Nintendo DS to Launch November 21 347
mcc writes "PlanetGamecube is reporting the upcoming Nintendo DS handheld has been given a launch date of November 21st and a price of $150 ! It is also being reported that the Nintendo DS will ship with PictoChat (a sort of chat/whiteboard software) and some form of the Metroid Prime Hunters multiplayer FPS bundled in. A fact sheet is also available."
Dual Screens, Dual CPUs (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder if you can run Linux on it? It sports an ARM9 and an ARM7
Re:Wireless Chat with Others (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wireless Chat with Others (Score:2, Funny)
Butt Ugly (Score:1, Funny)
Now the DS makes me think - oh look, a retro toy from the 80's. I know it'll have power and games and wifi and chat and probably a SETI client before long that can outperform my home machine, but it's waaaaay ugly and clunky for my likes.
Apple, please create a GBA clone.
Re:Le *sigh* (Score:4, Funny)
I'm getting one
The kids will get one too
Here's to wireless multiplayer gaming with your kids. And you call yourself a geek?? For shame!! Where are your roots?
DS will beat PSP (Score:4, Funny)
Nitendo knows kids, and knows kids games. I expect the DS will clean up there.
Disclaimer: I work for a DS developer...};^)
yeah yeah... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Damnit.... (Score:4, Funny)
Dude, Tiger handheld games OWNED!!! (Score:2, Funny)
I had sooooo many of those things, ninja gaiden 1 and 2, teenage mutant ninja turtles 1, 2 and 3, baseball, football, some sort of racing, excite bike.
Ahh, the memories.
I don't really envy todays kids anyways..at least WE had Saturday morning cartoons (the only thing better than saturday morning cartoons are Christmas and dodgeball..assuming you weren't one of the fat kids).
great! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Butt Ugly (Score:4, Funny)
I love the clamshell design. I once dropped my GBA SP on the street and it was RUN OVER BY A BUS. Picked it up, popped the game back in and aside from some wicked-awesome battle scars, it works great.
Given their reputation with the PS and PS2 lasers etc., I doubt very much that Sony will ever make hardware that sturdy