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"I'm getting DS'd!"

Okay, okay, I’ll be first to admit that being a Nintendo fan, there is no way I wont be getting the Nintendo DS. It will be mine, with tonnes of games and I’ll be playing away on all my Game Boy Advance and DS games until I wear out the touch screen…in which case I’ll buy another! I’ll be playing the first new Super Mario Bros game since the 1990s and I’ll find out how viewtiful Joe can get on two small screens!

I wont, however, even consider getting the Sony PSP. Why would I want something with more functions than a battery life? I have a Mini-Discman to play my music on. I have a DVD player to play movies on. And I’ll have a Nintendo DS to play innovative games on. So what else does the PSP offer me? PS2 graphics? Bah. If I want PlayStation 2 graphics I’ll buy Ratchet & Clank and play it on my PS2 right now. I want a handheld to provide me with fun and entertainment. So far my Game Boy Advance and SP have kept me entertained with the fifty+ games I have from Game Boys past to present and I’ll still be able to play at least half of those on the DS once released. What does the PSP offer me that’s different? Memory cards.

So as far as I am concerned, there is no ‘console war’ between the handhelds. I couldn’t give two monkeys if the PSP actually does sell more than the Nintendo DS. The PSP offers me nothing of value and so I wont be getting one. Got a problem with that? Take it up with Sony. After all, it’s their fault I don’t want one.

Anyway, with a GameCube, Xbox and Game Boy Advance SP to run, I’m already getting excited with all the final games of the year due to be released for each system. So, for a short time at least, my excitement over the DS is in its mere infant stages. I want Paper Mario 2, Donkey Konga, Tales of Symphonia, Pro Evolution Soccer 4 and Halo 2 first! However, reading the tidbits of information I find on the internet, my interest in DS is growing on a daily basis. With the thought of playing Super Mario 64 again stuck in my mind, I’ve found myself whistling various Mario tunes in work, and am even on the lookout for a soundtrack CD!

What I’m currently interested in is hooking up my DS to a WiFi connection once I get the equipment installed. I want to play against others around the world from within the range of my home computer’s receiver. I’ll be able to beat people the other side of the world at Mario Kart, play some Four Swords (if the multiplayer allows) with a Link from three different continents and be able to use a more advanced system of text and picture messaging than the latest mobile phones! That is, advanced in that it’ll be free and international (assuming that Pictochat is WiFi compatable).

But that’s not all that’s exciting me about the DS. I want to feel the games. Control with my fingers. I’m a little sceptical as to how this is going to work to an effect that it doesn’t become a chore, however it is a new experience I’ve never had in a game, so I welcome it! I also want to be able to control my games with voice recognition. Sure, a small number of Xbox games have that ability, but they haven’t implemented it too well, with most of the commands resulting in, “Moving into position.” I also want to be able to walk into a shop and have demos automatically download to my DS so I can see what they’re like before I buy! Too many handheld games have I bought and not played after the first day. The fact that extra content could also be downloaded in the same way at special events, cinemas, and various other situations is enough to get me interested too. Queuing up all day to get a Mew back in 1999 (I think it was)? Never again with wireless downloads.

I haven’t had a handheld excite me so much since I was a young teen holding my machine and pressing the buttons. Now I’ll be stimulating the sensitive area, as well as making it go via noises! I can’t wait to try it out and am glad that there’s just so many decent console games due out before then.

The trouble is, with so many quality titles due out for GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and DS, how am I then going to afford Zelda GC? Please send your donations to…

I think Zelda'll be out before Christmas next year. I'd say the playable version at E3 next year will be pretty close to the final thing.

Heh, I thought you'd give that excuse. But c'mon, anyone at Oxbridge doing any subject should be able to spell. I guess state school targets are lowering the standard.

I'm a bit pished that DS is coming out so soon, seeing as I just got a GBA about 2 months ago. I'll probably import it after Christmas when there's decent amount of games to choose from.
The launch line-up is hardly awe-inspiring.

I wish it was out right before the summer. That's when I need it, not at christmas. Nintendo should release more games over the summer to satisfy all us student types. I was positively starved this summer, and then suddenly there are more quality games than hours in the day! I have no idea what I'm supposed to be playing - Pikmin 2, Donkey Konga, or, more likely, Madden. What will i do when PoP2 and MPE come along ON THE SAME DAY? oh dear I'm worrying even thinking about it.

Strafio wrote:
> Talking of which, when is the new Zelda coming out?
>
>
> Will it be out in the US by July?

No actual date, my money is on a worldwide release, Christmas 2005.

oh and english literature has nothing to do with grammar. Hell you don't need to be able to spell or even to know what an n-rule is to do english literature! You just need to be able to read and write coherently and form opinions and express them succinctly.

lcarus wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> It's not the novalty of it, for the "fun factor" it's for
> the new types of games that are spawned because of it.
>
> You know, for someone doing English at Cambridge you're amazingly
> s**t at spelling.

I study literature not language.

and he still can't spell definitely.

Dringo wrote:
> It's not the novalty of it, for the "fun factor" it's for
> the new types of games that are spawned because of it.

You know, for someone doing English at Cambridge you're amazingly s**t at spelling.

davyboy wrote:
> im hoping to get a gold
> GBA sp when it comes out

The DS plays GBA games...