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Soundwave on 23 March 2010
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theprof00 said:
ElRhodeo said:

theprof00 said:

Is it a continuance of the DS series or a replacement. They said it is a successor, right? That doesn't mean it's a standalone.

I mean, I don't think we will be tracking it seperately from the DS either, which would mean that it's still just a DS, right?

I have no clue what you're trying to say. A successor is not a "standalone"? PS PS2 PS3? Huh?
The second sentence makes no sense either... if it's a new system, it will be tracked separately. Is it a new system? That's up to Nintendo, not VGChartz.

I mean.. you know what "new system" means. New technology. CPU, GPU, everything. Comes along every 5 years or so. Games that weren't possible on the previous system.
DS, DS lite and DSi were the same, save for some additional gimmicks on the DSi (that were mostly unrelated to the actual gaming). From what we've heard, 3DS will Nintendo's next generation. 

 

I didn't say a successor is not a standalone. I said it doesn't MEAN it is a standalone.

lerntoread

In teh context of the words, a replacement takes up the end of something else. A successor doesn't necessarily mean that, it's just the one that comes next.

And I know you think you are being SMRT, but the DSi is capable of playing games that the DS can't play (not possible on previous system). However, it is not a successor. It is just one in the family. PERIOD.

 

@Xen

I think the difference is if the 3DS plays 3d DS games. The GBA played it's own games that were incompatible on a fundamental level, not just graphically. I'm thinking more along the lines of a DSi than the GBA.

 

Dude ... accept it already. 

It's the next-generation DS.

Of course it has "DS" in the title ... Nintendo would be stupid to ditch the DS name after all the brand recoginition they have built with it -- you are talking about the best selling game platform in the history of video games (soon to eclipse the PS2). 

This is like thinking the Playstation 2 is just a redesigned PSOne because it has "Playstation" in the title and was backwards compatible. 

Devs have kits already and they're saying it's comparable to the GameCube in horsepower. This is not another DSi. That's the DSi XL, if you want to spend $190 on that (lol), go right ahead.