I’ve just bought a DS…

[Danny Stephenson]

Any recommendations for any good games?, I’m mainly after puzzly type games really.

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[Smeg4Brains]

> I’ve just bought a DS…

Unlucky

[Seb Patrick]

Unsurprisingly, Smeg4Brains is wrong. Mario Kart DS is one of the best versions, and New Super Mario Bros is pretty damned fantastic as well. I don’t actually own one, and even I know that.

[Seb Patrick]

… but if you want puzzly, James recommended Tetris DS unequivocally back when it came out :

http://noisetosignal.org/games/2006/04/block-to-the-future-a-tetris-ds-review.php

[Smeg4Brains]

I can only stand playing a DS for about 15 mins.

[Pete Part Three]

Not really a puzzle game as such, but The Phantom Hourglass has a fair few puzzly bits.

And Mario Kart is awesome. Obviously.

>Unlucky

Now I understand the pseudonym.

[Phil]

Can I borrow your DS, Danny?

[John Hoare]

ANIMAL.

CROSSING.

[genericnerdyusername]

ANIMAL.

CROSSING.

KICKS.

ASS.

I.

WILL.

TYPE.

LIKE.

THIS.

FOREVER.

[Danny Stephenson]

Please don’t.

[p2p_productions]

DON’T TAKE IT APART!

Seriously, I bought a replacement case, and managed to damage the top screen flat wire and also the power button, all in one sitting. Believe me, I was careful, but the internal circuitry of the Lite is so delicate, it’s just not worth it.

Games: Super Mario’s pretty good. If you’re lucky enough to get hold of an R4DS, you can upload SCUMM_DS, and a fair amount of compatible Lucasarts games, providing you have the original discs (and if you dig those games, of course).

[Zombie Jim Undead]

I liked the version of Mario 64 on the DS.

It got mediocre reviews cos the controls are a bit awkward, but the sheer novelty of playing Mario 64 on the shitter got me so aroused that I had to ice the log.

[genericnerdyusername]

You MUST get Brain Training, if only to give yourself necessary stress and heart problems trying to get your mental age to below three million years (see how I cleverly linked that to Dwarf?).

[Danny Stephenson]

Well, i’ve bought Brain Training, More Brain Training and Touch Master. Might get Mah Jongg as it’s a seriously fun game to play!

[genericnerdyusername]

You pass the first part of the taste test. Now onto… Cooking Mama!

[Phil]

Hopefully this won’t make you feel too bad, Danny…

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170305

But at least now I know I’ll eventually be getting a DS. :-)

[Pete Part Three]

Yeah, I was gonna post this.

I’m now in a bit of a quandry as my oldstyle DS seems to be broken. The microphone no longer works and I can’t complete Phantom Hourglass without it.

I was going to flog it on ebay (as slightly broken) and get a Lite, then I saw this new gubbins. Only problem is it doesn’t play GBA games.

[Phil]

>Only problem is it doesn?t play GBA games.

Yeah, that is a problem. But the camera/web browser appeals to me in a way that GBA compatibility did not, so I really don’t have much right to complain.

I’ll make my decision closer to release. If I decide to go with some overstocked old ones, I’ll be able to get it pretty cheap. Either way I win. For once…

[Pete Part Three]

I don’t actually have many GBA game and most of them are SNES ports.

I have already re-bought Super Mario World and Street Fighter 2 on the virtual console, but would be rather sorry to let go of Mario Kart Super Circuit. Definitely one of the best MK’s.

[pfm]

> I can only stand playing a DS for about 15 mins.

I’m so sorry. Though that’s the least of your problems.

[John Hoare]

As far as I understand it, most GBA games that are SNES ports have butchered sound anyway, due to the limitations of the GBA.

Mind you, I can’t say the new model excites me too much. But maybe I just need to see it in action. Either way, if it’s not arriving in the US until 2009, God knows when it’ll get to the UK!

[Phil]

Reading up on it, the ability to download games via a handheld virtual console seems to be what they’re working toward in lieu of the GBA slot. For anyone who already owns the actual cartridges, this means buying the games a second time. But for those who don’t–me–it’s a chance to cherry pick and miss out on nothing. Who knows…maybe games from even further back in Nintendo’s portable history will get another chance at life.

Playing Phantom Hourglass is a good reason in itself for me to finally get a DS, but being able to replay Link’s Awakening and finally try out all the rest of the handheld Zelda titles…why…I’d be a fool to pass that up.

[Pete Part Three]

Right, that’s convinced me. I’m flogging it.

Not sure how much I’ll get for “A Slightly Broken oldstyle NintendoDS and some GBA games”, but it’s worth a punt. I don’t play it that often, so can cope with the wait for the new one

[Ben Paddon]

Rhythm Tengoku Gold. It’s Guitar Hero meets WarioWare. It’s noly out in Japan at the moment, but there’s minimal text so it’s worth importing.

[Stabbim the Skutter]

Diddy Kong Racing DS. It’s leaps and bounds better than Mario Kart, in that it actually relys on skill instead of hoping you don’t get bombed by blue shells.

[Tarka Dal]

You can buy Subbuteo on DS. In the abscence of anyone to actually play against I’m actually quite keen on the idea!

[Ben Paddon]

Stabbim the Skutter is made from dust and lies…
Diddy Kong Racing DS. It?s leaps and bounds better than Mario Kart, in that it actually relys on skill instead of hoping you don?t get bombed by blue shells.

Diddy Kong Racing DS is probably one of the worst games I own. Really. I never got why N64 fans looked back on DKR64 with rose-tinted glasses – a friend of mine said it was awesome, and then dusted off his N64 in an attempt to prove it to me. We turned it off after the first two or three races, and he said, “Okay, well, it was better back in the day. You had to be there.”

A truly good game stands the test of time and can be replayed again and again. Games like The Secret of Monkey Island, Cannon Fodder, Worms, and the original Super Mario Kart all fall under this category. Diddy Kong Racing does not, and nor does its DS counterpart. It’s just shit.

[Pete Part Three]

You are wrong.

It’s a great game with a ton of tracks. It’s also consderably better than Mario Kart 64. Worst Mario Kart by a country mile. Diddy Kong is a bit lacking in multiplayer, but MK64 is lacking all over.

Haven’t played the DS port, mind. Remember thinking the graphics looked a bit ropey though.

[Ridley]

Worst Mario Kart by a country mile.

Only if you’re not counting Double Dash as a Mario Kart game.

[Ben Paddon]

Double Dash is incredibly underrated. Brilliant game, that – the courses aren’t exactly Grade A stuff but the two-character-per-kart gameplay mechanic was an interesting twist on the norm and one I was disappointed to see disappear in MarioKart Wii. marioKart 64 wasn’t great, and it’s definitely the weakest of the series, but it’s still miles ahead of Diddy Kong Racing so far as I’m concerned.

[Phil]

I never had a problem with Mario Kart 64, at least at the time of its release, aside from the fact that my go-to guy, Koopa Troopa, was MIA. I haven’t really played it since the upgrade to Gamecube way back when, so I might be more critical nowadays. At the time, though, I loved it.

The thing about Double Dash is that I’ve only played it once. Rather than renting it or buying it myself, a friend of mine got it and I went over to play it with her. We spent a few hours on it, and I didn’t dislike it exactly, but, afterward, I had no compulsion to play it again.

Which, for a Mario Kart game, is just inconceivable to me.

It could have been many different factors that kept me from being inclined to play it again, but it’s a really strange thing that it’s the ONLY Mario Kart game I’ve ever played that I haven’t specifically desired to pick up again.

I’d give it another chance, but for now it’s my least favorite in the series by default.

[Phil]

http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/11/new_dsiware_details_revealed

Hmm. Still no news of classic handheld games being downloadable. PLEASE don’t tell me that the virtual console abilities will be limited to new minigames and puzzlers.

[Phil]

http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/Q5D4ti_bPqJO_I0Oup0AMFudaUOLz6C7

New DSi coming April 5 to NA. $169.99 suggested retail.

I’ll need Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime Hunters, New Super Mario Bros., Phantom Hourglass and Electroplankton. If anyone would like to buy them for me…

[si]

They’re making a Coronation Street game for the DS, aren’t they? Do you think there’ll be a Dwarfy sub-game? Come to that, why not a full on Red Dwarf DS game? That’d be pretty cool.

[Anonymous]

My kids have DS’s and apart from losing the bloody pen thingie I can vouch for them as excellent fun. The things I can do with a virtual dog…

Brain Training rocks.

[si]

I like the ten pin bowling game.

[Ben Paddon]

The things I can do with a virtual dog?

VIRTUAL DOOOOGGG?!!

[si]

Virtual?

[Phil]

I thought I was pleased with my April 5 release date, but it looks like you lucky EU bastards will be getting it April 3.

[JamesTC]

You can’t get anything in April, the days leading up to April 10 should be saved for meditation.

[si]

Or medication, whichever suits you best.

[Ben Paddon]

[Phil]

The DSi is getting a virtual console.
http://ds.kombo.com/article.php?artid=7007

Oh Link’s Awakening…how I’ve missed you…

[Mr Flibble]

Ooh, GTA for the DS seems quite good, but I’ve not played much yet.

[JamesTC]

GTA CTW does look good, I might get it, still need to finish Lost and the Damned though.

[SkyAndSun]

GTA CTW is brilliant. And it’s so much better than GTA4 (haven’t tried the expansion), which for me sucked the fun out of the franchise.

[Mr Flibble]

However apparently it’s only 10 hours long, so I’m wondering whether to leave it for the plane when I go away in a few weeks or play it now.

Are you allowed to play DS on the plane with their WiFi?

[SkyAndSun]

I have heard that the campaign is short – but there is far more optional content than GTA4. I’ve had the game since last Thursday and I’m about a quarter of the way through the campaign, if that. Things like tattooing people, ambulance driving, rampages, random pedestrians with missions, races and drug dealing have kept me busy.

[JamesTC]

I will have to go and look at some screen shots of CTW. I will end up buying it but the screen shots might tempt me to get it sooner rather than later.
While GTA IV was a bit lacking in the optional content I did find the main game to be up there with Vice City. Not to say San Andreas was bad, just not as good as VC or IV. One thing that is annoying about GTA IV is the amount of repetitive Taxi missions.

[JamesTC]

It looks very cartoony, not to say that is a bad thing, it is a good direction for a DS incarnation.

[Mister E]

Games that a worth a shit for the DS:

-Elite Beat Agents
-Mario Kart DS
-The World Ends With You
-Final Fantasy IV
-Sonic Rush
-Super Mario 64 DS
-New Super Mario Bros.

I’ve heard good things about GTA: Chinatown Wars as well.

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