People who buy Nintendo DS are being skrewed over

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SithSolo1

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Well lemme put it this way, I've owned an original gameboy, a gameboy pocket, a gameboy color, and a gameboy advanced. I'm sure I'm not alone and if I had the money I'm sure I would own a gameboy SP and a DS. Do I feel screwed over because nintendo decided to advance the system? No.
 

maziwanka

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Originally posted by: Siva
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Originally posted by: MySoS
Revolution is for GameCube.
This is true.
Evolution is the rumored code name for the next gameboy.
This is absolutely bullsh*t. What is your source?
Nintendo has already comfirmed that DS is not the replacement for the gameboy.
That is technically correct. The DS and Advance are supposed to be on the market together until a true Gameboy successor, which hasn't been announced. Where do you get 2006? I can easily pull made-up release dates from my ass too. OMG, the GB Advance won't be replaced until 2012!!11

winnar

Anyway, I think the DS is pretty cool. And screwed doesn't have a k in it.

maybe he means "are being skewered over" like a kebab
 

Lonyo

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Ithink it's GOOD Nintendo release new handhelds.
If nothing new was ever released, we wouldn't move forward.
We'd be stuck with black and white handheld games.

Yay for Nintendo.
 

GasX

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How are they getting screwed? Does DS stand for Detrimental to Spelling?
 

DivideBYZero

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Originally posted by: MySoS
Originally posted by: Chadder007
Originally posted by: BD2003
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Evolution is the codename for the Cube replacement you dimwit.

Yep. Man, where do these idiots come from?

pWn3D!!


Not, he was wrong.


No, I was right, you were wrong.

You MADE UP Evolution, which is the highest grade bullsh1t. I made a second post correcting my superquick pwnage to refer to REVOLUTION, which is what your tiny mind has got tied in a knot about.

What company would release a platform and then supercede it again in less than a year? Developers would run a mile and consumers would baulk.

Twat.
 

BD2003

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Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: MySoS
Originally posted by: Chadder007
Originally posted by: BD2003
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Evolution is the codename for the Cube replacement you dimwit.

Yep. Man, where do these idiots come from?

pWn3D!!


Not, he was wrong.


No, I was right, you were wrong.

You MADE UP Evolution, which is the highest grade bullsh1t. I made a second post correcting my superquick pwnage to refer to REVOLUTION, which is what your tiny mind has got tied in a knot about.

What company would release a platform and then supercede it again in less than a year? Developers would run a mile and consumers would baulk.

Twat.

I believe he was saying telling the original person who called "pwned" (the pwner) that neither me nor you (the pwnees) were pwned, and therefore the pwner becomes the pwnee.

But by responding in such a fashion, your original pwning is canceled out by your current pwnage.
 

torpid

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Everyone has been burned, de-burned, and then re-burned in this thread to the point where I am no longer sure what is reality and what is fiction.
 

Siva

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Originally posted by: torpid
Everyone has been burned, de-burned, and then re-burned in this thread to the point where I am no longer sure what is reality and what is fiction.

I reburned your momma last night
 
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Originally posted by: MySoS
Nintendo has said it plans for DS and Gameboy Successor to be marketed together aswell. Nintendo also already said the Next Gamyboy has been in development for more than a year.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/541/541876p1.html


"GN: Is there a system in development that is the true successor to Game Boy Advance?

Perrin: Yes. "
Nobody doubted the fact that a successor to the Game Boy Advance would come out. I'm questioning your made up release date. Nobody knows when it will hit the market and anything you hear on the internet is purely speculation.
 

BD2003

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Siva
Originally posted by: torpid
Everyone has been burned, de-burned, and then re-burned in this thread to the point where I am no longer sure what is reality and what is fiction.

I reburned your momma last night

And that was just plain unnecessary!
 

DivideBYZero

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Oh, FFS.

In other news, VW are already working on the Golf Mk6...

Why is this news? Do you think Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft just sit on their hands for a couple of years after a platform release, saying "Jeez, I guess we can just count the cash".

ROLL-FVCKING-EYES
 

dman

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I saw about 10 of them at Walmart a few days ago. I resisted the urge to buy one because I figured I'm not going to use it anyway... but damn the whole 'it's in short supply I should buy one' marketing trick was trying me... I resisted.

I didn't like any of the N64 Games and I don't need to not like them on a portable system again. :p

 

Siva

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Originally posted by: dman
I saw about 10 of them at Walmart a few days ago. I resisted the urge to buy one because I figured I'm not going to use it anyway... but damn the whole 'it's in short supply I should buy one' marketing trick was trying me... I resisted.

I didn't like any of the N64 Games and I don't need to not like them on a portable system again. :p

I saw one at blockbuster. Weird huh? I had to resist the same urge.
 

tami

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ok really, what is the advantage of DS over SP? dual screen? i personally like the smaller and sleeker design of the SP and i'd buy that over a DS now, but i'd love to hear the pros and cons of such a choice.
 

Zysoclaplem

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Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Oh, FFS.

In other news, VW are already working on the Golf Mk6...

Why is this news? Do you think Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft just sit on their hands for a couple of years after a platform release, saying "Jeez, I guess we can just count the cash".

ROLL-FVCKING-EYES

You told MySoS he made up Evolution. Then you called him a Twat. I find that humorous because you were wrong. lol
 

Siva

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Originally posted by: tami
ok really, what is the advantage of DS over SP? dual screen? i personally like the smaller and sleeker design of the SP and i'd buy that over a DS now, but i'd love to hear the pros and cons of such a choice.

Better graphics, completely different set of games, DS is backwards compatible.

The stylus allows for a sort of analog control system, combined with the D-pad you get something that's similar to dual joystick controllers. Check it out at Circuit City or Best Buy, the demo really impressed me.
 

royaldank

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The screw job comes in games. I'd have to think games that actually make use of the DS for something other than a map will be very small in number. N has a bad reputation for few software titles on their systems...all except the Gameboy. Since this isn't the gameboy successor, I just don't see them switching and having a huge library for both the GBA and DS. Maybe I'll be wrong and it wont be just a gimmick system. How many games came out in December? How many DS games are planned for the 1st quarter? So far, it looks like another system with no support forthcoming. N games are usually great, I'll admit that, but few and far between.