Does this mean they won't up the game prices for the next generation consoles and upcoming PC games to 60 dollars like predicted? If not, then Advertising in video games is defintely not wanted. I would only overlook advertising if it offset the game price appropriately. Wishful thinking I'm afraid....
As for the rehash of old games, I was talking about Nintendo Handheld systems as a whole. The GBA has been a LOT of SNES games. Just take a look at all the Marios for that one. I still can't get over the literal translations of NES games. While they're all good games, I can't see paying 20-30 bucks again for something I paid for years ago. I miss the days of Final Fantasy Adventure (which is one of the best original Gameboy games ever along with the Legend series) and the probably less well known Radar Mission (a very well done Battleship type clone). The Zeldas for GB have been awesome, but far and few between. I was so glad to get my hands on Minish Cap.
MarioDS IS a great remake. I won't argue with you there. I haven't played much of it myself. My brother has played most of it and I've seen the explosion of extra games that he's unlocked as a result (not to mention all the different areas in the regular levels he keeps talking about). The incorporation of other characters was also a great addition.
When you buying/importing something like that off Ebay, you should expect to get into trouble. I wouldn't drop that much money to have the system three months early when there aren't as many games to play (especially ones that aren't translated yet...). Nintendo should have waited till March to release as well. There aren't many games as of yet, and some of the good ones aren't out till around that time. I'd settle for GBA games on my GBA SP until a decent amount of DS games were out( even though the backwards compatability was botched on the DS).
Seventeen pixels is hard to believe but I'm sure replacable should he have purchased it legitly in the correct region. I'm yet to truly get an grasp on this square button issue since I don't have a PSP in my hands yet, but it sounds more like a blown out of proportion thing to me. If you want a design flaw for the DS, take a look at all the wasted space next to the screens, they should have made them a little larger....
All in all I'm not really putting down the DS console because it has some good potential for fresh new games (and there are some that are making me think about getting it). I'm just saying I'm mostly dissapointed in the number of "new" games for the handheld market in that past few years and I can't wait for some of the PSP ones they have slated. I'm sure you're as excited as I am about some of the games for DS like Warioware, Zelda, and Animal Crossing, right?
So many Nintendo Fanboys in here it's sad...oh wait, this is Slashdot...I forget sometimes.
I bet they're all the same ones who will buy the new Game Boy Evolution when it probably comes out next year sometime (which will be the same time Nintendo stops making games for the DS). Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, DS, and the code named Evolution. You think at least once in the volley of new portables Nintendo shoves out the door they'd make one with some current day hardware instead of generations old technology. Not to mention create more than the small percentage of "new" games instead of repackaging old ones that were you paid for once already. The lineup for the PSP looks pretty darn good (Ridge Racers, Mercury, Metal Gear Acid, Untold Legends, GTA to name a few) and not one of them is direct repackage(with a slight graphics boost) of a PS1 or PS2 game (although the idea of some repackaged Dreamcast games sounds good because I never had one of those).
I am yet to get my hands on a live PSP so I can't really comment on the button issue (and I'm sure most of you are in the same boat.) I'd also like to see you twist your DS and see what happens. More than likely it'll break in two instead of just pop the disk out. Ever stop to think that was included in the design? I don't know for sure, but I bet that if the hardware was able to bend a little maybe the UMD disc is less forgiving, so the failsafe was to pop it out instead of break it in two inside the handheld.
I'm not saying the DS is bad, but I'd prefer something with a little more staying power and more promising games instead of mostly just rereleases. (And why they heck out of all of them did Square not release the best game ever...Final Fantasy III / VI). I know they have a remake in the works for the DS, but that is the one game I'd love a direct port of. No connectivity to the next Nintendo Console (the Revolution) because the new Gameboy will do so. The DS is a nice system, but it seems like it will be quickly brushed aside when the next Gameboy is released.
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Does this mean they won't up the game prices for the next generation consoles and upcoming PC games to 60 dollars like predicted? If not, then Advertising in video games is defintely not wanted. I would only overlook advertising if it offset the game price appropriately. Wishful thinking I'm afraid....
As for the rehash of old games, I was talking about Nintendo Handheld systems as a whole. The GBA has been a LOT of SNES games. Just take a look at all the Marios for that one. I still can't get over the literal translations of NES games. While they're all good games, I can't see paying 20-30 bucks again for something I paid for years ago. I miss the days of Final Fantasy Adventure (which is one of the best original Gameboy games ever along with the Legend series) and the probably less well known Radar Mission (a very well done Battleship type clone). The Zeldas for GB have been awesome, but far and few between. I was so glad to get my hands on Minish Cap.
MarioDS IS a great remake. I won't argue with you there. I haven't played much of it myself. My brother has played most of it and I've seen the explosion of extra games that he's unlocked as a result (not to mention all the different areas in the regular levels he keeps talking about). The incorporation of other characters was also a great addition.
When you buying/importing something like that off Ebay, you should expect to get into trouble. I wouldn't drop that much money to have the system three months early when there aren't as many games to play (especially ones that aren't translated yet...). Nintendo should have waited till March to release as well. There aren't many games as of yet, and some of the good ones aren't out till around that time. I'd settle for GBA games on my GBA SP until a decent amount of DS games were out( even though the backwards compatability was botched on the DS).
Seventeen pixels is hard to believe but I'm sure replacable should he have purchased it legitly in the correct region. I'm yet to truly get an grasp on this square button issue since I don't have a PSP in my hands yet, but it sounds more like a blown out of proportion thing to me. If you want a design flaw for the DS, take a look at all the wasted space next to the screens, they should have made them a little larger....
All in all I'm not really putting down the DS console because it has some good potential for fresh new games (and there are some that are making me think about getting it). I'm just saying I'm mostly dissapointed in the number of "new" games for the handheld market in that past few years and I can't wait for some of the PSP ones they have slated. I'm sure you're as excited as I am about some of the games for DS like Warioware, Zelda, and Animal Crossing, right?
So many Nintendo Fanboys in here it's sad...oh wait, this is Slashdot...I forget sometimes. I bet they're all the same ones who will buy the new Game Boy Evolution when it probably comes out next year sometime (which will be the same time Nintendo stops making games for the DS). Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, DS, and the code named Evolution. You think at least once in the volley of new portables Nintendo shoves out the door they'd make one with some current day hardware instead of generations old technology. Not to mention create more than the small percentage of "new" games instead of repackaging old ones that were you paid for once already. The lineup for the PSP looks pretty darn good (Ridge Racers, Mercury, Metal Gear Acid, Untold Legends, GTA to name a few) and not one of them is direct repackage(with a slight graphics boost) of a PS1 or PS2 game (although the idea of some repackaged Dreamcast games sounds good because I never had one of those). I am yet to get my hands on a live PSP so I can't really comment on the button issue (and I'm sure most of you are in the same boat.) I'd also like to see you twist your DS and see what happens. More than likely it'll break in two instead of just pop the disk out. Ever stop to think that was included in the design? I don't know for sure, but I bet that if the hardware was able to bend a little maybe the UMD disc is less forgiving, so the failsafe was to pop it out instead of break it in two inside the handheld. I'm not saying the DS is bad, but I'd prefer something with a little more staying power and more promising games instead of mostly just rereleases. (And why they heck out of all of them did Square not release the best game ever...Final Fantasy III / VI). I know they have a remake in the works for the DS, but that is the one game I'd love a direct port of. No connectivity to the next Nintendo Console (the Revolution) because the new Gameboy will do so. The DS is a nice system, but it seems like it will be quickly brushed aside when the next Gameboy is released. Flame away.