Right now, I say DS, it's graphics are disappointing(sub n64 quality except for textures and maybe polygon counts), but for software rendering it looks very powerful, maybe some neat things will come of that. Also, the graphics look like they may be good enough for the screen sized, based on the games that were actually running on psp hardware rather than ps2, it may be hard to tell the difference on such small screens.(say, metal gear acid compared to metroid prime hunters)
The 2nd screen on the ds hasn't really impressed me, however the touch screen is a neat gimmick. As for the rest of the stuff on the ds, it looks good enough for the price and considering it's a handheld, pretty impressive that it's more capable than PDAs that cost $300 or $400 right now. The graphics actually beat the tapwave zodiac, which I believe has superior hardware, doesn't it?(unless ds has two arm9 chips, but still, load balancing is tough) I would not pay $300 or $400 for sub ps2 level graphics on a handheld, I don't play handhelds that much(note: I do own an lcd screen and battery for my gamecube, so portable good graphics is still an appealing idea to me, just not for $400, plus gba games seem to be devoid of life and fun most of the time, I actually kind of prefer nomad to gba because of the games) but $100 for a device with pda features is ok...could provide some entertaining games(like scratch wario's belly) and actually provide a useful linkup on nintendo's next console, unlike the rather useless combination of gba+gamecube. DS does need analog control though if they're going to port mario 64 to it, that's something they should rip off the psp.
DS also needs a redesign.....nintendo, make it more like the gameboy classic, at least then you can hold it with one hand, and that hand could at least reach the two shoulder buttons. Might be a good idea to wait for the SP version of this....
BTW, if the MBX supposendly costs only $17, and the DS is already in the $100-$200 range, why doesn't nintendo just add in an MBX so the DS can compete graphically with the PSP, and jump the price up to $150 or $200. Or drop the 2nd screen(keep the touch screen) and add the MBX..and drop the 2nd processor if it has one.
ChryZ wrote:
I've watched all the movies and checked out the screenshots, IMHO the DS's abilities are somewhere between SNES's Super FX Chip and Sega's Saturn
If anything its a bit more powerful than Saturn and at least on par with it.
Sssh! Don't tell that to tag, or she'll be out her with statistics and examples of why the Saturn version of Symphony of the Night and Clockwork Night are superior to Mario DS and Castlevania Order of Chaos.(OoC)
zurich wrote:
I find it interesting that alot of people voting for DS are citing the fact that the PSP will be PSOne/PS2 port-a-rific, when the GBA is flooded with NES/SNES ports/remakes, and the DS seems prime to carry on that tradition with N64 ports/remakes. I mean it's so blatant, it almost seems to be the focus of Nintendo's business strategy.
Well its alot diffrent getting ports from over 10 years ago then getting ports from 4 years ago.
Umm...count your years dude, mario 64 was 1996, ds is 2004, that's 8 years, almost 10. GBA came out in 2000 I believe(or 2001?), so it's ports were 10 years old, but we're not in the year 2000 anymore, and unless ds is getting ports of paper mario and conker's bad fur day(ports that it may not even be capable of doing) then you won't see 4 year old ports on the ds.
Oh, whoops, you were talking about PSP? Sorry eh?
Would i feel that way if they put on say gargoyles which was on when i was in highschool ? Not at all. Because its still fresh in my memory
Woah!? You can still remember gargoyles? Man, I barely can....cool show though. I can remember the old turtles show well enough though to know that the new one is in many ways superior, and I really liked the old turtles show.
Now unless there a new type of game that doesn't require the screen being on, you won't be getting 10 hrs of gameplaying per charge. You'll be lucky to get even 4 hours.
*Cough* Enemy Zero *Cough*
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