Finally got a DS!

[ríomhaire]

€105 for a DS and Worms, not bad. It's the only game I have though (they didn't have Advance Wars) but I have my eye on a few more: Metriod, Advance Wars, Sonic. Any other recomendations?

 

[Reginald]

New Super Mario Bros.
Meteos
Mario Kart DS

Those are my top three recommendations.

 

[VictimOfScience]

Touch Detective
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Contact
(Loads more coming out this month and next!)

The DS is by far my favorite system right now. Its incredibly fun and versatile. Enjoy!!!

 

[MorganFreeman911]

I'm shying away from my DS currently. It bores me so. BTW Do not get nintendogs, that game gets boring really fast.

 

[CyberPitz]

If you want Mario Cart DS for the wifi, DONT. It's so annoying that for some reason people go a billion times faster than you for no reason..it's odd.

 

[Reginald]

It's called snaking. You use a light character to skid in a snake formation getting skid boosts every time you switch direction. I've managed to do it once but only on the long straight of the Figure 8 circuit.

 

[Cormeh]

Apart from all mentioned in this thread, get Super Mario 64 DS. It's f'ckin brilliant.

 

[zleppelin]

€105 for a DS and Worms, not bad. It's the only game I have though (they didn't have Advance Wars) but I have my eye on a few more: Metriod, Advance Wars, Sonic. Any other recomendations?

1.Mario Kart DS
2.New Super Mario Bros. Believe me, it's not a remake of the old Super Mario Bros game. It's a completely new game with some elements from the old Mario games.
3.Cars (I've heard it's good)
4. There is no #4. I am also stuck with a DS and there are very few games worth buying. Try Need for Speed: Carbon if you are into those games.

It's called snaking. You use a light character to skid in a snake formation getting skid boosts every time you switch direction. I've managed to do it once but only on the long straight of the Figure 8 circuit.

I do it all the time!!


As for Super Mario 64, who wants to play that game all over again? I hated Mario 64...Maybe you did too

 

[Warbie]

4. There is no #4. I am also stuck with a DS and there are very few games worth buying. Try Need for Speed: Carbon if you are into those games.

There are loads of good games - have a look around.


Check out Ouendan (arguably the best on the system), Elite Beat Agents (new version of Ouendan for the west with different songs/characters etc) and Band Bros. (great multiplayer) if you like rhythm action titles.

Advance Wars, Mario Kart, New Mario Bros. etc are the obvious choices - all good games. Others like Castlevania, Phoenix Wright, Trauma Center, Kirby, Yoshi's Touch and Go (one of my fave), Mario & Luigi, Brain Training, Meteos, Electroplankton, Super Princess Peach ...... and on and on, are all very decent too.

I'd give Metroid a miss if you don't plan on playing multiplayer and wouldn't consider Sonic at all - it's a poor 2D Sonic game (I returned it after 1 hours play)

 

[Cube]

- Advance Wars
- New Super Mario Bros
- Wario Ware: Touched
- StarFox Command
- Tetris DS
- Metroid Prime: Hunters
- Mario Kart DS
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
- Kirby's Power Paintbrush
- 42 All-Time Classics

And loads more

 

[Polaris]

I recomend you Metroid Prime Hunters it's really fantastic game.
Unfortunately I still haven't handheld, because I don't know which one is best for me, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP or Sony Mylo?

 

[oldagerocker]

Interesting thread, I've been spoiling to get a DS for awhile, christmas or january sales i think.

 

[VictimOfScience]

I recomend you Metroid Prime Hunters it's really fantastic game.
Unfortunately I still haven't handheld, because I dont't know which one is best for me, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP or Sony Mylo?

Yikes! Depends on how much money you have--that Mylo is not exactly cheap! Pretty neat though.

DS will give the most bang for the buck with great fun games and homebrew too.

 

[CyberPitz]

It's called snaking. You use a light character to skid in a snake formation getting skid boosts every time you switch direction. I've managed to do it once but only on the long straight of the Figure 8 circuit.

WOw. Everything is starting to make sense. Assholes. I was wondering why I'd never do ANYTHING wrong while playing a course, but they kept laping me..

whores. D:

 

[zleppelin]

WOw. Everything is starting to make sense. Assholes. I was wondering why I'd never do ANYTHING wrong while playing a course, but they kept laping me..

whores. D:

the way you do it is you jump (right shoulder button) the moment you press the right or left directional key to take a turn. Keep the jump button pressed. Then while the car is skidding press left/right, left/right many times in a row until you can see sparks and then fire coming from the cart's wheels. When you see that, release the right shoulder button and that's how you get the mini turbo.

 

[Warbie]

Doing a turbo is the easy bit - fitting loads of them in one after the other without going off the track is the tricky part, especially down a thin straight.

 

[zleppelin]

Warbie I have one for you... How do I accelerate faster at the start of a race? I always start up last regardless of the cart I am driving. I remember there is a trick to it (I am thinking Mario Kart for the SNES). What is it?

 

[Warbie]

Push accelerate just after the second beep. When do do it seems to change slightly with each version of MK.

 

[CyberPitz]

Doing a turbo is the easy bit - fitting loads of them in one after the other without going off the track is the tricky part, especially down a thin straight.

How do you do it to start with?

 

[zleppelin]

How do you do it to start with?

Hey CyberPitz, way to completely miss my previous post:

the way you do it is you jump (right shoulder button) the moment you press the right or left directional key to take a turn. Keep the jump button pressed. Then while the car is skidding press left/right, left/right many times in a row until you can see sparks and then fire coming from the cart's wheels. When you see that, release the right shoulder button and that's how you get the mini turbo.

 

[ríomhaire]

Hey CyberPitz, way to completely miss my previous post:

the way you do it is you jump (right shoulder button) the moment you press the right or left directional key to take a turn. Keep the jump button pressed. Then while the car is skidding press left/right, left/right many times in a row until you can see sparks and then fire coming from the cart's wheels. When you see that, release the right shoulder button and that's how you get the mini turbo.

...what?

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Animal Crossing: Wild World is very fun with others, especially on IGN's forums.

 

[kupocake]

They had me sold on the DS as soon as Final Fantasy III was finished and they announced Yoshi's Island 2. I'm going to get a DS as soon as both those games are out.

 

[Reginald]

Don't you mean Final Fantasy III? I for one am excited about Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.

The Nintendo DS game has quickly become one of the most wanted games for the system and is already reportedly nearing the halfway point in development. Whereas many originally believed the game would be set before the PlayStation 2 game, it is actually a short time after. The game takes place on the floating continent of Puruvama, as well as the ground below it, with pirate Vaan in search of treasure. Yokoyama states that whilst it would be impossible to fit the entire world of Ivalice from the PS2 game, gamers will be able to visit the majority of the main locations.

There will be several episodes included during play that build up to a vast, epic FF tale and comes complete with a new combat system that uses the stylus control and includes a simplified version of Gambits - a little bit of familiarity so veteran FFXII gamers are not too confused by the change. Yokoyama also goes on to talk about how there will be many more characters added to the group in comparison to the original FFXII, as well as Fran and Balthier.

Summoning wil play a big part of the proceedings, with the summon creatures being vital to battle encounters, but being used in a different way to previous Final Fantasy games. Toriyama plans to make good use of the DS features, with events, battles and game systems all using both screens to full effect. However, at the moment it looks like Wi-Fi connectivity is being left out until something can be sorted out with the terrible issue of slowdown due to lag.

 

[kupocake]

Don't you mean Final Fantasy III?

You saw nothing!

 

[VortigauntLover]

Good choice. I am getting a DS for Christmas.

I am getting: New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, Tetris DS, Brain Age, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Nintendogs with it.

I believe I will love it.

Plus there are tons of other good games. FFIII, Yoshi's Island DS, Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin, Clubhouse Games are just some more.