[Golden Legacy]

There is another topic about the DS, that Andross started, about its new design and official name. And I also think this was discussed in another topic, but it wasn't an "official one", so...

Now that the DS has been redesigned, I am supporting it more than ever.

Long Live the Big N ;)

[ForteGX]

Yeah. I too big a Nintendo fan to pass up the DS in favor of...Sony...*shudders*

[Issac_Zero2]

Same...I'm sick of Sony...Its getting too popular and people are always dissing Nintendo...
Nintendo Forever! For games like FE and Golden Sun!

[Golden Legacy]

Yeah, Sony's gotten very powerful in the gaming world...
Plus the PSP has WAY too many features, and it is lacking in innovation- it is far too conventional and yet, it appeals to the Mass Market.

I ask you all, isn't the purpose of a Video Game System to play video games? I mean, extra features are nice, but... ;)

DS = yayz :)

[Echo_djinn]

Man nintendo DS has it won. Its games appeal to to younger kids since nintendo is for kids. This is my view on it.

[Golden Legacy]

Four Votes for the DS, Zippo for Sony ;)

Not just to the younger market, but to everyone. Nintendo's all about being unique and innovative, always trying the new. That's why I believe (and hope) that the DS will do extremely well.

[ForteGX]

Like I said a long time ago...I don't want a system that'll develop a mind of it's own and try to take over the world...

I just wanna' play games, dammit!

[Issac_Zero2]

I'm pretty sure DS would be most popular in this forum becuase most of the people here like GS (like 99.9% :))
That's true GL...Everybody already has a DVD player or a cd player...SONY needs to start working on the system itself...That's why PS2 is so bad but people like it becuase of its awsome games...

EDIT: Argh...Forte GX...You keep posting at the same time... ;) ^_^ lol...

[ForteGX]

Whuh? Oh, I'm sorry. But I agree. I don't need a DVD player and a CD player in my portable game system; I'm already bothered enough by these new GBA movies...

[Issac_Zero2]

ForteGX, on Aug 27 2004, 08:43 PM, said:

Whuh?  Oh, I'm sorry.  But I agree.  I don't need a DVD player and a CD player in my portable game system; I'm already bothered enough by these new GBA movies...

Hehe...You don't have to apoligize...Thats why I put a smiley at the end of the statement...
It was just a joke... ^_^
Yea...Who needs GBA movies? Just buy it on Video or DVD instead of GBA...

[Eugine]

Why must I always say, Nintendo stuff will always win on a Nintendo product site... Anyways, go to a GT4 site or something, PSP will win too.

Anyways, the point for the PSP is so that it appeals to everyone, and I like that.

[ForteGX]

True. Sony isn't just a videogame entertainment company.

[Golden Legacy]

Yes, but... I repeat, we should get Video Game Systems for, just that, Video Games.
Yes, it's nice to have additional features. But... arrgh...

meh, 'least the DS is winning here ^_^

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Take a look at it this way --

Sony VS Nintendo

Sony -

Survival rate - Has a history of beating it's competitors senseless. Stood up against Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, and the old 64.

Looks - Truth be told, PSP looks SLICK. That's the kind of thing I like to see.

Games - Tales. They got Tales. Who cares about turn based Metal Gear. They have Tales.

Sony's Game History - First Party = basically none. Nadda, Zero, Zilp, Zilch. They rely purely on 3rd party = and have a LOT of them, be it good or bad.

Nintendo --

Survival Rate - How many systems did they have again? NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA, GCN. . . all sold well indeed.

Looks - It would've lost before, but the DS new shape is great.

Games - Good with 1st party. . . we have a few nice looking games coming out. . . but I don't quite know.

History of Games - FIRE EMBLEM! (jk). Seriously. Nintendo MAKES games. That's the biggest difference between Nintendo and Sony. And they have the Miyamoto trump card -- Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash Bros. . . .

Overall, look at these two, and pick what you like the most. Personally, I may get them both, but DS first. MUCH cheaper. Better battery life. . . . I didn't vote, either.

[Golden Legacy]

^Nice comparison, BLL (especially the "Miyamoto Trump Card" ^_^ )

Ahh, I have a request... sorry, but I'm slightly confused about the online capibilities of each (well, I'd like to know about the DS more, but still)... do you need to be near a "Wi-Fi" port to connect, or is this wireless online gaming avilable anywhere?

I know it's a stupid question, but I'd just like to get it cleared up... thanks in advance.

[ForteGX]

Nintendo's one of those rare companies: a developer and a publisher...


...but these online capabilities have me a bit baffled as well...

[Golden Legacy]

ForteGX, on Aug 30 2004, 07:41 PM, said:

Nintendo's one of those rare companies: a developer and a publisher...

Good ol' Nintendo ^_^ What would the world be like without Legend of Zelda? *sighs*

Yeah, the online capibilities are confusing... to be honest, I'd be content enough even if the DS doesn't have online gaming...

[Issac_Zero2]

Blade Lord Lyn, on Aug 28 2004, 12:31 AM, said:

Take a look at it this way --

Sony VS Nintendo

Sony -

Survival rate - Has a history of beating it's competitors senseless. Stood up against Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, and the old 64.

Looks - Truth be told, PSP looks SLICK. That's the kind of thing I like to see.

Games - Tales. They got Tales. Who cares about turn based Metal Gear. They have Tales.

Sony's Game History - First Party = basically none. Nadda, Zero, Zilp, Zilch. They rely purely on 3rd party = and have a LOT of them, be it good or bad.

Nintendo --

Survival Rate - How many systems did they have again? NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA, GCN. . . all sold well indeed.

Looks - It would've lost before, but the DS new shape is great.

Games - Good with 1st party. . . we have a few nice looking games coming out. . . but I don't quite know.

History of Games - FIRE EMBLEM! (jk). Seriously. Nintendo MAKES games. That's the biggest difference between Nintendo and Sony. And they have the Miyamoto trump card -- Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash Bros. . . .

Overall, look at these two, and pick what you like the most. Personally, I may get them both, but DS first. MUCH cheaper. Better battery life. . . . I didn't vote, either.

Tales? You mean Tales of Phantasia and Destiny or Entruia? If so no biggie...The Tales series on the PS are all japenese anyways...

[Colonel Tycho]

Plus, I just realized something, if they make another Golden Sun in turn based battle mode, it will most likely be for handheld again, so this case would be for DS.

[Someone Else]

AND I heard the DS is getting a Zelda game :unsure:

[Colonel Tycho]

Well, thats pretty obvious. Every system has a zelda game. Hmmm, did SNES have one though...? Are you talking about the minish cap because thats for GBA...

[shadowknight]

I would pick the DS because it was made by nintendo. But I dont want to get either of them, though

[Echo_djinn]

The games for the DS the cartages are small right...and they said that the DS isn't suppose to replace the SP so if you have the SP don't bother buying the DS. Unless you wan't the double sreen effct and stuuf like that. I still don't understand the if the DS cartages are smaller then the SP cartages wouldn't look like its replacing the SP??Or will there be like different games for the Sp and the DS?

[Golden Legacy]

Echo Djinn, I’m afraid you are slightly mixed up. The DS is set to have Backwards Compatibility with all GameBoy Advance games, meaning that it can play both Golden Sun games, etc. That is merely a nice “extra” Nintendo allowed for, since it already gives the DS a decent advantage.

However, the DS itself will offer innovative gameplay, with the Dual Screens and Stylus control and all.

And also, about the cartridges, size simply does not matter- the DS’ cartridges will hold up to 128 Megabytes (or one gigabit) of data, which is, of course, many times that of the GBA.

[Someone Else]

The DS has two extra buttons! :D But you probably already knew that. -_-

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Well, thats pretty obvious. Every system has a zelda game. Hmmm, did SNES have one though...? Are you talking about the minish cap because thats for GBA...

No. :mellow: I read that on a site.

[Golden Legacy]

Lol, I didn’t even think about that -_- I guess the “A” and “B” buttons are going to be used… and the x and y buttons will be there to annoy us :mellow:

Edit: And yes, a new multi-player Zelda game for the DS involving four short guys running around with swords and uber cool hats =D

[ForteGX]

Guh...not another Four Swords game!

Is there be a way to possibly disable the touch screen function on the DS?

[Mallick]

Well....GO DS!!!! But the rate od PSP winning is slim for some reasons already posted,and some not.......

[Golden Legacy]

I think it’s optional (for some games, at least). I don’t know for sure, though sorry…

Also, the DS is designed to function for both “lefties” and “righties”- ever wonder why the buttons on the right hand side of the unit are configured so closely together?

[Eugine]

Here what, the PSP don't include "extra" features, it IS a feature of the PSP, the PSP isn't for gamers only so it would be known more... :)

[Echo_djinn]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 31 2004, 07:25 PM, said:

Echo Djinn, I’m afraid you are slightly mixed up. The DS is set to have Backwards Compatibility with all GameBoy Advance games, meaning that it can play both Golden Sun games, etc. That is merely a nice “extra” Nintendo allowed for, since it already gives the DS a decent advantage.

However, the DS itself will offer innovative gameplay, with the Dual Screens and Stylus control and all.

And also, about the cartridges, size simply does not matter- the DS’ cartridges will hold up to 128 Megabytes (or one gigabit) of data, which is, of course, many times that of the GBA.

Why do I always get my info mixed up....

Even though the addition with another screen and two more buttons on the DS sounds good I still may not buy it unless I want to get rid of my GBA and keep my SP and then get the DS. Also if they do make a new GS game I suggest they should not put it on the DS but on a console. I think more people would be more interested if it went to a console instead of the DS.(I misspelled cartridges like three times....I need spelling lessons)

[Issac_Zero2]

Yea...If the DS is too expensive and then they release a GS game...I'd be so fustrated...

Colonel Tycho, on Aug 31 2004, 04:58 PM, said:

Well, thats pretty obvious.  Every system has a zelda game.  Hmmm, did SNES have one though...?  Are you talking about the minish cap because thats for GBA...

What about LTTP? That's on the SNES

[Teblor Tribe]

DS All the way I think I'm getting it then I will Sell My GBA

[Fun Guy Fungi]

I'm afraid I don't quite follow you on the righties and lefties thing.

And Forte, I believe that the touch control thing will probably be an integral part of all new DS games, so disabling it would be like removing the control pad on a GBA. As for old GBA games, the touch screen wouldn't do anything, so it's not like you would need to disable it.

As for me... of course, I'll say the DS. It's got so much more potential than the PSP. Although the PSP does have a DVD player, from what I hear. Still, we've got enough portable DVD players. What I want is new, innovative games, not games that you could be playing on a console anyway.

[Golden Legacy]

Basically, the Buttons on the right are configured closely together, so that it may function as the D-Pad for lefties.

[Linear]

I dont really mind the controlls. >.> I like the games! :mellow:

[Neon]

i'm, not 100% sure of this, but I think it has two slots, one for GB games and the other for DS games. THis might seem a little stupid, but think about it, that means you can have both DS and GB games in at the same time. A pokemon statium game could use this, or maybe easy data transfer from TLA to GS3 :mellow:.

[Golden Legacy]

lol, nice idea!

Ahh, here is something interesting- for GBA connectivity, the DS will probably allow Wireless links, meaning, for example, you can trade Pokemon, play Four Swords, battle on GS, etc. without the need for link cables- Sweetness :)

[Teblor Tribe]

Thats great and I here you can link up to 16 people at once

[Fun Guy Fungi]

That's like the old Atari Linx, I believe it was called. It came out around the same time the original Game Boy came out, and had color graphics and stuff on par with almost the GBA, I think. However, it got like two hours of battery life. Nobody wanted that (how could you play it on a road trip?) and bought the GB.

Edit: I just found out more about the whole WiFi situation. There are two scenarios:

1. If you have a high-speed internet connection and a wireless router, you can play in the confines of your own home. (Both of which I myself am lacking :angry: )

2. You can go to a WiFi hotspot, in which people set up wireless routers for public use. You can find one near you here.

Hopefully that cleared some stuff up.

[Golden Legacy]

This topic is old, yes it is.

However, times have changed since nearly two years ago. I'm curious about everyone else's updated impressions about the two handhelds, and how your opinion now is similar or different than what you thought two years ago.

[My Best Wishes]

I still support the DS. I'll admit, when the DS came out I jumped on it's band wagon and then when the PSP came out I jumped ship again.

However, as a owner of both.
The DS wins in terms of the classisics, mario, mario kart, Samus etc etc
But the PSP is so fun to hack and put apps and such on it.

I love em both but I love my PSP more.

[Someone Else]

At a glance the PSP is better, which is why it still has a lot of fans but, the PSP is still terribly overrated.

The DS is better for many, many reasons, some of them I'm sure everone has heard so I won't state them here.

The PSP does have a lot of decent games, but I feel they get drowned out by DS' crazy fun and innovative games. Hey, I've had my DS for a few years and the double screens and touch screen STILL feel fresh and new.

I own both, but unfortunately my expensive PSP has gathered dust.

[Toasty]

I only own a DS, but I've played a PSP. The PSP definately has better graphics, and looks better, but the DS still has more going for it, and it has better games. The PSP is better for media, but the DS is better for games.

[Someone Else]

I wouldn't even say the PSP is good for media, other portable gadgets can pull of music and/or video play better.

[Toasty]

I guess you're right, but it's the smallest gadget I've seen to be able to play movies on a disc.

[FlamingDuck]

UMDs are dead. I hate to break it to you.

My DS is very old and its L button is not working...Which sucks for Hunters death matches.

But, I love my DS. To death. Or maybe just mild pain. I like it.

[Golden Legacy]

The UMD is no longer receiving continued support for movies. Even Sony's movie studios have pulled away from the format. Certainly had potential, but the PSP does not have a large enough fanbase to have the UMD become an alternative to the DVD format, which is what Sony had intended.

[FlamingDuck]

Plus, its more expensive than a normal DVD...Sure, pay like $10($7? $15? $20?) more for a movie on a teensy screen that you can take places. It certainly does have potential, but only as a sort of fun little diversion, and not a feature to be used constantly. If you need to watch a movie of the way to the mall, you should probably stop watching TV for a little.

I wonder what will happen with the Blu-ray(Blue ray? Blue Wray?) discs...But this topic isn't about them, is it?

[Aquamarine]

It is pretty obvious that I am for the DS. I don't have it, but there is no way the PSP can be better if you ask me. For many reasons. Which you all know of.

[Bexie]

The DS, dammit. *waves her smexy DS Lite around*
*dopey grin* xD

[Sea of Time]

The PSP has faded. UMD's are harder to come by and the games are still surprisingly bad. There's not much that could possibly save this system.

DS has a lot of support from Nintendo, and is my clear favorite. The games are better, and that's really all that matters.

[Joshua Johnson]

Especially the innovative games, such as Brain Age, AC: WW, Nintendogs. The DS wins, especially in creativity. Long live the DS, and *coughlongstaydeadinhecksonycough*

[TheEnglishman]

I think it is fair to say that the general overall quality of games that have been released is better on DS. PSP has faded a bit as SoT said.

[Golden Djinn13]

I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE THE PSP.

I'm not saying that the DS is bad, in fact after testing my friends I kinda want one. But the PSP keeps me entertained (Even though 80%...okay 90% of the games for it suck).

[Sea of Time]

The PSP is great for multimedia freaks, but only if you get the right amount of memory. With only a little memory, the PSP can't do much. If you get yourself the right amount though, and pay the right price, it can pretty much cover your multimedia spectrum.

I would still rather have an iPod though.