 |
| Register | Login | |||||
 |
Main
| Memberlist
| Active users
| Calendar
| Chat
| Online users Ranks | FAQ | ACS | Stats | Color Chart | Search | Photo album |
|
| | ||
|
| Register | Login | |||||
|
Main
| Memberlist
| Active users
| Calendar
| Chat
| Online users Ranks | FAQ | ACS | Stats | Color Chart | Search | Photo album |
|
| | ||
| 0 users currently in General Gaming. |
| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Gaming - Nintendo DS Weak Points |
New poll |  |  |
| Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 | Add to favorites | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
| User | Post | ||
Ten Flurry                 Since: 12-09-05 From: Denver Last post: 6304 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
| I meant does the Dpad and Power button feel the same agaisnt the skin of your thumb. | |||
Cynthia Uh-huh.   Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
| Absolutely not. Power button's a fair distance above the d-pad and isn't as thick. | |||
|
Zem Permabanned. Flaming, trolling, reregistering.  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6621 days Last view: 6621 days |
| ||
| I've turned the DS off a couple times playing Marion 64, when I switched from the touch screen to the pad to climb a pole. Pushed the power button instead of up. That was annoying. Haven't had a problem with it anywhere else, though.
Also, I agree that PictoChat is worthless most of the time. At least, I've never, ever found a use for it, or had any fun with it. Maybe if I were at some kind of con or whatnot where there were lots of random folk with DS's, but how often does that happen? I don't go to cons. Having to turn off the DS every time you exit the menu, whether you changed something or not, is a bit annoying, I agree. It also never comes up because I almost never have to change the options. The carts are not fragile. They can even take more of a fall than N64 or SNES carts because they're so light. edit: I see I typed "Marion" but I've decided to leave it that way. (edited by Zem on 01-05-06 11:38 PM) |
|||
|
Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
Pictochat would probably be fun to play around with in a high-population environment... like university.  I should do that one day just to see if I hit paydirt. Then you send off Mario Kart to everyone and have a little game. Can't see the harm. |
|||
|
||bass Administrator  Since: 11-17-05 From: Salem, Connecticut Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
Originally posted by ColinOn an airplane, start drawing pictures of planes going up in flames and crashing and people dying, bombs, etc. Wait for someone else to freak out or start crying. That dude has pictochat open. |
|||
Apophis Ropa  Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
Originally posted by ||bassOriginally posted by ColinOn an airplane, start drawing pictures of planes going up in flames and crashing and people dying, bombs, etc. Wait for someone else to freak out or start crying. That dude has pictochat open. And then the real plane crashes because of interference from the DS. |
|||
Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6304 days Last view: 6300 days |
| ||
Originally posted by KarioOriginally posted by Shadic I hit it with my cainine (Urm, is that the name of it?) which is fairly sharp, and it was a quick chomp in a anger, because there was nothing nearby to hit. And I've never accidently turned off my DS. |
|||
NetSplit Paratroopa Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6460 days Last view: 6460 days |
| ||
You were angry and there was nothing around to hit, so you bit your DS? Who the hell relieves anger by biting inedible objects?  |
|||
Koitenshin +∞ Moblin Since: 12-24-05 From: Misery Last post: 6300 days Last view: 6300 days |
| ||
I chew on plastic straws all the time so yeah...  But anyways are there any good games for the DS besides Mario Kart DS? And I mean actual games not stupid kiddy shit like Nintendogs. |
|||
|
NetSplit Paratroopa Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6460 days Last view: 6460 days |
| ||
Do you do it to relieve anger? And are they thick and expensive? 
Regarding good games, I highly recommend Kirby, Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, and Meteos.  And if you're so concerned about 'kiddy shit,' why did you buy a system from a company that has a reputation for 'kiddy' games?(edited by NetSplit on 01-06-06 03:47 AM) |
|||
Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6645 days Last view: 6645 days |
| ||
| I'm feeling lazy today, so I didn't read the topic before posting. This is the first time I've done so; sue me. I've wanted to write out a pros/cons now that I have my DS, so here we go.
Kahn's Before I got my hands on one, I imagined the DS to feel like an SNES controller with a screen in the middle and a flip-top lid. I was very wrong, and a bit dissapointed. The face buttons are too small and too close together - while my thumb fits comfortably on an SNES or PS1/2 controller, I struggle with the DS. I also dislike the "cliky" aspect of the buttons and D-Pad, they instill in me a feeling that I'll break them if I press to rapidly or too often. The shoulder buttons are fine, considering this is a handheld, they're actually quite comfortable. With Nintendo stressing the creative abilities of the DS, I also would have liked to see a customizable internal menu (moreso than just picking a background color) where you can change the shape, style and location of the buttons, maybe even draw a background picture or - using WiFi - download them. I imagined the GUI to be almost like a primitive desktop. There's nothing wrong with the menu, I just expected more. I must also echo the sentiment that I worry about the structural integrity of the game cards, specifically that the connectors are exposed. Granted, I'm careful, but as it stands, I'm more gentle with the game cards than I am with CDs. Prose Not a single dead pixel, first off. I was worried there might be one or two, but I think that was just scaremongering by PSP fanboys. In my hands, and to look at, the DS just looks and feels really, really cool - the geeky giddy factor (or GGF, as I like to call it) far outweighs even the Video iPod. I didn't expect the 3D graphics to look nearly as nice as they do in the few games I've played so far, and even more, I didn't expect the graphics in general to look so clean. Like, PS1/2 and GBA seem a bit rough, a bit jaggy in the graphical department. There's not a trace of that in my DS, it looks really crisp. I also didn't expect the sound quality to be as terrific as it is - using earbuds helps, of course, but that's true of almost any sound-emitting device. The tune that plays while you're searching the local area for games to play is mesmerizing with earbuds in (the sound travels not just from left bud to right bud, but it feels like the sound is circling your head -- my GBA couldn't pull that off). The sound, also, seems really clean and crisp to me, very modern. The volume range is also nice, it can become much quieter or much louder than the GBA, although the volume control is very delicate and takes some getting used to. The AC adapter and the unit as a whole also feel very solid, very sturdy and durable, the material the system is made out of feels very high-quality, there's something tactile about it, too -- you just want to touch it...which, I guess, given their "Touching is Good" campaign, seems like it should've been more obvious to me than it was. Overall, I'm extremely pleased with the DS (especially since I imported a Graphite Black system, which is unique among the Platinums and Blues so common here in the States) and can't wait to play more games. My fingers are crossed for Golden Sun 3... |
|||
Razman Red Paragoomba  Since: 11-17-05 From: Where I can kick your ass Last post: 6487 days Last view: 6487 days |
| ||
| ..........No sound at all................................. *click* ............ *click click* ................ *click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click* ................................... At least, the DS is not like the GBASP. The L and R buttons are a bit bigger. | |||
|
Apophis Ropa Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
Originally posted by Kutske Lucky bastard. I have one in the middle of the touch screen. |
|||
|
Zem Permabanned. Flaming, trolling, reregistering. Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6621 days Last view: 6621 days |
| ||
| Oh yeah, the volume control. That's something that bugs me, and bugged me on the GBA too. The slider is neat and all, but what's the point? It's harder to set precisely than the little wheels of old, and easier to jostle out of place. Also, I think the minimum volume before it cuts out could be a lot lower. ajkl;fld;kasjfdsl;afjla;sf
The volume problems are the only ones that consistently bug me. |
|||
|
Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero  Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
| I almost never adjust the volume, so there you go. Always just a bit below max. | |||
|
Koitenshin +∞ Moblin Since: 12-24-05 From: Misery Last post: 6300 days Last view: 6300 days |
| ||
| And who says I bought it? I'm considering getting one just for a few games that are decent. | |||
|
Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
| Volume's max or near max for me, but it's not overly loud or anything so it works well.
One question... is it possible to use any headphones (say, iPod ones) on the DS? Wouldn't hurt. |
|||
|
Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
| Indeed. I frequently wear headphones when playing AWDS, because... The sound quality is a lot better. (edited by Alastor the Stylish on 01-06-06 08:03 PM) |
|||
|
Cymoro Administrator    Since: 11-17-05 From: Cymoro Gaming Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
| If your thumb os slipping from the D-Pad to the power button, and you held it there for the second required to power it off, then I salute you. You have the greasiest fingers in existence, and you aren't that fast either.
Now, Zem has a unique case. This has happened to me with the ABXY buttons. On the topic of Game Cards: These things are durable shit. I would make armor out of them if I could. I've had my extra copy of Hunters thrown at a wall, stomped on, run over, and put in the wash, and it still works. Go Nintendo. |
|||
|
Schweiz oder etwas [12:55] (Dr_Death16); I swear, the word drama needs to be stricken from the dictionary, for I've heard it so many times, it will permanently be imprinted on my brain  Since: 11-17-05 From: Kingston, Rhode Island Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6298 days |
| ||
| *Grey reads Kutske's post!*
*Grey looks behind the R-Zone counter at the stack of 20 graphite black Nintendo DSes that he's selling.* *Grey became confused!* |
| Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 | Add to favorites | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Gaming - Nintendo DS Weak Points |
| |
