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I've been looking at getting a Nintendo DS because New Super Mario Bros videos on youtube look really badass. If anyone owns a DS and wants to post their opinion of the system overall, please do! I used to love gameboys and stuff when I was a kid, so something like this may either be awesome.. or complete shit.
To anyone that does post, are there any good Zelda/EQ/WOW type games? Offline RPGs are fun sometimes. (Baldur's Gate, Fable, etc)
TY future posters~
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I Love love loveeeee my DS - It actually has rival'd some console systems to me. The versatility is amazing, there is free Wifi connection game you can play online with friends - There is also customizability with the Nintendo Wii where some games you can play with Wii users as a DS player, I found that simply awesome.
Like recently the Sonic All Star racing game (I believe its Wii Compatable) is similar to Mario kart but pretty good graphics for the little handheld.
Zelda: Spirit Tracks just came out and its awesome, complete with in-game cinematics - There are features the DS have that are just pure genius.
For example: Theres a microphone that you sometimes have to yell at or blow on to play a magic instrument, or to blow a torch out or an object in a aimed direction to hit a switch. The stylist works well with some games and is built to be very cool and different as opposed to using the D-pad, where other games the D-Pad is fine.
New Super Mario Bros is a pretty fun game, and there is a Ragnarok Single player game that came out recently that mimics Ragnarok Online, but in a single player setting w/lots of characters in the world to make it feel like your "online" in some ways.
The Final Fantasy remakes are all well done and have higher poly-count then their Super NES counterparts, voice acting was introduced into FF4, and FF5/FF6 will follow soon hopefully.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: This is more of an arcade-action RPG where you solve puzzles similarly to zelda, but with a lot of jumping and carrying things etc. Its very fun and cute to boot. You can play it online on the Wifi with ppl as well and with people on the Wii
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 was a pretty good game, not as amazing as the original for PS1 but it was a well-done game imo, and it kept me busy for hours.
Basically the DS is my favorite all time hand-held and I'd recommend it to anybody, especially if your on the-go and dont have want to hassle and set up a console to a large screen TV. The Wifi capabilities and the utility built into the DS make it a very "fun" piece of hardware.
I bought the R4 chip, and its simply amazing. The R4 chip does require tech-savvyness though, you will have to upgrade firmware and know how to work with flash-drives & files being in the proper directories, as well as applying patches for certain games to run properly on it. It really doesn't take long and its well worth it imo (love it) though and it saves me cost in this economy when I really only spend my $ on the essentials (like hair/clothes and food/rent etc.)
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So conclusion, very far from garbage, in fact - Pure Gold.
The 3DS is also the next handheld they've been advertising with some technology that makes their games 3D/Holographic or something... I havent looked into it yet though.