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Nintendo DS TV Adapter Hands-On Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the two-screens-no-waiting dept.

Nintendo DS News writes "Lik Sang have posted a great hands-on article examining the new Nintendo DS TV Adapter. From the article: 'Both projects are converters displaying the image of your Nintendo handheld on Television sets. One is for the Gameboy Advance SP, the other is, more interestingly for the smoking hot Nintendo DS system.'"

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  1. Less than useless. by theSpaceCow · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Is there a market out there full of people who want to use their portable devices in the least portable way possible? And in the case of the DS, a way that not only can't capture the device's full functionality, but hinders it as you look back and forth between your handheld and the television?

    On my Nintendo add-on scale of 1 to Power Glove, this gets a -3.

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    1. Re:Less than useless. by Guppy06 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      "Is there a market out there full of people who want to use their portable devices in the least portable way possible?"

      If the DS's (or GBA's) main selling point to you is "portable," then no. If it's "good games," however, then yes, there is always a market to play those good games on a television.

      "Good games" is why I have a GBA Player attatched to my GameCube, and why I'm worried about not seeing a GBA slot on the Wii.