Tyeforce said:
Psychonaut said:
but if one handheld can do both things, why would i want to carry around two?
sure, i have my gba sp in a drawer (don't know exactly where right now) for when i want to play four swords, but it would be nice to have that option, since we had it with the original ds/the lite.
I'm not acting like i'll never be able to play gba games again, don't take what i said out of proportion. I said I wouldn't mind an extra half inch or so, if i could play my gba/game boy games i have lying around. (especially instead of buying them, again)
I keep my game boy micro with me more than i do my ds, but if I could play DS games along with game boy games on a slightly bigger handheld, that would be great, instead of having to carry around two systems if/when i want to take it somewhere.
true, i'm not going to need a box of game boy games and the ability to play 3/ds games at the same time, but one good gba game and one good ds game would be able to quench any on-the-go gaming urge, i'm sure, even if it was just pokemon and a gba castlevania, or phoenix wright and golden sun.
I have a game boy player somewhere, not with me right now. that isn't the point i'm trying to make. the point is, if you're on-the-go, not home, where handhelds are MEANT to be able to go, having two systems to play two games isn't as convenient as one system that can play two games. which was a very nice point for the DS/lite.
don't take my wording out of proportion.
If you really want to play GBA games and 3DS games on the same system, then just download some GBA games if/when they're available on the 3DS's Virtual Console. Problem solved. But carrying around a teeny, tiny Game Boy micro along with your 3DS really isn't that big of a deal. That thing is so small, there's really no reason to complain about having to carry it with you.
And, yes, the DS and DS Lite's GBA slot was convenient and practical...at the time. Now it's not so practical, because, honestly, how many people still play GBA games on a regular basis? Not very many.
right. because every game boy advance game that i own is going to be available (within a reasonable amount of time, let's say a year for starters) at a reasonable price on the virtual console. the virtual console on the wii is still missing plenty, which is to be expected, since there's so many damn games in nintendo's library. same goes with nintendo's handheld.
telling me to re-buy all of the games i already own is BS, since there's no real given reason why the slot is taken away, other than the GBA is now phased out, and it takes up an extra X amount of space.
when i needed to go somewhere, i took my micro and my ds lite with me, simply because of the awkwardness of the lite, and the my L button on the lite being busted, more or less. carrying the game boy micro isn't a problem, it's carrying and keeping up with both of them. if you don't have a bag of some sort, you're left with pockets. I would go so far as to say many people have plenty of things in their pockets, already. a cell phone, keys, a wallet, and sometimes other things such as an mp3 player occupy enough space as it is. having two systems, regardless of how small one of them is (it's tiny, but it's still noticeable) not only looks awkward, but it feels awkward, if you keep the systems in the same pocket/stacked. skinny jeans makes pocket space more valuable, if the person wears said jeans.
the point is that the slot, while old/outdated/no longer necessary (beyond gen 4 pokemon, lol), is still a very nice feature to have on the system, which was removed with little explanation. they had to make room for the flash memory? a small SD slot could have been bundled with the system, or a series of advertisements could easily have been put in place. hell, even a small "if you use an SD card (sold separately) you can download DSiWare to play any time you want!"
of course, this wouldn't be fully consumer-friendly, and available ready to go right out of the box, but i doubt the person buying it would have to go to another store, if they're buying an game system in the first place. gamestop might be the exception, but by now, (as i'm not sure) they might be selling smaller SD cards themselves, though at a jacked up price.
the last paragraph is an awful way to rationalize the *censored.2.0*ty move nintendo made.
by saying "honestly, how many people still play GBA games on a regular basis?" you're basically disproving the entire plot of the virtual console, which is to download old games to play when you want. how many people still play gba games on a regular basis? how many people will buy/play virtual console gba games on a regular basis.
there are so many gems on the gba, saying that is hardly acceptable. I can still go to a gamestop and pick up a used gba game I haven't played for <$15, and enjoy it fully, so long as it isn't one of those barbie goes to the castle games, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. case and point: castlevania circle of the moon, and the golden sun series. both are under $15, one of the golden suns (probably the first) is the one that's around $15. others are lower, at my local one.
unless nintendo re-does their game boy games to make them in 3-d that looks and feels right, it's (the virtual console re-releasing said games) worthless.
the gba slot should still be implemented (unless nintendo was really taking a loss in putting it in there), because of both the gba games, and (now that i remember it) the few "expansion pack"s that the ds had. rumble pak, lol. it's always nice to be able to phase out an old system by saying the newer one does everything the old one can, plus some, as well.
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