Nintendo DS Lite Hands-on Review 81
Nintendo DS News writes "Those lucky chaps at Lik Sang have done a hands-on review of the DS Lite, with masses of screenshots and comparisons between the new and old versions. Now, you can officially add whiter, cooler, prettier, sleeker, and overall better to your arsenal of superlatives when describing the Nintendo DS Lite in comparison with the first edition of the Nintendo DS. The new edition has for sure a fashionable look, and appears more modern than the previous model, which many compared to a 'cheap plastic toy from the 20th century' when it first came out.""
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Re:Toys (Score:2)
$100 may get you a gameboy but it isn't enough for the NDS (close though, $129ish) and way short for a PSP (>$200.)
Moreover, I don't think anyone who owns an NDS (as I do) would say they only play it on airplane
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I played with one the other day (Score:5, Interesting)
My first thought was, "Oh, the screen's not that bright." Then I looked over at one of the old style DSes. It looked so muddy and washed out in comparison! It's definitely a step up. Next, I tried the demo of Animal Crossing... but I didn't learn much from that besides that AC is only interesting when it's your town not some demo character. Mario Kart was much more interesting, because it taught me that the buttons are way more comfortable. The current DS buttons are sort of shallow and hard, but the new buttons are a lot easier on the thumb when you're holding down the gas with all your might. It's also seemingly easier to hit A while holding X, or whatever. The stylus is also better. I almost never use the built-in stylus now, since it's too small to be comfortable, but the new one seems just big enough to be useable.
I'll see if I can manage to find one or not when they go on sale (when the shops open in a couple hours from). I'm actually holding out for the new color, but I told a friend, I'd send her one at low commission. Usually, there isn't much problem getting a hold of things on their release date, but this might be more problematic than usual, since it's supposedly in short supply. We'll see.
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Re:I played with one the other day (Score:3, Interesting)
The washes out colors aren't the result of the DSs brightness, but the darkness of the original GBA, which forced the developers to use colors brighter then you would normally use to compensate for the dark display. So GBA games look wrong on everything other then the original GBA. Some emulators might counter act that by applying a low gamma before displaying the
Re:I played with one the other day (Score:2)
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I don't mind that my old-style DS has a slightly less brilliant display. If only it had a !@#$% anti-reflective coating. In bright daylight it is virtually unusable.
OTOH, it seems that the touch screen means that strategy game publishers are definitely looking seriously at the DS. I've seen a few really good strategy game (turn-based no less!) in the 2006 lineup. I can't wait for Europa Universalis.
MartiBook-esque (Score:2)
I hate it when laptops have really thick bases with thin screens on top - it just looks bad imo. the iBook gets round this by making the top and bottom rounded and having a grey section sandwitched in-between the white upper and lower parts.
the DS Lite is solid white and further exaggerates the difference between top and bottom thicknesses by recessing the upper scr
Re:iBook-esque (Score:2)
Perhaps, but in comparison to the original DS...
GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:4, Insightful)
Pass. My silver DS works just fine, thank you, and I'll continue to enjoy it for quite a while.
Re:GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:2)
These incremental products are minor redesigns rather than full-on, must-upgrade things, anyway. If and when a device adds new features and functionality that represent significant improvement, then it's worth going after.
speaking as someone who likes the DS, but hasn't gotten one, yet, I have to say it's pretty neat-looking. Not a fan of that "scratch me, stain me" milk-white hardware look, though--I'll be waiting for the blue version.
Re:GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:1)
The screen might need a goos clean wipe now and then, but it's not iPod-scratchy.
Re:GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:1)
There's no shame or troll-ness in that.
If you want something a little smaller and a lot brighter, just upgrade.
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Re:GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:2)
This is an honest question; I've no clue what difference it could possibly make. As far as I can tell, you're just whining over a minor aesthetic issue.
Re:GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:2, Interesting)
As you can see, the back of the GBA and DS connectors are practically touching. Sure they could have made it so that GBA carts won't stick out, but only if the case was extended. I prefer the cart sticking out over a larger DS.
Its not Nintendo was lazy.
Re:GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:2)
Re:GBA cartridges stick out? No sale. (Score:1)
I guess they could layer the GBA cart connector and the DS cart connector, that would've made a thicker DS, espcecially with the touch screen and all. Or I guess they could've had DS carts sticking out a bit.
I think Nintendo wo
Why don't... (Score:2)
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Same thing here. Once they were sure the DS was a sure thing, they added in updates that I'm sure they knew well beforehand and then pushed it out.
I actually don't like this practice and it does nothing to create brand loyalt
Re:Why don't... (Score:2)
we all know that at some point we'll have processors 2 times as fast as the ones we have now, so why bother with measly increments of 25%, 50% etc.? wait a sec, forget 2 times faster, let's not release anything until they're 3 times faster... no, 5 times faster, that'll be worth releasing, everything else in between is just a scam.
and don't g
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Now, I'm no stranger to th
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The DS was a crapshoot for Nintendo. That's why they did so much to make sure people knew it was not the next Gameboy or even part of the same product line.
Re:Why don't... (Score:2)
you might have a point if it really were a month later and not a year.
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It's easy to also overlook the difference between Joe Sixpack and the
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Please take a reading comprehension class, and then come back when you're all growed up.
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When I said a couple months I was saying in general (as far as the general public is concerned it has only been a few months since the push for the Nintendogs/Pokemon editions. While these are not DIFFERENT in any hardware way they are to entice buyers due to the tie-in. So your kid sees the new blue pokedex version and wants it because it is marketed to death, so you buy it, and then three months
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And this is what you've been basically questioning in your responses the whole time, and it is a valid question.
My answer is for Nintendo to rework its marketing, which has been one area Nintendo has failed in for years due to their strict adherence to a Japanese focus and NOA having basically no power to do much of anything. Most co
Re:Why don't... (Score:2)
At first you have to work with the parts that are availible and have been produced. The screens are only so good at the price range your looking for. You can design a $800 dollar handheld but you can't sell it, so you go with what the market will accept.
Then you sell a million of the units and the producer of the screens uses that capital to improve their product
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I believe someone once said: "Once is coincidence, twice is happenstance,
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Price. The DS isn't as attractive compared to the PSP when it runs for $200 instead of $130.
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But anyways, the allusion to the GBA SP was solely to have a comparision. As well as clarifying that, I'm hoping this next item will kill a few birds with one stone. I'll preface this by saying that I know not everyone will rush out to get one if they alrea
Re:Why don't... (Score:2)
You understand my stance completely now, whomever you may be. I do not like the idea of having to buy the same system twice, with only a few upgrades (If they were of proper signifigance though, I would consider.) I do not know the price of the original dollars, but I have seen various reports of the cost of the DS Lite. From the site which is linked
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Biased (Score:1)
Not that they're not entitled to their own opinion, but does sound a little spooky if you take into account the fact that their page is littered with Nintendo advertisements. It would be appreciated if the summary linked to a more sober article of this news.
Re:Biased (Score:2)
So they're not doing anything like you're suggesting.
Re:Uh, dude (Score:1)
Those are not superlatives. (Score:1)
Yeah, maybe if you're a moron. Whiter, cooler, prettier, etc are comparatives. Whitest, coolest, prettiest would be superlatives.
Re:Those are not superlatives. (Score:2)
Re:Those are not superlatives. (Score:1)
"superlative adj.
1. Of the highest order, quality, or degree; surpassing or superior to all others.
2. Excessive or exaggerated.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being the extreme degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, as in best or brightest."
The words, themselves, may not be superlatives, but they DO add to the excessive amount of adjectives used to describe the DS.
A what? (Score:1)
What does a refridgerator or workwear got to do with anything?
That makes no sense.
At last! (Score:2)
Now I'll actually buy one.
At least I didn't get screwed this time around. (Score:2)
Re:At least I didn't get screwed this time around. (Score:2)
Disappointed in the size (Score:1)
I already have a PSP and I want to pick up a DS as well (I'm a sucker for handhelds, what can I say). What kept me away from the DS so far has everything to do with how they build the actual hardware. I hated the original DS case. And I hated the craptacular screen quality. But I love the innovation behi
Trade-Offs (Score:1)