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IGN Manhandles the DS

Posted by Zonk on from the i-hope-they-wore-gloves-for-the-touching dept.

Thanks to IGN, who wrote "The Nintendo DS is being prepared to ship out to retailers for its November 21st launch. We were able to get our hands on the final, boxed units two weeks before the system's official release date, and we wasted no time ripping the packaging to shreds to show you exactly what you get in the box."

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  1. Thumbstrap? by Gehenna_Gehenna · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That thumb strap thing looks like a great idea. At first I wasn't sure about the whole stylus-shooter combo, but the whole thumb strap idea looks like it would work really well.

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  2. Eh. by deemaunik · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I haven't seen a good reason to get a DS yet. SP's are smaller, lighter, and I don't see many improvements in the DS over it. Ooo. Touch screen. Ooo. Two screens. More to look at and distract me. Unless a new RPG is released on it that won't run on an SP, I'm sticking with what I have. I'm entirely satisfied with my little black SP. :) What do you guys think?

    1. Re:Eh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      SP's are smaller, lighter, and I don't see many improvements in the DS over it.

      How about backlighting? The original GBA was impossible to see; SP has a frontlight that's better but still pretty crap; DS has a backlight, which means you'll finally be able to see what's happening properly in all lighting conditions.

      That's good enough for me.

    2. Re:Eh. by SetupWeasel · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If you don't see now how they can be used, I can understand not getting it when it comes out. But when games like "Yoshi's Touch and Go" are released in the states people will start to see that the DS will be able to play games that weren't possible before.

      I think that is why I'm getting it on day one. Every other console has been an incremental improvement on another console or arcade machine. The DS is different, truly different, and I yearn for that sort of freshness in video games again.

  3. Maybe not now, but soon... by PhoenixOne · · Score: 4, Insightful
    If you are not an "early adopter" then your are probably safe for a while. But the duel screen design with touch interface almost begs for new RPG games. Put the action in the top window and have the bottom window handle dialog trees, spell lists, inventory, etc.

    Give it a few months until the second generation of games come out. If you are lucky, they will reduce the price a few bucks before the right RPG for you comes out. :)

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  4. Re:*shrug?* by jkeyes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And the next person that says (the word is says, saids is not a word nor has it ever been one) PSP is limited to a 128MB flashcard has no idea what Sony's up to.

    Oh but ye who posts on slashdot games who is obviously trolling in a Nintendo story knows everything Sony is going to do, right?