[DS] Nintendo DS/Lite discussion thread

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

And yet, we want larger televisions, computer monitors, rooms, houses, and stereos. We're setting a double-standard. Some equipment is better big and some isn't? Maybe, one day, it'll get to the point when there are only the two extremes: really big or really small. How could adapt to that?

Yeah, it should be the other way around. TVs small enough get lost in the lounge room, portable music players the size of a record player. Game Boy Macro with cinema sized screen and family sized pizza tray buttons comin' soon!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hey guys what's going on in this thread. I like what I've seen of the DS Lite (secret: I've seen it in JPEG form), because I approve of fragments of the sun being shoved into the screens. I assume Nintendo will bundle it with New Super Mario Bros when it reaches these shores in 2009, which is the coolest, most fantastic, complex and catchy name for a new Super Mario Bros. game ever. "Did you play New Super Mario Bros?" "Which one?" "New Super Mario Bros!" "WHICH ONE?" And that's when I'll trade in my current DS with Hello Kitty stickers all over it.

This post is virtually worthless because nobody REALLY cares what others plan on doing in regards to anything but oh well.



How ya doing, buddy?

Hey guys the battery back-up in my Nanostray cartridge is dead for no real reason other than being a poor quality cartridge perhaps and I can't really be bothered returning it because I imported it. Pretty good life story hey!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

There are no new features. =o It does everything the old DS did, it's just smaller with much better screens.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Oh snap, Australia gets the DS Lite before America. June 1st, $199.95 AUD (that's less than $200, what a steal!) But NSMB isn't due out till June 8. =(

I was speaking idiomatically.

Free Brain Training demos with the Aussie DS Lite. Only a week to go!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

IGN reveals what the American box art will look like so you don't buy a set of six large pots by mistake.



FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by chaofan

Holy crap is it me or is the DS Lite coming out in Australia in around 2 days?

Wow, the announcement of the Australian DS Lite date seems like yesterday. Unfortunately for me, that means my hunger cost me my DS Lite -___-'' (so poor)

EB stores are apparently getting it in this afternoon. Knowing them, they'll start selling it straight away.

"Here's your shipment!"
"THANKS DELIVERY GUY DO YOU WANT TO BUY THEM ALL BACK? YOU CAN TRADE IN YOUR OLD DS FOR TWO DOLLARS IN-STORE CREDIT"

I wonder if they've fooled anybody by claiming the Brain Training demo is only given away with pre-orders like they did with the Metroid Hunters demo. But so far it looks like Myer ($188) and Toy's R Us ($190 with a free $20 off next purchase voucher thing) are the places to go if any Auzziezzz are planning on getting one this week.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by chaofan

Back on topic, the DS Lite ain't being properly advertised here. I doubt anybody knows it's out yet -_-'

Nintendo Australia never bothers to advertise anything though. Their last ad was ten hilarious seconds of low res MKDS footage blown up to full screen and some lady talking about God knows what. Probably waffle irons.

One of my mates bought one yesterday. Bloody hell it makes the original DS look like a freakin' Game Gear. The updated Brain Training demo that came with it still has problems with the Australian accent, though. ='D

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Threads merged.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hay guys. In a typical Nintendo move, they've removed something. The little wrist strap is now sold separately, but this thing's pretty fucking awesome. It's charging in the other room now, but I gave it a SPIIIIN with some stuff. The clarity and the COLOUR is awesome. And no dead pixels, which is rad, because I had so much drama with the original DS. SO MUCH. Oh and the Brain Training demo has no option for left handed rejects such as myself, so it's kinda pointless.



I r smart today.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The buttons are fine, they're slightly bigger than the originals, but don't have the cool clicky feeling to them anymore. Same with the shoulder buttons. Dpad however, I dunno, I reckon it's worse. I haven't really spent much time with this thing yet (blol fifteen minutes or so), but it's smaller and .. slushy feeling. The directions sink into it more when you press them. I dunno if that sentence even made sense! Oh and the stylus is finally a decent, sensible size.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

='D
I just found out that there is a left handed option hidden in the demo, in the Sudoku section. SUUUUDOOOOKUUUUUU, so boring. ;_;

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh yeah, I totally forgot to do that before I sold off my original DS this morning. WHOOPS. My 0 wins record in Tony Hawk, gone. Shattered forever. Depressing. And so on.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I just use one of those cloth things used for cleaning glasses. Cost a massive buck twenty, they work great on both DS and DS lite. And now that lite is all iPudding glossy shiny, it gets even more use. Fingerprints and crap EVERYWHERE.

FELIPE NO

The grid design's still being used, unless my DS lite is broken or something. You can easily see the difference between the two screens, especially on 2D games like Bomberman and Guilty Gear which use both as one big screen. The touch screen's sensitivity seems about the same to me, only thing now is it reacts to the borders of the screen. My old DS had like an invisible barrier or something all around.











What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Well, the UK and Europe are the only joints getting the black DS lite so far, at their launch later this month. Soooo maybe America will see it.. I dunno, probably during the Christmas holidays. 2009.

More text that was inserted at a later time goes here: Hey, Best Buy's giving away free copies of Brain Age with DS lite's today.



Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah imagine all the PS3's and Wii's that'll suffer from dead pixels! =o

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Gamespot doesn't like anything. Unless it's Tony Hawk 3! 10/10! Best game of this generation! Tony Hawk 3! I had to exchange my DS lite today, the touch screen got DOTS all over it outta nowhere, stuck pixels, EVERYWHERE. It was funky. I kept the replacement stylus, I'm such an Australian convict. NOW I HAVE THREE.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by scotty

can you send me some?

I could! I also have some extra official stylus' for the original DS somewhere around. Two, I think. Better than a screw driver. ;_;

Originally Posted by Spatula

You got dots already? So just one day it just suddenly appeared? Hundreds of them like ice cream cones? So far no problems with "my" no wait, sorry, our 5 hour old DS lite. It's like a baby. A baby you want to choke. Oh wait.

Yep, they just all exploded into action on Sunday. I was too lazy to go exchange it that day, and yesterday was a public holiday. For convicts!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I should have. Perhaps it warped into a different time period overnight and dinosaurs started chewing on it. Here I'll just skillfully edit this image I posted two pages back with what it was like;



Man, I probably should have kept the Brain Training demo, too. Then I'd have TWO OF THEM! The guy at the store didn't even open the box to make sure I'd put everything in there.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by icarus

For those of you that have a DS Lite, please do me a favor. Check your DS Lite touch screens for the following:
- Bottom right corner of screen clicks-in
- Screen looks slightly off-center inside.

I just wanna know if SuperDK and I are alone or not on this one.

The lite I had to return yesterday had that clicking screen thing. Bottom right hand corner and everything. It didn't really bother me that much, but perhaps your touch screen will have a coloured dot outbreak soon! Or not.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Actually they probably aren't even using the grid design anymore. I think my original touch screen was just screwed so much from the beginning and I was too distracted by the WOW LOOK HOW BRIGHT IT IS. And I hardly used it aside from a few quick goes of Pac 'N Roll (this game is so annoying I would enjoy pegging it against a urinal). I don't think I pressed down with insane strength or anything. =]

How ya doing, buddy?

Nah, the demo pack-in is only for Australia and New Zealand. I think Best Buy was the only place giving away the full version with Lite's in America, and that deal only lasted a few days.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

EB has it listed at $35, but I guess you could find it for $30 in any other store. So like, you'd only be paying $10 more for the much better DS Lite route.

Jam it back in, in the dark.