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

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]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by Eilim

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]

Originally Posted by 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...

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]

Originally Posted by 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

I'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]

Originally Posted by 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...

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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.

[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






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]

Originally Posted by 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.

Gamefaqs boards, FAQs, and a couple of other sites like this 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

Originally Posted by Lik Sang

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.



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. 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 (Frequently Asked Questions) that our users have put together via the Lik Sang Forums.

Too cool for school:



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:











Nintendo DS Lite vs. Nintendo DS Milky Pink:





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):





And with the Nintendo DS Milky Pink light off:



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.

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).



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).



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 and GameMate. 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.

/tk

[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

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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)

/tk

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

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]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

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). 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.

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Found the place where I found the rumors on the DS details: Gizmodo.
Linky
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? [Kotaku]

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