ds question

[Six Switch]

ok so i am considering getting a ds sometime soon.i just have a few questions since i know there are some dsheads (how creative) in these parts.

1.are there any crazy special editions or cool japanese systems out?if so what kind and how pretty of ap enny do they usually run for.

2.i know there a ton of good games for the system coming out this fall,but a nice list would be great.no not great.awesome.wait,not awesome either but greatly awesome.

3.how is the battery life on the little guy.

4.is there a screen protector or anything?i am really parinoid of messing up the screen or something.not sure why though.

that should be all,thank you kind folks in advance.

[Blanka789]

Battery life is pretty good, and there are screen protectors, but they may hamper touch-screen sensitivity.

[sisko]

I seem to get 10+ hours out of mine (depends if you are playing DS games or GBA games).

There are TONS of "SE" consoles in Japan. playasia.com has several of them.

There are officially licensed Hori screen protectors both here and state side running about $6. They come with 2 protectors per package: a silicate for the touch screen, and an adhesive for the top screen. Everywhere I have read so far recommends the silicate, but not the adhesive.

[suckerpunch5]

I seriously get about 10 hours on my ds with one charge as well.

You want a game list? Here is some stuff I'm looking foward to:

Resident Evil
Lunar: Dragon Song
Lost in Blue
Real Time Conflict: Shogun Empires
Age of Empires: Age of Kings
Animal Crossing: Wild World

I'm sure I'm forgetting some good ones, but that should get you started.

[njiska]

10+ Hours on mine and i honestly wouldn't bother with a screen protector.

There is a special Nintendogs edition with pawprints but i don't think it's all that special. I'm still hoping they'll release a game and watch edition.

To add to sucker punches list there's also:

Trace Memory
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Trauma Centre: Under the Knife
Metroid pinball

and a whole bunch of other crazy stuff is in the pipeline.

[Six Switch]

i remember seeing a pepsi one in japan,i wonder if i could still get a holld of one.

and your touch screens still work good after playing lots?right?

[JJNova]

Touchscreens work great. There are two different touchscreens though. A quick search will help you find the topic regarding them, or you can google it. THere's a Grid and a Grain screen. I have the grid, which is considered the 'lower class' screen, but have not had any problems with it. Screen protectors should NOT be adhesive. There's enough static electricity there to hold a protector just like a Palm Pilots.

There are numerous colors available in Japan, along with a few special edition version, like the SHonen Jump version which is red. Just to let you know in advance, if you get the Shonen (red) or iQue (chinese) versions, you currently wont be able to hack it with a passme. I've heard that the WiFi hacks still work, but after researching it, it's really not worth doing unless you want your WiFi network dedicated to your DS. PassMe does claim to have a test model that's working with the Red DS, but they haven't released or made any official announcements regarding it's compatability yet.

As for a list of good games, I can only offer advice considering the games I already own, in which case I STRONGLY recommend Advance Wars Dual Strike, along with Kirby Canvas Curse (the most fun I have had with a game in years).

I thoroughly enjoy Polarium and Nintendogs. A quick search on these boards will point out that Polarium tends to only appeal to a certain group of people. Although I am under the impression that most of the naysayers haven't ever played the game, and simply go with their assumptions. Either way, polarium has taken a price drop, and the difficulty level has made many a people return it. So finding a used one is fairly easy also.

Nintendogs ate up a lot of time. It's also aggravated me to all hell when I train my dog to do something, and he doesn't feel like doing it in the middle of a competition. Henceforth embarassing me amongst a digital audience.

Once again, I STRONGLY recommend Advance Wars Dual Strike and Kirby Canvas Curse (Kirby = Enjoyment and Pleasure)

Hopefull next week I'll be able to tell you about Ultimate Spider-Man. Hope that was helpful.

[manuel]

i remember seeing a pepsi one in japan,i wonder if i could still get a holld of one.

and your touch screens still work good after playing lots?right?

The Pepsi edition is very limited and was given away in a competition. You had to collect lots and lots of stickers from Pepsi bottles. I tried, but didn't get one. LOL
But I do have a lot of Super Mario bottlecaps　now. :D
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4817/pepsids9sj.th.jpg (http://img202.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pepsids9sj.jpg)
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2614/mariobottlecaps1kk.th.jpg (http://img202.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mariobottlecaps1kk.jpg)

Nintendo is also giving away DSs in different colors with the names of the winners engraved into it. I took part in the competition, but unfortunately I didn't get it. :(

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8876/dsyoshi2dv.jpg

No need to worry about battery life. As already stated numerous times 10 hours shouldn't be a problem. :D

[Six Switch]

awesome about the battery life.

and i totally forgot about the wifi stuff,looks like i won't be importing after all.oh well,any cool limited editions in america yet?

also about the different touch screens,how can you tell which one you have?

[Joker T]

No special ones in america yet but I would expect some in a year or so.

[DocRamon]

for what it's worth...

there's been a guy on ebay trying to sell a pepsi ds for a ridiculously expensive price (couple thousand) and the pics make it look like an electric blue with very small pepsi branding in the corner of the top cover. it's really nothing impressive, so you shouldn't go out of your way and pay a ton of cash to get one.

[Six Switch]

so i am thinking of getting a nice blue ds later this week with castlevania to start off with.god there are so many good games for this.

does anyone have a count of about how many games there are total for the ds now?

[SuperNES]

well, there's this one:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/news/04/04/nds_screen001.jpg
dunno if you're into pokemon... LOL

anyways, i got an electric blue DS and it is pretty awesome. i need some better games for it though, since all ihave is Mario. usually battery life is pretty good like everyone else said, it is around 10 hours. I am going to send my DS back however, as there was a wonky pixel on the Touch screen which is;nt always the right color, so you might want to looks out for that.

[Six Switch]

well damn,i am hoping the newer ones won't have that problem.guess i'll see.

[DocRamon]

does anyone have a count of about how many games there are total for the ds now?

depends on what you're including in the game count... japanese games? demos?

but there's 49 total regular retail US releases, not including the metroid demo

[THATinkjar]

does anyone have a count of about how many games there are total for the ds now?

This was discussed here (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71890). Some useful links there, too.

[Six Switch]

awesome thanks.i'll hold off on collecting for the ds for a little bit.i am pretty tempted though.

maybe if i get lucky i'll have a ds today,we'll see.

[THATinkjar]

awesome thanks.i'll hold off on collecting for the ds for a little bit.i am pretty tempted though.

maybe if i get lucky i'll have a ds today,we'll see.

You're thinking about collecting before you even have a collection? I love it! Nintendo have us hooked!

Enjoy your DS, sir. It is certain to be money well spent :)

[Six Switch]

haha,that does sound weird.i just figured since there system isn't too old and there arn't too many games for it then it wouldn't be too hard to collect for it.but we'll see what happens.

and i think i won't be the only person getting a ds this fall,the line up is just so damn good.

[Promophile]

I'm planning on picking up one of the Nintendogs bundles that are coming out on the 24th of october. they come with a version of Nintendogs you can't buy in stores.

[Six Switch]

so i got a blue ds with castlevania and feel the magic,so far i have only played magic but it is awesome.


i lika

[Half Japanese]

so i got a blue ds with castlevania and feel the magic,so far i have only played magic but it is awesome.


i lika

So long as you've enjoyed any Castlevania ever, you'll love the one for DS. Wonderful game. Lost in Blue is also very good, plus the rest of the killer fall lineup I'm sure you already know about.

One thing though, where are all the accessories? I go to EB and see like one carrying case and one pack of replacement styluses (/styli?) and not much else. Not saying I want to pimp it out or have all the useless shit they've released for the PSP, but a carrying case that doesn't look like a purse would be good, and maybe a better stylus.

[snes_collector]

Touchscreens work great. There are two different touchscreens though. A quick search will help you find the topic regarding them, or you can google it. THere's a Grid and a Grain screen. I have the grid, which is considered the 'lower class' screen, but have not had any problems with it. Screen protectors should NOT be adhesive. There's enough static electricity there to hold a protector just like a Palm Pilots.


How can you tell which kind you have? Mine came with the MP demo so which is that?

[zerohero]

I heard there was going to be some kind of adapter that turns yoru DS into a Mp3 player, is this true?

[Julio III]

I heard there was going to be some kind of adapter that turns yoru DS into a Mp3 player, is this true?

there's different things already available for both the GBA (mainly) and also DS that let you play music on it. There is the official Play-Yan, of which a micro version is going to come out and then also the GBA Movie Player, of which 3 versions are available and then also the Supercard, there could be more. Personally I have the GBA Movie Player2, it runs stuff off a compact flash card and can run movies and music (converts both into its own format) and also txt files, pictures and any gba program you want (inc nes roms etc). If you have a DS passme or have flashme'd the bios, you can also run DS homebrew and apps, something i want to do

[JJNova]

How can you tell which kind you have? Mine came with the MP demo so which is that? (Concerning the Two Different DS screen types)


http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/ds_touchscreen.txt

[Six Switch]

and that link does not work.

[JJNova]

Hmmm... They have impeccable timing for removing an article.

Anyway, you can tell by looking at it. If you can see little grid lines on the screen, than you have the Grid Screen, and if it simply looks grainy, you have the Grain Screen.

TADA!

[rpepper9]

Which do I have is I have pictures of dogs on the touch screen? Oh wait, I think I left Nintendogs running.



LOL Ha Ha, I'm sorry that was dumb!

[snes_collector]

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Hmmm... They have impeccable timing for removing an article.

Anyway, you can tell by looking at it. If you can see little grid lines on the screen, than you have the Grid Screen, and if it simply looks grainy, you have the Grain Screen.

TADA!

Ok thanks, I think mine is a grid, but I really couldn't tell for all the fingerprints on the screen LOL .

[SoulBlazer]

The article is still there -- you just can't link directly to GameFAQ's stuff. That's considered, you know, BANDWITH STEALING! (gasp!) :D

[GameSlaveGaz]

Buy a silver DS then go to www.decalgirl.com and buy the NES skin for the DS for like $12 or $15 however much they are and voila! you have an NES DS :) Decal Girl has a lot of different skins for all the current systems (and iPods too) but the NES one is my fave. I'm planning on buying the DS and GC NES skins, and I already have the Limited Ed NES SP, so then they'll all match my NES...and my belt buckle :)

[zerohero]

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/ds/ds-retro-470.jpg

Sweeet

[Six Switch]

ok looks like i have a grid.it works fine.

i picked up a few more games at toys r us for pretty cheap,retro atari,polarium,and puyo pop fever.so far i have been playing puyo pop and this shit is hard.somehow i don't remember it being so hard but that stupid cat thing is killing me.

and has an annoying voice.

and shit.

i am liking it so far.

the system,

not that dumb cat boss

.

[GameSlaveGaz]

ok looks like i have a grid.it works fine.

i picked up a few more games at toys r us for pretty cheap,retro atari,polarium,and puyo pop fever.


That's all thanks to our Green Tag sale. Hope you enjoyed your 50% off :) Actually, I don't remember if Puyo Pop's green tag but I know for a fact Polarium and Retro are. I'll be picking up Retro verrrrry soon. There are some games that I'm still holding out 'til Green Tag goes 90% which at the latest will be after X-Mas.

[Six Switch]

naw puyo pop wasn't but i have that game for neo geo pocket and just love it to death.it's not too different but i had to have it.i need to get use to it again,i am really bad at it now.

[calthaer]

Hey - that NES Retro skin from the DS is pretty awesome. I've been waiting for a Limited Edition, but this skin looks like it'll push me over the edge to get one of the plain silver ones.

The "electric blue" DS is purportedly a Limited Edition for the U.S. (although it is a L.E. that just plain sucks - couldn't they do any better?).

There are two Nintendogs bundles coming out for the U.S. that have teal and pink DSes, I believe.

They will also soon be releasing a Mario Kart DS bundle that has a red DS sporting a checkered flag for that carry-string and "decals" you can put on it.

None of them are as cool as the Black and White ones available in Japan.