OneMoreQuestion
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Fong Ghoul said:
DSi d-pad feels awesome, but it's impossible to push diagonals in Kingdom Hearts. The DS Lite pad could do diagonals just fine.
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DS Lite has now been discontinued? ( internal memo sent to GameStop)
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DSi d-pad feels awesome, but it's impossible to push diagonals in Kingdom Hearts. The DS Lite pad could do diagonals just fine.
infinityBCRT
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This is one way to make sure 3DS sells more than the DS I guess.
I fully expected this to happen either before or shortly after the 3DS release. Nintendo's only way to get rid of DS piracy is to increase the DSi-compatible userbase (DSi, DSiXL and 3DS) enough to make DSi-only games commercially viable: the DSi-only cart boot protocol is far more secure than the DS and even the DSi-enhanced one and hasn't been hacked yet.
Frankenstrat
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yeah, keeping mine for as long as possible. I love my gba games too much!
AbsoluteZero
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Frankenstrat said:
Oh you could, uh, you know, play them on a Game Boy Advance
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Target said I could trade in my perfectly good DS Lite for 30$.
I said FUCK YOU to Target.
In principle more than anything, I'll keep that sucka for life now!!!!!
I said FUCK YOU to Target.
In principle more than anything, I'll keep that sucka for life now!!!!!
Must be why they stopped taking in trade-ins for GBA games earlier this month. The DS Lite is good but the DSi is easily the superior handheld in my opinion. The GBA playback on the Lite is hampered by the swapped A and B buttons. I just use my SP for GBA games. The slot is useful for Pal Park in the Pokemon games though.
AbsoluteZero
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Willy105 said:
Pretty sure the last GBA title was produced in like 2007.
AbsoluteZero
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Bentendo said:
I still see a Harlem Globetrotters game in Best Buy's bargain racks/bins around these parts.
Vanillalite
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What would be nice is if we got DSi and DSi XL price drops out of this. Price drop the DSi to the DSL price and the XL to the regular DSi price.
?I'm guessing a lot of the people who feel DSi was inferior never actually used one. It may not have been the huge improvement that we got going from phat -> Lite, but when I actually use the system it's noticeably better.
DSi had bigger and brighter screens, DSiWare, music capabilities, camera functionality, and better hinge build.
On the more debatable points, I liked DSi's d-pad more (I couldn't get diagonals to work on Lite half the time, on my DSi they work fine) and I liked the matte finish that didn't collect fingerprints.
The only things I can honestly concede were better on DS Lite were the GBA Slot, volume slider, and battery life.
Both were great systems though, and both were leaps and bounds ahead of the original phat design. Unless you specifically want a DS Lite for GBA games (and I'm not sure why you would, with the SP+ and GBmicro in existence) then I'd highly recommend a DSi if you want a new DS system without jumping into 3DS yet.
DSi had bigger and brighter screens, DSiWare, music capabilities, camera functionality, and better hinge build.
On the more debatable points, I liked DSi's d-pad more (I couldn't get diagonals to work on Lite half the time, on my DSi they work fine) and I liked the matte finish that didn't collect fingerprints.
The only things I can honestly concede were better on DS Lite were the GBA Slot, volume slider, and battery life.
Both were great systems though, and both were leaps and bounds ahead of the original phat design. Unless you specifically want a DS Lite for GBA games (and I'm not sure why you would, with the SP+ and GBmicro in existence) then I'd highly recommend a DSi if you want a new DS system without jumping into 3DS yet.
Pimpbaa
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The DS Lite was designed nice (except the hinges), but it had garbage screens. They were certainly more vibrant and brighter than the original DS, but they had nasty blurring. I dunno if that was fixed in the DSi (or even later produced DS Lites). 3DS definitely doesn't have that problem.
Magicpaint
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My brother had a DSi (which I used a lot) and I have a Lite. I prefer the Lite in nearly everyway. Design, screen, buttons, DPad, battery life, BC etc. And I care NOTHING for the DSi exclusive stuff like the awful camera, music player or DSiware. *shrug*BooJoh said:
Boney said:
Perfect tag, and yes this work, it does get me a few hours of game time each time I do it. I just know it's a stopgap solution and eventually the spit buildup will kill the buttons completely. Maybe I'll just look for a tri tip screwdriver and go in there and see if I can unclog them.
Neo C. said:My DS Lite is broken, right after I killed Dracula (Order of Ecclesia). D-pad doesn't work properly when going left.
Playing DS games on 3DS isn't very enjoyable, and because the DS Lite has been discontinued, I wonder if there's a possibility to fix the D-pad.
You have vanquished the night, your contract has been fulfilled and services no longer needed.
But in all seriousness, whats so unpleasant about playing DS games on the 3DS?
Yeah, I thought Dominus only takes my soul, but I never expected it to kill my D-pad as well.Teknoman said:
The 3DS has 320x240 resolution. When I want to play the correct resolution, the screen is really small. And as long as there aren't many diagonal moves, I like the D-pad of the Lite better.