TO DS OR NOT?

Toastedlightly

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I played one... retarded. Like 3 hours of battery life.. even less w/ teh wireless and backlight on.
 

T2T III

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I saw a sign on the door at Toys R Us this evening that they were sold out of them. I guess people are going nuts for this puny portable game player.

 

TuxDave

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Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I played one... retarded. Like 3 hours of battery life.. even less w/ teh wireless and backlight on.

You played it for 3 hours?
 

sciencewhiz

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Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I played one... retarded. Like 3 hours of battery life.. even less w/ teh wireless and backlight on.

I've definetly played mine for more then 3 hours.

I really like the dual screens for Madden 2005. It adds a lot of nice features that not even the consoles have.

It's heavier and thicker then I would have liked, and it's definetly not a must buy, but it's also not a definitve no.
 

eelw

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Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I played one... retarded. Like 3 hours of battery life.. even less w/ teh wireless and backlight on.

I guess you'll be disappointed with the PSP then :)
 

five40

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I'm not going to buy a DS or PSP but I played the DS and I had a blast. The wireless capability was impresive. I say get one if you are going to use it.
 

Crazymofo

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I liked the DS that my buddy just got... It does have a couple games for it already, Mario 64 which is exactly like the Nin64 version as far as I can tell and some odd puzzle game that used the touch screen alot... Awesome sound from the two speakers on the top portion of the clamshell. I also liked how it allows you to have a DS game and a GBA game in the slots at the same time...

But I played with it for a few minutes which was about the only bit of console game playing I have done in 2 or 3 years :)
 

HonkeyDonk

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i walked into gamestop today to buy Halo 2 CE and I just asked out of curiosity if they had any DSes.

Well the worker there said that they just got a used one in, but it wasn't used at all. Apparently some guy bought it, and returned it right away and they had to mark it as used. I think he said it had something to do with the way he purchased it.

Anyways, i was able to snag it for $129.99.....saved $20 hehe.