB.
Yup, $399 is a terrible price for a console.. You're right, it's only $149 more than that thing you're playing now. The $149 certainly isn't worth the BD drive, wireless internet, free internet browsing, Bluetooth, free online that doesn't blow ass, HDMI, etc... You know, things that consoles have in 2006-2008. I forgot, you like being ripped off. Hey, how's that working out for ya?
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| Re: Nintendo DS-i [message #353538 is a reply to message #353000] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 22:31 |
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I only broke up what you posted because I don't expect you to know what I'm talking about when I start talking about it. It's designed to make it easier for you to read, not to help my argument. And I only took 2 excerpts out of what you said, the first quote was for something I said, which you still aren't apparently getting, so I'm not going to even bother anymore as you keep on coming back with the same argument.
However, as for the DS, yes it can do all of those things listed, except one. You can use it as a music player. You can use it as a video media player/streamer. You can use it to play multiplayer without friend codes on games that aren't rated "E."
But, you are correct, it doesn't have a camera, I was mistaking it for something else that plugged into the GBA slot. However, the DSi has a camera.
Yes, $400 is a terrible price for a console. When I buy a console, the number 1 reason for why I'm buying it is to play games on it. All its extra "features" don't play into the decision of purchasing the console. They're the sort of thing that I just say "Oh, wow, I can do this too if I wanted to" and then continue playing my game. Wii doesn't need a DVD player or a BluRay player. My 360 has a DVD player and I've only used 1 once and that was to test to see how to use it. If I want to watch a DVD, I will use my DVD player, not a video game console.
Now, $400 just to play games in your spare time, which, by the way, [games] cost way more for the PS3 than for any other console, is way too much money. $300 is too much money. In fact I was even iffy at spending $250 for a Wii.. the only reason I bought it was because I had a bunch of store gift cards I was able to use. I didn't buy an actual Wii game until almost a month after I bought the thing!
Now wait, you might be thinking that that's a lie because I already said I owned a 360. Well that's because I only payed $360 for my 360 (pun not intended). I bought it from a friend who threw in a 5 year warranty, 6 games, wireless controller, a 64mb memory card, and HD compatible component cables.
Oh yea, and my 360 did get the red-ring-of-death. I sent it in, got it back a week later, and they gave me a 3 month subscription to Xbox LIVE for free. Not a bad deal, if I do say so myself.
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In case you still haven't grasped my point yet: the price of the console is not dependent on the parts used in making it, but rather defined by how much use you will get out of it and how enjoyable it will be. The money spent on my Wii was very well spent. It is the center of attention when people come over, it brought most of my family together almost every night, and it reaches my demands for gaming with games like Zelda and Smash Bros.
If I were to go out and buy a PS3, it would just rot in the corner of my room collecting dust as I have absolutely no use for it at all. The only game I would even consider getting for it is Metal Gear, but only because it looks cool. But once that game is over and done with, it would become a paper weight until I can scrape up enough interest in other games as well as the $70 to pay for it. I have absolutely no interest in any of the other games it has, as the games for Wii & 360 greatly eclipse them, both in playability, enjoyability, as well as in price.
Just because the PS3 has a bunch of high-quality features, doesn't mean that you aren't getting ripped off. In fact, I believe the people who buy a PS3 are the ones who are being ripped off. Just because it has a bunch of features, it is no excuse to beef up its price. Simply because a lot of those features wont be used, and it would be wasted money. I bet if there were different versions of the PS3 that had less features, they would sell better than the ones with more features... simply because the price is cheaper and people wont be wasting money on something they wont use.
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Hypothetically speaking, lets say that tomorrow you are going out to buy a car. Would you rather spend a lot of money on a nice looking car that also has the ability to fly to the moon or a normal looking car for cheap that does what you need it to do?
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