Don't think so. DS and DSL had GBA slots, while DSi and DSiXL have SD card slots (for media).miakakiri wrote: Well, the DSiXL put the GBA slot back in and has all the functions of the DSi plus a bigger screen. I am thinking of getting one for myself once they come out with some better colours.
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No, I'm pretty sure they put it back in for the XL....I can tell you for sure on Sunday, though, when we go pick up my husband's XL.Zdm321 wrote:Don't think so. DS and DSL had GBA slots, while DSi and DSiXL have SD card slots (for media).miakakiri wrote: Well, the DSiXL put the GBA slot back in and has all the functions of the DSi plus a bigger screen. I am thinking of getting one for myself once they come out with some better colours.
(wish they didn't drop the GBA port
My bad, I didn't know the 3d ds was the next gen handheld, I thought it was just another spinoff of the DS.GinRei wrote:...This is the next gen handheld. It will be backwards compatible with the DS, just as the DS was with the GBA, the GBA with the GBC, and the GBC with the GB.ranger wrote: I really think they need to stop making these new updated versions of the ds, which adds on and removes vital functions (GBA compatibility)...
there's been what, the ds lite, dsi, dsi XL, and now 3d ds?
Focus on the next gen handheld! If they don't I really think the iphone will slowly start gaining momentum for on-the-go gaming.
And please, don't compare random ass Java and Flash games with real games.
They were able to make a MG for PSP too.ranger wrote: i know that the Metal Gear developers specifically designed a MGS game for the iphone, and don't try to BS me that they make "random ass java and flash games".
Then they weren't Nintendo's target demographic anyway. Trying to reach a demographic that has zero interest in your product is business suicide.ranger wrote: I wasn't comparing, but there's without a doubt that the iphone, being a jack of all trades will eventually become a competitor against the DS for handheld gaming. Of course games on the iphone are of a much lower quality, but non-gaming iphone owners (which I assume is the majority of iphone owners?) are under the impression that they having a gaming system in their hands right now, and that they don't need to dish out the extra 150$ or w/e a DS cost nowadays with the 30-40 $ increment of games.
No it's not.I mean, it's kind of similar with the scenario with the Wii being the top dog in the console war, beating Microsoft and Sony in certain aspects.
The iphone doesn't even have the memory capacity for stellar games. You'll get a few random impressive ones, like perhaps the MGS one, but truly stellar games would consume the entire system's memory.I know a TON of people who don't even game that have put like more like 7 hours into 2 dollar or freeware games on the iphone. And hey, who knows, with tech advancing rapidly these days, we might be able to see some stellar iphone games - i know that the Metal Gear developers specifically designed a MGS game for the iphone, and don't try to BS me that they make "random ass java and flash games".
not even flash games really, because the iphone doesn't actually support flash.GinRei wrote: The norm for the iphone are random ass java and flash games.
Not even Java too, so... Javascript games?Akonyl wrote:not even flash games really, because the iphone doesn't actually support flash.GinRei wrote: The norm for the iphone are random ass java and flash games.
I'd forgotten it didn't support java either, so as far as browser games go I guess it'd only have JavaScript games, yeah. But, to be fair, most (I'd say all but I have no proof of thatZdm321 wrote:Not even Java too, so... Javascript games?Akonyl wrote:not even flash games really, because the iphone doesn't actually support flash.GinRei wrote: The norm for the iphone are random ass java and flash games.
) apps on the appstore are written in objective C, which isn't bad, but I don't know of anybody that actually uses objective C other than to make iphone games, not to mention that you can't actually make iphone apps without a mac.I hate to bring back something from the first page, but in Japan, the dsiXL is called the dsiLL, thus Xcommando is technically correct when he said before the dsiXL is releasedGinRei wrote:And that's why you're wrong. Since it's already been released, months ago in fact, how could this announcement which just happened this week have come before its release?Xcommando wrote:Thats why I said before.GinRei wrote:The DSi XL already was released. In Japan. Where Nintendo is located.Xcommando wrote: I'm surprised their having a new system already, even before the DSIXL, or WiiDs (pronounced weeds) were released.
No nitpicking and technicalities!Gamer1104 wrote: I hate to bring back something from the first page, but in Japan, the dsiXL is called the dsiLL, thus Xcommando is technically correct when he said before the dsiXL is released
Their fault for complaining because I didn't say exactly where It was not released. I thought it was obvious I meant the Americas.GinRei wrote:No nitpicking and technicalities!Gamer1104 wrote: I hate to bring back something from the first page, but in Japan, the dsiXL is called the dsiLL, thus Xcommando is technically correct when he said before the dsiXL is released
