Nintendo finalizes the DS

[Boro]

as promised, nintendo gave the DS a face lift since E3, they have revealed the model that will launch and also that the title will remain as the Nintendo DS



there is an article here:

http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/534/534070p1.html


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[HeadHunter]

stylish.....

[youthinasia]

Wow...that's the best close-up I've seen all day. nice. it looks a lot better than what they displayed at E3....

[Drizzt240]

Looks sexy.

The power button is really close to the D-pad.

What if you hit it on accident.

[Boro]

i was worried about that also, i'll actually have to have it in my hands tho to see if its a problem or not

[Alien]

Why still DS? Couldn't they come up with something funky?

[Boro]

i think the days of clever names are done for.

[halo7]

it looks much sleeker and small... ill buy it

[Inval1d]

much better than the orignal concept.


i might get it.

[Boro]

Originally posted by Drizzt240
Looks sexy.

The power button is really close to the D-pad.

What if you hit it on accident.


ign has wondered this aswell... they are guessing that you have to hold down the power button like on phones and stuff

[Tornado]

Originally posted by boromir-pso
i think the days of clever names are done for.

Remember when the Gamecube was known as "The Dolphin"?

*shudders*

[ruban]

I was seriously against the DS at first, but as I read ideas for possible games I would be lying if I said it hasn't interested me now.

[halo7]

yeah a suprisingly good game list

[Boro]

they have a **** load of developers too.. more then 100 and right now there are more then 120 games in development.


Remember when the Gamecube was known as "The Dolphin"?

*shudders*

i was thinking more along the lines of genesis, saturn, jaguar, dreamcast....


*curses sony for driving sega out of business*

[Alien]

Originally posted by Tornado
Remember when the Gamecube was known as "The Dolphin"?

*shudders* I liked the name The Dolphin, mainly because they had some cool logos for it better than the Cube's logos. But I do under stand that The Dolphin is a crap name for a computer console.

[spiderman_2k]

Looks like a more mature turn for Nintys handhelds.

[EvilDeadNDN]

I cant wait til Nintendos next console.. codenamed Revolution or something.

anyways, Ill buy this.

[Andrey83]

Originally posted by boromir-pso
i think the days of clever names are done for.

Was "super nintendo" a clever name??? :confused: "Sega Mega Drive"???? No way.

Anyway, why does it have 2 screens? (and dont answer "so you can look at two screens at the same time" ;) ) I get that part. But is there a real purpose for that?

[EvilDeadNDN]

I heard that it has some function in their new games, but Im not too sure, I think I saw a screen from E3 of a dude playin mario kart and the top screen was the game play and the bottom one showed a map of where the characters were on the track.

and also, its not a bad marketing pitch.

"lets have two screens!, the first of our kind!" "DEAL!"

[Boro]

Originally posted by Andrey83
Was "super nintendo" a clever name??? :confused: "Sega Mega Drive"???? No way.


no. but famicon was. as was genesis and dreamcast. jaguar. intelevision. saturn.

[EvilDeadNDN]

I liked the Nomad. it was a clever name because it basically traveled with you and whatnot.

good literal name me thinks.

[Alien]

Originally posted by boromir-pso
no. but famicon was. as was genesis and dreamcast. jaguar. intelevision. saturn. The Genesis was The Mega-Drive and I think Mega-Drive was a better name by far. I don't know maybe it was because I grew up on the Mega-Drive or rather the Mega-Drive2. I loved Sonic on the Mega-Drive and I didn't own one Sonic game for it coz it was my brothers and he wouldn’t let me get games for it.

[konman72]

Was "super nintendo" a clever name??? :confused: "Sega Mega Drive"???? No way.

Anyway, why does it have 2 screens? (and dont answer "so you can look at two screens at the same time" ;) ) I get that part. But is there a real purpose for that?
Ummmm, have you read ANYTHING about this system? Its a method for innovation, as one person pointed out, one screen can have the action while the other has the map, but thats just the start, one is a touch screen, so you could act on there while stuff is happening on the top screen. Both screens are capable of 3d graphics so once some good ideas start forming about how to implement them they will start getting cool, with action taking place on both screens, while the player switches between the two. Imagine a game where you control two characters in two different places, you could switch between the two, while having one on each screen. Its mainly just a system for innovation, give the developers the tools and then they will find great ways to use them.

[poopsydude]

i am so getting this!

[Xander]

Great! a new gameboy. They really need movie bad huh?

[Mr. Frodo]

personally i think Sony's PSP will be better

[Boro]

Great! a new gameboy. They really need movie bad huh?



nintendo is saying that this isnt a gameboy....

[krazy_marco74]

now i really dont know which to buy, i would only buy one of them, PSP or DS. on PSP i can watch movies (ff7:advent children!!) psp i think has a cooler design. on DS, theres are lots of new features.

[Boro]

i'm scepticle abut the use of the stylus for the ds.... i'll have to wait and see.

[Andrey83]

Ummmm, have you read ANYTHING about this system? Its a method for innovation, as one person pointed out, one screen can have the action while the other has the map, but thats just the start, one is a touch screen, so you could act on there while stuff is happening on the top screen. Both screens are capable of 3d graphics so once some good ideas start forming about how to implement them they will start getting cool, with action taking place on both screens, while the player switches between the two. Imagine a game where you control two characters in two different places, you could switch between the two, while having one on each screen. Its mainly just a system for innovation, give the developers the tools and then they will find great ways to use them.

Sorry i dont spend all my time investigating nintendo. No need to be insulting just because you happend to know something another man didnt. In this case me. If that is all you can do, then you are better off keeping your mouth shut.