PSP vs Nintendo DS

[splashpot]

As a birthday gift for my brother, which one is better and why? I know lots of it depends on what kinds of games he likes, but if you had to choose one, which would it be?

MarioKart DS looks really fun, but I haven't played either. I'd take the DS, but I suspect I'm a minority in this opinion...

There are basically zero good games for the PSP. The DS has Mariokart.

[SackUp]

DS based on Mariokart alone.

[Emmitt2222]

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DS based on Mariokart alone.

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[astroglide]

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I know lots of it depends on what kinds of games he likes

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if he likes the kind of games that actually exist, it's the ds by a landslide

[pokerdirty]

oh come on,

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Lumines
Socom
GTA:LCS
Hot Shots Golf
Wipeout Pure [/list]

the games are starting to come ladies.

nintendo is already looking to replace the DS.

[1C5]

I have the DS and it sucks but I just got Mario Kart today so it will be fun for a while.

Wouldn't buy DS again though.

Heard the PSP doesn't have much out eiter so wouldn't buy that.

Tough choice, they both kind of suck. DS is a lot cheaper though.

dang, this thread almost convinced me to pick one up just for MarioKart. The DS is not that fun though?

[gmrankin]

PSP rocks... i don't know what you are talking about in the way of games... GTA, Starwars battlefront II, Twisted metal, plus the UMD movies? I actually dont own any of the UMD movies, but i bought a 1 gig Sony stick and have put several movies on there. I think that i am actually going to watch starwars 3 tonight at work. it plays mp3s, has wifi, and the screen looks awesome. If you already have gameboy games then the DS maybe the way to go, but i didn'y and the extra $100.00 was worth it to me just for the ability to watch movies. anyway, if you want a portable gaming system... take my word for it the PSP rocks.

[Jorge10]

The real question to ask is this: Does he have an ipod?

If he has an ipod the PSP is worthless and you should get him a DS because the PSP doesnt have any games.

Edit: My little nephew uses the PSP to listen to music because he doesnt like any of the games, but he doesnt have an ipod so it works out.

[waffle]

DS. It's cheaper and the game lineup is better:

Mario Kart, Castlevania, Advance wars = All engrossing games that match any console experience

Meteos, Metroid Prime Pinball, Wario ware = good pick up and go games

Coming in a bit: Metroid Prime Hunters, Animal Crossing, Mario and Luigi 2, FF III.

There's also a bunch of games that aren't A+ but are still fun.

The PSP is more expensive and has Lumines, GTA, and Wipeout/Ridge Racer. Nintendo has done a really good job at rounding out their library for the DS.

[garion888]

I voted PSP because I have one and there is one good thing about it...homebrew. People have written emulators that allow you to play every SNES game there ever was on the PSP. Same goes for Gameboy Color, Genesis, etc. People also write their own software and some of it is pretty damn impressive(the new DDR clone).

-J

[1C5]

I just don't use it much but maybe with Mario Kart (great game) and FF3, I may use it more.

yeah, wifi is the [censored]... kinda literally, as I beat my cousin who lives in austin senseless at mario kart, while on the pooper.

psp hardware is glitchy, and all the damn games are remakes.

the ds however is garnering nintendo 3rd-party support it hasnt had since the snes.... watch out for the revolution.

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Sure the PSP has a lot of neat features and that home brew stuff (they were able to somehow boot an earlier version of Macintosh OS), but its all about the games man. The DS has so many good games.

Mario Kart
Wario Ware
Kirby Canvas Curse
Mario and Luigi
Advance Wars
Trauma Center

[astroglide]

castlevania: dawn of sorrow is disgustingly good. best game i've played in ages.

meteos is great too.

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castlevania: dawn of sorrow is disgustingly good. best game i've played in ages.

meteos is great too.

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yeah, I was kinda feeling like a career change, not wanting to break into an industry which feels like it's lost its ability to create, and give you that visceral experience only a videogame can...

and then I played castlevania. wow.

afterwards I finished my gravity module for an fps game. decidedly less wow.

[MarkSummers]

at first I didn't really undrestand meteos. Then I got it and I was hooked. Too bad you can't play that over WiFi /images/graemlins/frown.gif

btw, yall all know that when the rev comes out, you'll be able to upload NES and SNES games onto your DS and play them, right?

you can already write your own carts for GBA games. I understand these play in the DS as well? I have a GBA cart full of NES roms and sweet GBA games. If someone can confirm that this will work on the DS, I'm buying one tomorrow.

[MarkSummers]

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you can already write your own carts for GBA games. I understand these play in the DS as well? I have a GBA cart full of NES roms and sweet GBA games. If someone can confirm that this will work on the DS, I'm buying one tomorrow.

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If it's on a GBA cart, there's no reason it shouldn't work. DS won't play old school gameboy games from the gameboy color era on back.

[2+2 wannabe]

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you can already write your own carts for GBA games. I understand these play in the DS as well? I have a GBA cart full of NES roms and sweet GBA games. If someone can confirm that this will work on the DS, I'm buying one tomorrow.

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GBA = ?

Gameboy Advance

the rom carts work very well, as I jerry-rigged one that has usb connection straight to my computer, and can load and unload them on the fly.

stay tuned, and if there is need I will try to program a wireless connection to do this via the DS's wireless capability.

Apparently you can flash the DS firmware to boot straight off of a GBA flashcart, butyou can't play *ahem* backups of your NDS games from a ROM cart? Seems odd, although NES roms alone can justify the purchase of a cart, I would like to play NDS titles from it as well. Either way, I am pretty sure I am gonna buy one of these this week.

I can look into it from a programmer standpoint if you want me to, but I never really got into trying to play DS games off of rom because I got them for so cheap.

NES and SNES games really do make the carts worth it. Who needs a book on a plane when you can run through FFIII? or see how fast you can beat Mario 3?

I am such a nerd.

[astroglide]

mario 3 is already available legally. ff3-j is getting remade in 3d for the ds, and ff4/5/6-j are getting remade for the gba.

no offense to the "hardcore" ff fans, but honestly, [censored] ff3-j, I want my inappropriately named ff3-us aka ff6.

I needs me some 3d terra.

btw, Im just now running through ff5... this game is damn amazing... final fantasy tactics-style job system.

I love nerdy stuff. What are you using for the SNES roms and is there a compatibility list? I remember on PocketSNES for GBA I could play like... R-Type with no sound or something. Fill me in here

I will get back to you on this tomorrow as I am at the wrong computer to look this up.

btw, would yall be interested in a daily or weekly thread talking about some dusty game classic that time forgot, just so all us nerds can play it and stuff?

gee let me think... YES. depending on system though, the only old school stuff I played was NES and SNES, but "played" is an understatement. More like "lived".

yeah, I would love to do that.

See, instead of choosing a different vent for my creativity, I decided on games as a profession, but I want to bring it back to old school,there's certainly something missing from most games nowadays.

I will start a poll on which game/genre should be done first, and then we can talk about format and stuff.

Also, if anyone would be interested in giving a good review, I would love to post the game prototype Im working on right now, as my thesis and my main portfolio for when I graduate.

[1C5]

Wait, so how do I get these old school games for the DS? Links to lead me in the right direction?

look up the gba rom cartridge. it was made for the gba, and there are a ton of them out there.

[1C5]

In terms of old school games I loved...

Loved punch out
Ice Hockey
Baseball
Contra
RC Pro Am
Some great games....

[1C5]

Should I buy this? Seems expensive...

http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/customer/product.php?productid=2320&amp;cat=191&amp;page=1

yeah, my xbox is modded, so I have access to all that loveliness, plus about 2,000 more games.

Im wanting to do the weekly section about two games, if thats good, one game everyone knows, and a game thats not so popular.

pm me your faves and I'll see what the consensus is.

[pokerdirty]

PSP pwns, because you can watch this.

http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?ean=24543214984&amp;frm=0&amp;itm=6

and then after 1.5 hours you have to recharge the battery.

/images/graemlins/grin.gif but I dont wanna start a fight with the dirty, wouldnt be fair, he's all hopped up on adrenaline and no-doze.

[stabn]

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As a birthday gift for my brother, which one is better and why? I know lots of it depends on what kinds of games he likes, but if you had to choose one, which would it be?

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DS wins because of the games. PSP games are [censored].

[swede123]

I'd vote other: original Gameboy. Tetris and those old Final Fantasy games make it worthwhile, and it plays for a long time on a set of batteries.

Swede

Blah, it's also not rechargeable and those games can be easily emulated on the GBA and DS with a backlit screen. Voting for original gameboy is hipster retard logic... like drinking PBR.

[swede123]

You're on to something. PBR is pretty bad-ass. I'm just worried about spending so much for a handheld thingie that lacks battery life and is expensive. Perhaps I'm just a cheap bastard though, it's a distinct possibility.

Swede

Well here's the thing. Nintendo products don't lack battery life. Try 'em

[oreogod]

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As a birthday gift for my brother, which one is better and why? I know lots of it depends on what kinds of games he likes, but if you had to choose one, which would it be?

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DS wins because of the games. PSP games are [censored].

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While this is true, I mainly use the PSP to play the full library of SNES, Genesis, GBA, Neo Geo games (you can also play Atari/Amiga/Turbographix/MSx games as well). Not to mention there is a program written for the psp called the Ted Zero browser, which u set up so your psp can connect to your computer at any wifi spot and grab/delete/move files from your psp to your computer or vice versa. Pretty slick program.

PSP will eventually come out with more games, but I just like being able to play a crap load of older games, watch movies, music and web browse. Not to mention I love the look of the psp.

[kagame]

www.pspporn.com (http://www.pspporn.com)

Don't you have to have the old firmware to run homebrew? Did you downgrade or is yours simply older. Word is you can't run GTA or SOCOM without upgrading, which is gay.