Yeah, I know the feeling, & honestly, the DS I feel it highly
overated. I didn't have high expectations for it, & even then I got
let down. I was even close to buying one, just to have it, though
it would've dented our account. But, then I played Metroid, & I
LOVE Metroid games, even Prime, which I still say should've atleast
been 3rd person. Anyways, I was just disapointed in it. I had the
controls down & everything, but, it just doesn't feel right. As for
Super Mario 64, I have it, I never liked it(don't hate it, just
doesn't grab me) & the new one doesn't appeal to me. I suppose
Spiderman for DS is ok, but I haven't played it. The DS so far just
seems like a big gimmick, & I'm starting to loathe it, even though I
know I'll eventually get one someday, just like Xbox(which I still
don't have) when it's on clearance, & there's a few games on it I
really want to play, like the new sidescrolling Super Mario, that
is, as long as you don't control him with the screen! The GT rules,
I'll say, if anything, the PSP will be the better system, it seems
less gimmicky, sure it plays movies, & MP3's, but, that seems pretty
standard fair for systems these days. Plus, it has the Garghav
Trilogy coming out for it, hopefully that will make it over here!!
But even then I'll be waiting for it to drop in price & have more
games. Probably won't pick one up until atleast 2006, especially
since, notoriously Sony's first batch of a new system has problems,
I do know that the discs fly out on the PSP if you turn it a certain
way, I don't know, it'll save me money, since there's less & less
games I can enjoy. Hopefully the DS will shape up with some good
straight forward fun games, 2D ones at that!


--- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com, kabuki_danjiro
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> I broke down and picked up a Nintendo DS + Mario 64 DS the other
> night.
>
> I was pleasantly surprised to find that Metroid First Hunt was a
Hu
> Card like game that even came in a clear plastic sleeve, -just
like
> classic Turbo/PCE games.
>
> They're pushing the limit(or minimum) in size though. If the next
> generation of portable games are any smaller, my fingers will be
to
> big to handle them.
>
> I was looking at my Express and GT the other day and 2 things came
to
> mind.
>
> The first, as always, is just how cool they're deisigned. They
have
> the perfect balance of aesthetic & functionality. They're still my
> favorite looking system to date.
>
> The other is how the Gameboy Advance is still the current portable
> standard. But I was playing the same quality graphics on a backlit
> color screen over a decade ago.
>
> Plus there are still more Hu Card games that I like to play
regularly
> than Advance games. And the Express/GT still suite my large man-
hands
> better than the SP & DS.