The Nintendo DS

Jason1 · 01-21-2004, 09:30 PM

Some people brought up some good ideas on the PGC forums. Imagine playing a friend who has the same system (via link cable) and seeing his screen and your screen at the same time, and vice versa. It's a very neat concept in my book. If it's marketed correctly, and has some decent processing power, it could be a hit. Maybe. At the very least, Nintendo pulled another one out of it's ass, reminding us that they do what they want, and that even with all that speculation and guessing games that we play, we have no clue. Our guesses were a sick joke. Nobody even came close. I applaud them for surprising us once again.

Jonbo298 · 01-21-2004, 09:41 PM

I had a reply for this. Then when i hit Post, f ucking gametavern went down. So I wasn't able to go back and at least copy what I wanted to say. So oh well. I can't remember what I had typed.

But short and simple. I want to see it.

Crash · 01-21-2004, 09:42 PM

i dont get it...

BUT IT IS TRUE:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=4172978

Crash · 01-21-2004, 11:47 PM

here is my real quick mockup.

Jason1 · 01-21-2004, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crash

here is my real quick mockup.

Good effort, it looks really slick, but there's a glaring problem. There's no way you could hold that thing without your hand covering part of the bottom screen. And Im pretty sure I read in one of the articles that one screen will be directly on top of the other.

Dyne · 01-22-2004, 02:28 AM

A guy at another forum thinks the smaller one is going to be a touch-screen for controls. I think that would be about right.

Crash · 01-22-2004, 02:54 AM

i thought about that idea, but i'd be too hard to find the buttons, so i dont think that'd be how it works.

so how is this not going to replace the gameboy again?

thatmariolover · 01-22-2004, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason1

The rest of you should feel the same way.

So nice of you to tell us how we should all feel.

I'll whine if I want to whine, and you are welcome to disagree with me. But if they're not planning on upgrading the Gameboy sometime soon, I personally think that Nintendo is in deep.

It's been one blunder after another from Nintendo lately in terms of how to run their company and what they think we should want. And personally, I'm tired of it. If they want me to continue buying their products, they can start asking me what I want in a system. Like Microsoft did with the XBox.

I've been a Nintendo fan through and through for a long time. But I'm not a fanboy, and I have a limit to how much I can take before I say 'cut the crap'. And I'm not saying that any of you are fanboys. I'm just saying that I've hit my limit of the number of stupid decisions I can take without snapping. And maybe you've all just got a little more faith than me. Nintendo's not going where I am, and pretty soon I'm gonna have to say goodbye.

I've got a lot of old Nintendo games I will play and cherish forever, but if this keeps going the way it is, I won't have many new ones.

Ace195 · 01-22-2004, 03:56 AM

I personally don't like it at all because I mean why put two screens just enchance one and make it semi bigger and then add more power to it so it can play better games.