Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: UncleBob on April 05, 2010, 12:44:36 AM
Title: What happened to DS Games detecting the GBA cartridge slot?
Post by: UncleBob on April 05, 2010, 12:44:36 AM
Has this feature been used in forever (outside of Pokémon and Guitar Hero, that is)?
Now, granted, I *know* the DSi/DSiXL doesn't have a GBA slot and that *could* have something to do with it.
I've been playing Wario Ware: DIY and enjoying it. To me, this seems like the *perfect* game to add something when you have one of the GBA titles (Twisted or the original Mega Micro Game$) in the GBA slot. Even if it's just a record, comic, or some sprite work. But *nothing*.
How sad. :(
Title: Re: What happened to DS Games detecting the GBA cartridge slot?
Post by: Kytim89 on April 05, 2010, 12:51:10 AM
Has this feature been used in forever (outside of Pokémon and Guitar Hero, that is)?
Now, granted, I *know* the DSi/DSiXL doesn't have a GBA slot and that *could* have something to do with it.
I've been playing Wario Ware: DIY and enjoying it. To me, this seems like the *perfect* game to add something when you have one of the GBA titles (Twisted or the original Mega Micro Game$) in the GBA slot. Even if it's just a record, comic, or some sprite work. But *nothing*.
How sad. :(
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2 detected the first game in order to provide an exclusive power up in A2.
Title: Re: What happened to DS Games detecting the GBA cartridge slot?
Post by: TJ Spyke on April 05, 2010, 01:26:41 PM
I think WarioWare: Touched! used it too. It was already a rarely used feature, but I guess the huge success of the DSi put an end to any future use of it use of it since developers don't want to alienate DSi/DSi XL owners (although Activision didn't mind releasing the Guitar Hero On Tour games, which don't work on DSi and DSi XL systems).
Title: Re: What happened to DS Games detecting the GBA cartridge slot?
Post by: MoronSonOfBoron on April 06, 2010, 01:49:34 AM
I once dreamed that a DS game could have episodic content available as cheap, affordable GBA carts. Of course, this was all before digital distribution really took off.
Title: Re: What happened to DS Games detecting the GBA cartridge slot?
Post by: Shorty McNostril on April 06, 2010, 02:30:45 AM
There was the Rumble cart in Prime Hunters. Bit different to the use you are talking about though.
Title: Re: What happened to DS Games detecting the GBA cartridge slot?
Post by: Arbok on April 06, 2010, 02:05:57 PM
Advance Wars DS also used it with Advance Wars 2.
Overall, I don't miss the lack of use of the feature to be honest.
