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Why exactly do DS games have "Surround Sound?"

Drinky Crow said:
I wouldn't so much describe my feeling as "doesn't like" when I have the more accurate phrase "utterly mortified by" available.

Obligatory DS Flaw #112: No basic texture filtering. How bloody cheap *is* Nintendo?
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Yeah, you must be incredibly 'morfied' that this 1997 era system is selling like theres no tomorrow. Tough to sleep at night?
 
Drinky Crow said:
I'm not trolling, you silly little scamp!
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Yes you are, you broken record. So much for "tightening the belt"..... If it was anyone else acting this way in a PSP thread saying to buy a DS they'd be banned.... Now Drinky, just stay the fuck out of the thread, ok?
 
Hey, don't knock DS surround sound because the box is lo-fi. That surround feature is pretty damned cool, it's a really clean and recognizable effect that PSP hasn't come close to yet (and really needs to.)
 
Slurpy: I'm lost in a sea of misery.

At night, I toss and turn, fretting, my mind skewered by lances of despair. My wife turns to me and complains about my insomnia: "can't you just fucking go to sleep?"

"Sorry, hun," I say, my voice brittle, "but the Nintendo DS is actually selling well in Japan -- grandmas and little girls are buying that thing like crazy!"

"Mm hm" she says, and rolls over.

"That's right!" I shout at her supine frame. "You go to sleep! You close your eyes and just PRETEND that it'll all go away! Good for you! The wolves are at the door, woman, but you won't hear the howling! WHEN THE FIRE FALLS FROM THE HEAVENS AND EVERY CHILD IS BURNT WITH THE MARK OF THE NINTENDOG, YOU'LL RUE NOT HAVING TAKEN YOUR BELOVED SPOUSE SERIOUSLY!"

Later, as I try to make my bed on the porch, I shiver, eyes open, always open, watching and waiting for that certain doom: POKEYMON. "Maybe I shoulda joined the winning team," I think, but it's too late for salvation. A midnight bell tolls in the distance, and it sounds a little like the opening notes of the Zelda theme.
 
Drinky Crow said:
So you can immerse yourself in a world of unfiltered low-resolution textures, chunky polygons, screendoor translucencies, and giant pixels more effectively, of course.
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You make it sound so fun, like visiting Willy Wonka's chocolate factory or taking a trip to Alice's Wonderland. :)
 
That sounds pretty bad.

Better off yourself now before it gets any worse.

Or do it the MAF way and pop painkillers

pop pop pop
 
Drinky Crow said:
Slurpy: I'm lost in a sea of misery.

At night, I toss and turn, fretting, my mind skewered by lances of despair. My wife turns to me and complains about my insomnia: "can't you just fucking go to sleep?"

"Sorry, hun," I say, my voice brittle, "but the Nintendo DS is actually selling well in Japan -- grandmas and little girls are buying that thing like crazy!"

"Mm hm" she says, and rolls over.

"That's right!" I shout at her supine frame. "You go to sleep! You close your eyes and just PRETEND that it'll all go away! Good for you! The wolves are at the door, woman, but you won't hear the howling! WHEN THE FIRE FALLS FROM THE HEAVENS AND EVERY CHILD IS BURNT WITH THE MARK OF THE NINTENDOG, YOU'LL RUE NOT HAVING TAKEN YOUR BELOVED SPOUSE SERIOUSLY!"

Later, as I try to make my bed on the porch, I shiver, eyes open, always open, watching and waiting for that certain doom: POKEYMON. "Maybe I shoulda joined the winning team," I think, but it's too late for salvation. A midnight bell tolls in the distance, and it sounds a little like the opening notes of the Zelda theme.
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This sounds like a monologue from Eternal Darkness.
 
Meteos sounds really nice even without headphones. I think the sound on the DS is one of the things that can't be attacked (Yes, that's a challenge, Drinky).
 
Drinky Crow said:
Slurpy: I'm lost in a sea of misery.

At night, I toss and turn, fretting, my mind skewered by lances of despair. My wife turns to me and complains about my insomnia: "can't you just fucking go to sleep?"

"Sorry, hun," I say, my voice brittle, "but the Nintendo DS is actually selling well in Japan -- grandmas and little girls are buying that thing like crazy!"

"Mm hm" she says, and rolls over.

"That's right!" I shout at her supine frame. "You go to sleep! You close your eyes and just PRETEND that it'll all go away! Good for you! The wolves are at the door, woman, but you won't hear the howling! WHEN THE FIRE FALLS FROM THE HEAVENS AND EVERY CHILD IS BURNT WITH THE MARK OF THE NINTENDOG, YOU'LL RUE NOT HAVING TAKEN YOUR BELOVED SPOUSE SERIOUSLY!"

Later, as I try to make my bed on the porch, I shiver, eyes open, always open, watching and waiting for that certain doom: POKEYMON. "Maybe I shoulda joined the winning team," I think, but it's too late for salvation. A midnight bell tolls in the distance, and it sounds a little like the opening notes of the Zelda theme.
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Narrative isn't your strong point, but engaging nonetheless.
 
You know, it's one thing to offer a negative opinion about a certain game, console, portable, etc. But it's an entirely other thing to post the same fucking post every ten seconds. My god, are you really that pathetic that it makes you feel better to tell people the DS sucks everytime it is mentioned? Get a fucking life dude. My god, this forum is a joke anymore.

Do you realize you've posted 15 times in this thread? Why in the hell would anyone post 15 times in a thread of something that supposedly they have a negative view of? Once again, I don't know what makes me sicker, this idiot, or the mods for letting him ruin the once respectable forum.
 
Drinky Crow said:
Slurpy: I'm lost in a sea of misery.

At night, I toss and turn, fretting, my mind skewered by lances of despair. My wife turns to me and complains about my insomnia: "can't you just fucking go to sleep?"

"Sorry, hun," I say, my voice brittle, "but the Nintendo DS is actually selling well in Japan -- grandmas and little girls are buying that thing like crazy!"

"Mm hm" she says, and rolls over.

"That's right!" I shout at her supine frame. "You go to sleep! You close your eyes and just PRETEND that it'll all go away! Good for you! The wolves are at the door, woman, but you won't hear the howling! WHEN THE FIRE FALLS FROM THE HEAVENS AND EVERY CHILD IS BURNT WITH THE MARK OF THE NINTENDOG, YOU'LL RUE NOT HAVING TAKEN YOUR BELOVED SPOUSE SERIOUSLY!"

Later, as I try to make my bed on the porch, I shiver, eyes open, always open, watching and waiting for that certain doom: POKEYMON. "Maybe I shoulda joined the winning team," I think, but it's too late for salvation. A midnight bell tolls in the distance, and it sounds a little like the opening notes of the Zelda theme.
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You should use my technique. Since your wife doesn't care you should form your pillows in a shape that resembles your mother's caring arms and weep in them.
 
Well I was going to post that I thought the DS games might have surround support not because of the handheld itself, but for some future DS-Player device for the Revolution?

But, this thread seems to have lost its way a long time ago...
 
Oracle Dragon said:
Well I was going to post that I thought the DS games might have surround support not because of the handheld itself, but for some future DS-Player device for the Revolution?

But, this thread seems to have lost its way a long time ago...
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That's the idea that I pointed out earlier--I mean, it's not so far of a stretch that they could include it within the machine (given the "play our entire back catalogue" back-compatability idea. Plus it supports the rumors of touchscreen controllers.
 
Drinky Crow said:
So you can immerse yourself in a world of unfiltered low-resolution textures, chunky polygons, screendoor translucencies, and giant pixels more effectively, of course.

Obligatory DS Flaw #35b: The owners. Why do they hate gaming so much that they're satisfied by spending $150 for 1997-era hardware? Do they REALLY think a touch screen will fix their sense of alienation from the market? Maybe they should take up crochet-work or picking up truckers as hobbies instead.
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Isn't this against this week's no TROLL TOS or are mods not supposed to set examples?
 
GaimeGuy said:
Here's a hint: STOP TROLLING AND STAY OUT OF THE DS THREADS IF YOU HATE IT SO MUCH.



I thought all trolling was supposed to be met with a ban this week? Or does that only apply to people who aren't mods or admins?
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That seems to be exactly how it is.
 
Drinky Crow said:
Yeah, comparing me to Denis Dyack HURTS. I think I *will* just take my pineapple and go home. :(
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naw just go play your bomberman Ds you just bought or said you did in another thread ?
 
I traded Kirby in for Bomberman DS. It's nice and old-school, and wisely uses the worthless touch screen ONLY as an extra set of buttons. Sadly, it's also created a particular conundrum for me: I'd like other people to play against, but I can't in good conscience recommend the Nintendo DS to anyone. What to do; what to do!
 
Drinky Crow said:
I traded Kirby in for Bomberman DS. It's nice and old-school, and wisely uses the worthless touch screen ONLY as an extra set of buttons. Sadly, it's also created a particular conundrum for me: I'd like other people to play against, but I can't in good conscience recommend the Nintendo DS to anyone. What to do; what to do!
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I will play Bomberman DS with you :)

AND WHUP THAT STANK ASS
 
Matlock said:
BTW: Hey Doug, want to tell GAF how you bitched and moaned about not being a moderator so that people couldn't ignore you--then when you weren't an admin, repeated until the administration placated your tender ego and shut you up?

Now stay the fuck out of my DS threads.
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So people can't ignore him right now? Cause I have him on ignore and it works perfectly fine. I guess if you put him on ignore when he was a regular member then it stays.
 
Even the shittiest hardware can still have games worth playing, usually through herculean developer effort. Frankly, I don't know how Hudson managed to triumph over the DS' miserable kit to deliver a fun game, but kudos to them and my heart goes out to any lives lost in the process.
 
Even the shittiest hardware can still have games worth playing, usually through herculean developer effort. Frankly, I don't know how Hudson managed to triumph over the DS' miserable kit to deliver a fun game, but kudos to them and my heart goes out to any lives lost in the process.
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haha...wow.
 
I want to hear more complaining about the DS ergonomics. While I'm not going to bother trying to defend them (Kirby gives me writers cramp) my hands actually got cancer from playing a PSP. That thing has fucked ergonomics AS WELL. Analogue nub, more like pain nipple.
 
The PSP analog nub ain't fun in the long term, but trying to hold a DS for the Metroid Prime Hunters has to be the single worst ergonomic handheld experience possible. Using the D-pad for strafe, your index finger on R to fire, and the stylus pressing down in the center unbalancing the whole thing is some sort of crazy finger yoga the lousy-ass game doesn't even remotely justify.
 
Isn't hating a console like...a huge waste of time? Its already been proven that DS has positives that no other gaming device has, and unique gameplay experiences are already available in the first generation of releases.

Warioware
Nintendogs
Meteos
etc

FPS may not work, but games like Another Code and Lost in Blue will be very interesting experiences which would not be possible on another machine.
 
Shao said:
Isn't hating a console like...a huge waste of time? Its already been proven that DS has positives that no other gaming device has, and unique gameplay experiences are already available in the first generation of releases.

Warioware
Nintendogs
Meteos
etc

FPS may not work, but games like Another Code and Lost in Blue will be very interesting experiences which would not be possible on another machine.
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Isn't Another Code essentially a point and click adventure?
 
AniHawk said:
Isn't Another Code essentially a point and click adventure?
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yeh but the way you solve puzzles are very unique, involving the stylus, the lid, the way the screens reflect, the mic and all sorts of stuff we hadn't even thought of (example, closing the lid in Lost in Blue). Definately makes some nice use of the DS other features. Check out review at GameFAQs, this game cannot be replicated on another machine.
 
From GA' own ToS: "B. Trolling

Trolling is considered to be the act of purposely being disingenuous to an active discussion. Negative commentary on given topics is by no means disallowed; however, such comments should attempt to be substantiated. No matter your supposed intent, if the forum administrators perceive you as a troll making unsubstantiated comments in an attempt to provoke the forum body, actions may be taken by the administrators."
 
Synbios459 said:
From GA' own ToS: "B. Trolling

Trolling is considered to be the act of purposely being disingenuous to an active discussion. Negative commentary on given topics is by no means disallowed; however, such comments should attempt to be substantiated. No matter your supposed intent, if the forum administrators perceive you as a troll making unsubstantiated comments in an attempt to provoke the forum body, actions may be taken by the administrators."
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Why even bother? GAF has turned into GameFAQs. Nice one mods, job well done. Now both the site and the forum are completely worthless.
 
The admins here really need to open their eyes. There's a freaking sticky on trolling and how it will not be tolerated yet they have one of their mods coming in here and completely and blatanly troll a thread and not once, but for the entire thread. This is pure hypocrisy and it's an all-time low for GAF.

I know that this is a free service and if I don't like it, I can head eslewhere, but this is one of the best gaming boards out there and it's a damn shame that crap like what Drinky is doing be tolerated. This was your best answer to stop trolling? Puting the biggest Sony fanboy as a mod? Why not bring in reirom too while we're at it.

I know I just took the bullet here but someone had to say it. This is completely pathetic. The original poster asked a simple question and it was a mod who came in and had to ruin it.
 
koam said:
The admins here really need to open their eyes. There's a freaking sticky on trolling and how it will not be tolerated yet they have one of their mods coming in here and completely and blatanly troll a thread and not once, but for the entire thread. This is pure hypocrisy and it's an all-time low for GAF.

I know that this is a free service and if I don't like it, I can head eslewhere, but this is one of the best gaming boards out there and it's a damn shame that crap like what Drinky is doing be tolerated. This was your best answer to stop trolling? Puting the biggest Sony fanboy as a mod? Why not bring in reirom too while we're at it.

I know I just took the bullet here but someone had to say it. This is completely pathetic. The original poster asked a simple question and it was a mod who came in and had to ruin it.
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Someone with some sense. :)
 
koam said:
The admins here really need to open their eyes. There's a freaking sticky on trolling and how it will not be tolerated yet they have one of their mods coming in here and completely and blatanly troll a thread and not once, but for the entire thread. This is pure hypocrisy and it's an all-time low for GAF.

I know that this is a free service and if I don't like it, I can head eslewhere, but this is one of the best gaming boards out there and it's a damn shame that crap like what Drinky is doing be tolerated. This was your best answer to stop trolling? Puting the biggest Sony fanboy as a mod? Why not bring in reirom too while we're at it.

I know I just took the bullet here but someone had to say it. This is completely pathetic. The original poster asked a simple question and it was a mod who came in and had to ruin it.
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This needs to be quoted again. This is a load of bull to have a sticky saying they're cracking down on trolling and then see this happen.

GAF = GAmeFaqs
 
I watched turokn64 get banned yesterday for saying Ape Escape 3 looked like an N64 game (which it did)...but no action taken at all as a result of this thread.
 
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