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Title: nintendo ds
Post by: Andy on August 24, 2008, 01:48:00 PM

my dad doesn't play with his so i'm stealing it. can anyone recommend me some good games?

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: yesno on August 24, 2008, 01:52:18 PM

I liked all the Advance Wars games.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Stupornaut on August 24, 2008, 06:46:01 PM

Space Invaders Extreme is a really great updated retro game. (Doubly retro, actually, as the premise is retro 1978 and the title is retro 1999.)

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Andy on August 24, 2008, 07:18:34 PM

can one fucking store please carry a game for ds that isn't  aimed at 8 year olds?  how many different versions of nintendogs do they need?  nobody has anything that would appeal to an adult baby.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: masterofsparks on August 24, 2008, 09:06:21 PM

I think there's a GTA game for the Nintendo DS that's either already out or is coming soon. Dunno if you're into those games, but it's definitely not aimed at 8-year olds.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Gilly on August 24, 2008, 10:20:13 PM

The Brain Age games are supposed to be good.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: bobby. on August 25, 2008, 06:37:52 AM

Illegal ollie is here:

You can buy a memory cartridge thing for around 30 quid, which you can then download and transfer loads of games on to. That would be a good idea.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on August 25, 2008, 11:35:57 AM

the brain age games are good, but only for small amounts of time.  it can only "measure" your IQ daily, so it does you no good to work at getting better in an hour since it's already taken your score the first time you play any of the activities. 

unfortunately, i dont own a DS (i merely play them if i find one laying around), so i dont have any suggestions.  sorry. 

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Gilly on August 25, 2008, 03:45:19 PM

Quote from: bobby. on August 25, 2008, 06:37:52 AM

Illegal ollie is here:

You can buy a memory cartridge thing for around 30 quid, which you can then download and transfer loads of games on to. That would be a good idea.

Can a DS do NES and SNES emulation?

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Andy on August 25, 2008, 04:10:53 PM

I think it can, although I haven't been able do do much research because "games" is one of the few things my company filters pretty agressively. If so, I won't be buying any games, I'll just be playing Altered Beast or Battletoads all day.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Gilly on August 25, 2008, 04:18:56 PM

You wouldn't have to be online. You just get one of those memory cards Bobby was talking about and it boots right from there.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Andy on August 25, 2008, 05:00:23 PM

I was just saying that I would have figured out how to do it by now except that games are filltered, so I can't get to any DS homebrew sites to figure it out.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Gilly on August 25, 2008, 05:03:41 PM

Oh, no internet at home?

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: orangewhip on August 25, 2008, 08:47:29 PM

There are a LOT of excellent DS games.  What genres of games are you into?  There are a lot of really unique and creative games out for the DS.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Andy on August 25, 2008, 09:28:01 PM

fun games, mostly.  nothing too involved, but no nintendogs.  I want something a little challenging, but probably not a final fantasy type game.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Gilly on August 25, 2008, 09:32:32 PM

http://www.metacritic.com/games/ds/

I don't have a DS but that's where I go to read about video games. Also, most Blockbusters rent DS games. I've also heard Guitar Hero: On Tour is supposed to be really good if you are into those games.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Andy on August 25, 2008, 09:45:13 PM

also, I am lazy and forgot about this resource:
http://ask.metafilter.com/42222/Quality-Nintendo-DS-Titles

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: Andy on August 25, 2008, 09:46:50 PM

how sad is it that I'm sitting in my first ever MBA class and looking up video games?  Good thing it's just an excel overview.

Title: Re: nintendo ds
Post by: sleepytako on August 26, 2008, 03:23:37 AM

Here are the games I play the most on my DS.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2
Hotel Dusk
Yoshi's Island
Mario Kart DS
Professor Layton
Contra

If you study Japanese make sure to get Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten. It's a decent JPN-ENG dictionary that you can keep with you at all times.