Official Nintendo DS and 3DS Thread (Including WiFi Codes)

[sterlingice]

EDIT: This has now been co-opted to have DS news and discussion as well as Nintendo WiFi codes for the DS. Go crazy nuts :D

3DS Friend Codes
0387-8929-8622 terpkristin
0404-6298-5972 Neon Chaos
2251-4750-8176 General Mike
5327-1072-7693 sterlingice

Pokemon Black 2/White 2
0262-1368-9861 Neon Chaos (White 2)
2967-6424-1071 terpkristin (Black 2)






FOFC Nintendo DS Wifi Codes (Legacy: Pre-2012)


SterlingIce
Mario Kart Code: 356544-385695

Animal Crossing- I have a cheesy little Communist city in the works, flying the hammer and sickle flag even (MOCKBA is cyrillic for Moscow, btw) ;)
Name: Dmitri
Town: MOCKBA
Code: 1117-3158-5432

Pokemon Pearl: 4940 1927 1872
Character: Sterlyn

Clubhouse Games: 0387 5274 4487

Metroid Prime Hunters: 1590 1182 8962

Tony Hawk American Sk8tland: 395235030450

Castlevania PoR: don't know code



terpkristin
Animal Crossing: 0215-5944-0559
Town: Ozville
Name: Kristin

Final Fantasy III: 1289-3675-1245

Clubhouse Games: 1031-6694-7891

Mario Kart DS: 111729-348632

Pokemon Diamond: 3050 4071 4399
Character: Kristin



twothree

Animal Crossing
Name: Blue
Town: Omega
Friend Code: 2620-5551-9225
Fruit: Peach, apple, coconut




Philliesfan980

Mario Kart: 223400 120148
Right now I only have Mario Kart. I'm kinda on the fence with Animal Crossing. I'm up for a game anytime!




SackAttack

Name: Josh
Town: Seafront
Friend Code: 2319-9101-4226
Fruit: Pears in abundance, allegedly an apple tree and a coconut tree growing somewhere as well.




Eilim

MarioKart Code: 386611 361906

American Sk8tland Code: 180452932742

Animal Crossing:
Code: 1761-5789-3933
Name: Bootsy
Town: Funktown (If they'd only given us one more letter for town name...)
Local Fruit: Cherries
Notes: All fruits planted, about 7+ trees of each. Store fully upgraded to Nookingtons. Should be cleaned up by the time anyone visits but went a week or more without playing and still cleaning up weeds and dead flowers at this point.



MikeVic

Castlevania: PoR Code is: 3694 5307 2661

Bomberland Touch: 0688 0886 3532

Animal Crossing: Wild World is: 1976 5646 0633
Name: ???
Town: Poratia




Godzilla Blitz

Final Fantasy III: 240612192550

Pokemon: Diamond: 4510 6948 6438
Character:




hukarez


Contact: 3952 3456 5612

Castlevania: PoR: 459659208371

Pokemon: Pearl: 0043 9334 9412
Character:

Bleach: 459696583360

Mario Kart: 390950427597

Planet Puzzle League: 055969657700

Metroid Prime Hunters: 317934510369

Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin: 528429803256




RPI-Fan

Clubhouse Games: 1160-6550-0403
Name: Kyle

Animal Crossing: Wild World: ???
Name: ???
Town: ???




MattJones4Heisman
Mario Kart Code: 111768-992350
Planet Puzzle League: 395238-668139




Samifan24
Mario Kart Code: 253521-200087




Bonegavel

Animal Crossing
2964-7216-1361
Name: Matt
Town: Haleyton

Pokemon: Pearl
Name: Matt
Code: 4725 6590 3946




AnalBumCover

Animal Crossing
Name: Roberto
Town: Stanton
Local fruit: Orange
Code: 4639-7967-4826 (Subject to change once I get my own DS)


SI

[Philliesfan980]

Ok, now I've got both Animal Crossing and Mario Kart for the Nintendo DS wifi so here's a thread for trading codes and the like:

Animal Crossing- I have a cheesy little Communist city in the works, flying the hammer and sickle flag even (MOCKBA is cyrillic for Moscow, btw) ;)
Name: Dmitri
Town: MOCKBA
Code: 1117-3158-5432

Mario Kart- I banged up one of my fingers replacing a fan on my wife's computer yesterday so I'm probably not going to be playing for a couple of days as you need to be able to use both hands pretty well, but after that I'm game.
Code: (have to look up)

SI

Nice! I've been swamped with work (year end closes are terrible!), but after that I should be free for some gaming. I'll post my codes when I look them up. Anyone else want to share?

[terpkristin]

For Animal Crossing, I am TerpKris of OzTown, friend code 1804-5106-7027. My fruit is apples, though I have cherries, coconuts, and oranges planted right now (too early to bear fruit right now, or to know if they'll even survive..)

In Mario Kart, my friend code is:
111729
348632

I look forward to some good online play!
SI and I have already "met up" in MOCKBA this afternoon. :)

Edited to add fruit
/tk

[twothree]

For Animal Crossing:

Name: Blue
Town: Omega
Friend Code: 2620-5551-9225

Fruit: Peach, apple, coconut

[terpkristin]

For anyone adding AC info, can you note what type of fruit you have?

Thanks
/tk

[SackAttack]

Dad's workin' on fixing his computer today. Once that happens, I should be able to get the WEP key and get online. Got pears at the moment.

[sterlingice]

I've got oranges in Animal Crossing.

I've also got one of all fruit growing somewhere in my town. However, one of the trees is dying so maybe I'll be lacking one :(

SI

[Philliesfan980]

Here's my friend code.

223400 120148

Right now I only have Mario Kart. I'm kinda on the fence with Animal Crossing. I'm up for a game anytime!

[SackAttack]

Name: Josh
Town: Seafront
Friend Code: 2319-9101-4226
Fruit: Pears in abundance, allegedly an apple tree and a coconut tree growing somewhere as well.

[sterlingice]

Bump. Anyone else online? It's kindof a slow period now. Not much news until Tetris and Metroid Prime come online in March.

SI

[Eilim]

Finally got around to picking up MarioKart, so figured I'd post here. Still wish Advance Wars was WiFi capable as its the game that steals most of my time, along with the Yugioh game (no laughing.. I like CCGs, but don't like paying for cards. :) )

Anyways:

MarioKart Code: 386611 361906

American Sk8tland Code: 180452932742

Animal Crossing:
Code: 1761-5789-3933
Name: Bootsy
Town: Funktown (If they'd only given us one more letter for town name...)
Local Fruit: Cherries
Notes: All fruits planted, about 7+ trees of each. Store fully upgraded to Nookingtons. Should be cleaned up by the time anyone visits but went a week or more without playing and still cleaning up weeds and dead flowers at this point.

[sterlingice]

I'd kill to have Advance Wars WiFi compatible.

Everyone in the thread has been added in both Mario Kart and Animal Crossing.

SI

[terpkristin]

Eilim, I added you to my list. :) Now I, like SI, have everybody here in my list.

What are all the types of fruit?
Apples are native to me, but I have:
apples
cherries
oranges
peaches
pears

I really need coconuts. I've tired to plant a few of them, and they've all died. :(

/tk

[Eilim]

Eilim, I added you to my list. :) Now I, like SI, have everybody here in my list.

What are all the types of fruit?
Apples are native to me, but I have:
apples
cherries
oranges
peaches
pears

I really need coconuts. I've tired to plant a few of them, and they've all died. :(

/tk

I think thats all of them. I've actually had rediculous luck with my coconut growing, yet to have a tree fail. I think I have about 15 or more of them growing on my beach.

As soon as I'm done replacing all "normal" trees with fruit trees, I plan on setting a nice size section aside for attempting to grow some flower hybrids.

Well, I'm off to go play some sort of shoot'em up game or atleast something involving blood and gore to make up for the fact I just talked about my urge to plant flowers in a video game. :)

[sterlingice]

I think thats all of them. I've actually had rediculous luck with my coconut growing, yet to have a tree fail. I think I have about 15 or more of them growing on my beach.

As soon as I'm done replacing all "normal" trees with fruit trees, I plan on setting a nice size section aside for attempting to grow some flower hybrids.

Well, I'm off to go play some sort of shoot'em up game or atleast something involving blood and gore to make up for the fact I just talked about my urge to plant flowers in a video game. :)I should have a "fruit picking" day in my town. I've got a good mix of all fruits (sells for about 200K total, so do the math). It was the first thing I did in my town- go out and trade for a bunch of non-native fruits.

I started on my hybrid garden a couple of weeks ago. So far, I have a black tulip, purple tulip, pink tulip, orange rose, and purple rose.

SI

[ShaqFu]

I'm going to get a DS once they release Lite and lower the price of the original.

[MikeVic]

So how does the wireless connectivity work? Do i just turn on a DS in my house if I have a Wireless Router, and it'll work? Do I need to login somehow? What if I have an encrypted connection? Laptops need to get the key to use my wireless, so how can a DS just "work?"

Just curious as to how this works...

[sterlingice]

So how does the wireless connectivity work? Do i just turn on a DS in my house if I have a Wireless Router, and it'll work? Do I need to login somehow? What if I have an encrypted connection? Laptops need to get the key to use my wireless, so how can a DS just "work?"

Just curious as to how this works...Basically, there's a quick little configuration where it detects local LANs. Then, provided you use WEP, you just enter the WEP key, and away you go. I have a Linksys- the common 802.11g one and it works great. Check on NintendoWiFi.com to make sure you have a compatible one. Frankly, it was easier than getting my laptop online.

Also, if you don't have a wireless router or a compatible one, you can get a USB Network adapter that acts as a wireless router for your DS. Basically you hook it up in a USB drive and you can then access that much as you would access through a wireless router. I have a friend online who does that and it works just fine for him. I've vistited his Animal Crossing town for over half an hour.

SI

[Young Drachma]

Hmm..interesting. I didn't realize so many folks had Nintendo DS. I got a PSP last month and the wireless part was the reason I liked it.

[terpkristin]

For the record, I have both the PSP and the DS.
Only games I'm playing on my PSP right now are FIFA2006 and Lumines. Can't wait for FM2006 to come out for it.

Then agian, only games I'm playing on the DS are Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, and Mario & Luigi Partners in Time (and of those three, it's mostly AC lately).

Meanwhile, my PS2 is collecting dust.

/tk

[MikeVic]

Thanks for the answer.

How is the wireless community? Fun games of Mario Kart, or do people disconnect a lot? Just wondering now if it's fun to play more than it'll be annoying...

[terpkristin]

Knock on wood, I've never had a problem with the wireless on the DS (nor the PSP).

That said, my router can be flaky anyway, so if I did drop off, I'd first assume it was on that end of things.

And now that I've said that, I'm not going to be able to connect at all.

/tk

[sterlingice]

Knock on wood, I've never had a problem with the wireless on the DS (nor the PSP).

That said, my router can be flaky anyway, so if I did drop off, I'd first assume it was on that end of things.

And now that I've said that, I'm not going to be able to connect at all.

/tkI'll occasionally get 80430's and 86210's or whatever those two errors are when trying to join someone's town in AC and occasionally people will have difficulty with mine. Those are router issues but almost always get resolved after trying a couple of times. I've traded with or visitied at least 100 different towns in AC and the rate of those is maybe 1 per 10 so it's not that big of a deal.

SI

[sterlingice]

Thanks for the answer.

How is the wireless community? Fun games of Mario Kart, or do people disconnect a lot? Just wondering now if it's fun to play more than it'll be annoying...Well, there's no real lobby so it's somewhat impersonal. A lot of how fun it is depends on who you get for opponents. Disconnects aren't really that much of an issue- I don't notice a lot of people disconnecting. Most people stick around and either take their win or loss. Plus, it's up to 4 people so if 1 person drops, there are still 3 people racing.

If you're familiar with snaking (it's originally from MK: DD), it's still around and kindof makes games feel like haves versus have nots. If you're not familiar, it's a way to get speed boosts down the straight away by power sliding back and forth. It's kindof broken on some courses so snakers will wipe out non-snakers regardless of anything else. However, if you pick courses you can't snake on, then it's much more fair and you can win without snaking.

I don't know how to do it, personally, and I've found that if I'm racing against non-snakers, it's fun, racing against snakers can be frustrating as they'll win by 20-30 seconds, even if you get all kinds of good items. Also, there are some snakers who, if they are racing against non-snakers, will not snake and make the races competitive. Frankly, it's about the only gameplay weakness to the game- it really needs to go for the next one.

Hasn't stopped me from playing online. I'm not super good and I still have something like a 20-25 record in online games and still love playing when I'm not playing AC, Meteos, or Advance Wars (and Phoenix Wright is on the way!). Tho, I'm not entirely sure how they calculate that (ie I think if you finish 2nd out of 3, I think you get 1 win and 1 loss, but I could be wrong).

SI

[MikeVic]

Thanks for the replies. I'm just looking for something fun to play, and the DS really interested me once I learned about the world-wide wireless internet.

There's an online Resident Evil co-op game coming out sometime too, which I hope is as fun as the PS2 version. :) I don't have a PS2, but I love playing that game when I'm at a friend's house.

[sterlingice]

I get a lot more fun by going to other people's AC villages and seeing what they have going but that game really isn't for everyone. For the people that like it, it's totally addictive to us :)

SI

[MikeVic]

I get a lot more fun by going to other people's AC villages and seeing what they have going but that game really isn't for everyone. For the people that like it, it's totally addictive to us :)

SI

I bought a Gamecube a little while after is came out so that I could play the first Animal Crossing, and played it for 6 months.... so I'm sure I'll like the DS version. :D

[sterlingice]

There are two big downsides as the NES games are gone as are real holidays (replaced by game-based holidays which aren't nearly as fun, imo) but there's a plethora of new stuff (flower breeding, constellations, more clothes, hair, etc) that it's still ridiculously fun, especially with the ability to visit other people's towns via Wi-Fi.

SI

[sterlingice]

Unless someone has some has issues, I'm just going to combine this into the "official" DS thread for FOFC and copy friend codes onto the top post. If you don't want yours included, just PM me and I'll get rid of it. Also, some news in the next post.

SI

[sterlingice]

For anyone watching in the wee hours of the night, there has been a Japanese hardware conference going on. There was some good DS stuff announced (summary from GAF)- the release dates are Japanese:

Ok here's a complete summary of the conference:

- Tetris: April 3800yen - If you haven't seen this yet, it will likely be the next big thing. New wifi Tetris with new modes and Nintendo themes. It's due out here in March on the same day as Metroid Prime Hunters
- Calligraphy Training announced
- Cooking Software announced
- Children of Mana video shown
- Xenosaga video shown
- New Super Mario Brothers: May 4800yen I love Pokemon- probably my favorite franchise and there's one coming for the DS soon. Yet, every video I've seen of this makes it my most anticipated game. It's old school 2D Mario goodness in a brand new, original game.
- Winning Eleven *cough*paging tk*cough* has online wifi play but not sure it will make it here, tho :(
- Super Robot Wars
- Dynasty Warriors
- Internet Browser Opera (add-on) Yup, web browsing on the DS, courtesy of Opera
- 1Seg Digital TV Card (add-on) Curious about the quality of this, likely Japan only, tho


http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsconference2006s/img/s100.jpg

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsconference2006s/img/s101.jpg

SI

[terpkristin]

*drool*

/tk

[Ajaxab]

Anyone know anything about having a DS shipped here from Japan? Can one play English games on an imported system without any problems? I only ask because my sister-in-law is in Japan and the DS Lite is being released over there in a couple weeks. I thought about asking her to pick up one for me, but don't know enough about compatibility.

[sterlingice]

Anyone know anything about having a DS shipped here from Japan? Can one play English games on an imported system without any problems? I only ask because my sister-in-law is in Japan and the DS Lite is being released over there in a couple weeks. I thought about asking her to pick up one for me, but don't know enough about compatibility.Gamefaqs boards, FAQs, and a couple of other sites like this (http://www.therage.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product_compatibility.html) all agree that it's region-free. Basically, the difference is that when you get it, the default languge will be Japanese so as long as you can find your way through the menus to change the language to English, it should be the same. If you already have a DS then your online friend codes will change as they're tied to the hardware.

From one particular FAQ:

"Q: If I import one like you just said to do, what is the difference?
A: For all pratical reasons the US and Japanese DS's are exactly the same, either can play games from any country, and the wireless signals are the same. The ONLY difference is that the default language is set different depending on which one you have."

SI

[terpkristin]

Reading more about the DS Lite today, I'm going to be SERIOUSLY tempted to buy one when they are released in the US (though I'll get one in dark blue, not white or light blue).

I found this today via Engadget at http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3808&lsaid=219793

Let there be Lite. Lik Sang has today received its very first Nintendo DS Lite, which has been shining in our office since this morning (literally). In this report hereafter, we take the bad boy for a ride through one of our traditional hands-on reports, warming up for the real release that happens in a couple of days. Please note that we have only received one sample unit so far, we have not received the final delivery yet and a more detailed news article will follow once the Nintendo DS Lite officially hits the streets after March 2.

<table border="0" cellspacing="10"><tbody><tr align="center"><td class="textdunkel">Nintendo DS Lite (Crystal White)
March 2
http://image.lik-sang.com/images/170/nintendods-lite-pure-white.jpg (http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=273&products_id=8634)
US$ 169.00
http://image.lik-sang.com/shop/buy_now.gif (http://www.lik-sang.com/shopping_cart.php?action=add_product&products_id=8634)</td><td class="textdunkel">Nintendo DS Lite (Ice Blue)
March 11
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US$ 169.00
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March 11
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US$ 169.00
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Latest rumors on the ground mention that only 93.000 pieces will make it for the debut, only a third of the originally planned 280.000, after two colors got postponed to 11th of March (http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3806). That's very short indeed, even less than the Japanese PSP or the US Xbox 360 at launch, and god knows they were hard to get already. Taking into consideration the fact that Nintendo DS is a hot piece of machinery that has been "sold out" everywhere in Japan for the last two months, it is now certain that all hell will break loose on March 2nd. Supply will not meet demand once again, there is never enough of the good stuff on day-one. Big N is reportedly having plans to flood the market with a total of 1 million DS Lites before the end of March in the Land of the Rising Sun but we are not yet convinced if that will even prove to be sufficient.

If you have detailed questions about Nintendo DS Lite that go beyond this article, also check out the FAQ's (http://forum.lik-sang.com/showthread.php?t=11656) (Frequently Asked Questions) that our users have put together via the Lik Sang Forums (http://forum.lik-sang.com/).

Too cool for school:

http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/too_cool_for_school.jpg

Impressions

"Smaller, lighter, brighter" was the motto so far. Now, you can officially add whiter, cooler, prettier, sleeker, and overall better to your arsenal of superlatives when describing the Nintendo DS Lite in comparison with the first edition of the Nintendo DS. The new edition has for sure a fashionable look, and appears more modern than the previous model, which many compared to a "cheap plastic toy from the 20th century" when it first came out (not that we would agree with them!). Nintendo has adopted the transparent see-through layer of plastic that comes on top of a product casing to give it a shinier look (like with the PSP or the iPod for instance). I must admit I also find the white color to be much trendier and more appealing than the original Silver painting there was on the early NDS when it first was put in my palms in November 2004. All in all, a well done piece of hardware is what it is.

From the firmware side of things, we haven't noticed any differences. The brightness is controlled using the same icon that was used to switch the light on and off in the past, and the menu of course still features English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German and Italian languages and comes 100% region free for all games.

Click on the photos for a larger view:

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Nintendo DS Lite vs. Nintendo DS Milky Pink:

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When powering the engine (with a switch now relocated from the front to the side of the device), the amazing quality of the display strikes you immediately. The dimensions are the same compared with the previous NDS, which means it's still smaller than the PSP's screen. But, man, does it look extra bright! As widely reported by various press sources already, there are four brightness modes to choose from on the new NDS Lite. On the previous DS, you had only the option to turn the light on or off (which by the way is something you can't do any longer on the new iteration of the handheld).

The brightness of the old NDS is about the same as the first level of luminosity on the new Lite revision. As you can see from the pictures below, when increasing the brightness level on the DS Lite's panel, the new kid on the block clearly leaves its elder far behind in the dust. Impressive display quality improvement on Nintendo's behalf, two thumbs up on that part. A few other minor fine-tuning steps have been taken with the new Nintendo DS Lite: the D-pad is smaller and sharper, the buttons are spring-loaded, thicker and with an improved shape, while, finally, the Stylus is now longer too.

Screen Brightness (comparing mode 1 to 4 with the standard mode of pink NDS):

http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03521.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03521.jpg) http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03522.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03522.jpg)

http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03523.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03523.jpg) http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03524.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03524.jpg)

And with the Nintendo DS Milky Pink light off:

http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03526.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03526.jpg)

Accessories Test Report

Among the few discrepancies between old and new NDS variants is the change of power socket connector. You can no longer fit the electric adapter of the Nintendo DS with the Lite, and vice versa. Opposite to what was speculated on here and there, the plug is also not the same as on the Gameboy Micro. The DS Lite requires a brand new power supply adapter that you can't just replace with anything you might have lying around. The NDS Lite AC Adapter will work fine in USA, Canada and other 100V to 120V countries, but in order to recharge the Nintendo DS Lite Japanese version in Australia, Europe or other 200V to 240V countries, you will need a Stepdown Converter (http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=273&products_id=26).

Here are some more shots revealing technical details. The size of the GBA cartridge reaching out, and the slightly larger Stylus of the Nintendo DS Lite (yes, the lite's stylus is actually bigger).

http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03505.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03505.jpg) http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03520.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03520.jpg)

As you can see here, using the GameBoy Micro's power adapter (as we all hoped for) is a no-go. The battery itself was also changed, but the good news is that it reads 1000 mAh instead of 850 mAh (probably to compensate for the brighter screen).

http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03507.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03507.jpg) http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/small/DSC03528.jpg (http://image.lik-sang.com/content/nds-lite/DSC03528.jpg)

The picture above shows the batteries (from left to right) for Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DS, Gameboy Micro.

On the other hand, the displays being the same sizes as before, you can still apply the Dual Screen Protectors made by Hori (http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=276&products_id=6097&) and GameMate (http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=276&products_id=6028&). The protective PVC for the top screen goes off-edge by a couple of millimeters but that doesn't pose any kind of problem whatsoever.
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[stevew]

Here is something to get excited about

hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pGSdPL8rGg

A DS Zelda.

I picked one of these things up the other day, sort of as a father/daughter co-present. Thus far all i have is Animal Crossing(came prepackaged). I really haven't played it much, but my 7 year old seems to enjoy it. I think we'll probably get super Princess Peach soon, and that new version of Tetris looks great. Also I need to pick up Mario Kart and Mario 64.

[sterlingice]

I meant to bump this thread earlier this week since Zelda and Metroid Prime Hunters came out so that's 2 more major WiFi games.

There's also a new side-scrolling Mario in May :D

SI

[MikeVic]

I was happy about the Zelda unveiling and the Sega Genesis/Tubro Graffix 16 games for Revolution... but I was really hoping for a release date for the NA DS Lite. :(

[stevew]

I was happy about the Zelda unveiling and the Sega Genesis/Tubro Graffix 16 games for Revolution... but I was really hoping for a release date for the NA DS Lite. :(
Yeah, i was going to wait for that, but it looks like it could be a couple more months here.

[hukarez]

Wow. The DS Lite reminds me of a miniature iBook of some sort.

A pity I already have an original which I got for $70, but I'll probably pickup a DS Lite version for myself, and hand off my original to a relative or something.

Though, I seriously need to get myself a wireless router...or at least, that USB adapter thing for the meantime. :o

[stevew]

I picked up Mario Kart. Havent played online yet, but if i have to be able to snake to win, then there really isnt much point in bothering to try at this point.

[terpkristin]

I picked up Mario Kart. Havent played online yet, but if i have to be able to snake to win, then there really isnt much point in bothering to try at this point.

Depends who you play against. ;)
I'm not all that good, I bet you and I would be an OK matchup (I've been spending WAY too much time playing Animal Crossing, among other things)

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[Philliesfan980]

Anyone have any impressions on metroid prime hunters?

[stevew]

Has anyone got any other games lately? I was kind of geeked for True Swing Golf, i guess it's not that new, but then I read some reviews for it, and they were in the 6's. I'll probably wait for the next version, or one that incorporates internet play.

So, anyone have Tetris or Brain Game? I'm pretty stoked for new Super Mario Brothers as well.

[Bonegavel]

Is Nintendogs wifi? My daughter has the one with the Golden Retriever and Siberian Husky and was hoping it was wifi so she could unlock other dogs. I would switch from WPA to WEP for this.

We have:
Nintendogs
Pokemon Trozei (sp?)
Tetris (a little disappointing)
Princess Peach

The DS is soooo great for kids (my daughter just turned 6) and yet has stuff for me (maybe not a good contrast since I'm mentally 5). She loves Nintendogs and has become quite good at winning competitions. It is as close as we are coming to owning a dog.

[sterlingice]

Has anyone got any other games lately? I was kind of geeked for True Swing Golf, i guess it's not that new, but then I read some reviews for it, and they were in the 6's. I'll probably wait for the next version, or one that incorporates internet play.

So, anyone have Tetris or Brain Game? I'm pretty stoked for new Super Mario Brothers as well.
I haven't gotten ahold of Tetris or Metroid Prime Hunters or Brain Age yet. Thought about Brain Age since it's only $20 but with my current job I just don't have much time to play each day. When I do play, I've been continuing with Animal Crossing and also playing some Age of Empires, which is quite fun.

SI

[sterlingice]

Is Nintendogs wifi? My daughter has the one with the Golden Retriever and Siberian Husky and was hoping it was wifi so she could unlock other dogs. I would switch from WPA to WEP for this.

We have:
Nintendogs
Pokemon Trozei (sp?)
Tetris (a little disappointing)
Princess Peach

The DS is soooo great for kids (my daughter just turned 6) and yet has stuff for me (maybe not a good contrast since I'm mentally 5). She loves Nintendogs and has become quite good at winning competitions. It is as close as we are coming to owning a dog.

Nintendogs isn't wifi- it came out before Nintendo WiFi launched, unfortunately.

How is Tetris? I played the demo for a half hour or so and, while I loved the new touches, I disliked some as well and don't understand why they can't just get off their arse and include classic Tetris for the nostalgia factor. That said, I'll be snagging it at some point anyway because it does still look like quite a bit of fun.

SI

[Bonegavel]

Nintendogs isn't wifi- it came out before Nintendo WiFi launched, unfortunately.

How is Tetris? I played the demo for a half hour or so and, while I loved the new touches, I disliked some as well and don't understand why they can't just get off their arse and include classic Tetris for the nostalgia factor. That said, I'll be snagging it at some point anyway because it does still look like quite a bit of fun.

SI

I was hooked big time on classic tetris and this just isn't the same (and to me that is a bad thing). It just feels all wrong. Now, that isn't to say that with repeated playing it won't erase my classic tetris bias, but for now it just doesn't feel right.

As for Nintendogs, I knew it could do localized stuff, shame about the wifi.

What is so fun about Animal Crossing? I see you all talking about that.

[stevew]

I think you can unlock all the dogs on nintendogs in any version. Only difference is the starting dogs.
Check the faq here on how to unlock them.
hxxp://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/data/926849.html

[terpkristin]

I haven't gotten ahold of Tetris or Metroid Prime Hunters or Brain Age yet. Thought about Brain Age since it's only $20 but with my current job I just don't have much time to play each day. When I do play, I've been continuing with Animal Crossing and also playing some Age of Empires, which is quite fun.

SI

I picked up Brain Age and it's alright...really, it's not my cup of tea. It's got a few quirks that drive me bonkers. One is that the voice recognition still kind of sucks. There's one game where you are supposed to say the color of the print on the screen (like if it said red on the screen, you'd have to say "blue" because that's the color of the print). For red, yellow, and black it picks it up fine, but usually I have to say "blue" about 6 times before it registers (without background noise), which makes my score bad (frustrating for me because I like competing with myself and others to get high scores). Similarly, the touchscreen doesn't pick up numbers properly fairly often and seems to pick up stray inputs every now and then (some of this might come from my splint), so I end up getting things wrong (which I shouldn't, and again, drives me nuts). The one reason I could see a lot of people playing it is for Sudoku, which I'm really not into, either, so it's an alright game which I pick up every now and then, but for $20, it wasn't much of a loss, I suppose.

I'm looking forward to the new Mario Brothers game, and I might get Tetris when it comes down in price to about $20. Tetris is one of those classic games that they could only "make worse" by re-making it and trying to capture the nostalgia, but it's still a great game.

In other news, I saw that the DS Lite details are supposed to come out on Thursday the 4th (see here (http://xbox360.joystiq.com/2006/05/01/ds-lite-to-be-priced-and-dated-may-4/)). Early rumors I read somewhere said it was going to be $150 and be released on 6/21, but I can't seem to track down where I read that rumor. I'll almost undoubtedly get a DS Lite at some point fairly soon after it's released. With all the other issues my hand is having, I think it'll ease some of my other complaints.

Anyway. Brain Age is sort of "eh" for me, can't wait for Mario, and will get Tetris and the DS Lite at some point in the forseeable future. :D

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[terpkristin]

Found the place where I found the rumors on the DS details: Gizmodo.
Linky (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/rumor-ds-lite-hits-june-21-for-150-170895.php)
Our beloved brothers at Kotaku with all of their stellar sources in the retail world tell us that the Nintendo DS Lite will be available in the US on June 21, which also happens to be the first day of summer. The tipster also told Kotaku the first units will be available in white only, and will sell for $150. DS Lite Hits First Day of Summer for $150? (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ds-lite/ds-lite-hits-first-day-of-summer-for-150-170829.php) [Kotaku]

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[sterlingice]

What is so fun about Animal Crossing? I see you all talking about that.

You know, I just can't explain it. I've tried and I just can't. It's a laid back game like Harvest Moon where there really is no goal except to customize your little corner of the world the way you like it by doing little chores and errands and then show it off to others online. Which sounds really boring but it has some sort of mezmerizing and addicting quality that I just can't explain.

SI

[terpkristin]

I'm surprised that neither SackAttack nor sterlingice mentioned this, seeing as I sent both of them an email with the details while at work.... :)

DS Lite is coming to the USA on 11 June. It will be available for $129.99 and will only be available in white (at least, at first). It's a bit of a bummer, really. I don't want a white DS, so I'll probably wait to get one until (if?!) they release a dark blue or other dark color one in the US.

http://www.nintendo.com/newsarticle?articleid=Og1MrMU-BTmhVNcRMku_yhCWtXhjFheh&page=

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[sterlingice]

Sorry, but I didn't get home until around 6 and then didn't check anything until after 8

SI

[stevew]

Anyone picked up New Super Mario Brothers yet? I think I'm going to have to get it this weekend.

[terpkristin]

I haven't picked it up yet, but it's on my lust list. Probably this weekend for me, too.

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[sterlingice]

I'm a little short on cash at the moment so it'll have to wait. I almost picked up Tetris this past week when I saw it for $25 but thought better of it.

It's easily my most wanted title not named "Pokemon:Pearl/Diamond" and has been for quite a long time. It looks absolutely spectacular- beautiful old school Mario goodness.

SI

[terpkristin]

I picked up New Super Mario Brothers last night. It's been a LONG time since I played a side-scrolling platformer of any type, so it took me a little bit to get re-accustomed to the controls of a simple game (which are pretty much exactly the same as every other Mario game).

I REALLY like this game. It combines a good bit of the old-school things we loved about the game back on the original NES with some great new elements. :)

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[General Mike]

I am thinking about picking up a DS, possibly when the DS Lite comes out here. I'd definitely get New SMB and that Castlevania game. Any other suggestions?

[terpkristin]

Mario Kart

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[stevew]

I am thinking about picking up a DS, possibly when the DS Lite comes out here. I'd definitely get New SMB and that Castlevania game. Any other suggestions?

Wait for the lite. There are a bunch of good games, plus any of the good GBA games work, as well. I think that SI did a topic on the good games somewhere. I'd avoid Sonic Rush, as it gives me a constant headache with the change from the top to the bottom screen.

Anyone with New SMB, does the game jump between screens much? I can take a shift here and there, but not one at high speed.

[terpkristin]

Anyone with New SMB, does the game jump between screens much? I can take a shift here and there, but not one at high speed.

No. Most of the gameplay is on the top screen, with the bottom screen showing your spare item (touch to use), the star coins you've collected in the level, and your progress in the level.

I'm addicted to the game, but I've discovered that the later I stay up to play it, the more lives I lose. I suppose that if there were one "bad" thing about the game, it's that it's really easy to get TONS of extra lives. As I said previously, the control has taken some getting used to, and there are advantages and disadvantages of the new special mushrooms they added (the big mushroom that makes you gigantic and the mini mushroom that makes you tiny), but all in all, it's a solid game.

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[General Mike]

Wait for the lite. There are a bunch of good games, plus any of the good GBA games work, as well. I think that SI did a topic on the good games somewhere. I'd avoid Sonic Rush, as it gives me a constant headache with the change from the top to the bottom screen.

Anyone with New SMB, does the game jump between screens much? I can take a shift here and there, but not one at high speed.

Yeah, I already have a few good GBA games, so I'll be in OK shape as far as games go.

[sterlingice]

I am thinking about picking up a DS, possibly when the DS Lite comes out here. I'd definitely get New SMB and that Castlevania game. Any other suggestions?

I've got 7 games and pretty much like them all: Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, Meteos, Advance Wars, Phoenix Wright, Age of Empires, and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land. I still want to get, some more than others: New Super Mario Bros, Metroid Prime Hunters, Tetris DS, Brain Age, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Nintendogs, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorry, Kirby's Canvas Curse, and Mario 64. In short, there's a ton of quality stuff out there for the system, it's more a matter of what you like to play.

SI

[terpkristin]

Zonk at /. posted a good review of the New Super Mario Brothers game. As a matter of fact, his feelings match mine so well that instead of taking the time to write something up, I'm just going to reference his. :) linky (http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/24/1514216)

In the "everything old is new again" spirit of the 21st century, there have been many bad remakes, remixes, and 'reinvisionings'. The gaming industry is especially guilty, with endless sequels and a lack of imagination being oft-discussed elements at developer get-togethers. Despite all this, it does appear you can go home again. Nintendo has competently revived the series that made it a household name in the U.S., with New Super Mario Bros.. A classic 2D platformer with plenty of new tricks, Mario comes bounding to the DS with a focus on what he does best. New Super Mario Bros. is not going to make you rethink what is possible in a game; It's not going to make you cry or change your life. It will, however, make you smile. Read on for my impressions of the pudgy plumber's newest adventure.

Title: New Super Mario Bros.
Developer/Publisher: Nintendo
System: DS http://images.slashdot.org/articles/06/05/mario2small.jpg (http://images.slashdot.org/articles/06/05/mario2.jpg)
For a lot of gamers, growing up with games meant growing up with Mario. Just mentioning titles in the series can provoke memories from the far away and long ago. The first time you defeated Bowser, your first flight in the Tanooki suit, and Mario's first fumbling 3D steps are all moments we can share together as part of the collective gamer hive-mind. This shared history makes the average gamer an intuitive appreciator of New Super Mario Brothers' (NSMB) wafer-thin plot; Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach and Mario has to save her. What follows from the typical 'stealing the princess' scene is pure Mario flavour. You move your little red and blue plumber from left to right, avoiding Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and the occasional pit. What makes this game a worthy successor and not a cheap cash-in is the title's endless attention to detail and novelty. 1-1, for example, is an almost picture perfect mirror of the very first level of the original Super Mario Bros.. A mirror, that is, until you get over the second hill, pop the question block, and release the giant mushroom. The rest of the level rushes past in a blur as giant Mario slams through enemies, pipes, and scenery, before reaching the flag at the end of the level. This melding of the old and the new allows NSMB to mostly rise above expectations on the friction of greatness. The core of this greatness involves time-worn game concepts that have been freshened up with some new thread and a lot of care.
These game concepts come from across the many Mario titles. The map that allows you to navigate the Worlds and their sublevels is lifted from Super Mario Bros. 3. There are alternate routes through the maps, encouraging exploration and experimentation, as in Super Mario World. The butt-stomp and wall-jump from Mario 64 are here as well, and seeing them executed well in a 2D environment is well worth the price of admission. The only game element that somewhat disappointed was the powerup department. While the mega mushroom is a fun novelty the first time around, it has a fairly limited usefulness. There's also a mini mushroom, which makes you very small; Perfect for long floaty jumps and getting into tight spaces, but not that much fun. There's also the Troopa suit, a turtle shell that effectively turns Mario into a Koopa Troopa. You can run, get up some speed, and slide in the shell through enemies, knocking them akimbo. These are fun elements, but compared to genius like the flying Tanooki suit or the invincible Kuribo Boot they seem somehow a little thin.
http://images.slashdot.org/articles/06/05/mario1small.jpg (http://images.slashdot.org/articles/06/05/mario1.jpg)
Mario's transformative costumes aside, the quality of design here demands exploration and concerted effort. Levels ramp up in difficulty as you move through the Worlds. Requirements for completion go from 'a carefree leap or two' to 'carefully planned trial and error assaults'. Enemy placement is always designed to challenge and occasionally frustrate, but never to provoke calls of 'cheap!' Each world has a theme, of course, with World 2 being a sandy desert and World 5 covered in snow and ice. Within the overall theme of the World, each level provides thoughtful variation. Their overworld map appearance gives hints of what they'll be like; levels located in pits on the map are the familiar subterranean levels, while those on the edge of the ocean tend to have aquatic elements. Some levels are special cases, such as the towers and castles that dot each world. The tower is a mid-level challenge, a chance to face Bowser Jr. (Princess Peach's jailer) and drive him further along the map. The castle is the penultimate showdown for the current World, and defeating Jr. there drives him on to the next World. Generally unlockable, there are *-A levels that are entirely aquatic (and filled with swarming fish). There are also Ghost Houses, as in Super Mario World, which pit you against the surreal surroundings of the Boos and their crews. The World map, then, is informative; It can also be frustrating. Scattered across the map are paths that are unreachable, tantalizing areas that beg to be unlocked. Some, like the powerup mushroom houses, are simply blocked from the main path. These can be unlocked with the large coins you find hidden in every level. Entire levels, though, are secreted off branching parts of the World's path. These require you to exit a particular level via an alternate route in order to open up that part of the path. The flag at the end of each level may, indeed, not be the way out you want. These secret routes lead to hidden levels, warp pipes that allow you to skip around within a World, cannons that blast you across the sky to land in other Worlds, and in two cases even allow you access to Worlds that would be otherwise inaccessible. This exploration element is as entertaining as it is addicting; Wondering just how you get from point A to point B will have you puzzling over the World map for many minutes.
Those minutes will pass by quickly, though, with your eyes resting easy on the beauty that is New Super Mario Bros. The DS has come into its own in the last year, with titles like Metroid Hunters proving the surprising power of Nintendo's two-screened beast. NSMB doesn't push the console the way Metroid did, but the game's graphical presentation is just as rock solid. The 3D elements that are incorporated into the 2D maps make the game pop out at you, as Mario and the various enemies shuffle and run through the colorful environments. The big smiles, though, are likely to come from the little touches. As mini-Mario, you can run across the surface of water, with splashes kicked up by the tiny plumber's pumping feet. In World 5 packed snow hanging on background tree branches is shaken loose as you pass, trapping you for a moment under a mound of wintery goodness. The environments are interactive and imaginative, and scored in the same style as all of the classic Mario titles. In order to avoid burnout by including endlessly familiar tunes and sound effects, there's a good deal of differentiation from the older titles musically. Just the same, you'll recognize where they're coming from with the underground theme, the noise when Mario loses a powerup, the particular blip as a Goomba is flattened, and the frustratingly familiar musical sting when you fall into a pit. These variations put you in the right state of mind, but don't come out of the box already old or annoying.
http://images.slashdot.org/articles/06/05/mario3small.jpg (http://images.slashdot.org/articles/06/05/mario3.jpg)
This preoccupation with recreating the familiar in a fresh way is, ultimately, why New Super Mario Bros. succeeds. The tight control of a leap atop a wandering Goomba is a gaming moment that, while certainly not new, never fails to be somehow special. NSMB taps directly into this with level design, musical scoring and sound effects that harken back to the best days of the NES and SNES. Even while the game looks backwards, it keeps its feet firmly in the now. The game looks terrific, is a challenge for a gamer of any skill level, and offers plenty of exploration elements to keep your mind active. There are even some WiFi multiplayer elements borrowed from the DS port of Mario 64, to keep you and a friend company on long trips. Some may look on this title as falling short of greatness. I see New Super Mario Bros. as competently meeting the expectations of our gaming heritage. Some games last a few hours, and some last a lifetime; This game was already a classic by the time I'd slotted it into my DS. NSMB belongs on the shelf alongside God of War or Half-Life 2, part of a stack I'll be carrying with me for a good, long time.

[digamma]

We got a DS recently. I've been having a good time with it. A Mario Kart question...
How in the heck do I perform the "skid turbo" or whatever it is called? The manual says something about holding R and skidding back and forth until your wheels burn and then pressing R again. I can't get to the wheel burning stage though. Any tips? (Yes, I'm trying to finish Mission 1-8.)

[sterlingice]

We got a DS recently. I've been having a good time with it. A Mario Kart question...
How in the heck do I perform the "skid turbo" or whatever it is called? The manual says something about holding R and skidding back and forth until your wheels burn and then pressing R again. I can't get to the wheel burning stage though. Any tips? (Yes, I'm trying to finish Mission 1-8.)

It's been a couple of weeks since I've played MK and just am not all that good at the skid, but, iirc, you have to hit back and forth on the control pad pretty quick to get the fire going. I've never been able to do it very quick or for very long so I'm no good at snaking.

SI

[stevew]

We got a DS recently. I've been having a good time with it. A Mario Kart question...
How in the heck do I perform the "skid turbo" or whatever it is called? The manual says something about holding R and skidding back and forth until your wheels burn and then pressing R again. I can't get to the wheel burning stage though. Any tips? (Yes, I'm trying to finish Mission 1-8.)

You do something like lean one direction, and skid the opposite direction. I can't really do it all that well either. Your wheels will get blue before you turbo I believe.

[sterlingice]

Yeah, you have to slide back and forth 3 times, I think.

SI

[sterlingice]

Picked up a DS Lite today after trading in my DS to EBGames- cost me $64 out of pocket so not too bad. Had to migrate my online profile over- if you do a trade-in, make sure to do this, otherwise your friend codes go with the system.

I haven't tried out Mario Kart on it, yet (which is pretty important as it's the most "hand stressing" game for the DS) but I've played some AC and Kirby and I love the Lite. The buttons might be a tad too close to the edge of the system since there's not as much real estate there. However, with the longer battery life (15-19 hours on the brightness of the original DS), better weight, smaller size, and brighter screen (I tend to play it on the second lowest brightness, just brighter than the current DS, but the highest probably allows you to see through time because it's so bright)- easily worth the upgrade.

SI

[stevew]

Picked up a DS Lite today after trading in my DS to EBGames- cost me $64 out of pocket so not too bad. Had to migrate my online profile over- if you do a trade-in, make sure to do this, otherwise your friend codes go with the system.

I haven't tried out Mario Kart on it, yet (which is pretty important as it's the most "hand stressing" game for the DS) but I've played some AC and Kirby and I love the Lite. The buttons might be a tad too close to the edge of the system since there's not as much real estate there. However, with the longer battery life (15-19 hours on the brightness of the original DS), better weight, smaller size, and brighter screen (I tend to play it on the second lowest brightness, just brighter than the current DS, but the highest probably allows you to see through time because it's so bright)- easily worth the upgrade.

SI

Hmm, $64 for the upgrade is not all that bad. I'll have to see what the regular one is going for on Ebay first(might be able to get more to sell/then buy). Looking back on it, i should have waited.

[MikeVic]

Anyone have information on when the other colours will be released in North America? I want that dark blue (black?) DS Lite, and an EB employee said it'll be released around Christmas??

[terpkristin]

Anyone have information on when the other colours will be released in North America? I want that dark blue (black?) DS Lite, and an EB employee said it'll be released around Christmas??

I haven't heard anything about when any of the other colors is going to be released in the US (I too want the dark blue that's available in Asia), but for some EB employee to say it'll come around Christmas sounds like he's just pulling it out of his arse. I frequent many places where that type of info would "come out first" as it were, and I've seen NOTHING on anything about the other colors.

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[sterlingice]

There's no official date at all or even comments to latch on to. However, late fall thru Christmas seems to be a good guess. It was about 3 months before Japan got additional colors. Not only that but the initial "DS Lite" buzz will be starting to wear off. And, of course, it's Christmas market- a perfect time to build some more sales, especially with Pokemon likely being an early spring release.

In short, it makes perfect sense, but there's no official word yet.

SI

[MikeVic]

Got a DS Lite yesterday, along with New Mario Bros. and Big Brain Academy... was kinda bummed that Gameboy and Gameboy Color games won't work, but that's a minor issue.

New Mario Bros. is such an awesome game. It feels nostalgic and new at the same time. I'm still playing Mario/Luigi Superstar Saga for the Advance, so I won't be buying games for awhile.... still want to try the Castlevania game, Kirby, Mario/Luigi Partners in Time, Mario Kart, Tetris, Trauma Center... and I'm sure there's others. :D

[sterlingice]

I can't wait to play the New Mario Bros. Unfortunately, I'm a tad short on money and quite short on time :(

SI

[MikeVic]

And is it just me, or does the DS Lite feel less comfortable than the Advance? I'm finding my hands being cramped, and the corners of the DS Lite being jammed into my hands too...

[sterlingice]

The DS Lite cramps my hands a little on the side. Then again, so did the DS until I adjusted how I held it a bit. I'm sure I'll figure out something comfortable like I did with the DS, tho.

SI

[General Mike]

I couldn't find a Nintendo DS, so I finally ordered one online.

Viva Mike!

[terpkristin]

I wanted one in dark blue, so I bought mine from Lik-Sang (admittedly I paid more than I would have if I sucked it up and just went for the white one).

I LOVE the DS Lite, it fits PERFECTLY in my hands. :) Then again, I'm a girl.. :)

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[General Mike]

I got my DS Lite today

*happy dance*

[Godzilla Blitz]

I'm in. Got a DS Lite used with Advance Wars DS.

I'm impressed with this thing. I didn't realize it had a microphone, stylus, and wi-fi support for connecting via the internet. I just thought it had dual screens. Sheesh. This is a lot of hardware for the money. Nintendo rocks.

I played a bit of Final Fantasy I last night and the colors are so much more vibrant on the DS than they are on the GBA SP. And the stylus is awesome. I was playing a half hour of Advance Wars this afternoon and I got so used to the touch pad that I almost forgot that the game had button controls.

Got a few Japanese games for it when I was in Japan, but I don't have anything yet that connects over the internet.

Am thinking about getting Animal Crossing, but every time I go to buy it I get scared off by the screen shots of the cute animal thingies running around. I think, "There is no way I'll like this game." Then I run into someone else who loves it and I get convinced to buy it again.

[General Mike]

I got my DS Lite today

*happy dance*

EBGames.com still hasn't shipped me New SMB and Mario Kart DS yet.

*sad dance*

[sterlingice]

I'm in. Got a DS Lite used with Advance Wars DS.

I'm impressed with this thing. I didn't realize it had a microphone, stylus, and wi-fi support for connecting via the internet. I just thought it had dual screens. Sheesh. This is a lot of hardware for the money. Nintendo rocks.

I played a bit of Final Fantasy I last night and the colors are so much more vibrant on the DS than they are on the GBA SP. And the stylus is awesome. I was playing a half hour of Advance Wars this afternoon and I got so used to the touch pad that I almost forgot that the game had button controls.

Call me 'old fashioned' but I still like the control pad for turn based strat (AW and Age of Empires) because the stylus opens up a little room for silly touch errors as I don't have the hands of a surgeon.

I've been playing thru FF4 on my DS Lite lately and the colors and look are great.

Got a few Japanese games for it when I was in Japan, but I don't have anything yet that connects over the internet.

Am thinking about getting Animal Crossing, but every time I go to buy it I get scared off by the screen shots of the cute animal thingies running around. I think, "There is no way I'll like this game." Then I run into someone else who loves it and I get convinced to buy it again.

Hm... I have finally tired of Animal Crossing for a bit and my game is stuck back at July 11th. There's a lot to do if you try to keep up on a daily basis and I just don't have the time for it. Tho maybe I'll pick it back up this week with the promo from Toys R Us (http://ds.ign.com/articles/720/720009p1.html).

SI

[terpkristin]

I need something new to play. I only have a handful of games for my DS that I play with any regularity (Animal Crossing: Wild World, New Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario Kart, and Brain Age), and at the moment I'm kind of bored with all of them.

I'm itching for some Final Fantasy, but within the last 6 months I've played and beaten all the portable versions of it I have, and FFIII isn't due out until September, sometime around my bday.

Any suggestions from the peanut gallery on what GBA or DS game I should get to tide me over for a little while? I enjoy all genres except FPS and RTS, in general.

/tk

[twothree]

I am not really playing anything on the DS at the moment. Civ IV + expansion is taking up all my playing time. However, I do have Harvest Moon DS reserved.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Nintendogs arrived today in the mail. Played with the kiddes for about 20 minutes. The game was too good. I had just came back from the Science Museum with my 4-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter. Both were quite tired, and I thought that some Nintendogs might be the thing for a short bit of rest and relaxation for them, as it was too late to put them down for a nap.

They really got into it but couldn't agree on anything. First they couldn't decide on the breed of dog, then the color was a problem, then the gender was a problem, then the name. Argh. Once they started training the dog, they took turns, but their pronuciation was different so all I think we succeeded in doing was screwing with the dog's mind. Supposedly we somehow succeeded in teaching him his name and how to sit, but we tried again for about five minutes tonight before they went to sleep and the stupid dog just ignores the commands now. At least he hasn't pooped on the floor yet.



Any suggestions from the peanut gallery on what GBA or DS game I should get to tide me over for a little while? I enjoy all genres except FPS and RTS, in general.

/tk

I've heard great things about:


Osu Tatakae Ouendan (http://ds.ign.com/objects/746/746980.html)
Very unique rhythm game. Rave reviews. Only available as an import at the moment, but supposedly requires no Japanese ability to play.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B69E96/sr=8-1/qid=1154578937/ref=sr_1_1/104-9482652-0596753?ie=UTF8)
Courtroom adventure game. Got great reviews in Japan. I have a Japanese version now but haven't started it yet.

Trauma Center: Under the Knife (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009K7ESC/sr=1-1/qid=1154578996/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9482652-0596753?ie=UTF8&s=videogames)
Perform operations with your stylus! Read great things about the game here, but supposedly it gets insanely hard.


All three of the games are unique games. Both Osu Tatakae Ouendan & Trauma Center supposedly make excellent use of the DS's features. I'm planning on getting these games once I can reduce my backlog a bit.

Sterling: Whoops. Missed your post there. Yeah, I can see it'd be easy to make mistakes with the stylus in turn-based games. So far I haven't had too much trouble with it, but that might change. I haven't played AW at all for a few days now, though. Only playing a few minutes of FFI before I go to sleep. Too much damn work, but Friday things should go back to normal.

And I'm still on the fence with Animal Crossing.

[sterlingice]

I suppose from your post above, tk, that your copy of PW never arrived?

SI

[MikeVic]

I have Phoenix Wright, Trauma Center, and that PacMan game which I find really fun... you already know about Phoenix Wright and Trauma Center I assume. The PacMan game was cheap ($15Cdn I believe), and it's a blast to play. You draw a PacMan on the screen and it'll eat in the direction you drew his mouth. There's arrows and lines you can draw to change his direction and hit things in the top part of the screen.

The game isn't a maze game like the original PacMan though. You're on one screen, and eat the ghosts and monsters on that screen... no walls to go through. But it's gotten pretty hard at level 3 or 4 (out of 12). So I'd recommend this for sure!

[General Mike]

Any suggestions from the peanut gallery on what GBA or DS game I should get to tide me over for a little while? I enjoy all genres except FPS and RTS, in general.

/tk

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

[terpkristin]

I suppose from your post above, tk, that your copy of PW never arrived?

SI

Got delayed until middle of August.

I may take GM's suggestion and pick up Castelvania: DoS tomorrow...tonight will be a drinking night, me thinks.

/tk

[terpkristin]

Darn, it looks like DoS is getting re-released (i.e. that they stopped it and are re-releasing it):

Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Other products by Konami (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-7281554-2179956?%5Fencoding=UTF8&store-name=videogames&search-type=ss&index=videogames&field-brandtextbin=Konami)
Platform: http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/icons/browse-nintendo-ds.gif Nintendo DS
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="100%"> <table class="product"> <tbody><tr> <td class="productLabel">Price:</td> <td>$34.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/misc/super-saver-shipping-pop-up.html/ref=mk_gship_dp/104-7281554-2179956) </td></tr> </tbody></table>

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100%"> Availability: This item will be released on September 19, 2006. Pre-order now. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Oh well. I guess I'll just wait for my copy of PW to come in (scheduled for middle of the month), and then see what comes out near my bday.

/tk

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[sterlingice]

If you want a warm up for DoS, the Castlevania double pack for GBA is on sale for $20 at Toys R Us. It's Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance for GBA. I almost picked it up last week since the only GBA Castlevania I played was Circle of the Moon and that was excellent.

SI

[General Mike]

That's interesting tk, since I ordered DoS from amazon.com a month ago and it was in stock.

Also, I need to call up EBGames.com about where my f'n games are. Those jerks. :(

[terpkristin]

That's interesting tk, since I ordered DoS from amazon.com a month ago and it was in stock.

Yeah, I'd actually seen DoS in my loacl Best Buy a month or so ago, but decided I didn't really need it then, so didn't buy it, now that I'm looking for it, nobody has it and Amazon says it won't be around until September.

Oh well. My local Toys R Us didn't have the Castlevania double pack that SI mentioned, so I ended up picking up Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

I guess it'll keep me entertained for a little while.

/tk

[General Mike]

Also, as far as Castlevania is concerned, and this is as good a place as any to post this, Konami needs to port Symphony of the Night to the DS.

[General Mike]

EBGames.com still hasn't shipped me New SMB and Mario Kart DS yet.

*sad dance*

Update: I finally got Mario Kart and New SMB today.

*happy dance*

[twothree]

It looks like we will finally get two new colors (black and pink) for the DS lite in North America on September 12th or 13th. I guess it might be time to finally put away my blue DS and buy a black DS lite.

[stevew]

Unfortunately the touch pad isn't working right now on our DS. I tried to calibrate it and had no luck. To make matters worse, the bar code isn't registering at Nintendo, so I can't send it to be fixed for free. Bummer.

[Poli]

Hmm, looks like my time zone is screwed up. It's only 9:43 here.

[Poli]

Weird, by a half hour too.

[Poli]

Ah, fixed. Life is good. I just wanted to check in to the DS thread, thanks mostly to TK.

[twothree]

An official add-on MP3 player for the Nintendo DS?

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/the-mysterious-nintendo-ds-mp3-player-198316.php

[sterlingice]

I think this is how it currently is but EBGames is making another push for when the new colors come out. If you have an old style DS, you can trade it in for a DS Lite at $70 or a GBA SP trades in for a $100 DS Lite.

SI

[twothree]

I picked up a black DS Lite along with Harvest Moon DS today. I really like it, except for the shiny black finish on the outside. They should have used the nice dull black inside coating on the outside also. Because, the outside picks up fingerprints way too easily.

[General Mike]

Anybody got a game suggestion for me?

I already have Castlevania, Brain Age, New SMB, Mario Kart and Tetris.

No RPGz plz k thx.

[sterlingice]

What genres? I've gotten tons of hours out of Advance Wars DS and Age of Empires if you like turn based strat. AoE's problem is that it will glitch from time to time, which is simply unacceptable for a Nintendo console. If you can find Kirby on the cheap, it's well worth it as a fun platformer but it is short. I've had a lot of fun every time I play Phoenix Wright but it's just not for everyone- it's very story driven and not much action or gameplay.

SI

[General Mike]

Turn based strategy may work for me. Probably a platformer or an action game.

Anybody got any thoughts on the Princess Peach game?

I may pick up Animal Crossing to hold me over.

[sterlingice]

I've actually stopped playing Animal Crossing as of a couple of months ago because of a lack of time due to work but if you get addicted to games and it's your type of game, it goes a long way (I have to have put well over 100 hours into it).

I heard Princess Peach was ok but not great. Only worth buying if you get it at a discount. Like I said, for platformers, I really love Kirby as it's a "different type of platformer"- it's really creative, much like some of the more recent Kirby titles have been like Tilt n Tumble. Kirby rolls but you direct him based on what lines you draw on the screen, speed him up based on touching the screen, get power ups, etc.

SI

[oliegirl]

OK...I've resisted as long as I could. I bought Anthony one of the DS Lites for his birthday and have now decided that I should pick up a game or two to play on it :)

I'm very intrigued by the Animal Crossing - from what I've read it's similar to the Sims, but with animals? Can you play it without the wi-fi? We have wi-fi at home, but I'd like to be able to play it while I am waiting in the carpool line, etc... Also, is it something that a 9 year old can play and enjoy as well?

And could someone tell me more about the Mario games? I remember Donkey Kong from when I was a child, but haven't really played any video games since then...which game would you recommend for a 33 year old looking to kill some time who has little to no experience playing video games of any kind?

Thanks guys!!!!

[sterlingice]

I'll try to get to this one over the weekend as I'm heading off to sleep tonight. But the DS has a ton of casual gamer stuff, moreso than hardcore gamer stuff.

SI

[terpkristin]

I just picked up Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy and Mario Hoops 3 on 3 for my DS. It's funny that I picked up the SW game as I actually can't stand Star Wars, but I love Legos and the game looked cool last time (the original game) so I figured I'd give it a try this time around. Not sure what to expect from Mario Hoops, but I was looking for something new to play and it got alright reviews so figured it was worth a shot.

/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

Best Buy had Battles of Prince of Persia on sale for $9.99 so I grabbed a copy. Just tried the tutorial over lunch. Looks like an interesting turn-based strategy game with a card element meshed in.

[sterlingice]

tk, I need to point you strongly towards CAG ;)

There are so many discount games out there right now and it's better than paying full price for games that will be cheap in a few months and you'll still get that "new game smell" :)

I haven't had as much luck on the DS as I've "only" bought Metroid Pinball ($7), Atari Collection ($5), Ridge Racer ($2), and Polarium ($10) in the last month or so. But with the GBA, I've gotten an absolute treasure trove with Drill Dozer, Final Fantasy IV, Mario Golf, Wario Ware Twisted, and Sword of Mana all for $10 or less and the Castlevania double pack for $20 and that's more gaming than one can possibly shake a stick at.

SI

[terpkristin]

tk, I need to point you strongly towards CAG ;)

Sadly (?) I'm already a member of CAG. I just also have the unfortunate affliction that when I get bored with a game, I go out and buy another, mostly on impulse. :-\

Thankfully it doesn't happen too often

/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

Hey Sterling, what's CAG? Is it Cheap Ass Gamer, the site? I've looked there for deals they list at various stores and stuff, but is there something else that I'm missing there?

[terpkristin]

CAG is indeed http://www.cheapassgamer.com

If you're a member of the forums, there is a forum devoted to deals, localized and national (and international). Usually there are some good things.

/tk

[sterlingice]

Yeah, CAG is the site linked above. I've made some great hauls lately. Obviously, you're not going to find Madden the week it comes out for $20 but you'll find the first place it drops to $30 in 2 months when the unwashed masses have all shelled out $50 for it. Or when it hits clearance for $10. Everybody is doing clearances on their last gen stuff and you can snag all sorts of excellent games you might have missed for $10 or less.

SI

[Godzilla Blitz]

Ah, thanks. I am a member there and I do tend to read through that forum once in a while.

I probably have to look through it more often. I usually find that I'm reading about great deals that have just ended. If I read it more often I might catch some of those deals.

[sterlingice]

Well, we're hitting the tail end of them as they've been out there for a while but Toys R Us, Circuit City, KMart, and Sears are all in clearance mode right now. And Target is always doing clearance stuff. I try to hit there once a day or every couple of days at least so if a big sale starts, I'm not completely on the outside looking in. Sure, the ebayers will beat me to some of the stuff, but there will always be some games I want to play that they didn't hoard.

SI

[Godzilla Blitz]

You know, I do remember reading that about Ciruit City and Toys R Us, but the ones near me seemed pretty much picked clean. I was pretty late to the party on those however.

I'm guessing that it'll be tricky to get great deals on some of the better DS games for a while, but I'd love to add another half dozen or so good GBA games to my collection.

[sterlingice]

A couple of the top selling titles like Nintendogs, New SMB, and Metroid Prime Hunters haven't had any deals yet but a lot of the really good "second tier" games like Kirby, Meteos, Metroid Pinball, Trace Memory (still haven't played yet) and even a top shelf game like Advance Wars have all had $10 and under prices lately.

GBA- well, there's too much to list that has been on sale lately.

The thing about sales like this is twofold. You need to get there in the first day or two. And you need to find that store that's a little out of the way where hoarders don't roam for a day or so. Don't go to that Best Buy in the new shiny yuppie center, go to the Circuit City by the old mall. That sort of thing.

SI

[Godzilla Blitz]

That's a good point about the location of the stores. I usually go to the big, shiny Ciruit City right off the highway. There's a crappy old one that's really hard to find about 10 minutes in the other direction. I can easily go in that direction to check out a sale on occasion.

I didn't realize that some of those DS games had been on sale that cheaply already. I was happy to get the Prince of Persia Battles one for $10, but amost everything else decent that I've seen starts at $20.

[stevew]

So, has anyone bought Mario Hoops 3 on 3, Pokemon Blue Rescue team or Mario vs Donkey Kong 2 yet? It seems like every time I turn around there is another premium title released on this system.

[stevew]

Hmm. I'm thinking Pokemon Diamond would be a better choice for a soon to be 8 year old than Blue Rescue team maybe?

[sterlingice]

I can't wait for Diamond/Pearl. Unfortunately, it's just now coming out in Japan this week so we won't see it until likely March or maybe even a summer release.

As for other games, I haven't bought much new lately because I have such a backlog of other stuff so I'll work my way to these games in 6 months when they can all be had for $20 :)

SI

[terpkristin]

I picked up Mario Hoops and frankly I'm not much of a fan. Maybe I just suck at it, but I can't seem to get the damn stylus control to work for me, and though there are options to play it using the buttons, they don't give you the ability to do everything you can do with the stylus. I've heard nothing but good things about it, so I assume this is just a "I suck" problem, but it still irks me.

/tk

[MikeVic]

Anyone else have Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin?

[terpkristin]

Anyone else have Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin?

SI and I both do, though I haven't played it yet (don't think he has, either). I bought it when I did for the pre-order package. I have been playing a lot of Animal Crossing and Final Fantasy III lately. Animal Crossing I just got an urge to play after a few months, Final Fantasy is fun but frustrating all at once, but I'll make it through it...eventually.

/tk

[MikeVic]

Yeah, I got Castlevania for the pre-order as well. :D But have started playing it too.

[Poli]

I'm still playing the stuffing out of Advanced Wars and Nintendogs.

My pugs, Snuggles and Taco, are like the shop's dogs now.

[sterlingice]

That's awesome, AE :D

Yeah, like tk said, I got Castlevania but it was for the pre-order bonus. Not sure when I'm going to break into that quite yet.

(I've been doing some Pokemon breeding of late to fill my Pokedex on Pokemon Box and that's a fairly time consuming process.)

SI

[TroyF]

I've got the Castlevania game. Enjoying it quite a bit thus far.

[terpkristin]

As if I needed any more games right now (I definitely don't, as I have a backlog going on), Yoshi's Island DS looks pretty good, got a 9.1 at gamespot.

/tk

[sterlingice]

Wow- that's really high for Gamespot.

SI

[Godzilla Blitz]

As an update, the DS is the best gaming purchase I have made in a long time. This thing rocks.

[terpkristin]

Thought I'd bump this in case anybody got a DS and/or new games over the holiday....I got a pink DS Lite a little while back, and started a new game of Animal Crossing: Wild World, so these are my friend codes in case anybody wants to know...

Animal Crossing: 0215-5944-0559
Town: Ozville
Name: Kristin

Final Fantasy III: 1289-3675-1245

Clubhouse Games: 1031-6694-7891

Mario Kart DS: 111729-348632

I also have Brain Age and Contact, both of which have Wi-Fi capabilities but I don't know what they are or how to get my codes out of them yet (haven't played Contact yet).

Feel free to IM me on AIM or GTalk if you want to play. ;)

/tk

[hukarez]

*sigh* Looks like I'm going to have to get around to grabbing a DS Lite, since my co-worker lost mine -- and couldn't find it after 2.5 months of searching. :(

Having spent so much $$ on X-Mas gifts this year, I guess it'll be awhile. All these DS games I picked up, and no DS to play it on! :mad:

At least his 5 cartons of cigarettes for compensation should carry me through for a couple months or so!

[Bonegavel]

This person isn't buying you another DS because...?

For Christmas I picked up Animal Crossing for my daughter and I think I've played it 5 times more than she has. :) I can't hook to the internet since it requires me to configure my router to WEP, though I am thinking of reconfiguring it.

Animal Crossing is fun. Each time you play you discover that there is something else to do. My daughter likes catching fish and donating them to the museum. Tom Nook is a jerk! :D

[hukarez]

This person isn't buying you another DS because...?

At the time, he couldn't find any in stock anywhere. Kind of tripped me out, but I was feigning for nicotine anyways and figure I'll just grab one myself down the line. Ideally, I'd like to grab one before I figure out if/when they're going to start integrating those DS Lites with my Wii!

[MikeVic]

I got Animal Crossing for Christmas and will post my friend code sometime soon.

[Ajaxab]

I just got an Onyx DS for Christmas from my wife. So far I've picked up Animal Crossing, Brain Training and Mario Kart. I am wondering about multiplayer though. How tough is it to get the wireless up and running? Obviously picking up the DS Wi-fi USB adapter seems easiest, but I'm considering getting a router with a new laptop in the next month. Is it a simple thing to get online play working with a router?

[terpkristin]

I just got an Onyx DS for Christmas from my wife. So far I've picked up Animal Crossing, Brain Training and Mario Kart. I am wondering about multiplayer though. How tough is it to get the wireless up and running? Obviously picking up the DS Wi-fi USB adapter seems easiest, but I'm considering getting a router with a new laptop in the next month. Is it a simple thing to get online play working with a router?

In my experience, it's easy. I don't know about the Wi-Fi USB adapter (I've had wireless for a good long time), but with the router, as long as you know your SSID and your WEP password, it's easy as pie.

/tk

[Bonegavel]

I just got an Onyx DS for Christmas from my wife. So far I've picked up Animal Crossing, Brain Training and Mario Kart. I am wondering about multiplayer though. How tough is it to get the wireless up and running? Obviously picking up the DS Wi-fi USB adapter seems easiest, but I'm considering getting a router with a new laptop in the next month. Is it a simple thing to get online play working with a router?

I have my wifi router setup with the stronger WPA encryption and am reluctant to "backgrade" it to WEP which is supposedly FAAAAAR easier to hack into. I highly doubt anyone in range of my equipment would/could do this, but you never know.

I could have the router just accept certain MAC addresses, but I use many different wireless devices and it would be a PITA to have to configure it for each.

However, Animal Crossing seems like it might be worth the pain.

[sterlingice]

I should go through and update the first post in this thread at some point.

I have added a couple of wi-fi games to my collection, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Metroid Prime Hunters, but haven't played much yet of either.

SI

[MikeVic]

My Friend Codes:
Castlevania: PoR Code is: 3694 5307 2661
Animal Crossing: Wild World is: 1976 5646 0633

[MikeVic]

Got Bomberland Touch today, friend code for that is:
0688 0886 3532.

I'll be adding the Animal Crossing people from here into my Friend list today or tomorrow.

[MikeVic]

Oops, my Animal Crossing town is named Poratia.

[stevew]

Anyone got Diddy Kong? I was thinking about picking it up. Reviews are pretty meh though.

[terpkristin]

Anyone got Diddy Kong? I was thinking about picking it up. Reviews are pretty meh though.

Nah, for my money, I think Mario Kart is still going to be better...unless you've finished all the challenges in that one (I haven't).

/tk

[terpkristin]

wanted to put in a good word for clubhouse games. my mom's birthday was this past weekend and i got her a ds lite with brain age and clubhouse games. in order to show her how to play over wi-fi, she and i played the bowling game on it....a TON. seriously, i think we played about 3 hours of it. we were almost late for leaving for dinner because she kept saying "just one more game." admittedly, i sucked at bowling, owing at least in part to my cast, but all in all, it was GREAT fun, and i've played various games on it every day since, and i WHOLEHEARTEDLY recommend it to anyone and everyone. and when someone gets it, post your friend code, it's great fun to play with people online :D

/tk

[terpkristin]

Anybody here have Final Fantasy III?

I'd like to open up some of the side quests, but I need to make contact with (at least one?) other FFIII player thru WiFi to do so. What a nuisance.

/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

Anybody here have Final Fantasy III?

I'd like to open up some of the side quests, but I need to make contact with (at least one?) other FFIII player thru WiFi to do so. What a nuisance.

/tk

I'm playing the Japanese version of Final Fantasy III now. If the English and Japanese versions can connect, I'm game.

I didn't even realize there were side quests, nevermind that you need to connect via WiFi to unlock them. Do you just have to send a message of some sort to unlock them?

[terpkristin]

I'm playing the Japanese version of Final Fantasy III now. If the English and Japanese versions can connect, I'm game.

I didn't even realize there were side quests, nevermind that you need to connect via WiFi to unlock them. Do you just have to send a message of some sort to unlock them?

This is my understanding of how it all works:
1. You need to exchange 7 letters through the Moogles to unlock the side quests.
2. I do not know if this means 7 letters with humans or 7 letters total. If it's 7 total, then there are 6 NPC's you can exchange a letter with through the course of the game, so it means 1 with a human. If it's 7 human, I don't know if that means you need 7 different humans or 7 back and forth with one or whatever.
3. I don't know if the English and Japanese versions can talk (I assume they can), or if even players have to be online at the same time, since it's done through the Mognet thing. If you want to give it a try, my friend code for the game is:
1289-3675-1245
I don't know if I need your friend code to receive a mail. I guess we'll find out, if you want to try. If there's a time you want to try to get online if just sending one doesn't work without me being on for certain, let me know, we can talk over AIM, GTalk, PM, whatever...

At this point I'm more or less done with most of the game. I got through to the final boss on Sunday night and anybody who was online and talking to me on IM heard me whine and complain that I'd spent so long getting there, but there's only one point to save prior, and frankly it's about 30 minutes of "fast playing" (running from random battles, taking the shortest routes) or 1-1.5 hours of real playing in front of the final boss. The final boss killed my entire party in one round, though my guys were at level 61/62. My party was 1 summoner, 1 devout, 1 knight, and 1 ninja. Seriously frustrated, I'm trying to find other things to do while I level up to be able to survive the final battle. :rolleyes: Or maybe my endgame tactic/party is wrong (if you've already gotteen there, any ideas on what I might have done wrong?).

Anyway. That's that.
/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

I didn't even know you could exchange letters with the NPCs. I've just been blowing by those Moogles.

I entered your friend code but it said there was an error with it. I know than the Japanese and English Animal Crossing games couldn't talk with each other, so I'm guessing that's what's causing the problem.

If you'd like to try my friend code just to see if the same thing happens to you, here it is:
240612192550

The final boss killed your party in one round and they were Level 61/62? Oh, my. That's depressing. So far I haven't had any problems with the save system, although at first I thought it was going to suck. The final boss sounds like the suck, though. I've been told good things about the geomancer job, but haven't tried that job yet.

I'm nowhere near as far as you. I've got the water crystal and am now stuck in Gordon's temple (no hints yet, thanks). I can't seem to find a way past the second level, and I've got no clue what to do with those statues in the rooms you unlock with a key.

I've made a blog about trying to play all the Final Fantasy games in Japanese. If you're interested, it's here (http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/). I'm in the middle of FF3 now. There are some decent people that occasionally make comments, so you might be able to post a comment there asking for a friend code.

Edit: Come to think of it, even faster might be the forums at Eyes on Final Fantasy (http://forums.eyesonff.com/forumdisplay.php?f=76). They have a dedicated thread to FF3 Friend codes, and the level of conversation is much better better that of the other Final Fantasy forums.

I'm now sure our versions can't exchange mail. I just tried some random friend codes from there and they all come up with the error message, but I went to a Japanese message board and was able to register a bunch of numbers no problem.

Lastly, it does appear to be seven messages to other humans. It doesn't matter whether it's seven messages to one human or to some combination of letters to different humans to get the seven total. You don't have to be online at the same time.

[terpkristin]

Well, thanks for trying GB. Well that's a major nuisance that we can't exchange stuff, but thanks for the tip on the forum. I guess I'll go check them out.

You know, this entire thing of needing to open up side quests by exchanging letters with other players kind of bothers me. I don't play Final Fantasy games to be social, I play them to get into the game and absorbed in the world. Forcing me to exchange things is just asinine.

Oh well. I also checked out your site about playing them all in Japaenese. That's really cool! :) I'll be watching your progress.

I guess I'll head over to the FF forum you mentioned. What's the etiquette and atmosphere like over there?

Who knows, maybe I'll see if my endgame strategey is really boinked or if it's just really hard..

/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

It would have been nice for me as well. I'd like to open up those side quests, especially if I have to grind for a while to be able to take on the final dungeon.

Part of me agrees with you about the whole message requirement. In some bizarre way it reminds me of some of the tedious parts of playing an MMORPG, but I'm not sure why. But it's been kind of fun to get in touch with some Japanese people who are helping me to exchange the messages.

Glad you liked the blog. Thanks. It's been a fun little project.

That forum that I mentioned seems pretty mature, but I rarely go there. It was the only Final Fantasy forum I've found where members write complete sentences, though, and seems to have the best information.

I noticed a thread about the endgame strategy for Final Fantasy 3 over there as well. Might be of help. I think your job levels are just as important as your overall level, so maybe that has something to do with it?

[terpkristin]

Ugh, the more I know about the system, I really hate it.
I got a couple of friend codes from the EOFF forums, one guy I PM'd said it was ok to try to send him a message...

The text-input system is uber stupid (the space bar key isn't on the same page, so to add a space or anything between your words you have to switch "screens") and then I went to send it and even though the friend codes are valid (it accepted them as I entered them), they won't let me select it.

And I think that if I want to do the side-quests properly I need to restart since I've already beaten some of the side-quest enemies in the side areas without having the specific side quest unlocked to do so, so I didn't get the reward I needed/wanted.

Oh I hate this game.
Edit: I've actually pondered starting over before, so that's not really the end of the world, but the beginning is soooo tedious.

/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

Were you both entered in as friends? In my version, the number turns from gray to white when both parties have entered in a number. Only then can you send a message.

I've still got mixed feelings about the text messaging thing. I just got and received one in Japanese last night, but you can only include about four sentences. It's so little space to write anything, and even if you did want to write more, it would take forever clicking on all those little buttons.

Another dopey thing is that you can only send one message an hour, although you can trick it if you change the time on your DS internal clock.

Still, maybe I shouldn't be impressed, but for some reason I thought it was pretty neat that I could be in my living room and exchange a text message on my DS with someone in Japan. I suppose this is no greater than what a phone can do, but for some reason it feels different.

[terpkristin]

Were you both entered in as friends? In my version, the number turns from gray to white when both parties have entered in a number. Only then can you send a message.

I've still got mixed feelings about the text messaging thing. I just got and received one in Japanese last night, but you can only include about four sentences. It's so little space to write anything, and even if you did want to write more, it would take forever clicking on all those little buttons.

Another dopey thing is that you can only send one message an hour, although you can trick it if you change the time on your DS internal clock.

Still, maybe I shouldn't be impressed, but for some reason I thought it was pretty neat that I could be in my living room and exchange a text message on my DS with someone in Japan. I suppose this is no greater than what a phone can do, but for some reason it feels different.

I don't know actually if they have doen it all correctly. I've entered my friend codes then logged onto Mognet or whatever to register them all (i.e. enabled WiFi); since they're all greyed out still I have to imagine that either a) they haven't entered me and registered the code yet or b) it works differently than I expect.

I hate this system so much it really makes me want to quit plaiying the game. How f'n lame.

/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

I've had some success with that Japanese forum I stumbled onto. Three of four people have registered my number. I've received a half dozen messages, and sent out three of four so far. Since I'm still playing the game, it's been pretty painless to fire off a quick note when I bump into one of those Mogu critters. The people who have registered my number seem like pretty cool people as well, so it's been kind of fun.

I can see where it would be frustrating if things don't go well, however. The other players definitely have to register your number for it to turn white and enable each of you to send messages. It might be worth searching for some other forums that have similar threads. I think IGN has a big code exchange thread as well, and their boards might be more active.

One person was telling me I've got to send (not receive) seven messages, so that might make it easier to complete the requirements if you can get just one person to register your number. Not sure if she's right or not, though, but she sounds like she knows what she's doing.

Apparently there is an Underwater Iron Giant who you can fight after the last boss, but that only happens if you've sent all those silly letters. The giant is supposedly much more difficult than the last boss.

[terpkristin]

Well it seems that if you SEND 7 messages, then you can start to open up the other stuff. After sending 7, I sent a message to Toppa and was able to get a new message from him, so I think that's how it works.

I finally got 2 guys to activate their friend rosters, so it worked out well. I guess we'll see how this goes...

/tk

[MJ4H]

I entered a contest of nintendoworldreport.com to win a free Nintendo DS. Amazingly, I won second prize in this contest, which oddly enough is:

A) A Nintendogs Plush Toy
and
B) A copy of Nintendogs for Nintendo DS

Now, I would not have entered the contest if I had a DS, so obviously at least B) is useless to me. I will probably be selling both, so is there anyone here that is interested in buying them from me? Not sure I'm selling A yet because the wife hasn't seen it, yet. But I don't want either of them and would like to sell them.

If that doesn't work out, what exactly should I do with these things?

[hukarez]

I managed to upgrade to a DS Lite not too long ago, and I ended up picking up my first WiFi capable game: Contact, by Atlus.

I'm a bit unfamiliar as how the WiFi thing works, but I'm assuming that if anyone else has the same game, we can figure out how to exchange codes that way? Drop me a line if anyone who has the game is interested!

[terpkristin]

I managed to upgrade to a DS Lite not too long ago, and I ended up picking up my first WiFi capable game: Contact, by Atlus.

I'm a bit unfamiliar as how the WiFi thing works, but I'm assuming that if anyone else has the same game, we can figure out how to exchange codes that way? Drop me a line if anyone who has the game is interested!

I have Contact. I have no idea how the WiFi in it works, and I actually haven't played much of it yet, but I'm more than happy to give it a go to see what the heck to do with the wifi. :)

/tk

[stevew]

Stupid question.....

Both of these new Pokemon games are both basically the same, correct? The only real difference between the two is the collection of pokemon available?

[terpkristin]

Stupid question.....

Both of these new Pokemon games are both basically the same, correct? The only real difference between the two is the collection of pokemon available?

Yep. Some Pokemon are available only in one, some only in the other.

I'm getting Diamond (diamonds are a girl's best friend!) and SI is getting Pearl.

/tk

[hukarez]

I have Contact. I have no idea how the WiFi in it works, and I actually haven't played much of it yet, but I'm more than happy to give it a go to see what the heck to do with the wifi. :)

/tk

Cool! I spent all night getting my WiFi thing registered on Nintendowifi.com.

Think I had to change my wireless router's mode to Mixed or something, and downgrade from WPA to WEP, but it finally connected. Also, here's the friend key associated with my copy for future reference:

3952 3456 5612

[stevew]

Yep. Some Pokemon are available only in one, some only in the other.

I'm getting Diamond (diamonds are a girl's best friend!) and SI is getting Pearl.

/tk

I believe I pre-ordered Diamond for my daughter. She seems pretty stoked about it.

[hukarez]

My sister was able to secure a copy of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for me! Managed to figure out my friend code for it:

459659208371

[terpkristin]

My sister was able to secure a copy of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for me! Managed to figure out my friend code for it:

459659208371

Nice sister!
I haven't played PoR yet, but I have that. And I'll be posting up my info for Contact soon.

/tk

[sterlingice]

I got Clubhouse Games this past week at a CompUSA that was going out of business and I'll have my copy of Pokemon tomorrow so that'll be two new friend codes for the thread.

You know, it might be time to go back through the thread and update it for all the new friend codes sometime this week.

SI

[Godzilla Blitz]

I bought Pokemon Diamond for the DS this afternoon on a whim. Never played a Pokemon game before.

Haven't figured out how to find the friend code yet, but will post it when I do.

Messed around with the game for a half hour this evening. Took Piplup as a starter Pokemon. I expected it to be much more basic (as in a five-year-old could play it). Not sure what to make of things yet, but the game looks like it has some meat to it.

[terpkristin]

Well, I know SI and I will be playing Pokemon to breed and trade, so if you decide you might be into that (and have a US version!) let us know. :)

/tk

[MJ4H]

It is safe to say, after reading that post, that I have absolutely no idea what goes on in a Pokemon game???????

[terpkristin]

It is safe to say, after reading that post, that I have absolutely no idea what goes on in a Pokemon game???????

You know, it's kind of hard to explain the draw, but I will say that what draws me to the Final Fantasy series is the same that draws me to Pokemon.

It's kind of like a role-playing game. You start the game with one of three Pokemon, each which has its advantages and disadvantages, long-term and short-term. You go through the world of Pokemon, with the goals of:
a) training your Pokemon (by leveling them up, you get them to learn new attack skills, etc)
b) battling other trainers (each "area" or "level" of the game has a boss battle)
and c) collecting other Pokemon (which gives you more flexiblity in fighting bosses, etc)

Later in the game, you can breed Pokemon. In LeafGreen (one of the iterations for the GBA), you can drop 2 Pokemon off at a daycare center, and come back to find that an egg has been found, from which a new Pokemon will hatch.

I guess one of the things I like to do in FF games is be complete...gain all the ultimate weapons, do all the side-quests, etc. Pokemon is another game that you can play on many different levels--to just beat it like you would any other RPG, to gain the ultimate party, to collect all the breeds possible...

In Pokemon, you can also trade Pokemon with other players--in order to "catch 'em all" you can't have just one version of the game--some Pokemon are only in one version, some only in the other. There are also fossils you can pick up along the way that can get turned into other Pokemon, so for example, you can complete your collection by working with another person. Which is in part why SI and I have different versions of the game.

I know, it's dorky. But it's a surprisingly entertaining and addictive game. SI got me into it a few years ago, when LeafGreen/FireRed came out, and it's definitely a game I go back to often. Now I have Diamond for the DS. Can't wait to start. :)

/tk

[Godzilla Blitz]

Well, a short 30-minute Pokemon break this afternoon ended up 90 minutes.

Very addictive. Terpkristin's right on with her description. In a way the game reminds me of Monster Rancher, but this is better.

I have no idea what I'm doing other than running around battling and catching Pokemon.

Here's my friend code for the game: 4510 6948 6438

[terpkristin]

Well, a short 30-minute Pokemon break this afternoon ended up 90 minutes.

Very addictive. Terpkristin's right on with her description. In a way the game reminds me of Monster Rancher, but this is better.

I have no idea what I'm doing other than running around battling and catching Pokemon.

Here's my friend code for the game: 4510 6948 6438

Where do you use the WiFi for it? Is it on the bottom floor of the Pokemon Centers?

/tk

[stevew]

It is safe to say, after reading that post, that I have absolutely no idea what goes on in a Pokemon game???????

I always thought it was a lot like Zelda, but the battles were different. Old style, anyways.

[twothree]

Where do you use the WiFi for it? Is it on the bottom floor of the Pokemon Centers?

/tk

Yes, it is on the bottom floor, which you can access once you reach the Pokemon Center in Oreburgh City.

[sterlingice]

I always thought it was a lot like Zelda, but the battles were different. Old style, anyways.

More accurate would be like Dragon Warrior/Quest. That's the series I liken the play most to.

SI

[sterlingice]

Yes, it is on the bottom floor, which you can access once you reach the Pokemon Center in Oreburgh City.

Good deal. I should get there tonight. Thankfully my starter (the turtle) is female so breeding won't be too difficult once I find the breeding center.

SI

[Vince]

So, tk and Godzilla Blitz...

I have been dying, for years, to get my hands on FF III. However, I do not know Japanese, and this has made it difficult. I'm sorely tempted to buy a DS, if only to play this game. I've heard there are many other games for DS I would probably like, so the system itself wouldn't be simply for one game...but how is Final Fantasy III? I don't really have the money to plunk down $200 on the system and a game right now, but if this game is all it is cracked up to be (I've heard nothing but great things), I might be able to scrounge up some money more quickly than I would have otherwise.

[terpkristin]

So, tk and Godzilla Blitz...

I have been dying, for years, to get my hands on FF III. However, I do not know Japanese, and this has made it difficult. I'm sorely tempted to buy a DS, if only to play this game. I've heard there are many other games for DS I would probably like, so the system itself wouldn't be simply for one game...but how is Final Fantasy III? I don't really have the money to plunk down $200 on the system and a game right now, but if this game is all it is cracked up to be (I've heard nothing but great things), I might be able to scrounge up some money more quickly than I would have otherwise.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will admit I felt that the money gained by winning battles was unbalanced compared to the money you might want to upgrade armor and stuff, but then again, some of the boss battles were tough so it was almost worth it to stick around leveling up a bit (whereby in the process you also gained money). There is a lot to do, including the side-quests (one of which I haven't completed and don't know that I will--it's sort of a 2nd boss battle and when I go into it, I get killed in 1 or 2 turns, even with 2 of my characters healing....then again, it is a total "extra" so I just need to spend more time leveling up a bit).

I do fully think there are a plethora of great games for the DS, so even if you only bought FF3 at first, you'd be entertained enough to justify it....and then get more games as $$ allows (check cheapassgamer.com for deals, and look at EB Games for used stuff, there are quality games that are used).

I did enjoy the game, and one day I'll even finish it out completely. But now that Pokemon is here, that day is not now. ;)

/tk

[terpkristin]

Dola,
I have Pokemon Diamond.
My friend code is: 3050 4071 4399

I'm going to add GB to my list in a sec, and SI whenever he posts.

/tk

[sterlingice]

Updated the first post with all of the friend codes in the thread.

Also, added a bunch for myself:

Pokemon Pearl: 4940 1927 1872
I think we need names for characters but I'm not sure (mine is Sterlyn)
(added GB and tk)

I'm kindof on the fence about trading up my old Pokemon. I collected about 370 of the 386 from the previous generation and put them all on Pokemon Box. So, in theory, I could trade a ton of rare stuff up to this gen but I'm just not sure I want to do that since it's a one way trip.

Clubhouse Games: 0387 5274 4487

Metroid Prime Hunters: 1590 1182 8962

Tony Hawk American Sk8tland: 395235030450

Castlevania PoR: don't know code

SI

[hukarez]

I bought Pokemon Diamond for the DS this afternoon on a whim. Never played a Pokemon game before.

Haven't figured out how to find the friend code yet, but will post it when I do.

Messed around with the game for a half hour this evening. Took Piplup as a starter Pokemon. I expected it to be much more basic (as in a five-year-old could play it). Not sure what to make of things yet, but the game looks like it has some meat to it.

Quick question, does this latest iteration of the game include the past GBA games' characters for play? :confused: Not sure if it makes sense, but my friend had apparently collected and played the GBA games for awhile, since Red and Blue, and mentioned something about 150 existing between two versions. I guess the question is (and I haven't been able to confirm this on any site) is if this latest version includes not only 107 additions, but also the additions from the GBA series - or is it strictly just 107 you can basically toy around with? Hope that makes sense...

[twothree]

I'm kindof on the fence about trading up my old Pokemon. I collected about 370 of the 386 from the previous generation and put them all on Pokemon Box. So, in theory, I could trade a ton of rare stuff up to this gen but I'm just not sure I want to do that since it's a one way trip.
Only 48 of the old pokemon are not in the new games. The 9 old starters and their evolutions (a total of 27 pokemon) and the 21 old legendaries. So, you really don't need to transfer your old pokemon over. I know I will eventually transfer each of the 9 old starters over into the new game, since those can breed. I haven't decided about transfering the legendaries over, since I don't use them because they can't breed. I might do it eventually just to add the entries to the pokedex, but since I don't have all the legendaries I can't complete the pokedex anyway.

I was only missing 4 of the previous 386 pokemon in the GBA games, Mew, Lugia, Celebi, and Deoxys. I can get Lugia, if I ever finish Pokemon XD on the gamecube, but I have just not had the motivation to play a game just to obtain one new pokemon. At least in Pokemon Colosseum there were quite a few new GBA pokemon that you could get. They were new at that time since Emerald was not out, but also not new since they were from the old GB games. (I do have a Lugia in the old GB games, too.) And, Pokemon Colosseum gave me the GBA generation of Ho-oh and Jirachi (with the pre-order disc.)

I like the game so far. Only one badge, so I am no longer a "noob" according to the game. Heh. The pokemon watch is an interesting piece of equipment. I am glad they brought back the day/night cycle into the game. Also, I don't want to spoil anything, but I thought it was interesting what you can now do with your pokemon on the 2nd or 3rd floor of the TV station in Jubilife City.

[sterlingice]

If you have both Diamond and Pearl, 445 Pokemon are obtainable between the two without any backwards trading, so the majority are available. Legendaries and starters are the ones not really available.

http://www.serebii.net/diamondpearl/unobtainables.shtml

Whoops... looks like I was beaten to it with the post above.

I should go dig up my old list- see what all I was still missing. I know I was missing Celebi and Deoxys. I got Lugia from XD and tk was kind enough to snag a Mew for me a while back at one of the TRU events.

SI

[twothree]

Quick question, does this latest iteration of the game include the past GBA games' characters for play? :confused: Not sure if it makes sense, but my friend had apparently collected and played the GBA games for awhile, since Red and Blue, and mentioned something about 150 existing between two versions. I guess the question is (and I haven't been able to confirm this on any site) is if this latest version includes not only 107 additions, but also the additions from the GBA series - or is it strictly just 107 you can basically toy around with? Hope that makes sense...

It includes some of them. There are again 150 between the two versions (Diamond and Pearl) for the beginning game that include a mix of the new pokemon and a few of the old ones. However, I believe, once you have completed your pokedex (seen all 150) and beaten the Elite Four then new areas open up and almost all of the old pokemon are obtainable (except the old starters and the old legendaries). Also, it is at this time that you can now transfer your GBA pokemon into your DS game.

[terpkristin]

I'm with SI, I'm not going to do any transfers, especially not yet, I'm not so sure I like the idea of the one-way thing.

My name in-game is Kristin. I've noted GB as GB, and will add SI in a sec.

/tk

[sterlingice]

Well, tk and I managed a trade without much difficulty. Tho, she did get a communication error at the end but the Pokemon were still traded.

I'd be interested in trading just to get player ID's if nothing else for anyone else interested.

SI

[sterlingice]

Ok, the Global Trade thing is really neat. I got a Piplup today from someone in Tokyo because in Japan, it's getting pretty popular to try and grab American Pokemon (see below). Basically, you stick a Pokemon up for trade there and what your request is and, hopefully, the next time you check, you've gotten something.

Sure, there are idiots looking to trade their Magikarps for Lucario. But this is a decent way to get some neat Pokemon with Magikarp and patience. BTW, to request a Pokemon you have to have seen it in the Pokedex so you can't just do crazy stuff right off the bat.

http://www.serebii.net/diamondpearl/foreign.shtml

SI

[hukarez]

Dammit...!

Picked up Pearl today, while my buddy picked up Diamond. I suppose if I figure out where to figure out friend codes, I'm down to post it. Still kind of new at this, to be honest.. I didn't realize enslaving animals could be this much fun! Or at least, I'm told that's what you do eventually. I think..

[sterlingice]

Dammit...!

Picked up Pearl today, while my buddy picked up Diamond. I suppose if I figure out where to figure out friend codes, I'm down to post it. Still kind of new at this, to be honest.. I didn't realize enslaving animals could be this much fun! Or at least, I'm told that's what you do eventually. I think..

Don't think of it as enslaving animals, think of it as cockfighting with cute animals... wait, that's not much better ;)

SI

[sterlingice]

Just seeing how everyone is faring in Pokemon. I tried to make my post as spoiler free as possible but I did drop in the tag to be on the safe side.

I'm on my way to the third gym. Unfortunately, my completism is making the game a breeze. My Grotle is sitting around 26 or so and my Luxio at 22 or 23 so I have some strong leads. However, I also traded, using the GTS, for a Piplup and Chimchar, both around level 20, and between those 4, pretty much everything is getting blitzed so I'm thinking maybe of slowing down my leveling. Then again, those are trades, so they weren't obeying me until I beat gym 2 and will only obey until level 30 now. I'm using the Exp Share and have been throwing it some #6 Pokemon to level them and try to evolve and build the Pokedex. My #5 is HM-mule Buneary but he can only learn Rock Smash and Cut so I'll need a new one soon.

The piplup is kindof weak- has no hitting power- compared to the other two. And, considering the second gym's primary type, anyone who took him might have been in for a bit of a rough go. Turtwig is pretty easy- tank but with decent attacks. Chimchar is, like most fire Pokemon, a damage dealer.

I've been having fun with the GTS, trading English Magikarp to Japanese players. So far, I've gotten back Piplup, Chimchar, Cranidos, and a Japanese Magikarp.

Also, I just discovered the underground last night. I'm trying to decide if that's a good idea or not. Fun, big, but seemingly limited. I'm not sure what to say about it yet- but I did pour a good hour into mining.

Everyone get their Drifloom?

SI

[hukarez]

Don't think of it as enslaving animals, think of it as cockfighting with cute animals... wait, that's not much better ;)

SI

Alright, after having been up since 4am, I think I'm finally at that city where I can get my friend code. Here it is, folks!

0043 9334 9412

I'm going to go ahead and add anyone else to my Pal Pad.

[sterlingice]

Alright, after having been up since 4am, I think I'm finally at that city where I can get my friend code. Here it is, folks!

0043 9334 9412

I'm going to go ahead and add anyone else to my Pal Pad.

Added to the first post in the thread and I've added you in my Pal Pad

SI

[Godzilla Blitz]

I'll enter everyone's Pokemon codes later this evening.

Pokemon has been a blast. I got my second badge yesterday. I'm basically taking it slow and easy, trying to have fun and not race through the game. The combat has been pretty easy so far against the AI enemies. I can see where it would be much more fun against humans.

I've traded two Magikarp to Japanese people for the two starter pokemon I didn't have. Apparently there are some variations on the pokedex entries between the Japanese and US versions, so there are a dozen or so Pokemon that are pretty popular with the Japanese. Magikarp is one of those. Be sure to give it a nickname first, however, before you put it up on the GTS.

Vince: Sorry, wasn't avoiding you. I missed this thread the past day or two. I'd give Final Fantasy III a 4 out of 5 at this point. I've only played FF1 and FF2, however, so I can't really compare it to the other games in the series. I'm liking the combat quite a bit, and the game's scale and pace feel right. The story, to me, is like following a random acid trip. I'm playing it in Japanese, though, so I miss stuff on occasion.

The game is readily available in English now. Target had it on sale a couple of weeks ago for $24. A DS is what, $130? So you might be looking at more like $160 after tax, if you can find a good deal on FF3.

The DS on the whole, though, has been the best gaming purchase I've made in a long time, and that includes the Wii. I'd say 80% of my gaming in the past year has been on the DS.

hukarez: Sounds like you've gotten your answer. Sorry I missed the question the first time.

[sterlingice]

I've traded two Magikarp to Japanese people for the two starter pokemon I didn't have. Apparently there are some variations on the pokedex entries between the Japanese and US versions, so there are a dozen or so Pokemon that are pretty popular with the Japanese. Magikarp is one of those. Be sure to give it a nickname first, however, before you put it up on the GTS.

http://www.serebii.net/diamondpearl/foreign.shtml

There's the list. I've been having good luck getting Japanese ones in exchange by offering up my level 5ish Magikarps for level 10+ of the Japanese ones (I've got 3 of the 4 I've seen so far- karp, Psyduck, and Pikachu with one out there for Ponyta now). When I was offering level 5 Magikarp for "Any level", I was getting people who just wanted to trade for the sake of trading. But if you ask for 10+, those are people who have a little more vested interest in what you are asking for and what you are offering.

SI

[terpkristin]

I have Godzilla Blitz (listed as GB) and hukarez (listed as hukarez) on my pal pad.

If anybody wants to trade stuff or whatever, just find me on AIM or GTalk and I'll be down with that.

I've gotten a Japanese Piplup and Turtwig (the 2 starters, may have spelled them wrong), and a Japanese Magikarp and Psyduck.

I really need to get moving in the game. Still haven't gotten to the 2nd gym. Yeah, I'm being slow, too much RL crap going on right now...

/tk

[hukarez]

Arg! Spending too much time with this game!

I finally got around to figuring out how to do that GTS not too long ago, and managed to trade a Magikarp for one of the other starting Pokemon I never got in the beginning... I started out with that Penguin, whom I affectionately nicknamed Prinny...

Anyways, couple of things: I managed to get that flaming monkey, the Chimchar? Cimchar? Ugh, one of the starting ones from some Japanese fellow... and the damn beast is uncooperative! Ignored 4 times in a row during a battle! Is there any way I can get it to pay more attention to me or something? I've been walking around with it (not necesarilly in the first slot), as well as tapping on it's icon on the touch pad on occasion to generate that weird noise it makes.

I'm not quite so sure how to get it under control - it seems it's bio states something about a Brave nature, egg hatching, yadda yadda... but I have to admit, it's completely infuriating at times that this flaming monkey won't listen to me!

"pretended not to hear you"
"ignored you"
"is loafing around"

I'm getting real close to engaging in one of those mixed doubles matches, and have my Prinny lay the smack down on my own flaming monkey for just revenge! :mad:

[twothree]

Arg! Spending too much time with this game!

I finally got around to figuring out how to do that GTS not too long ago, and managed to trade a Magikarp for one of the other starting Pokemon I never got in the beginning... I started out with that Penguin, whom I affectionately nicknamed Prinny...

Anyways, couple of things: I managed to get that flaming monkey, the Chimchar? Cimchar? Ugh, one of the starting ones from some Japanese fellow... and the damn beast is uncooperative! Ignored 4 times in a row during a battle! Is there any way I can get it to pay more attention to me or something? I've been walking around with it (not necesarilly in the first slot), as well as tapping on it's icon on the touch pad on occasion to generate that weird noise it makes.

I'm not quite so sure how to get it under control - it seems it's bio states something about a Brave nature, egg hatching, yadda yadda... but I have to admit, it's completely infuriating at times that this flaming monkey won't listen to me!

"pretended not to hear you"
"ignored you"
"is loafing around"

I'm getting real close to engaging in one of those mixed doubles matches, and have my Prinny lay the smack down on my own flaming monkey for just revenge! :mad:

See page 34 of you instruction book.

It is at too high a level for the number of badges that you have, that is why it is not following your orders.

0-1 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 10 will be uncooperative
2-3 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 30 will be uncooperative
4-5 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 50 will be uncooperative
6-7 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 70 will be uncooperative

[MikeVic]

Arg! Spending too much time with this game!

I finally got around to figuring out how to do that GTS not too long ago, and managed to trade a Magikarp for one of the other starting Pokemon I never got in the beginning... I started out with that Penguin, whom I affectionately nicknamed Prinny...

Anyways, couple of things: I managed to get that flaming monkey, the Chimchar? Cimchar? Ugh, one of the starting ones from some Japanese fellow... and the damn beast is uncooperative! Ignored 4 times in a row during a battle! Is there any way I can get it to pay more attention to me or something? I've been walking around with it (not necesarilly in the first slot), as well as tapping on it's icon on the touch pad on occasion to generate that weird noise it makes.

I'm not quite so sure how to get it under control - it seems it's bio states something about a Brave nature, egg hatching, yadda yadda... but I have to admit, it's completely infuriating at times that this flaming monkey won't listen to me!

"pretended not to hear you"
"ignored you"
"is loafing around"

I'm getting real close to engaging in one of those mixed doubles matches, and have my Prinny lay the smack down on my own flaming monkey for just revenge! :mad:

Ah huh huh huh. You have a flaming monkey.

[sterlingice]

See page 34 of you instruction book.

It is at too high a level for the number of badges that you have, that is why it is not following your orders.

0-1 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 10 will be uncooperative
2-3 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 30 will be uncooperative
4-5 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 50 will be uncooperative
6-7 badges - pokemon received in a trade above level 70 will be uncooperative

What he said. Basically, beat gym 2 and they'll cooperate for quite a while and once you beat the 4th gym, you're home free since you'll be beating the rest of the gyms at levels well below the levels they will misbehave at.

SI

[hukarez]

Ugh. I really should read that book more in depth... just got in the habit of 'starting' and couldn't stop, once I figured out the base rudimentary things. :(

EDIT: BTW, I'm presuming the book also explains the difference between 'regular' experience and 'boosted' experience? My buddy tells me that he noticed for some reason, 'traded' pokemon seem to rack in more experience at a faster rate than the ones you've single handedly caught.

[twothree]

Ugh. I really should read that book more in depth... just got in the habit of 'starting' and couldn't stop, once I figured out the base rudimentary things. :(

EDIT: BTW, I'm presuming the book also explains the difference between 'regular' experience and 'boosted' experience? My buddy tells me that he noticed for some reason, 'traded' pokemon seem to rack in more experience at a faster rate than the ones you've single handedly caught.

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[Blade]

Alright, I was holding off on getting this game, thinking I was too old for it, but it sounds like you all are loving it. I think I am going to have to break down and get it.

I know that the two versions are only different in that the starting pokemon are different in each, but is there any recommendation on which one I should look at? I know nothing about pokemon at the moment, but the game appeals to me because I was a huge Monster Rancher fan...

[sterlingice]

It's not something to look at as like Monster Rancher, it's not quite apples and oranges but the games have different focuses.

I don't think Diamond or Pearl matter one way or another to someone just starting to play as the Pokemon that are exclusive aren't until much later in the game, once you already have a party set. I think it's pretty close, even if you take those into account, and it's unlikely anyone but a collector would care. The single best ones is in Diamond (Tyranitar line) but Pearl has a couple of extra quality ones (Salamence, Houndoom, and Walerin are all good series).

SI

[Big Fo]

Just bought a DS Lite today, been having fun with Mario Kart over the Wifi connection, also picked up NSMB. I was disappointed when three different stores didn't have Advance Wars: Dual Strike which sounded quite good. Sounds like a lot of you in this thread have been playing Pokemon lately, that one isn't really my type of game. What other games have some of you enjoyed on the system?

[Blade]

Take a look on eBay for Advance Wars...that is where I got mine...

[Eilim]

Just picked up a copy of Pokemon:Pearl for myself, along with diamond for my sister so we can trade and work together. :) Anyways, my friend code is 4768 4084 3989. Don't have much yet, but plan on really getting into the breeding portion of the game once I can.

[terpkristin]

Just picked up a copy of Pokemon:Pearl for myself, along with diamond for my sister so we can trade and work together. :) Anyways, my friend code is 4768 4084 3989. Don't have much yet, but plan on really getting into the breeding portion of the game once I can.

I added you to my list. :)
I too have Diamond, so if your sister is being a bum, let me know. ;)

/tk

[Eilim]

Good to know, as she just picked up "Cooking Mama" <sp?> and seemed to be getting hooked on that game and playing less pokemon... Although her piplup owning my chimchar in a duel did pick up her spirits and get her talking about pokemon for bit again, even getting her motivated to pick up the strategy guide.

Oh, and wasn't sure if it was needed but my character name is "Mac".

[hukarez]

Just picked up a copy of Pokemon:Pearl for myself, along with diamond for my sister so we can trade and work together. :) Anyways, my friend code is 4768 4084 3989. Don't have much yet, but plan on really getting into the breeding portion of the game once I can.

I've gone ahead and added you too. I just recently got a copy of FF3, but I haven't really delved too much in it yet - guess I'm still addicted to this. I've been trading some with my buddy who has Diamond, as I'm not yet quite familiar with what's exclusive to what versions, I'm open to trading for whatever I suppose.

Surprisingly enough, it was just now that after all these years I've discovered he's an avid Pokemon gamer, with all those old GBC cartridges and GBA ones. He also finally admitted to having intentionally ditched me on certain days during our college years, to catch the movies in the theaters.

Geez..

[sterlingice]

Just picked up a copy of Pokemon:Pearl for myself, along with diamond for my sister so we can trade and work together. :) Anyways, my friend code is 4768 4084 3989. Don't have much yet, but plan on really getting into the breeding portion of the game once I can.

If anyone needs some bred things, I'm starting to get a decent collection. A couple of extra of the Pearl fossils, I got a female Chimchar so I can breed those, etc.

SI

[Eilim]

There anything specific your looking for, SI? I've ben keeping my eyes out for a female chimchar on the gts myself but have only seen rediculous requests in return.(Chimchar was my starter, although now I have one of each of the starters.. all male. :( )

[sterlingice]

I wouldn't worry about stuff in return. I've got a good 80+ in my Pokedex at the moment and a lot of the stuff I want, I won't be able to get until I get the National Dex anyways.

SI

[MJ4H]

I am buying a DS today. I am also purchasing:

Mario Kart DS
New Super Mario Bros.
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Meteos
Zelda - The Minish Cap (GBA)

and a case with screen protectors.

Thank you for your attention.

[twothree]

I am a Pokemon addict. Over 120 hours on my game save in 3 weeks. I never played any of the previous pokemon games anywhere near that pace.

6 badges and 125 pokemon seen in the pokedex, and almost all my pokemon are around level 33. The only hard time I have had was the 5th gym and now the 7th gym, but that I believe is mostly due to my pokemon being at too low a level compared to those gyms when I got there. I have been switching my party around and leveling up almost all of the new pokemon just to see which ones evolve.

I haven't even gone online yet to get my friend code, too many other things to do in the game besides battling in the gyms. It seems they brought back almost everything from the previous games and even added quite a bit of new stuff. I can't wait to see what opens up once I beat the Elite Four.

[Big Fo]

Take a look on eBay for Advance Wars...that is where I got mine...

Got a copy off eBay Marketplace, since it came in the mail I have totally shunned every other game I own. So much fun.

[MJ4H]

I was unable to obtain Meteos (they had the Disney version but not the regular version. Didn't research the Disney version so I didn't buy it) and Minish Cap. Will try again. Also my car broke down while I was out (yes, again).

Grr. The games I got are pretty sweet. Metroid Prime Hunters has a rather unusual control scheme (!).

[sterlingice]

Got a copy off eBay Marketplace, since it came in the mail I have totally shunned every other game I own. So much fun.

The best series to come from the GBA generation. It's a great series. Not quite Civ 2 in it's "one more turn"-ness, but it's good at that. Simple to learn but a complex engine that is amazingly balanced- when I first picked it up, it reminded me of Starcraft in its ease of approach and just overall fun factor.

SI

[sterlingice]

I was unable to obtain Meteos (they had the Disney version but not the regular version. Didn't research the Disney version so I didn't buy it) and Minish Cap. Will try again. Also my car broke down while I was out (yes, again).

Grr. The games I got are pretty sweet. Metroid Prime Hunters has a rather unusual control scheme (!).

I could never get into Hunters. Minish Cap is impossible to find these days. Mario Kart and NSMB are ridiculously fun, both better than their Gamecube counterparts.

SI

[sterlingice]

I am a Pokemon addict. Over 120 hours on my game save in 3 weeks. I never played any of the previous pokemon games anywhere near that pace.

6 badges and 125 pokemon seen in the pokedex, and almost all my pokemon are around level 33. The only hard time I have had was the 5th gym and now the 7th gym, but that I believe is mostly due to my pokemon being at too low a level compared to those gyms when I got there. I have been switching my party around and leveling up almost all of the new pokemon just to see which ones evolve.

I haven't even gone online yet to get my friend code, too many other things to do in the game besides battling in the gyms. It seems they brought back almost everything from the previous games and even added quite a bit of new stuff. I can't wait to see what opens up once I beat the Elite Four.

Agreed 100% with the last paragraph. This is the most fun I've had since Gold/Silver due to its completeness. The other thing Pokemon always seems to do well is sneaking in stuff that is small but a nice idea.

I'm also at 6 badges but in just around 65 hours. Also around 125 Pokemon in the Pokedex that are seen and around 100 caught. I have 4 Pokemon in my party that aren't going anywhere, the 3 starters and Luxray- they're in the 35 to 40 range. Also, I raised a traded Skunktank until it evolved and it's nice to have around- good moves (Slash, Night Slash, Flamethrower) and can carry HMs (Cut, Strength, Defog, Rock Smash). Lastly, I have a Staravia but I'm using that as a rotating "Fly" spot.

Since 2 of my "main" Pokemon are traded, they level too fast so I'm trying to evolve a lot of stuff to fill out my Pokedex as well so I drag along something to level along with my Exp Share. It slows down growth considerably.

SI

[twothree]

... so I'm trying to evolve a lot of stuff to fill out my Pokedex as well so I drag along something to level along with my Exp Share. It slows down growth considerably.

SI

Yes it does..., but you got to do it to fill out that Dex. Just got my 7th badge and now I am at 126 seen, 106 obtained. :)

[terpkristin]

I am buying a DS today. I am also purchasing:

Mario Kart DS
New Super Mario Bros.
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Meteos
Zelda - The Minish Cap (GBA)

and a case with screen protectors.

Thank you for your attention.

Minish Cap was the first Zelda game I disliked. Actually, truly hated is much more like it.

/tk

[MJ4H]

I could never get into Hunters. Minish Cap is impossible to find these days. Mario Kart and NSMB are ridiculously fun, both better than their Gamecube counterparts.

SI

Found Minish Cap at Game Xchange. Picked up Meteos Disney for $15 too. Should be set for awhile. Played Mario Kart DS online earlier. Was easier than I expected. YAY Nintendo.

[twothree]

Beat the Elite Four in exactly 152 hours on the Pokemon game save, the longest it has ever taken me on a pokemon game. Wow was that fun. I have even tried out the online stuff, now. The GTS is interesting, but I wish there was a toggle to only show trade requests where you already have the pokemon that someone wants.

I can't believe the amount of stuff Nintendo put into the game for you to do after you beat the Elite Four. Seriously. Now, I get to go back over all the old areas and see if I missed anything, along with exploring the new areas that have opened up.

I thought I might be able to devote some free time to other things, but I keep turning on the DS to play Pokemon. Best $35 dollars I have spent on entertainment in a long time.

[sterlingice]

I'm around 75 hours, just caught Palkia, and am on my way to the 8th gym. The lack of a National Dex is driving me nuts since there are so many Pokemon I want to catch and use but won't be able to until I beat the game.

Tho, if anyone has a spare Ditto to trade, I think I can start getting some stuff by trading up the ladder.

SI

[twothree]

Pokemon Diamond Code: 2663 8606 2764

[hukarez]

Managed to grab Palkia with a Master Ball (not sure if I should have reserved the use of that ball for something else), and got all 8 badges and the HMs with 63 hrs vested into the game.

I was on my way accomplishing the other major goals in the game, namely having beaten the Elite Four (don't think I've used so many Hyper Potions before!) and was tackling on Cynthia when my battery died on me. :mad:

Really should pay more attention to my power light... :(

Still, having had saved it prior to my Elite Four competition attempt, I thought I'd go ahead and try and capture those Pokemon of the Lakes. I managed to snag Adelf and Uxie... but that Mesprit is going to be a pain in the ass. Think it took me 30-40 Pokeballs altogether just to capture the first two (not just regular Poke balls, but different ones like the Dusk and Ultras and Great balls).

EDIT: Oddly enough, I didn't think I touched the game in a day or so, and when I had loaded my save, there were journal like entries that did a recap of the past few days or so. Kind of neat....

[Blade]

Alright, I broke down and got Diamond myself, and played it all weekend while on a trip. I love this game!

Anyway, I will post my code as soon as I get my wireless router going.

[sterlingice]

Managed to grab Palkia with a Master Ball (not sure if I should have reserved the use of that ball for something else), and got all 8 badges and the HMs with 63 hrs vested into the game.

I was on my way accomplishing the other major goals in the game, namely having beaten the Elite Four (don't think I've used so many Hyper Potions before!) and was tackling on Cynthia when my battery died on me. :mad:

Really should pay more attention to my power light... :(

Still, having had saved it prior to my Elite Four competition attempt, I thought I'd go ahead and try and capture those Pokemon of the Lakes. I managed to snag Adelf and Uxie... but that Mesprit is going to be a pain in the ass. Think it took me 30-40 Pokeballs altogether just to capture the first two (not just regular Poke balls, but different ones like the Dusk and Ultras and Great balls).

EDIT: Oddly enough, I didn't think I touched the game in a day or so, and when I had loaded my save, there were journal like entries that did a recap of the past few days or so. Kind of neat....

I got Uxie. Adelf cleaned my clock when I tried to catch it and I wasted a good 30 ultra balls on it, so I'll wait and go back when I can withstand its special attacks better. Mespirit is like the legendary dogs in Gold/Silver- it was a pain, but if you have something like Mean Look or, I can't remember, but Bronzor gets it- you can actually do some damage and try to catch it.

Palkia was actually easier for me- only took 5~10 ultra balls. I'm saving up my master ball for trading fodder or for something of much higher level.

I'm around 90 hours after spending a good 10 hours doing Pokemon breeding and trading this weekend. I now have all of the older gen starters and some other good trading fodder like Feebas, Bagon, Dratini, Larvitar, Horsea, etc.

That said, it's going on the back burner for this week as I'm still only at 7 badges so I need to beat the 8th gym and the E4 and get the National Dex.

SI

[hukarez]

I got Uxie. Adelf cleaned my clock when I tried to catch it and I wasted a good 30 ultra balls on it, so I'll wait and go back when I can withstand its special attacks better. Mespirit is like the legendary dogs in Gold/Silver- it was a pain, but if you have something like Mean Look or, I can't remember, but Bronzor gets it- you can actually do some damage and try to catch it.

Palkia was actually easier for me- only took 5~10 ultra balls. I'm saving up my master ball for trading fodder or for something of much higher level.

I'm around 90 hours after spending a good 10 hours doing Pokemon breeding and trading this weekend. I now have all of the older gen starters and some other good trading fodder like Feebas, Bagon, Dratini, Larvitar, Horsea, etc.

That said, it's going on the back burner for this week as I'm still only at 7 badges so I need to beat the 8th gym and the E4 and get the National Dex.

SI

I haven't gotten around to figuring out how to handle Pokemon breeding to be honest. I left some Pokemon in the Day Care, probably hoping to get an egg or so, but other than that, I've yet to come across fossils or anything of that nature.

Mesprit kind of took a lot out of me, still haven't caught it - and this was after figuring out not to use the HM Fly to get to a place near it (since it'll end up moving shortly afterwards).

I did, however, put this game on a temporary break and figured I'd give FFIII a shot since I hadn't really touched it. I got to a point in the game where I finally figured out my friend code: 373762571298.

Now I can go back and add everyone who posted their FC's onto mine...

[Calis]

I just picked up a DS Lite today and have been having a blast so far alternating between Puzzle Quest and Phoenix Wright. I couldn't find the first Phoenix Wright game which I heard is much better, but I'm really enjoying the 2nd. It's pretty simple so far but I'm really enjoying the gameplay and am finding the dialog to actually be pretty witty.

Puzzle Quest is just awesome all around.

I picked up Meteos as well but only played it for about 15 seconds and was completely confused. I'll have to dig into that one later.

I think I need a platformer though, but I can't decide for sure what I want. If I want to go the Mario route or maybe try a Castlevania.

What are must-have accessories for the DS? Are screen protectors a must? Anything else?

[MJ4H]

platformer: new super mario bros is effing awesome.

meteos: drag blocks up and down to make a series of three. when you do, the blocks become kind of like a rocket booster. if there are too many blocks on top, it may have trouble blasting off in which case you'll need to boost its power by doing another three + block combo on the rocket as it is drifting. I have meteos-disney and its basically the same thing except i think in the disney one you can drag blocks horizontally as well as vertically

[terpkristin]

I did, however, put this game on a temporary break and figured I'd give FFIII a shot since I hadn't really touched it. I got to a point in the game where I finally figured out my friend code: 373762571298.

I think I published my code in this thread (at work right now), I'll add you tonight. There is a little bit of a quirk about how it works, but if you run into any issues, feel free to drop me a PM or AIM me. You should feel free to send me all the messges you need to send (7 total I think) so you can open up everything.

/tk

[hukarez]

I think I published my code in this thread (at work right now), I'll add you tonight. There is a little bit of a quirk about how it works, but if you run into any issues, feel free to drop me a PM or AIM me. You should feel free to send me all the messges you need to send (7 total I think) so you can open up everything.

/tk

I didn't fully read Godzilla Blitz's post, and didn't realize his friend code was apparently for a different region of the FF3 game (I think I translated that right?)

But yours worked perfectly fine. Wasn't sure about that other friend code posted in red...is that one still legit?

[Godzilla Blitz]

I didn't fully read Godzilla Blitz's post, and didn't realize his friend code was apparently for a different region of the FF3 game (I think I translated that right?)

But yours worked perfectly fine. Wasn't sure about that other friend code posted in red...is that one still legit?

You're correct, the FF3 Japanese version and the FF3 English version can't hook up.

Not sure about your red friend code, though.

[terpkristin]

I didn't fully read Godzilla Blitz's post, and didn't realize his friend code was apparently for a different region of the FF3 game (I think I translated that right?)

But yours worked perfectly fine. Wasn't sure about that other friend code posted in red...is that one still legit?

i added you to my list, so you should now be able to send me messages if you like.
to fully register someone, you need to add them to your roster then logon to the moghouse. kind of stupid, really. anyway, to open up some of the side stuff you need to send 7 messages. feel free to send them all to me, and feel free to make them short (like one character or something, text input in that part SUCKS).

my friend code (which appears twice in this thread, once in red) is
1289-3675-1245 (which should be what you've already entered)

PM me or send me a message on AIM if you run into problems (or kpilotte on GTalk)

/tk

[sterlingice]

Well, I beat the E4 in ~120 hours and got a full Pokedex once I saw the Dialga picture, but that's just the start Now, only ~300 more to catch ;)

SI

[RPI-Fan]

Just got Animal Crossing and Clubhouse games.

Name: Kyle
Clubhouse Games Friend code: 1160-6550-0403

[sterlingice]

Added to the list in post 1 :)

Also, for anyone playing Pokemon, anyone looking for some particular Pokemon (tho I'm not really referring to legendaries as I only have a few of those)? However, I do have some fairly highly sought after stuff that I can easily breed and toss a level 1 (if you want 1.5x growth) or egg (if you want it to be yours) your direction. Stuff like all starters from all 4 generations, lots of eevee's, some other assorted power pokemon early forms (dratini, larvitar, bagon, beldum, feebas etc). So, if anyone's interested, just give a shout.

SI

[MJ4H]

mario kart ds friend code

111768-992350

[MJ4H]

hmm do you guys ever have your ds not detect a wireless signal thats clearly there? my laptop finds it fine from the same spot, and even moving right next to the router doesnt help. it has connected with this config fine in the past. what would cause this?

[sterlingice]

hmm do you guys ever have your ds not detect a wireless signal thats clearly there? my laptop finds it fine from the same spot, and even moving right next to the router doesnt help. it has connected with this config fine in the past. what would cause this?

Not sure at all. The DS seems to connect pretty well for me. I've gotta think there was something changed with the wireless configuration, particularly the ssid or WEP/WPA passwords, but that's just a guess.

SI

[hukarez]

hmm do you guys ever have your ds not detect a wireless signal thats clearly there? my laptop finds it fine from the same spot, and even moving right next to the router doesnt help. it has connected with this config fine in the past. what would cause this?

I had to setup my router's encryption back to WEP rather than WPA for my DS to connect.

[MJ4H]

Not sure at all. The DS seems to connect pretty well for me. I've gotta think there was something changed with the wireless configuration, particularly the ssid or WEP/WPA passwords, but that's just a guess.

SI

It was a good guess. I use MAC filtering and I know I configured my router to allow the DS online before (I've played Mario Kart on nintendo wifi so I'm 100% positive); however, I looked at my allowed list and the DS MAC address wasn't there. No idea why, but it wasn't. Re-added it and it works like a charm.

Bizarre.

[MJ4H]

Wow, I'm very fired up about Planet Puzzle League. Getting great reviews, n-wifi play, voice chat. Hell yeah. I have always thought the Tetris Attack/Puzzle League twist on tetris was the best. I've been playing the almost similar Meteos to hold me over, but all the damn blocks look the same. The graphics in PPL are SO distinct compared to Meteos. That alone makes me extremely happy. My eyes get so tired playing Meteos.

Anyone else interested?

[terpkristin]

Wow, I'm very fired up about Planet Puzzle League. Getting great reviews, n-wifi play, voice chat. Hell yeah. I have always thought the Tetris Attack/Puzzle League twist on tetris was the best. I've been playing the almost similar Meteos to hold me over, but all the damn blocks look the same. The graphics in PPL are SO distinct compared to Meteos. That alone makes me extremely happy. My eyes get so tired playing Meteos.

Anyone else interested?

Not sure I've heard of it (will be looking it up tonight when I get home).
Sounds interesting, though, I'd probably be game.

/tk