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I think that's more of a function of Nintendo taking a dive than Sony doing something right. Oh well. I can still remember the N64 glory days.

Anyway, I'm poking around now, and MAN I wish I'd picked up three or four PSTwo's. Those things are selling great now and would have paid for themselves. Oh well.
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It is mostly a function of changing demographics. A lot of gamers today think of Nintendo as a kid's brand, like playdough or fisher price.

For some reason, given two equally good games, a game in the Halo franchise will sel better than a Metroid Prime game at the same price.

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That new Gameboy is fancy schmancy (and I'm not talking about the SP). Must cost a fortune though.
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You mean the Nintendo DS, right? They actually are not using the moniker "GameBoy" on it. Just Nintendo DS. And it runs $149.99 at just about any retail outlet. Not terrible. But when you consider that is the same price currently being charged for a brand new PS2 or X-Box, it starts to look a little expensive. But I think it still plays all the old GBA games.
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Touch screen, baby.

I got to hand it to Nintendo. When they announced the DS, I was just thinking "that's it, the end of Nintendo." I know they took a hit this generation, although they've been pulling through with the handhelds. But I thought the DS was the nail in the coffin, it sounded like such a terrible idea.

But they pulled it off. now that I see it and everything, it's not a bad idea. We'll see how it does over time.

Oh yeah, I think it also has wireless networking.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
My brother comes home and tells me just now that his friend as either broken our PS2, or traded my bro's working one for his friend's broken one.


Hey, what're friends for?

Sounds more like a leeching jerk to me
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I don't know what I'd do if my PS2 actually broke.
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If my PS2 got fried, I'd take out all the frustration ever hard game I've ever played on it has ever caused me by beating the crap out of it.

Like Webb did on X=Play.

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I remember that.
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And in both trials the Cube was the only survivor.

Nintendo makes hardy stuff. I was playing perfect Dark once, when I accidently jerked the 64 of the TV and it fell (about 2 feet), landed upside down on the cartrige, and didn't skip a beat.

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The problem with Nintendo is that they seem to believe that they are incapable of doing any wrong. They've butted heads with both Sony and Square in the past and have gotten nothing but heartaches. The only real problem with Nintendo is the men in charge; the same CEO who made these stupid decisions should be retired by now.
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Just a quick rewind. I think it was starboy that was talking about the feratures on the DS. I thought I'd confirm some stuff:

Nintendo DS
- Yes, it has wireless networking
- It has 2 screens, one being touch/pressure-sensitive
- The DS has 2 different CPU chips (I think an ARM-9 and an ARM-7), giving it processing power almost equivilent to the N64.
- I just saw today that Nintendo is going to offer a memory card adapter which will, get this, let you play MPEG-4 video and/or MP3 music. So, looking like, in a limited way, its going to soon gain the same functionality as the PSP.
- DS is backward-compatible with previous Gameboy games (articles I've read specifically say GBA games, but I have to think that GBC and GB games would also be counted in that).
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Originally posted by: starkiller
Just a quick rewind. I think it was starboy that was talking about the feratures on the DS. I thought I'd confirm some stuff:

Nintendo DS
- Yes, it has wireless networking
- It has 2 screens, one being touch/pressure-sensitive
- The DS has 2 different CPU chips (I think an ARM-9 and an ARM-7), giving it processing power almost equivilent to the N64.
- I just saw today that Nintendo is going to offer a memory card adapter which will, get this, let you play MPEG-4 video and/or MP3 music. So, looking like, in a limited way, its going to soon gain the same functionality as the PSP.
- DS is backward-compatible with previous Gameboy games (articles I've read specifically say GBA games, but I have to think that GBC and GB games would also be counted in that).


Very cool about the memory card adaptor. And if it can play the old GBA games, I see no reason why it shouldn't be able to play GBC and GB games as well. They all had the same interface.
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Nope.

It can't play GB and GBC games. It runs GBA games through emulation, but it doesn't have an GBC/GB emulator. So if you still play GBC games, you need to keep your GBA or GBP around for a while longer.

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Or get the Game Boy Player for your Gamecube.

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Or just get the emulator for your PC.

But, um, that's only if you actually own the gameboy and their games.
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Kinda loses the whole portability aspect when you have to put the emulator on your PC, though, doesn't it? Can't just take the thing out of your pocket on a whim and fire it up anymore.
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i know this is ps2 thread technically, but since the DS was mentioned. I was playing metroid on the DS at eb the other day and couldnt figure out how to shoot, i hit every button and clicked all over the screen but nothing...anyone know how to shoot in this game?

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There are several control schemes.

On most of them, fire is either of the shoulder buttons. There is one sceem that requires you to tap the screen, which is really worthless.

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I don't understand why people would go for the "no touch-screen" control scheme in MP, its both hard to control and pointless, if you wanted to play games with d-pads and buttons, go back to the SP
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Very cool about the memory card adaptor. And if it can play the old GBA games, I see no reason why it shouldn't be able to play GBC and GB games as well. They all had the same interface.


Nintendo to Bring Music, Video to DS Game Machine

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo (news - web sites) Co. will begin selling an adaptor for its DS and Game Boy Advance handheld game players to allow them to play music and video, the company said, matching a popular feature on Sony's portable game machine.
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The DS, which by itself is strictly a game device, will be able to play video in the MPEG-4 format and songs in the MP3 format by inserting a memory card into the adaptor, which is plugged into a slot in the machine.

The adaptor will also work with the DS predecessor, the Game Boy Advance SP.
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"Someone could record a TV program on a memory card and then watch it the next day on their way to work on the train," said Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa, adding that it would allow for playback of CD-quality sound, depending on the transfer rate.

The company will start selling the adaptor in February in Japan for about 5,000 yen ($47.47), Minagawa said. That is roughly the difference between the price of the DS by itself, at 15,000 yen, and the PSP, which sells for 19,800 yen before tax.
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
I don't understand why people would go for the "no touch-screen" control scheme in MP, its both hard to control and pointless, if you wanted to play games with d-pads and buttons, go back to the SP


Well. There is the 3D graphics capabilities and wireless multiplayer gaming.

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