Worth getting a DS lite?

[KentaRawr!]

RPGs today seem to focus around stat managing. Then it splits to either Western RPG, which normally concentrates on doing whatever, and then there's the JP RPG, which is rather linear.

Castlevania: DoS has elements of RPG, Action, and Adventure. However, I wouldn't really recommend it to someone if they just beat FF7. >_>

Anyway, the DS is certainly worth it. If all you care about is Final Fantasy, you have 6 numbered Final Fantasy games and FFTA. Xenosaga Episodes 1 + 2 are on the way, and so is a sequel to Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. Then there's Mario & Luigi: SuperStar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. Then there's the Golden Sun games and Tactics Ogre. o_O You really can't go wrong when it comes to RPG's with the DS/GBA. And in other Genres, ithey certainly appeal. The Castlevania Games have a great balance of action, adventure, and RPG like Stat Managing. The Super Mario games are "teh awesomez". Mario Kart DS is easily one of the best Kart Racing games ever. And much, much more!

DS/GBA = God. >_>

[FallenAngel411]

I think the moment I find some money lying on the ground somewhere, I will totally go out and get me one :3

[Rostum]

I reccomend you try to get Castlevania DoS.

an extremely good RPG apparently.

It's an action game, actually.

Adventure game, truly.

I can garantee it's not an adventure game. (Adventure examples: Legacy of Time, Myst, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, etc)


Also, I think DS Lite is worth getting. It's fairly cheap, and the games aren't too expensive either. Plus it has some good Mario games, and RPG's that are coming out.

[abrojtm]

However off topic, Castlevania (the newer ones in particular) are Action/Adventure with RPG elements.

I plan on getting a DS sometime in the near future. I just hate spending money.

[~SapphireStar~]

I was planning to get one with my ex when our loans came through, but Im getting one and not sharing it! Im planning it mainly for the Final Fantasy series. I'll most likely use Ebay and get FF3 imported.

[JKTrix]

If you get hand cramps you're holding it wrong. Don't jam it up in your palms like we've been doing since the Green & Black GB came out, hold it loosely in your fingers.



Trust me, you won't be getting cramps playing like that.
As for the game in that pic, Ouendan, you only need one hand to play it really. You can rest it on a table and poke at it with the stylus, or give it the palm grip with your opposite hand and poke it from there.
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As for the 'sub-topic', there are many games that don't fit into one particular genre. Heck, Super Mario Brothers is an RPG: a role-playing game. Any game where you control one particular character can technically be called an RPG, because you're playing the role of a character. Nobody calls Super Mario Bros and RPG though, because it isn't an RPG like 'real' RPGs are (with stat points and stuff like that).

An adventure game is also one where you 'go on an adventure'. That's a category that fits in almost every game as well. There is a type of game, like a Monkey Island or Myst that are in a particular style that people would definitely classify as 'Adventure', but you can get into the technicality of it till the end of time.

The purpose of the 'Genre' label is to define what element of interactivity you will have with a game. It doesn't define what the game 'is'. Many games today have all sorts of different interactive elements, but it would be a waste of space to print them all out. They usually take the dominating trait, then put that on the box.

But ya... DS LITE BANZAI!

[Fonzie]

I just bought one myself. Gotta wait a week through the mail though T_T

[Zeromus_X]

I'd say it is. There are a handful of good (other than Final Fantasy) RPGs for the DS, and of course great games of other genres for it as well. Even so, with it, you could play all the first generation FF games, which, alone, would make it worth buying (with the myriad of other reasons...)

[NINJA_Ryu]

For me at least, it was simple. Where i live, the nintendo DS was 150 wheras the DS lite was 130 (crazy, but true)

I favor DS over PSP for library, and for the fact that sure, video games can be played with buttons, but some of the coolest/quirkiest ones have alternate control (stylus, remote sensing, etc) ^ ^

[Reine]

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is being advertised in the Coming Soon section, and it made me want to get a DS Lite just for it..

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is impossible to find sadly, but theres still Sonic Rush atm, which is the only DS game im interested in thats out atm

Of course, once FF3 DS is nearing release here, im getting one as fast as possible..

[FallenAngel411]

Hey, guess what? I found some money lying at the bottom of my credit card and now I'm in extreme debt LOLZINESS!!!!111!

So now that I own a DS Lite and FFIV officially (well, Capital One owns them as of now ), should I get Nintendogs or not?

[KentaRawr!]

I'd rather get Mario Kart DS instead of Nintendogs, personally. >.>

[Araciel]

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is being advertised in the Coming Soon section, and it made me want to get a DS Lite just for it..

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is impossible to find sadly, but theres still Sonic Rush atm, which is the only DS game im interested in thats out atm

Of course, once FF3 DS is nearing release here, im getting one as fast as possible..

dawn of sorrow is impossible to find?? maybe in the pie cave

[bipper]

Can a DS play all old game boy games?

[Araciel]

i think it's only advance games

yah it is i wanted to get shadowgate for gbc but there was no point, i remember now