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Originally posted by: C3PX
"The DS has a far better line up of native games, though."

Not to mention it folds up to protect itself, and even the non "Lite" version is by no means large and clunky, something that defines the PSP. And DS can play GBA games (Metroid Fusion!) and it has Phantom Hourglass. I like the whole sylus setup too, another thing the PSP lacks, thanks to Sony being void of imagination.

Well, I googled around for a while, and found that there is a device that can be bought for the DS for as little as $39 that allows it to play home brew (which would include the GB emulator) as well as Mp3, pictures, ebooks, and Divx files. That would make it in my opinion the singularly most useful handheld device in the history of mankind. All it lacks is a means of fast worldwide transportaion, a cloaking device, laser canons, and an energy shield that makes its barer invincible. Once they have a version that can do all that, I shall perchase it then go to live the rest of my life in the mountians as a hermit. It'll be great!


I have one of those accessories that can be used for emulation. It is great!!!! I have tons of, SNES, NES, MAME and Genesis games. All you need is that device (which is like any regular DS game) and a SD card. You can back up your games and put them all on the card or download Japan only games!!!!!! But they won't emulate GB you need to get a separate card to do that that goes in the second slot.

The emulation device

Link for the GBA device

I'm getting a Nintendo DS for my Brother for Christmas I think I might get him a R4 as well.
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I'm still not sure how this thing works. I get that it puts a new firmware onto your DS, but then what? How do you get the GBC/GB content from your computer to the DS?

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Originally posted by: sean wookie

I have one of those accessories that can be used for emulation. It is great!!!! I have tons of, SNES, NES, MAME and Genesis games. All you need is that device (which is like any regular DS game) and a SD card. You can back up your games and put them all on the card or download Japan only games!!!!!! But they won't emulate GB you need to get a separate card to do that that goes in the second slot.

The emulation device

Link for the GBA device

I'm getting a Nintendo DS for my Brother for Christmas I think I might get him a R4 as well.



Man, I wish I was your brother. Yeah, I looked saw that R4 card during my searches, seems like a great deal. It would be great being able to play all my old SNES, and NES games on the go. Does it come with the ability to emulate those right out of the box? Or is it a home brew program that you have to load on it? I am surprised it doesn't play GB games, since it can play NES and SNES.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I'm still not sure how this thing works. I get that it puts a new firmware onto your DS, but then what? How do you get the GBC/GB content from your computer to the DS?


You use the a SD card for the file storage.
http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/images/D/r4-ds-backup-unit-with-2gb-kingston-microsd-card.jpg
And when you buy the R4 it comes with something so you can connect the SD card into your computer. It's the orange thing in the picture.
http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/images/D/r4-nintendo-ds-lite-slot-1-micro-sd-backup-unit-2.jpg
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This sort of thing just scares the crap out of me. I think I'm gonna break it. This is why I never got into modding PC games. O_O

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I really don't think there is much you could do to break your DS with this thing. It is just like a game cart with a MicroSD card slot. There are other forms of DS modding that could do damage, but this R4 thing is pretty safe. I remember back in the N64 days everyone was saying that if you use 3rd party controllers or memory cards they might break your N64. My friend even told me that my warranty would be void if I used a third party controller. Six months after buying my third party controller the joy stick went out on it, proving that there was a ligitimate reason for not buying 3rd party, but it wasn't because it would break my system. Maybe Nintendo employees go online and spread these rumors in order to keep people from buying things like this.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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I wish NPCs in Oblivion were a little more diverse.
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I wish the NPCs in real life were a little more diverse.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Originally posted by: C3PX
I wish the NPCs in real life were a little more diverse.


I always think of NPCs as the people who work for the government. They want to keep things going smoothly. If we were in the Matrix that is. I love how you can put all these mods in Oblivion, now I can have more NPC models!!
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Alright I bought a DS. The only game I have bought so far is Metroid Fusion (yeah, I know that is a GBA game. I have yet to buy a real DS game). Man, that game is really good! Since I bought the thing I have been spending way too much time on the toilet, but man, crapping has never been so much fun. It was happy to see Ridley make an appearance again, I was disappointed I beat him on the first try though, I actually kept switching the game off and reloading it so I could beat him again. His sounds effects were pretty surprising coming from those tiny DS speakers. I am at the SA-X now, I can beat her, but by the time she mutates my health is so low she wipes me out pretty quick. A few more tries and I'll get it. Great sequel to Super Metroid. I tried this game out once before and felt bogged down by all the reading that was required (not that I have anything against reading, I'm just used to my Metroid games being mostly action, and all the text really slowed things down), but that ends after you get just a short way into the game, and from then on it is all action with little bits of story here and there. I feel a Metroid kick coming on, maybe I will start seriously working my way through Prime next. I own it but it has been kind of like the book setting on your book shelf that you don't want to start until you know you'll have time to read it straight through over a relatively short period of time. I don't want to get half way through, then get too busy for it and have to come back months later. I hate doing that with games, and I have already managed to do that with Wind Waker.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Yeah, I picked up a Metroid addiction after beating Fusion a couple weeks ago. As soon as I beat it, I took out the cartridge, replaced it with Zero Mission, and breezed through that in a couple of days. Now I'm on Super Metroid.

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Hmm, I should pick up a copy of Zero Mission. I know it is just a remake of a game I have already beaten a million times, but it sounds like a really great remake. Not to mention it contains the original as a hidden bonus so I can beat it a million more times even while on the go. I really wish they had ported Super Metroid to the GBA, I'd drop some bucks on that without a second thought.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Well see, my fondness for Zero Mission was sort of a gradual process. See, up until I fought Mother Brain I thought it was an okay remake. But then when my ship was shot down on the space pirate homeworld and I had nothing but a stun pistol, I thought it was an AWESOME remake.

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Everytime I get a Metroid addiction I end up watching the Alien trilogy. Seriously, you could almost change the title at the opening of Alien to Metroid, and change every mention of "anthromorph" to "Metroid" and you would end up having a film adaption that is much more accurate than most video game to film adaptions. Only Samus wouldn't be in it. Okay, maybe the two are not exactly that close, but there are some pretty big similarities, and I find the eerie lonely feeling of the first Metroid games to be very much like the eerie lonely feeling of Alien/s/3. I find the two to compliment each other fantastically.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Mario Galaxy: MY...GOD. A masterpiece. Fired it up yesterday. Unbelievable.
Nemo me impune lacessit

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I'm enjoying Mario Galaxy, but it doesn't have the difficulty of Super Mario Bros. 3 or anything like that. The levels could also stand to be less linear. (And I'm not a fan of returning to the same level over and over and over again.)

"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself.  It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005

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Originally posted by: Tiptup
I'm enjoying Mario Galaxy, but it doesn't have the difficulty of Super Mario Bros. 3 or anything like that. The levels could also stand to be less linear. (And I'm not a fan of returning to the same level over and over and over again.)




SERIOUSLY ??? I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT GETTING A Wii JUST FOR THAT GAME. MY SON HAS BECOME A BIG MARIO FAN. HE'S ONLY FOUR, AND HE LOVES PLAYING MARIO KART, MARIO 2, AND MARIO WORLD ON HIS GAMEBOY ADVANCE.

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Originally posted by: C3PX
Hmm, I should pick up a copy of Zero Mission. I know it is just a remake of a game I have already beaten a million times, but it sounds like a really great remake.


Thing is, it's a remake, but it's an entirely different game at the core. The gameplay is tighter, if a good bit less difficult, and the graphics and levels are completely redone. Kraid and Ridley are massive like in Super Metroid, and the post-Mother Brain section of the game is incredible.

Anyway, I recently got the Orange Box for my birthday and Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty 4 for Christmas.

Not played CoD or Assassin's Creed yet, but I must say this: Portal is awesome. The portal gun is one of the best mechanics I've seen in a game in years. So far, Half Life 2 is impressive, but it's not the awesome experience I was expecting. It's fun, but the pacing feels off. I've been on a huge stretch of sheer action for two hours of game-time with no end in sight. Team Fortress 2 is fun, but the lag online is ridiculous, and I've not tested out Episode One or Two yet.

Still, for Portal alone I'd recommend a rental.

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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
SERIOUSLY ??? I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT GETTING A Wii JUST FOR THAT GAME. MY SON HAS BECOME A BIG MARIO FAN. HE'S ONLY FOUR, AND HE LOVES PLAYING MARIO KART, MARIO 2, AND MARIO WORLD ON HIS GAMEBOY ADVANCE.


He'd probably enjoy the game a lot. I find it very fun. I was just mentioning some features that I miss from the olden days.

"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself.  It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005

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Really? I actually love Super Mario Bros. 2 despite the fact that it's not an actual Mario game. Seeing speed throughs on YouTube where a guy beat it in 12 minutes have really gotten me to go back and appreciate all the characters in the game I didn't use as a kid... namely, everyone who's not the Princess. Luigi and Toad rock in that game.

And as for Galaxy, yeah, I got it for Christmas, and it's great! Hands down the best 3-D Mario game of the bunch. But some of those hidden stars have me scratching my head. Luigi says I've missed one in the Good Egg Galaxy, but I sure as hell can't figure it out.

But I did have a thought that kinda creeped me out a bit. Super Mario 64 is eleven years old now. That means it's 11 years older than Super Mario Galaxy. Well, Super Mario 64 is also eleven years older than Super Mario Bros. There has been as much time in between the original Super Mario Bros. and the game that brought the series into 3-D as there is between that game and the latest game in the series. For some reason, that makes me raise an eyebrow.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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I liked Super Mario Bros 2... it's different and not the near-flawless experience the other games are, but it's still good fun once you get the hang of the differences.

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Okay. Luigi found the star himself, and it was a simple exercise in finding him and getting it back. I am happy, though, that for the first time in a main 3-D Mario game, Luigi is there. This is the first time he's appeared in a main Mario game since Yoshi's Island, and the first time he's been playable in a main Mario game since Super Mario World!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.