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DS has nothing to do with number of tracks, old or new.
imagine if they used mini-dvd\'s and put 48 new tracks in?

having the map on the 2nd screen is moot.
put a much larger single screen in the unit and put the map in the corner like any other racing game.

the DS just gives me a headache while playing it.  the graphics are terrible compared to the PSP.

i salute nintendo for trying to keep innovating, but they took a wrong path with the dual screens and trying to make all games work with it.

just like the rev controller, it\'s going to be a nightmare

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I love how certain games, even if they are ten times more fun than any other PSP and it\'s still a "kids" system. And fyi - there is plenty of games that take advtanage of the DS and stylus now and make it much more than a gimmick.

I tried to play my PSP today. I wanted to give it a second chance, without buying any new games.

I couldn\'t.

Maybe once the next wave of games comes out.

Originally posted by mm
DS has nothing to do with number of tracks, old or new.
imagine if they used mini-dvd\'s and put 48 new tracks in?

having the map on the 2nd screen is moot.
put a much larger single screen in the unit and put the map in the corner like any other racing game.

Having tried it, I think having the full-screen map is cooler than it looks at first. You can zoom it in and it works almost like a rear view mirror for dropping bananas and stuff in front of other racers. And there\'s a new item that covers your vision, but if you think of it, you can switch to the map screen and use the top down view to get by pretty well in the mean time.

BTW, with another format, Nintendo wouldn\'t have put in 48 new tracks. Look at GCN. There\'s usually only 16 courses. Doubling it up was a nice surprise, regardless of the system.

Actually, I\'m not sure what your problem is with the DS. It has lots of good games, many of which have some kind of feature or features unique to games on this platform.

The PSP will always have better specs, but for now, the DS is the better system.

-Dan

Nevermind the game itself, MKDS\' graphics are very good as well.

Certainly much better than N64, and a rock-solid 60fps.

btw, don\'t bring the revolution controller into this. revolution is going to be huge because of it. just watch.

huge with the kids?

or huge meaning "number of controller accessories you have to buy"

you\'re comparing software (first party nintendo time old games), when i\'m talking hardware vs cost.

uh no. you were saying that it\'ll be hard to make games work with the new controller. I\'m saying it won\'t.

actually, i said we will have to buy a ton of accessories so every game "may possibly" work with it

no you didn\'t.

but that\'s still wrong anyway. at most you\'ll need to buy one controller attachment to make it playalbe with all games from GC and back. I say \'at most\' because you can simply plug in any GC controller into the console itself, so you don\'t even need to buy an attachment. and from there onwards, no button based controller will be able to do what the new revolution controller can do. so you got it the wrong way around.

yes...i did

i salute nintendo for trying to keep innovating, but they took a wrong path with the dual screens and trying to make all games work with it.

just like the rev controller, it\'s going to be a nightmare

every next gen controller can do what the rev controller can do, it\'s a free form analog stick

it\'s a gimmick

power glove 2.0

analog sticks can\'t register depth, pitch, yaw nor track themselves in 3d space. they\'re also less precise and more difficult to control. shout gimmik as loud and as often as you possibly can because you won\'t be able to do it anymore once the thing actually comes out.

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I\'ll agree that the Revolution controller smells of gimmick - but I think it is plain idotic to dimiss the Nintendo DS as a great handheld, right now, the best handheld.
Oh well, can\'t please everyone.

i swear ava does\'t read my posts

can i shout "3rd place again" too once it comes out?
:rofl:

I know hay, LIC. If it\'s such a "wrong path" then why do so many people like it? It would\'ve been the "wrong path" if it was so arrogantly self indulligent as the Virgual Boy. DS is clearly not the "wrong path".

speaking of wrong though, WRONG ABOUT REVOLUTION!!!!!!! just you watch.