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Nintendo DS production stops
- Thread starter Canis lupus
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Diddy Kong
Banned
Long live the king!
commanderpepper
Member
My DS Fat, the one I brought at launch, still serves me to this day.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Best handheld system ever.
There will be none who will surpass it.
There will be none who will surpass it.
Labombadog
Member
Pretty much this. Great handheld system.
VICTORsaurio
Member
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU NINTENDO???? DON'T YOU LIKE MONEY????
Aquamarine
Member
Today is a sad day.
Nintendo DS
Born: November 21st, 2004
Died: April 24th, 2013
Lifespan: 8 years, 5 months, 3 days
RIP.
Nintendo DS
Born: November 21st, 2004
Died: April 24th, 2013
Lifespan: 8 years, 5 months, 3 days
RIP.
I haven't played many DS games but I like GBA better. I also put SNES and PS2 above it.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
companies don't care about these silly records. it's not even comparable, one is a handheld, the other a home console.
The DS was a beast. I still have my DS Phat, and play it from time to time. Of course, the 3DS XL is a very worthy successor, and it's replaced most of my portable gaming time. I trust it will have as good a life as its predecessor.
Rest well, sweet prince. You shan't be forgotten.
Rest well, sweet prince. You shan't be forgotten.
Doesn't it kinda change the whole premise of the OP?
Aquamarine
Member
Well then a mod should come by and change the OP, because the OP + title are intensely misleading.
Chuckpebble
Member
Holy shit, dat battery life. Had mine sitting unused since christmas. Gave it to my 4 year old for the trip to the aquarium, she played Nintendogs on full brightness the whole round trip, which included nice half hour crawl where they decided to make I95 on lane.
Is there some way to stick the DS inside of my 3DS?
Is there some way to stick the DS inside of my 3DS?
Red Chocobo
Banned
Goodnight, sweet prince.
entremet
Member
Yes. Those are last DS versions that were.
Nintendo stopped making DSLites a while ago
Then they stops DSiXL production
No DSi's are done.
Good fucking luck lol. Especially if new. They've been discontinued for a while and prices are jacked up all over since they're no longer in production and in demand due to it being the way to play DS games..
I know this because I was looking for a unit last holiday season. I got lucky and found some Walmart stock but it was still MSRP, which is above 100.
Here's one, but in pink only and you get some shit games. Still worth it cause the DSiXL is awesome.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-...-w-Travel-Case-and-Choice-of-2-Games/14166234
SkullplateMurray
Member
Yep, it's just that they aren't forecasting sales (presumably because they're expected to be fairly inconsequential).
Nostremitus
Member
It's about damned time...
Get it off the store shelves too... They should get rid of the old Wii while they're at it.
Get it off the store shelves too... They should get rid of the old Wii while they're at it.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
"Production" and "sales" are two very different things.
Everything has to have its haters...
D
Deleted member 20415
Unconfirmed Member
Reminds me... need to pick up a DS Lite so I can get GBA compatibility...
What an amazing system. I owned a DS fat and still own my DSi and loved every minute with those systems. Solid hardware, great games and amazing functionality.
And I love my 3DS just as much - it has picked up the torch and is running with it.
What an amazing system. I owned a DS fat and still own my DSi and loved every minute with those systems. Solid hardware, great games and amazing functionality.
And I love my 3DS just as much - it has picked up the torch and is running with it.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Not one of my favourites but still an impressive system. *salute*
I started out hating where gaming was going with the handheld route, always wanted it to stay primary console, secondary handheld.
But over time, it has become one of my favorite systems with the great games that were continually being released. I still prefer console over handheld gaming in general, but the DS showed it is up at the top as well.
Awesome system, you will be missed.
But over time, it has become one of my favorite systems with the great games that were continually being released. I still prefer console over handheld gaming in general, but the DS showed it is up at the top as well.
Awesome system, you will be missed.
Nostremitus
Member
Why does someone have to be a "hater" to want a company to make better financial decisions? I loved my DS, but once you release the successor, you're just cannibalizing the new system's sales. This is especially true when you have brand confusion, I've seen people buy the DSi thinking they could play 3DS games on it since "3DS is just a DS with a 3D screen, and the reviews say most people turn it off anyway..." They should've probably stopped production when the 3DS launched and sold through the stock. The same goes for the Wii. There are people who STILL think that the old Wii can be purchased as a starter and upgraded with the "Wiipad" later.
GBA has jack shit on DS. Half of best GBA games were SNES ports anyway.
Winterfang
Banned
AAAAAH HUT!
Salute, to the best Nintendo system. One of the gaming systems that brought me much joy, I will remember my DSlite fondly.
And the here's the games that I enjoyed the most.
Salute, to the best Nintendo system. One of the gaming systems that brought me much joy, I will remember my DSlite fondly.
And the here's the games that I enjoyed the most.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
I remember when the NDS was basically the joke of boards all across the Internet...the situation sure has changed !
GoddyofAus
Banned
Now it belongs to history.
TheNatural
My Member!
There's still plenty in the retail chain, so they're still probably going to be on the shelves throughout the year. Hell it sold way more than Vita last month.
Now the Wii U is the joke of boards all across the Internet!
Hot Coldman
Banned
What was the last first-party release for it? Black/White 2? Pretty decent swansong if so.
Portugeezer
Member
So, it won't end up surpassing PS2 sales now that production stopped.
Best handheld of all time (and to the GBA lovers, DS/Lite played GBA games so it's a win/win).
Best handheld of all time (and to the GBA lovers, DS/Lite played GBA games so it's a win/win).
BurritoBushido
Member
EvilKatarn
Member
Best console ever. And I'm nowhere near stopping playing with it. Still got a lot of Strange Journeying to do with Knights in the Knightmare, Radiant Historia, Devil Survivor and lots of other games still in the pipeline for me.
Fuck your avatar.
Fuck your avatar.
Lol, DS is easily better than the GBA.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Doesn't surprise me, they want everybody to jump to 3DS. No reason not to, really as the Lite is already discontinued and the 3DS is almost 100% backwards compatible.