So when do you think the DS LiteR will be out?

[illustriouschin]

one of the rumor articles:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6182879.ht ... bj=6182879

quasi-confirmation:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/nintendo-ds/ge ... 323449.php




yeah you probably heard the rumors, probably what you dont know is it is mostly the exact same rumor from last year and they were planning to release the new version last february if the rumor had turned out correct.

anyway they are obviously going to release it eventually but not until the NDS Lite sales go down, it would be shooting themselves in the foot otherwise.

here is some more things for me to talk about:
1. no GBA slot, a lot of whiney punks complaining about that, and it is true that there are a million GBA games that are great and still worth playing but that is what either your current DS Lite is for, or if you want the superior GBA experience get a GBA Micro, you dont know how great those are since you never tried one.

2. thinner, this is the main thing i want, the NDSLite is small but still way too big and clunky to carry in your pocket 24/7 like i do my GBAM.

3. larger screen, this part i am not too fond of since it will decrease the dot-pitch of the screen and make it look more pixelated and junky. i hope they get higher quality screens to make up for that. they should make them smaller, smaller screen work wonders for the GBAM screen idea.

4. built in memory, I am indifferent! unless some really cool use for it shows up.


so when do you think they will release the thing? i am thinking next spring maybe March, same time of year the GBA SP was released and a few other handheld versions released.

[DK]

That built in memory will come in useful when you realise you can't insert the RAM expansion for the Opera Browser.

[illustriouschin]

That built in memory will come in useful when you realise you can't insert the RAM expansion for the Opera Browser.

that will be cancelled out after you realize that the Opera Browser blows a goat on the NDS, it is a slow, low-res bastard.

[nc]

I guess it would have to have built in rumble then? Hopefully better rumble than the crappy packs.

[illustriouschin]

it wouldnt have to have built in rumble since hardly any games use it and for those games it is not necessary, hiya!

[nc]

^ I doubt Nintendo would make it unable to utilise something that you you purchased for your DS.

[illustriouschin]

oh sure they dont mind, they did it a lot with the other gameboys.

[DK]

Since whed did they do that

[illustriouschin]

come on do i really got to explain it. releasing new gameboys that have proprietary ports on them so you have to buy adapters all the time, GBA SP couldnt use the gba-gcn link cables good, the GBAM couldnt use most of the accessories. then there is the e-card reader that nintendo disowned after a few months and a few other things that you should know also.

[dudex77]

Infa Red on the gbc. Case closed.

[benol]

Infa Red on the gbc. Case closed.

But that was used for Pokemon G/S/C, and nothing else.

[dudex77]

Infa Red on the gbc. Case closed.

But that was used for Pokemon G/S/C, and nothing else.

It was used in a couple of other game aswell and also it was used between the gbc and the pikachu portable thing I think.

[nc]

Infa Red on the gbc. Case closed.

You didn't have to buy that , it was there as standard. If you were to buy that as an add-on it may have been a different story.

[Valium]

Infa Red on the gbc. Case closed.

But that was used for Pokemon G/S/C, and nothing else.

And Pokemon trading card game, I believe.

[Kyo]

obviously they stopped using infra-red because no game designer used it. It was an unsuccessful feauture. I'm more pissed off because the GBA SP < needs a special speaker.