Nintendo Ds - November 21, $149.99

twoflow

<div class="IPBDescription">With Metroid: Hunters and Pictochat</div> <a href='http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/entertainment/2004-09-21-nintendo-ds-launch_x.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear...ds-launch_x.htm</a>

Looks like the first console I'll have ever imported!

RaVe

Oooo....

Sounds like a mini canvas for me XD
I <i>might</i> buy it, depending on how much money I have....

DrSuredeath

Import?

Anyway, $150 for the Nintendo DS and Metroid.

That's a freaking great deal.

AveSatanas

It seems like a great system, but just wait 2 years and a even better system will come out <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->, and is this compatible with GBA games, I bought a gba for nothing <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

That_Annoying_Kid

the DS is indeed very sexy, I know of a few of my friends who will most definetly get it

raz0r

<!--QuoteBegin-Dr.Suredeath+Sep 21 2004, 03:23 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dr.Suredeath @ Sep 21 2004, 03:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Import?

Anyway, $150 for the Nintendo DS and Metroid.

That's a freaking great deal. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
It'll come out in the US before the UK, hence, he'll be importing it.

I probably won't inport it, but i'll sure as hell be buying it.

Gadzuko

Argh! I'm already spending upwards of $300 on games this holiday season, now they want me to buy this!

/me checks the black market selling price for various organs

Infinitum

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Soooooooooooooooooo importing this as well as a few of the launch titles.

SkinnY

i need to rob a bank

RuBy

I think I'll be getting the psp whenever that comes out <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

raz0r

<!--QuoteBegin-RuBy+Sep 21 2004, 08:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RuBy @ Sep 21 2004, 08:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think I'll be getting the psp whenever that comes out <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
DS > PSP

DS > RuBy

DS > all

DS > PSP

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Having just spent a few minutes researching

- ok launch is Nov 21st for $150 US
- Comes with Pictochat INBUILT.
- Comes with a DEMO of Metroid Prime Hunters.
- Is launching in the USA BEFORE Japan. (Japan gets it Dec 1)

I am importing this thing so quickly, it isn't funny.

Hopefully Super Mario 64x4 and Super Mario Kart will both be launch titles.

EDIT: Also. Nintendo just decimated the 'competition' before Sony even launched their handheld.

coil

Damn them.

Halflife 2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
World of Warcraft

and now the Nintendo DS. >.<

Infinitum

<!--QuoteBegin-coil+Sep 22 2004, 06:13 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Sep 22 2004, 06:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Damn them.

Halflife 2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
World of Warcraft

and now the Nintendo DS.  >.< <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I know ;_;

Add that to the 600 Aus worth of DVDs I'm buying in October ;_;

Alkiller

<!--QuoteBegin-coil+Sep 21 2004, 03:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Sep 21 2004, 03:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Damn them.

Halflife 2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
World of Warcraft

and now the Nintendo DS. >.< <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well.. you could **** youself out to 1000 fat chicks for 50$.

Xilentshadow

I've been waiting for this for a long time, even before e3, but those were rumors. Now with a sexy look, pictochat, and metroid prime, theres no way im not gonna buy it.

Thank god i didnt buy a gba sp. I have a gba but no backlight. Now i go to all my friends with an SP, and i go: in a few months, your technology will be obsolete to mine. Then thier rich parents buy them the ds when it come out, not even on thier birthday, or whatever gift-giving day, and im like "god dammit!".

But the rich kids will get what they deserve when the time comes.

baconflaps

Or 100 REALLY fat chicks for 500 dollars.

Heh, fat chicks need loving too.

juice

<!--QuoteBegin-baconflaps+Sep 21 2004, 03:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (baconflaps @ Sep 21 2004, 03:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Or 100 REALLY fat chicks for 500 dollars.

Heh, fat chicks need loving too.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
you shouldn't joke about that. how do you think i bought myself my $$$ computer? and intend to buy all these great games too and DS etc?

go through their friends who pity them and you'll make a lot more money...

coil

<!--QuoteBegin-silent_shadow900+Sep 21 2004, 04:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (silent_shadow900 @ Sep 21 2004, 04:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Thank god i didnt buy a gba sp. I have a gba but no backlight. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ditto, and ditto. This is pretty much my one minor consolation in this affair.

Chrono

psp just lost any chance they had of the hand held market

DOOManiac

They're launching the DS in the US first?


Am I the only one worried about this?

I mean hey, the last thing to break japanese tradition of being released locally then shipped to the US later was Metal Gear Solid 2, and we all know how that turned out...


Also, take special note of the bundled metroid game: Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt. Now, I haven't been keeping up too closely but I don't remember there being a subtitle on there, which leads me to guess that this isn't the full game you're getting, but rather just a demo, ala Half-Life: Day One. [edit] n/m Inf already beat me to it. I should read threads before posting. :P [/edit]

Still, this is the uberpwn though.

Invader_Scoot

Just the other day when I went to EB Games to go buy Pikmin 2 I saw that had some posters for the DS and that it was gonna sell for only an MSRP of $99.99.

But anyway, yeah lot's of cool games and stuff are coming out late this year.<ul><li>Nintendo DS</li><li>Metroid Prime 2: Echoes</li><li>Half-Life 2 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> </li><li>Paper Mario 2</li></ul>And then you can't forget all the other really cool games coming out for the DS as well. But, is Pictochat really <b>built into</b> the DS? That's gonna be kicka**.

@Doom: They released Metroid Prime in the USA before anywhere else and look how that game turned out? Very awesome.

Geminosity

the fact we're talking about a hand-held with voice recognition built in let alone all the other crazy-cool features just boggles my silly lil mind... I wasn't excited about the DS when I first heard of it but the more they tell the more excited I get =3

Invader_Scoot

Oh and if you want to see some more information on the DS and it's specs go here:

<a href='http://www.nintendo.com/ds/index.jsp' target='_blank'>http://www.nintendo.com/ds/index.jsp</a>

BlackPlague

must....have...ds!!!! >_< eeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrr i want this thing sooooooooo bad lol.

coil

I imagine they're pushing the US release first to beat the PSP to market, especially since Sony isn't anywhere near ready to put theirs out. GG Nintendo.

TommyVercetti

No way in hell I'm buying a handheld that requires a stylus. Way to unwieldly. Also, plain stupid from the company good at making innovative products out of tired and plain stupid franchises.

Chrono

<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Sep 21 2004, 05:40 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Sep 21 2004, 05:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> No way in hell I'm buying a handheld that requires a stylus. Way to unwieldly. Also, plain stupid from the company good at making innovative products out of tired and plain stupid franchises. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
the styalis is a feature just like having a joy stick and a d pad on the same side of the gamecube controler

TommyVercetti

I just don't feel like fooling around with a stylus that will probably get lost or something while I'm trying to play a game on the subway.

For me the only handheld is the mini-laptop. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

docchimpy

<!--QuoteBegin-silent_shadow900+Sep 21 2004, 03:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (silent_shadow900 @ Sep 21 2004, 03:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> But the rich kids will get what they deserve when the time comes. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
A fat, juicy inheritance?

Cold_NiTe

<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Sep 21 2004, 07:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Sep 21 2004, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I just don't feel like fooling around with a stylus that will probably get lost or something while I'm trying to play a game on the subway.

For me the only handheld is the mini-laptop. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I was worried about this when I first got a PDA. Then I learned that you can buy extra stylus's in packs of 3 for dirt cheap. And that's no lie, I saw a pack for like $1.50, the exact ones I needed. My guess is, that losing it won't be a problem because A.) It will have a nice hole it clicks into place in, inside the DS just like PDA's do and B.) even if you do lose it, replacements won't cost that much because it's just a stick of metal and perhaps plastic.

Don't give up on a system just because of something so trivial. If you think that the control setup is <i>unwieldy</i> or something more important, I would understand; though even then, I would think that perhaps trying it out at a store would be a could way to test out such a theory.