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Surprised by the quality of the Nintendo DS
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seismologist
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good news about the DS. I was a bit worried about the ergonomics. What did you think of the size and the screen quality?
JasoNsider
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Call me crazy, but it sounds like you were playing the E3 iteration of Metroid Hunters. That version you had to tap the screen to shoot. The new version you simply tap the L button to fire, and touching the screen is simply for looking.
seismologist
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I think that control option is still in there. You can change the controls in the game.
JasoNsider
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Not sure about that. The first four control options don't use that feature. I'm not sure what that 5th option is right now though. Perhaps it is that old E3 setup (though that would be really silly, as you could point where you want to shoot at E3 and with the gameplay being on the top now, you wouldn't even see where you are pointing at any more.)
Hellraizah
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About the weight, yeah it's a little on the heavy side, and the console itself is not very small. I'd say it's a little bigger than the original GBA but thicker. However, it really feels solid, and that was what impressed me.
I didn't try to change the controls, but if you can do it this way, I think it would really be better. The only thing would be the aiming, I don't know if it would really be cool.
I didn't try to change the controls, but if you can do it this way, I think it would really be better. The only thing would be the aiming, I don't know if it would really be cool.
seismologist
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did they say when EB will get the DS demo unit in store?
Hellraizah
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As I said, it's a little big, it's really not comparable to the SP, but the screen quality is REALLY good, I was worried about the "stylus" screen, but it's really looking good. I did, however, not like the fact that it was hard to keep the screens at the right angle while using the stylus, thus making you not see well frequently. In a dark game like Metroid, you can't accept anything other than seeing really well, and you know about LCD displays, if you don't look at it from the right angle, you lose a lot of colors, making seeing in it really difficult. Again, I guess you get used to holding it firmly at the right angle.seismologist said:
TekunoRobby
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Ha ha I like the President of Nintendo of Canada. He seems like a funny guy.
Not suprised with Microsoft stealing the show, Halo 2 is a monster.
Not suprised with Microsoft stealing the show, Halo 2 is a monster.
Hellraizah
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I think it's at the same time as the release of the console, or a little before.seismologist said:
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Lord Error
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IGN complained that the DS felt flimsy in some parts, like the joins where the screen swivels being a bit too loose (that was their TGS hands-on). Did you notice any of that?
Hellraizah
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Nope, however, I didn't have the time to observe the unit a lot, you know, in these types of conferences, everything is going a little to fast, and everyone wants to see it. But my first impression is really that the unit is solid, and the screens are really looking good, quality wise. I thought it would look a lot cheaper that this, but I really like the feel of it, when you have it in your hands, you really feels is built for heavy use.Marconelly said:
Hellraizah
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Well, it was a little weird, considering in a conference before, they were touting the fact that it would be possible to play online on the DS. And that would require a broadband internet connection AND a wireless network to do it. And, people talking about HotSpots, please, the day you'll use wireless network enabled things (PDAs, laptops, etc...) you'll see that there's not so many HotSpots that are not encrypted, leaving the majority of HotSpots not really useful for this type of use.Redbeard said:
Project Midway
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Doesnt DS support any encryption methods like WEP for example?
krypt0nian
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Project Midway said:
That would be handled in software. No big.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Sounds good. Can't wait till' the stores start getting demo units. Should be pretty soon I hope
Sony, I assume, didn't have any PSPs at that conference?
Yeah, we'll know it's you because you'll be the only one standing in Wal-Mart's electronics center pointing and laughing at the DS, giggling and snickering to yourself, "Oh, man, Sony is so gonna own this thing! I can't wait to get home and tell GAF!"Marconelly said:Sounds good. Can't wait till' the stores start getting demo units. Should be pretty soon I hope
The Main Event
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I never thought you would ever put those two products in the same sentence. Coming from you, the DS must be really good. Great impressions, thanks!
Lord Error
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HAW HAW. Don't worry too much about it - I never get to see anything first, so whatever my impressions are going to be, they'll be of the 'late to the party kind of thing
Hellraizah
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I never thought I would do it before either. But the DS really caught me off guard, we tried PictoChat and it was really cool, then, at the vendor show, I got to try Metroid Prime, and yeah, I was playing on the bottom screen, so it was probably the E3 demo.The Main Event said:
People here that knows me know that I'm very far from being a Nintendo fanboy, and trust me, my opinions on this aren't biased whatsoever. I really thought that the Nintendo DS wasn't very cool in the beginning, but right now I'm really looking forward to it a lot more than the PSP.
And Marconelly, nope, Sony wasn't showing the PSP, and they weren't showing much either. I got to see GT4 at the show, which was playing a huge plama or LCD display, but the console was set to widescreen while the display was set to 4:3, so the ratio was fucked up.
What I found really funny was all these companies all taking a shot at each other. I particularly laughed when the Namco guy said something like "Goodbye NFS:U 2 and GT4" while showing SRS's box. He was blasting Donkey Konga while showing Taiko, etc. The Microsoft guys were all about "We want people to play together, not live in your world, play in ours".
What was really a hot topic at the show was who would be foolish enough to release something for November 9.
Ding.
Ding.
Ding.
Killzone.
Hellraizah
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Oh, and by the way The Main Event, I tried to win a set of Donkey Konga with 4 pairs of bongo for you that Nintendo was giving away at the conference, but my knowledge of Electronic Arts wasn't good enough. The girl asked what were the 2 games that were annonced by EA for the DS last week, and I had 1 out of 2. Anyways, I brought you back a "Old School" Nintendo t-shirt with the old style controller on top.
I brought back Fable for Oneself, and like 4 or 5 games that I'll be giving to Bernace tonight.
I brought back Fable for Oneself, and like 4 or 5 games that I'll be giving to Bernace tonight.
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That's odd considering Namco was the developer of DK.Hellraizah said:
Hellraizah
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Haha, didn't even think about it. He said something like :Justin Bailey said:
"You don't have to clap your hands to play this"
The way he said it, it was really sounding negative. About each game he was showing, he was taking a shot at another game.
Rocket Punch
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Any word on the sound quality of the DS? Nothing much has been said about it, that I know.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Killzone, I think, is shipping on November 2.
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Asskicker064
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Society said:
Way to read the thread, chap.