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"Had to laugh - NDS v PSP ... "past meets future""

"One thing is for sure, out of the box, the PSP looks very stylish and is a very well-designed concept. Put it next to the NDS and it feels like one of those visions when past meets future."


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This is - believe it or not - the first time I have seen a picture of the NDS, and I have to say it looks (to my tastes, anyway) to have all the style of an 80's mobile.

If the original PS2 was Darth Vader's toaster, then the NDS is C3PO's waffle-maker. :-)

Certain RPGs do work on portables.

Played well over a 100 hours on pokemon.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Same here - something I realised is that, on a handheld, you never
> want to play a big, involved game. If they made exactly the same game
> for a proper console, then for a handheld - the handheld one would
> get nothing near the kind of commitment or patience the big version
> would get.


Err. yeah, hence the success of FF 1 & 2 and Golden Sun etc on GBA...

Although I'm still considering a PSP, I have to question the availability of truly 'fun' games.

DS
Feel The Magic
Wario Ware
Yoshi: Touch & Go
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Bros.
Bomberman DS
many more

Maybe I'm not fully up-to-speed with the PSP release line-up, but I honestly cannot think of a PSP game that will be more 'fun' than any of those listed above

Wario Ware + Touch Screen = game of the century.
It'll be painfully >

Wario Ware.

Ahar. A perfect hand held game.

Not saying PSP won't have fantastic games, but from my impressions, it's a portable PS2. Which of course, is impressive.

But not from a gaming point of view, considering the best PS2 games are RPGS (well, I think so - and they're great), which need involved play. Not a 5 minute bus journey.

Same here - something I realised is that, on a handheld, you never want to play a big, involved game. If they made exactly the same game for a proper console, then for a handheld - the handheld one would get nothing near the kind of commitment or patience the big version would get.

I don't know why, but that's how it goes.
I want instant fun - DS shoves it right in your face, PSP doesn't.

Oddly enough, I'd rather play something fun than GT4.

Eeeew... NDS?

What the hell is up with that? Even the NES controller looks cool compared to that... At least it has colour.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Are the screens really as small as they seem? From the pictures on
> the Lik-Sang site, it looks as if both screens combined are smaller
> than the PSP screen.

Yeah, they are pretty small.
Each one's about 6 by 41/2cm, but it doesn't really bother me to be honest.

PSP is released (allegedly) in this country on March 25th, 2005. My birthday is March 31st. Guess what I'm going to treat myself to.

That's right, a hooker.