console handheld?
Some ignorant feeb "JJnova" Is trying to say that the Nintendo DS is a console...
I as well as anyone that has a brain say that a console is a home system that hooks into a tv or other display.
And a handeheld is a self contained portable unit.
So... is the Nintendo DS a console or a handheld?
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IT is the instrument used to control the actions on screen, therefore it is a "console" in the strictest context of the word. Stop being so sad that you lost at Mario Kart and immediately sold your DS afterwards. JJNova's Luigi was all up in Sothy's Yoshi track running laps around his d00dz.
PS : LadyJaye is going to be mad you brought our lovers quarrel into her domain.
Its not a console you fucking hermaphrodite.
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<@NE146> u r
Your moms a hermaphrodite. That's why you call her Dammy.
shut up and let the poll speak for itself.
Dammy wtf?
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<@NE146> u r
Your poll is based on you wording something to sound like something it isn't. Obviously it's a handheld...it's a handheld console.
I say handheld because the input device is attached via case design and not cabling. The Famicom, for instance is a console although the controllers are attached, since they are bound by cables and not molded into the main unit - where as a Sega Nomad is a handheld since the controls are integrated.
I think the console / handheld thing is a bigger problem because of little LCD handhelds and the like which should be called "one-make handhelds" - at least that's what I refer to them as. This brings up confusion since I agree that a Lynx or DS or TurboExpress shouldn't be put in the same category.
Console - NES, Genesis, PS2, Dreamcast, etc.
One-Make Console - Super Pong, Video Pinball, etc.
Handheld - GameBoy, DS, Lynx, etc.
One-Make Handheld - LCD Pac-Man, Game & Watch, etc.
Tabletop - Coleco Frogger, Epoch Astro Command, etc.
Sothy's right it's a HandHeld, it's not a console
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Who are you people getting involved in our personal affairs. No shit it's a handheld. It's a handheld console.
It can't just be a handheld. My penis is handheld, but that doesn't make it "A" handheld. Instead, it's a handheld penis. I'm pretty sure most of us have hand held penii.
Hey now, at least I explained my point instead of just saying "handheld."Originally Posted by JJNova
Wow I can't believe Sothy wasted 3 minutes of his precious life even entertaining the thought of starting such a retarded poll....much less actually doing it. It's a hand held, anyone that thinks otherwise is mentaly challenged.
GAC SAYS: Handheld. All the way.
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Re: console handheld?
A stereo is not an Ipod.
And Ipod is not a stereo.
Same applies to the console vs. handheld. One is for a giant TV screen & the other is not.
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I think that "If it requires a monitor" it's a console. If "it includes a BUILT IN monitor" it's a handheld. This exludes such things as a folding gaming screen attachment for PS and X-box of course that you have to buy seperately, because the system itself was designed to plug into a seperate source. Ah well...that's my opinion So I guess the DS is a handheld...right?
It's a handheld video gaming device, not a console.
A console, by definition, is a freestanding device, not portable.
In the context of video games, video game systems are usually divided into consoles and handhelds. It can't be both.
I moved this to moden gaming so I wouldn't have to mop up the blood.
Calling a handheld a console is like those old people that call controller's paddles or remotes!
THEY CALL THEM FUCKING REMOTES!
A console implies a stationary object. Think console TV, or the console in your car. Large, bulky, meant to stay in one place. A handheld implies a small, portable unit.
The correct terms would be;
Console Video Game System
Handheld Video Game System
I would even argue that there is a third category, Portable Video Game System, which wuold include the Vectrex and Virtual Boy.
Unfortunately, by your definition, the Vectrex is a handheld.
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