Nintendo DS Lite

[motosada]

Yeah. Twice. You can enter three different entries, so, I'm hoping that a re-submission doesn't count against that.

I fixed it, so... here's hopin'!

[Slime]

1) Where did you order it from? Is there are good site that sells them, because I've seen a few with varying prices.


I ordered mine from www.ConsoleSource.com (Canadian company) and that's because www.RedHotStuff.com ran out of stock an hour before I wanted to order. I got it for $44.95, don't bother getting the M3 Simply with 1 GB MicroSD card combo because you can buy the MicroSD card separately for much cheaper.

2) What's the cheapest for one of those memory sticks required for it? The largest one I saw (2GB) cost about the same as the M3 Simply itself.

You can buy a Kingston 512MB Micro SD card at www.newegg.com for $5, or a 1GB for $13.

3) Where do you find the games to download, and how big (in MB) are they, usually?

Torrent or www.espalnds.com/ (which is in spanish). The games range from 32mb (Phoenix Wright 2, Diddy Kong Racing), 64mb (Jump! Ultimate Stars, Sonic Rush), and the biggest I've seen is 128 mb (Lunar Knights, Elite Beat Agents, Hotel Dusk).

4) Do games you put on your card save, like if you actually had the game? I assume they do, but it's worth asking.

You don't need anything special except space in your card to save.

[MRW1215]

Cool. Heh, maybe I'll eventually invest in one; there's so many games that I'm on the fence about, and I don't really want to buy them if I end up not liking them, so that'd be a time saver for me. Well, I guess I shouldn't say time saver, since, well, it'd take me quite a while to even download a game with my connection... >_<

[Steve]

ps Slime's iffy opinion on Hotel Dusk sucks. This game is tight. Tiz-ight, even. HIGHLY recommended.

[Spunk]

How is the second Castlevania for DS??? I just beat Dawn of Sorrow and thought it was fucking amazing. I wanted more Castlevania so I went back to try playing Circle of the Moon for GBA and was like '...this... is not... what i want...'

[Smacked Ass]

Circle of the Moon is a giant pain in the ass after playing Dawn of Sorrow on the BRIGHT, WELL BACKLIT, CLEAR, DS light! I really want to beat that game (I'm a little under 50% I think), but it's friggin' trying my patience! I think lots of people here were pimpin' Portrait of Ruin. I'm guessing it's a safe bet!

[Spunk]

Same here. I beat DoS and then went back to the game I stopped playing because it was dark and not all that fun, and still think its not all that fun. The gameplay in DoS was just fucking amazing, but I'm hearing that PoR is kind of just the same game with a different n character and the ability to pull a DK64 and tag out with some broad.

One thing about these games is they are so hard to get going on, but once you do they are addictive as fuck.

[Smacked Ass]

I feel a duty to finish CotM before progressing to the others, that's likely why I have a stack of games that will likely still be unplayed when the next generation of consoles is unleashed (so, in like, two years. X-Box-720, PS4, Nintendo Yoo, Turbographix 16.7... and I'll still be trying to finish Sons of Liberty.).

I started on DoS, and it rocked so hard that I had to stop, or I knew I'd never bother trying to finish CotM. Where's the logic there?

[motosada]

I totally didn't even bother with CotM. When I first got down to Hattiesburg, I picked up the GBA two-pack that had Harmony and Aria on it, played and beat 'em both, then moved on to DoS. Then some other DS games came out, and I kinda stalled on it. I still plan to beat it, but first, I have to crush that motherfucking Prosecutor. And then maybe beat Yoshi's Island.

I've heard nothing but great things about PoR, though.

[Spunk]

I tend to try to find the most negative reviews about games and go from there. So I checked GameFAQs and saw a lot of 'this is just all the same shit, WTF!!!' reviews, and then 'pro' reviews kind of said the same thing. I don't think thats that much of a bad thing, but I wanted to be sure I wasn't going to spend money on something I'd just be like 'ugh, again' with.

[motosada]

I can't really say that "more of the same" from a Castlevania game is exactly bad. After all, that's what you're playing it for. And I think Konami learned the "don't put out crap" lesson with C64 and CotM, so all the (2-d, at least) games since CotM have been exceedingly high-quality.

[MRW1215]

Man, I can't believe this is my first time hearing about this, but Rune Factory is coming to the US! ^_^

*Crickets*

Yeah, so you prolly don't know what Rune Factory is... It's a Harvest Moon spinoff (in fact, the official US title is Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon), that has, I guess, a lot of the basic HM mechanics, like farm-tending, etc. But the twist is, there are now hack-n-slash dungeons in which you can capture monsters to raise on your farm. It sounds (and looks) pretty cool, and I've been following it for the last year, since I heard about it coming out in Japan. I doubt it'll be a "OMG BEST GAME EVER!1!!!!1!!" game, but, for whatever reason, I'm pumped for this game. Should be out in a few more months! ^_^

[Steve]

Portrait of Ruin is pretty great. It is very similar to Dawn of Sorrow on the one hand, but then on another hand, it's not. Basic gameplay is the same, but with the advent of the portrait "worlds" within the castle, there's a lot to do and explore. The tag system is cool too, you can tag in and out, or bring both characters on the screen simultaneously. I also hear that you can unlock like 4 extra characters to use on subsequent playthroughs. If you loved DoS, I see no reason why you wouldn't feel the same about PoR. I personally prefer it.

Two thumbs up.

[Slime]

Portrait of Ruins is great and plays like any other Castlevania games (besides the 3D ones). Though I never really use too much tagging, I only use dual moves. Actually, I only use Johnathan unless the game requires the usage of Charlotte.

[Smacked Ass]

xparasite said:

Man, I can't believe this is my first time hearing about this, but Rune Factory is coming to the US! ^_^

*Crickets*

Yeah, so you prolly don't know what Rune Factory is... It's a Harvest Moon spinoff (in fact, the official US title is Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon), that has, I guess, a lot of the basic HM mechanics, like farm-tending, etc. But the twist is, there are now hack-n-slash dungeons in which you can capture monsters to raise on your farm. It sounds (and looks) pretty cool, and I've been following it for the last year, since I heard about it coming out in Japan. I doubt it'll be a "OMG BEST GAME EVER!1!!!!1!!" game, but, for whatever reason, I'm pumped for this game. Should be out in a few more months! ^_^

Sounds dope, now all we need is a North American MOTHER sighting!