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jarrod on 04 December 2009

We'll get DS2 in fall/winter 2011, Wii 2 in fall/winter 2012. Nintendo had a DS2 variant ready for this fall and shelved it, they're going to wait a bit longer imo...



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Millennium on 04 December 2009
Slimebeast said:
Khuutra said:
Slimebeast said:

Yes but the experience is so limited with the small screen and weak sound.

Limited in what sense? Handheld games can convey any emotions that can be conveyed by console games, and tiny speakers don't take away from composition.

I don't feel very immersed or connected to the game when I play handhelds.

Maybe I have bad imagination lol?

Probably, and that's no one's problem but your own. People have been immersing themselves in video games since the days of the NES.



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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.

Pristine20 on 04 December 2009

The thing is beastly, what else is there to say? I mean the average DS user has more than one and always wants another. What other product has such power over the consumer even in the recession?



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

dolemit3 on 04 December 2009
Pristine20 said:
...I mean the average DS user has more than one and always wants another. What other product has such power over the consumer even in the recession?

Girlfriends?



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

Pristine20 on 04 December 2009
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
...I mean the average DS user has more than one and always wants another. What other product has such power over the consumer even in the recession?

Girlfriends?

You "buy" your girlfriends? o-o.



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

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dolemit3 on 04 December 2009
Pristine20 said:
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
...I mean the average DS user has more than one and always wants another. What other product has such power over the consumer even in the recession?

Girlfriends?

You "buy" your girlfriends? o-o.

Dinners at fancy restraunts can be quite expensive.



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

noname2200 on 04 December 2009
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
...I mean the average DS user has more than one and always wants another. What other product has such power over the consumer even in the recession?

Girlfriends?

You "buy" your girlfriends? o-o.

Dinners at fancy restraunts can be quite expensive.

Women love a man who can cook, and so does your pocketbook. Just sayin'...



Pristine20 on 04 December 2009
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
...I mean the average DS user has more than one and always wants another. What other product has such power over the consumer even in the recession?

Girlfriends?

You "buy" your girlfriends? o-o.

Dinners at fancy restraunts can be quite expensive.

Then you are a "consumer" of the restaurant not your girlfriend. I'm happy to hear that. It'll be even nicer if you had a girlfriend who didn't need to go to fancy restaurants to stay happy.



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

Wickedshyn on 04 December 2009

It means DS prints money.



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Pristine20 on 04 December 2009
Soriku said:
Slimebeast said:
Khuutra said:
Slimebeast said:

Yes but the experience is so limited with the small screen and weak sound.

Limited in what sense? Handheld games can convey any emotions that can be conveyed by console games, and tiny speakers don't take away from composition.

I don't feel very immersed or connected to the game when I play handhelds.

Maybe I have bad imagination lol?


That largely depends on the game you're playing. If you're playing something like an FPS on handhelds the experience isn't as good as consoles. But if you're playing something like an RPG, especially one with a good story, it can immerse you as much as a console game. TWEWY is still my favorite game this gen and it's on the DS.

Meh, I can't play games "on-the-go". I'd rather listen to music.



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler