Topic: Latest DS Details

[Bill Aurion]

Ugh!  That, by far, is my most hated John Lennon song ever!

*beats Koji to a pulp*

[Ian Sane]

"later, COLOR TVs were thought of as a gimic..."

REALLY?  That seems like something that everyone would want.  Movies were in colour when TV was still black & white so it seems pretty natural to have colour for TV as well.  My dad sure didn't think it has a gimmick when he first saw colour TV.  He thought "it's about f*cking time."

Anyway this whole "what can you do with two screens that you can't do with one" question has a very simple answer.  A huge screen makes for a huge portable which is inconvenient.  Two screens allows one to fold the unit in half thus increasing portability.

[curt_fehr]

 
nolimit19 says:
lol unfortunately they are that dense


I think the term your looking for is genius.  You must not have the whole picture of what Nintendo is doing.  20 years ago, critics were bashing Nintendo for not only investing so terribly much into game developement, but also just releasing the NES in the US.  So if you look at the whole picture, there best decisions have always been bashed and criticized before any results or conclusions come forth. After the results come in, then the critics praise Nintendo for the same thing they were bashing them for a few months back.  Geez, where's the faith nowadays?

[odifiend]

Most of the faith just evaporated.  That phenomenon is what people in the gaming business like to call the Playstation- which I guess you could argue was a nintendo.

[Edisim]

I think KDR is basically right about nintendo's marketing of the ds, and that Iansane is right about their rumored consideration for the replacing of the gba with the ds. But I think that there could be more to it. Maybe it started out as "project: screw sony" rather than "the next gba", but grew into something much more. They probably weren't too serious/realistic about what the new system could/would/should do, and one day (after smoking some funky stuff), they said, "let's throw in two processors, two screens, and a bunch of other sh1t." Though they probably were less coherent... Then everybody's favorite god of gaming, shiggy, saw the crazy specs, and came up with some seriously brilliant ideas.. Then of course, Nintendo realized what Iansane realized, and now are not sure what to do with this and the gba.

There's also the possibility that maybe the system has somehow evolved into an "intermediary" system. That is, maybe it can function as a portable gaming device, but can also function as some sort of "at home" device. I know I played the gba as much at home as on the road. (Well, I used to... haven't touched the thing in a while.) Perhaps the wireless connectivity could, at least as one of its functions, serve to communicate game data between the gcn/n5 and the nds for easier syncing/moving of game data/characters/virtual-pets.

Just had another thought about the two supposedly vertical screens while thinking back to the idea of using the lower panel (if it's a touch screen--as unlikely as that is.) as a 'virtual control panel'... What if the top screen could be flipped all the way over (past 180 degrees. way past) such that your opponent could see it, and indeed that he/she was intended to see it? I can't really think off-hand of any great gaming possibilites but... Actually, I guess it wouldn't necessarily even have to flip all the way over; it could just flip up, then be rotated--like that pda-thing whose name I can't remember.. heck, if the top screen could be flipped and turned/rotated, it could even just sit flat on the system so the thing would look like a normal one-screened device if the game doesn't make use of the second screen.

And before anyone asks what I've been smoking--it's nothing. I don't smoke anything, personally. (It's all second-hand.)  

[Uncle Rich AiAi]

I'm wondering if the DS will piss people off that there's another Nintendo hardware. *cough*Sega*cough*

The SP came out almost a year ago, and I'm sure there were gamers who were pissed that Nintendo didn't released that as the original GBA (even I refuse to buy a SP, choosing to stick with the original GBA).  There will be gamers who may think the DS is the next GBA, and may be pissed there will be a new handheld to buy.

[KnowsNothing]

=O  AIA!?!

Love the sig!  I haven't been able to catch up on my news lately, so I'm not sure if I know the whole story on the DS or the latest details, but from what I have gathered I'm one of those people that doesn't want to see it. :\

[RABicle]

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Ugh! That, by far, is my most hated John Lennon song ever!

I believe it was through the pure crapness of that song that Bob Dylan got his start. We needed a better protest song.

Ok about the DS, I hope they think up a better name for it than simply DS. I mean Advance was a pretty bad add on to GameBoy, SP was worse even GameCube is questionable. Nintendo 64 had a crap sound to it too. How about the Nintendo Wasmatron? Much better.
Honestly I'm pretty much just wasting space with this post, I dont know what to think of the DS yet, it's far to confusing, I haven't made up my mind. Mabye E3 will help.

[KDR_11k]

Of course DS will not be the final name. After all, there's no Nintendo Dolphin to be seen on retail shelves, eh?

[rogue_gamecube]

Now, someone mentioned before that the screens were mounted side by side. That, in fact, according to the recent info, is wrong. They are mounted one on top of the other, or "vertically", which is what Ninty announced originally anyways. Ok, about the GBA compatibility: no more third pillar then. I currently am 60% on the side of yes, this is likely going to be the GBA2 the way things are going now. Afterall, I'm pretty sure that they mentioned "Nintendo DS" was a codename, not a real name. Could be wrong, I probably am. I have never for one second, though, thought this was a gimmick. They took a look at what was wrong with the GBA/GC connectivity, and corrected the problem with a new console. This is why they think of it as a third pillar, an inbetween for the GBA and GC. Figuring the PSP will have a smaller screen than one screen from the DS, no matter how powerful and how good the graphics are, how the hell do you play with something that small? My portable DVD player is barely big enough to make the subtitles on it legible, and its screen is 4.2". Here's hoping the DS lives on, it's a great idea that would really see criticle acclaim without simultaneous competition.

[Fluke Worm]

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My portable DVD player is barely big enough to make the subtitles on it legible

There's another use for dual screens, when the DS movie player comes out(will probably happen if DS's sucsessfull) one screen shows subs and other plays movie, this would work well if screens are indeed vertically mounted.

[vudu]

here's a thought that i haven't seen anywhere else...

what if the flash memory cards the ds will use are the same as the memory cards the n5 will use?  would it be possible plug a ds game into the n5's memory card slot and play a ds game on your tv (split screen, of course).  i have no idea if this is even technically possible, but it might be a reason for nintendo to poor a lot of money into game development for the ds if they don't expect a lot of people to purchase the system.

[Pale]

Well reports around the internet is we may get an unveiling in about 10 days.  Does PGC have any confirmation on this?

[Fluke Worm]

Great idea kingvudu but I don't know anything about the techs either.?

[Bill Aurion]

I think Ninty confirmed it to one of the Japanese gaming mags, but I'm not entirely sure...

[Mario]

I doubt Nintendo will unveil the DS so far before E3, it's probably just a little bit more info, i'm not getting my hopes up yet, but you never know..

[odifiend]

Bingo, Mario.  Have you guys seen IGN cube's interview with VP of corporate affairs, P. Kaplan?  Her lips are sealed and I had to smile at how good she was at clamming up and not missing a beat.  But she has been doing it for a while.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

...stupid fat hobbit...