DS = Definitely Superb (Nintendo DS)

Member Name: dosftw

Product:	Nintendo DS
Date:	24/07/09 (7 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great catalogue of games, really good fun

Disadvantages: does not support older GB colour or GB games, only GBA and DS games

The Nintendo DS is an awesome hand held gaming console. I admit though at first I thought "This is stupid, its so gimmicky" but that may be because I was playing the gimmicky games that my friend bought for his, you know the ones that are solely mini-games.ame

So I waited and waited, still content with my trusty GBA SP. The went into GAME one day and had a look at the games selection for the console as I was looking for something hand held that I could take on holiday with me. And I must say I was much more impressed with the games selection, Mario Kart DS (that couldnt fail) Metroid Prime Hunters (which was just amazing) and so many other titles that really appealed to me. So I bought it along with Nintendogs (it was the special edition blue one with the Labrador version) and sonic rush, afterall I had missed playing sonic games and I have to say I was mightily impressed by it it was like playing on an N64 in your hands (but better!)

This consol is also a flip top design much like the GBA SP and has got two screens which is why it is called the Nintendo DS (DS standing for Dual Screen) and is just phenomenal in performance compared to other hand helds I had played and I have to say that whilst the Sony PSP beats it on graphics, I just prefer the DS, it feels nicer in my hands.

There is a but of a learning curve needed for this game as certain games require the use of the bottom screen which is ofcourse a touch screen, but you will get used to it in no time. It also has a built in microphone which is of good quality and used for many of the game such as Nintendogs.

All in all this is a solid piece of kit that is pretty sturdy and very well build.

All I will say though, is that you can afford to wait then save up a little extra and buy you're self a DS Lite or a DSi, both of which have a much brighter screen than the original DS

On the down side though, whilst it can still play GBA games, it can not play older Game Boy Colour and Game Boy games which is a bit of a dissapointment, but you cant have everything in life.

Summary: A good buy buy save up a little more for a DS Lite or DSi