[DS] My Nintendo DS Fear

Nintendo has been my favorite game company since the start of my gaming days in the 80's. Allow me to explain my Nintendo DS Fear starting from the beginning:

NES = This gave me excellent fulfillment in RPG's and multiplayer games with friends.

SNES = This gave me fulfillment in all areas it ever could: RPG's, multiplayer games, and 1-player non-rpg games.

N64 = No RPG fulfillment, but 4 controller ports and thus even more fun to play because you can play with more people.

GC = No RPG fulfillment, but the same amount of multiplaying addiction as N64.

So, Nintendo has been lacking in the quality RPG department since 1996 with the N64. I have not even been too mad at that fact because luckily Nintendo was smart enough to release RPG's for GBC and GBA. What a library that GBA has! So in "conclusion", Nintendo is the best company in all the genres because I can get fulfillment in multiplayer by playing their consoles and fulfillment in RPG's by playing their handheld systems...

*QUEUE THUNDER CRASH SOUND EFFECT*

...Until the Nintendo DS came out. It has been out for over a year now and there are little or no RPG's for it. I realize it's still early, but there are not such a good amount of RPG's in development for the future, either. As for present DS RPG's, Lunar DS was such a failure.
I'm not against DS for its WiFi playing or it's multiplayer playing or it's fun stylus pen action gameplay, but I fear that the DS is so different from the GBA, that Nintendo will now officially be a poor company in the RPG department in any of the video game systems they make. That is a really bad thing to me since RPG is my favorite genre.

So, discuss. What is your take on Nintendo's future direction and your take on different game genres for Nintendo systems?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

A WiFi online DS RPG would be my new addiction. I know it would not be as broad as a PC game (because the cart's are so tiny), but I'd love it. Perhaps it could be Shining Soul 3. (A diablo-like game that you obtain item drops and hack enemies).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The DS better have GOlden Sun 3... i mean, to not follow up on a top rated RPG for a handheld system would be bad.

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

Originally Posted by RABicle

Fuck off.

Tough guy now huh?

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

RAB's points are invalid and pathetic except for the fact that the DS is innovative and still awesome in many ways.
RAB symbolizes the downfall of video games as he believes that anything Tony Hawk's related is a good thing. It's people like him that are the reason why Sony is number 1 in sales.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by RABicle

Since we are no longer playing on a NES because it's 2006 I don't expect Dragon Quest -Insert huge roman numeral here- to still be stuck with this same, almost unchanged system, despite us having analoge controllers with many times the number of buttons.

You don't fix what is not broken.

How ya doing, buddy?

That analogy does not work because I can just say that DQ8 is a T1 line (which it is to me and to many people).

Non-random battle RPG's are not fun because when I want to venture out into the world I want to venture out into the UNKNOWN and just have my wits and my items to keep me going rather than know where the enemies are before the battle appears. It's not fun to venture into the KNOWN. That's part of the thrill that RPGs should be having. If I want to play a game which the enemies are seen, I will play a video game like Diablo 2 (which I love) or any other action/RPG. Standard RPG's with shown-enemies suck.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

What? You need to work on your analogies.

So you dislike Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana? Are you retarded?

I don't need to work on anything. The reply to "If it aint broke dont fix it" is not "my 56k modem works fine so theres no point in getting DSL". That is totally not what I was talking about. So "KnowsNothing" needs to work on it.

CT is one of the worst RPG's ive ever played. Haven't tried Mana.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Haha okay I had to do an ip check to make sure you weren't someone's joke account.

I suppose you hate Earthbound and any of the Mario RPGs as well then. ='D

My IP and posts are being "checked" all of a sudden just because of my opinion?
I was one of the people that saved GFF by donating one of the large sums of money so don't even begin to think I'm a bad guy here.

The DS is an excellent console. I love Kart and cannot wait for Tetris. I just want the RPG aspect to live up to what the GBA did.

As for Earthbound - haven't tried it but I had a friend in the 90's who played it all day. I have Super Mario RPG and like it. I believe they did great with the enemies that are on the map because it requires me to do more. I feel like im playing a semi-3d mario game and an RPG at the same time. I also like paper mario games. Not such a fan of the gameplay of M&L games though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

You have a terrible opinion, so it's natural that we assume you're not serious. Also your sig is terrible. I don't think there could be anything more incidental than your selection of quotes.

In any case, comparing Dragon Quest VIII to a T1 line isn't too far off, I suppose, assuming that the Dragon Quest combat system is the transfer of data through packets as opposed to some other heathen method of data transmission.

"If it ain't broke don't fix it" is a very fitting adage, because fanbases don't want their favorite franchises to make drastic changes. They become accustomed to how certain things are done, and any deviation from that is viewed with criticism. While this may seem petty, I can't think of any example of an RPG franchise drastically changing its combat system in a way that was superior to its predecessor.

Games like Dragon Quest don't change, and really shouldn't change, because the target audience of an established franchise should always be the established fanbase. Any deviation from that school of thought invites disaster.

Don't you remember the CT opinion thread before GFF went down? There were a few people in there arguing that CT is one of the worst RPGs ever. CelticWhisper gave it a 1/10. I explained as much as I could why I dislike CT, while Celtic fully explained in every way why he hates CT. So it is incorrect to say that I am not serious with my opinion because I think CT sucks. You are just saying that because you cannot accept anyone disliking it. You probably cannot comprehend anyone disliking it. (I, perhaps, cannot comprehend anyone hating FF4).

And my sig sucks? What business is that of yours? It's just a quote from Shining Force CD showing the true evil of some bosses in the game. Who cares what my sig is but me?

As for the 56k modem / T1 line garbage. I didn't originally bring it up. I think it's stupid to make analogies like that anyway, so let's just change the subject. I simply replied back with the point that DQ8 is a really really good game. That was my point. And that is my opinion.

And your final thoughts are correct.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Merv Burger

If you think he's a joke account, at least he's consistent.

He's always been this stupid!

Aww.. no one out there can accept that a few people out there dislike CT.

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

"Flaming is the act of posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting, usually in the social context of a discussion board".

... so clearly you have a lot of growing up to do, unless you go back on the main topic of video games, and quote what I have said in this thread and tell me why my points are bad ones.

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

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

Well really, all the random battles are doing is keeping you from exploring the UNKNOWN. You get to a brand new section, the same purple blobs or radioactive ants attack you every single time you dare to take a footstep. Complete with the background that never changes. You might have been near a waterfall, with some flowers and trees, exploring! But no, here come the enemies, and now all of a sudden you're standing in the middle of nowhere.

I like going into the unknown of when, how, and where a battle is going to come, and what that battle is going to be and who the monsters in the battle are going to be.

I could care less about going into the unknown of the "sights and sounds" of the ahead because it is just all fake video game graphics.

So i was trying to make a point about enemies and battling, but I get why you thought I meant the "unknown" of whats ahead in the graphical aspects of a game.

Graphics = least important thing to me, ever.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I mentioned GBA in the very first post for being so good with RPGs.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

The thread is about DS, so I didn't want to discuss GBA too much.

FELIPE NO