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.
But I do have a lot of Super Mario bottlecaps　now.



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.



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

[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:

dunno if you're into pokemon...

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. 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.