Gameboy DS listed online @ CC

Chris_T

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Circuit City has the Gameboy DS listed HERE

Doesn't include much info except for the most important..
the price $199

The image of the DS also seems to be showing MarioKart.

Enjoy. ;)
 
Hmm I see Nintendo DS at that site, but not GameBoy DS :LOL:

Anyway speaking of DS, just saw this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48455&item=8116282754&rd=1

How in the world do people get away with this sort of crap:

this auction is not for the machine itself , you are infact bidding on a link to a website that will send you a DS as a free gift once you buy a ringtones cd from them, which costs £25 also this site is not run by myself so i cannot garrenttee they will actually send you one, all i will garrenttee you is the link.
 
Whats up with those selling of "links" on ebay to get supposedly "free" items anyways ? Just another scam in action me thinks. :cry:

Anyways, the wife's birthday is coming up fairly soon, and what she wants is a Gameboy Advanced SP, so I've been shopping around. Even looked at ebay just the other day and noticed those auctions on bidding to recieve a link for a "FREE" SP as well.

I showed her the DS last night to see what she thought of it. Her reaction was "It's ugly.", and also "It seems very clunky, too large." Again her reaction not mine. She's been doing the Harvest Moon thing on the 'Cube, and wants the SP with Link, and Friends of Mineral Town. I did buy her an Xbox for this past christmas, and soon regretted that and had to return it for the 'Cube. Remember a million fans can argue a million ways over which system is the best, but a wife is never wrong. :)
 
I'm not suprised Chris T, unfortunately the PR pics Nintendo released of DS (like the one on that site you posted) make it look massive. Nintendo really need to release some better pics of DS.

In reality its a little bit smaller then two GBA-SP's side by side and about the wieght of one and a half GBA-SP's:

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How does it look massive ? He can hold it in one hand. Thats pretty small. I'd like to see someone hold a psp like that
 
jvd

Yeah I agree, in reality (as the pic I posted shows) DS is quite small. Its the PR pics Nintendo themselves released (like the one shown on that site in the first post) that make it look big and clunky.
 
Teasy said:
jvd

Yeah I agree, in reality (as the pic I posted shows) DS is quite small. Its the PR pics Nintendo themselves released (like the one shown on that site in the first post) that make it look big and clunky.
ah i thought that pic made it look big and clunky
 
Hmm, certainly the PSP will be larger (width-wise) and I'm betting a few times heavier as well. Yet I'm wondering that due to the ergonomics of the DS (clam shell) that one can't really cradle it in the palm of a hand since it opens up and might be potentially unbalancing (the upper screen shifts the center of gravity).
 
(the upper screen shifts the center of gravity)

Nintendo knows what they're doing as the majority of the weight is in the base (battery and electronics). The top screen is very thin compared to the base as a matter of fact the base is at least twice the thickness of the top half. If you've seen pictures of its profile, you'll know what I'm talking about. Just look at the SP, it's just a smaller version of the DS and it doesn't have balance problems.
 
PC-Engine said:
Nintendo knows what they're doing as the majority of the weight is in the base (battery and electronics). The top screen is very thin compared to the base as a matter of fact the base is at least twice the thickness of the top half. If you've seen pictures of its profile, you'll know what I'm talking about. Just look at the SP, it's just a smaller version of the DS and it doesn't have balance problems.

Naturally the majority will be in the bottom half (battery and such). Yet my only fear was that, when using the stylus, you likely aren't holding the DS in the same manner as you would sans stylus (two hands) because now one hand is holding the stylus and the other is forced to cradle it. It's this cradling that I worry about as it might be more tiring to stretch the hand around the width of the base.
 
Ty said:
PC-Engine said:
Nintendo knows what they're doing as the majority of the weight is in the base (battery and electronics). The top screen is very thin compared to the base as a matter of fact the base is at least twice the thickness of the top half. If you've seen pictures of its profile, you'll know what I'm talking about. Just look at the SP, it's just a smaller version of the DS and it doesn't have balance problems.

Naturally the majority will be in the bottom half (battery and such). Yet my only fear was that, when using the stylus, you likely aren't holding the DS in the same manner as you would sans stylus (two hands) because now one hand is holding the stylus and the other is forced to cradle it. It's this cradling that I worry about as it might be more tiring to stretch the hand around the width of the base.

Try this then:

Take an SP with screen open, hold the bottom half from top to bottom instead of from left to right. Now imagine the SP having a touch screen in the bottom half and using a stylish for input and holding it like I described. Why would you hold the width of the base when you could hold the height of the base considering the DS isn't square like the SP?
 
Why would you hold the width of the base when you could hold the height of the base considering the DS isn't square like the SP?

Becasue you would most likely be using the d-pad along with the stylus to play a game, like with Metroid.
 
Dural said:
Why would you hold the width of the base when you could hold the height of the base considering the DS isn't square like the SP?

Becasue you would most likely be using the d-pad along with the stylus to play a game, like with Metroid.

Um and holding the DS by its width isn't going to allow simultaneous control pad/stylus operation either. ;)

Metroid is one game that also allows non-stylus operation. I think most games that will use the stylus with either be stylus only during gameplay and/or have the option of control pad only operation. There will be very few games that would require simultaneous stylus/control pad use during gameplay. If MP was the ONLY DS game and NOT have two control options then you might have a point. Taking one example in a desparate attempt to exaggerate the situation isn't going make it the rule. :LOL:

My sedan can't transverse mud that's 1 foot deep, but that's why I have a 4X4.
 
jvd said:
How does it look massive ? He can hold it in one hand. Thats pretty small. I'd like to see someone hold a psp like that

i can hold a xbox in one hand. and if i'm a bit carefull even with a ps2 on top of that
 
hey69 said:
jvd said:
How does it look massive ? He can hold it in one hand. Thats pretty small. I'd like to see someone hold a psp like that

i can hold a xbox in one hand. and if i'm a bit carefull even with a ps2 on top of that

Can yuo hold it as he is holding the ds in one hand .

I could hold a bike in one hand . But not between my thumb and pinky like he is doing
 
PC-Engine said:
Try this then:

Take an SP with screen open, hold the bottom half from top to bottom instead of from left to right. Now imagine the SP having a touch screen in the bottom half and using a stylish for input and holding it like I described. Why would you hold the width of the base when you could hold the height of the base considering the DS isn't square like the SP?

Just did this little exercise (had to remove Boktai from my SP since it was sticking out).

Oddly enough, without a cart, one can feel the difference in center of mass quite easily. That is, a cart (Boktai in this example) acts as a nice counter-weight to the top screen. Whether or not this is a similiar problem on the DS I can't speculate - in other words, even the tiny weight of a cart matters for ergonomics here.

I held the SP in place as you suggested and I guess the reason why I assumed people would be trying to hold (width-wise palm up aka cradle it) it as I proffered was simply because I think most people prefer to cradle objects in this manner vs. holding in the manner you suggested. Your method is certainly viable mind you, but on the SP I can feel that I am forced to stretch the distance between my thumb and forefinger quite a bit whereas with the SP I can easily cradle it (again palm up). Now the big question is (which is what I was hinting at in my first post) is cradling the DS less of an option and therefore will owners be pushed to holding it in the manner you suggested? If so, kids will have difficulty because the distance their hand can span is far smaller than mine.
 
Yes that tiny cartridge makes a big difference as a counter balance even though it itself weighs almost nothing. I believe Nintendo does extensive ergonomics testing for their handhelds to a certain extent. Anyway when I gave the example I was assuming you'd hold it with palm down (thumb on bottom edge) as that to me felt more comfortable, however, like you said children with small hands might have a problem with it though there's really no way around it.
 
jvd said:
hey69 said:
jvd said:
How does it look massive ? He can hold it in one hand. Thats pretty small. I'd like to see someone hold a psp like that

i can hold a xbox in one hand. and if i'm a bit carefull even with a ps2 on top of that

Can yuo hold it as he is holding the ds in one hand .

I could hold a bike in one hand . But not between my thumb and pinky like he is doing

Ok let's not get into a "i can hold more than u can in one hand" cause we all know i beat u all on that one.
 
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