Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Scott Cartier Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Nintendo DS Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:51:46 -0700 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: z06.nvidia.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: I'm definitely looking forward to it. I don't have a Gameboy yet (in any incarnation) so I'll definitely grab the DS. Although I've heard that the DS is backwards compatible to GBA titles, but not the original GB? Not sure if that's true, but it would suck if it were. If so I'll have to get an SP as well. The stylus part does seem gimmicky in parts, but if it's extremely accurate and has a high resolution sensor (pixel exact) then it would be great. The problem I see is that when using the stylus you essentially can't use your right hand for any of the buttons. Switching back and forth would be difficult. And what if you're left-handed? The cool use I can see is having neat game-specific GUIs in the bottom screen. Kinda like the computer panels on Star Trek. That way you can use your thumb to hit buttons without having to let go of the unit too much. Nick Ferguson wrote: > Just curious what people thought of the Nintendo DS at E3? I ask because I'm > actually the producer on EA's only (announced) DS title, Need For Speed. > > Personally, I was pleasantly surprised by the visual quality of the software > on display (esp. Metroid Prime Hunters and Mario 64x4). I was also pleased > to see such a focus made of the stylus - many of the uses were pretty > gimmicky but I think it'll be a valuable addition once people think of more > ways to use it. > > Nick > >