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Nintendo DS' amazing first year
- Thread starter borghe
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The DS has been strange to me.
On the one hand, I always knew I'd eventually have to get one just because it was made by Nintendo, which meant Pokemon and Advance Wars, which meant an auto-purchase.
On the other hand, it began so terribly that I, someone who's bought Nintendo systems (other than the Virtual Boy) on the launch day ever since I was 7 and the SNES came out, didn't even bother picking one up until June this year. Nothing was worth getting except Mario.
But since I got it, the thing's just been churning out the awesomeness non-stop, with Kirby (albeit only good one time through), Meteos, Advance Wars, Castlevania, and Mario Kart.
And then you can add Pokemon, Magical Vacation 2, Pokemon Ranger, new SMB, Tales, FFIII, Princess Peach, Children of Mana, Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon, wi-Fi Bomberman, Mario Basket, Pokemon Torouze, Brain Training, ASH, Rune Factory, Mario and Luigi, and Zelda all on the horizon.
Between the current lineup and the future lineup, the DS actually has a bigger library of stuff I'm interested in just by the end of its first year than the GC has a library of stuff I own by the end of four years, and an equal library to what I owned for the N64 in five years.
It's insane. I mean, granted, I probably won't end up buying all of those titles, because maybe a few won't make it outside of Japan or just won't live up to expectations, but it's still insane that so many titles at least caught my interest, if nothing else.
On the one hand, I always knew I'd eventually have to get one just because it was made by Nintendo, which meant Pokemon and Advance Wars, which meant an auto-purchase.
On the other hand, it began so terribly that I, someone who's bought Nintendo systems (other than the Virtual Boy) on the launch day ever since I was 7 and the SNES came out, didn't even bother picking one up until June this year. Nothing was worth getting except Mario.
But since I got it, the thing's just been churning out the awesomeness non-stop, with Kirby (albeit only good one time through), Meteos, Advance Wars, Castlevania, and Mario Kart.
And then you can add Pokemon, Magical Vacation 2, Pokemon Ranger, new SMB, Tales, FFIII, Princess Peach, Children of Mana, Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon, wi-Fi Bomberman, Mario Basket, Pokemon Torouze, Brain Training, ASH, Rune Factory, Mario and Luigi, and Zelda all on the horizon.
Between the current lineup and the future lineup, the DS actually has a bigger library of stuff I'm interested in just by the end of its first year than the GC has a library of stuff I own by the end of four years, and an equal library to what I owned for the N64 in five years.
It's insane. I mean, granted, I probably won't end up buying all of those titles, because maybe a few won't make it outside of Japan or just won't live up to expectations, but it's still insane that so many titles at least caught my interest, if nothing else.
Advance Wars, stat. Even if you despise strategy games.Duderz said:
carbonbased
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marvelharvey
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If you`re buying Ouendan, don`t forget to buy a screen protector first!
If you`re buying Ouendan, don`t forget to buy a screen protector first!
I love my DS. I remember when I first got it. I couldn't find it at first. I lived in a small town and wal mart kept running out. I called one day and asked when the next shipment was coming in, she told me that night at around 9. I showed up like at 9:10 and got the last one. I also bought Super Mario 64 and Madden 2005. Speaking of, is Madden 2006 any good? Well, is it better than 2005. I'm one of the few that actually likes it. Good to pass time. And now, almost a year later, I have basically all the AAA titles that have come out except lost in blue and mario kart. Damn you EB being sold out! In fact, I'm going to go play my DS now.
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is lost in blue better than the 6.8 ign gave it?
Yes.Kseutron said:
DS is teh next VIRTUAL BOY!! PSP is teh BETTER!!
What a horrible and lame con list. You must REALLY hate the PSP, I can make up tons more stupid little cons then that for it. It's still not $99? WTF? They just lowered the price within a year of launch and now that sales are going up why would they lower it even further? /rantLindsay said:
W/E... to each his own... and I agree about the suckers who bought it at launch. :lol
marvelharvey
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Mejilan said:
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Version 3.0
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The DS lineup is awesome. My library is one shy of surpassing my Dreamcast and GBA libraries--in a year (21 vs 22 each). That's insane.
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Merlin said:
The Cube had Monkey Ball. Games don't get any better than that. Otherwise, yeah.
Forgotten Ancient
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elostyle said:
Serious or Sarcastic?
I don't know a bit of Japanese, but all the talk this game gets has me intrigued. I've never imported before, either. Are there any special devices I have to get to play a different region DS game, or are the systems/regions pretty much universal?
I just wanna know if Ouenden is honestly worth purchasing if I don't know Japanese.
biodegradablebean
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Forgotten Ancient said:
Buy it. No Japanese needed at all times. None.
holy crap.. I posted this before I left work yesterday, and no one responded to it.. now almost a day later it pops up and has two pages. lol..
to the usual bastards on the front page, this wasn't a "let's make another DS post". this was specifically meant to be a happy birthday post with the DS' first US birthday in 4 days.
To the people who said the last few months have been the only decent thing, well... duh! of course, you read through my timeline and I make no excuses and cut no corners on the previous 8-9 months. There was practically nothing til june, and things didn't pick up at all until august. but it is what it is (or that was what it was?). Taking the entire year as a whole though, we ended up with some great games, even if it was a bit lopsided.
Very curious as to what the second year holds. We haven't heard about pretty much anything past Metroid Hunters and Mario Basketball, well, aside from FFIII, Bleach, Magical Vacation, etc.. hmm.. anyway..
to the usual bastards on the front page, this wasn't a "let's make another DS post". this was specifically meant to be a happy birthday post with the DS' first US birthday in 4 days.
To the people who said the last few months have been the only decent thing, well... duh! of course, you read through my timeline and I make no excuses and cut no corners on the previous 8-9 months. There was practically nothing til june, and things didn't pick up at all until august. but it is what it is (or that was what it was?). Taking the entire year as a whole though, we ended up with some great games, even if it was a bit lopsided.
Very curious as to what the second year holds. We haven't heard about pretty much anything past Metroid Hunters and Mario Basketball, well, aside from FFIII, Bleach, Magical Vacation, etc.. hmm.. anyway..
Forgotten Ancient
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Aren't FFIII and New SMB coming out next year as well? When are the Xenosga games coming? The only frustrating thing about trying to keep up on DS news is that so much of what's announced is for Japan first(and, oftentimes, only). When are the training games coming here?borghe said:
I love my DS, but it'd be so much bettere here if games such as Ouenden, Band Bros, the Brain Trainings, Jump etc. were here. Just another reason to have living in America
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ds changed from an interesting distraction in to something I couldn't put down pretty much around kirby getting released in the states, I finished that an then moved on to meteos while filling the downtime with GBA games as I have never owned one. I tell you, for a first time handheld owner, from launch the DS was killer, the one time I have acutally used and liked the idea of BC.
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borghe said:
Hey, at least nobody called it a circle jerk.
Forgotten Ancient said:I love my DS, but it'd be so much bettere here if games such as Ouenden, Band Bros, the Brain Trainings, Jump etc. were here. Just another reason to have living in America
But the thing is: Ouendan and Daigassou Band Brothers is made specifically for the Japanese market. Ouendan in particular is all Jrock/Jpop music and every thing is specifically choreographed to that music. It will never come out here.
Daigassou is about 50% Jpop, 25% Classical/World/Folk music and 25% Nintendo tunes. It's possible for Nintendo of America to replace the 50% Jpop with American Pop music especially since there is a friendly song-maker in the game. If they spent the effort, they could easily put this title out. But I get the feeling they don't want to spend the effort. Besides, isn't Nintendo of America a translation company and not an actual gaming company? I guess they could farm the project out to some musicians. Hmm...
Tsubaki said:
Nintendo Software Technology (NST). They did some of the music for 1080: Avalanche! themselves. Not that I'm recommending they do music for Jam with the Band, by any means. It's just an immediate option that sprang to mind.
NOA does translations of Nintendo games for the U.S., but they also do the advertising, publishing, etc. for Nintendo games in the U.S. They don't do developing, if that's what you mean, but they are definitely a "gaming company."
On topic ...
Happy Birthday (early by a few days) DS! You had a pathetic launch lineup after Mario 64 DS (I felt like Feel the Magic was a chore to play
), but GBA compatibility (and the best screen to play GBA games on the go/away from the TV with until September 2005) saved your early failings for me. 
Now you must bring us Fire Emblem DS.
I had nothing to do with thatIgnatz Mouse said:
as far as ouendan et al.. from everything I have gathered, don't worry about "localization".. just buy the JPN copy. throughout gaming history there have been great titles that weren't released in one territory or another. just accept it and be glad there is no territorial lockout on the DS.
My 2005 DS lineup: Wario Ware, Jam with the band, Puyo Puyo, Zoo Keeper, Yoshi, Elektroplankton, Kirby, Pac Pix, Meteos, Nintendogs, Ouendan, Advance Wars, Castlevania, Phoenix Whright, Trauma Center, Sonic Rush. Mario Kart and Animal Crossing on preorder. Amazing year. AMAZING year.
norinrad21
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:lol :lol :lol WTF? You weren't even born yet unless you aren't really a 14 year old.
:lol :lol :lol WTF? You weren't even born yet unless you aren't really a 14 year old.
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olimario said:
I agree ten thousand percent
Lemurnator
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Brings back the magic to gaming that so many of us have lost partially because posting and reading internet forums killed them.
I may have entered the video gaming world rather late in the game around the end of the SNES's lifespan but I've still played many of the best games on the NES, SNES, PS1, GENESIS, SATURN, DREAMCAST, GAMEGEAR, GAMEBOY, GAMEBOY COLOR, GAMEBOY ADVANCE, NINTENDO 64, GAMECUBE, PS2, XBOX, and probably more that I cannot remember. I played the older generations first even though the newer generations were out.
Why? Because I'm h4rdk0r3. Also because I couldn't afford the newest and greatest consoles so I would just play my brothers consoles.
I used to be overwhelmed because of how often I'd discover a great game that was new to me. There are games that I've played that I now relate to specific parts of my life. Majoras Mask and Ocarina of Time being two of them. Sonic the Hedchog and Super Mario World being two more. Super Mario and Dragon Warrior 3 being two more.
I can remember exactly how I felt when I played the games, I can remember what the weather was outside. They had a lasting inprint on me not just because I was young, but because they were a source of pure fun during a time in my life when everything was anything but fun.
I started to lose interest when I started viewing message boards and jumped into the current generation.
The DS is making me interested again.
I may have entered the video gaming world rather late in the game around the end of the SNES's lifespan but I've still played many of the best games on the NES, SNES, PS1, GENESIS, SATURN, DREAMCAST, GAMEGEAR, GAMEBOY, GAMEBOY COLOR, GAMEBOY ADVANCE, NINTENDO 64, GAMECUBE, PS2, XBOX, and probably more that I cannot remember. I played the older generations first even though the newer generations were out.
Why? Because I'm h4rdk0r3. Also because I couldn't afford the newest and greatest consoles so I would just play my brothers consoles.
I used to be overwhelmed because of how often I'd discover a great game that was new to me. There are games that I've played that I now relate to specific parts of my life. Majoras Mask and Ocarina of Time being two of them. Sonic the Hedchog and Super Mario World being two more. Super Mario and Dragon Warrior 3 being two more.
I can remember exactly how I felt when I played the games, I can remember what the weather was outside. They had a lasting inprint on me not just because I was young, but because they were a source of pure fun during a time in my life when everything was anything but fun.
I started to lose interest when I started viewing message boards and jumped into the current generation.
The DS is making me interested again.
Lemurnator
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norinrad21 said:
I explain in my newest post.
Forgotten Ancient said:Aren't FFIII and New SMB coming out next year as well? When are the Xenosga games coming? The only frustrating thing about trying to keep up on DS news is that so much of what's announced is for Japan first(and, oftentimes, only). When are the training games coming here?
I love my DS, but it'd be so much bettere here if games such as Ouenden, Band Bros, the Brain Trainings, Jump etc. were here. Just another reason to have living in America
I'm willing to bet Pokemon will pop up around Christmas time next year. Mario + Pokemon in one year FTW!
The soundtrack for this game is hot. Someone in the chat mentioned the English site was up at http://sonic-rush.net/en/index.html and it has some sample clips - very nice. Apparently the soundtrack is called "Original Groove Rush" and comes out on the 23rd.