DS Frontlit or Backlit? Seriously.

I've been trying to find out for quite some time without much luck, and I was hoping someone could clue me in.

It seems that the vast majority of websites on the subject are written by people who don't realize there's a difference between the two. There are plenty of reports of it being backlit "like the GBA SP" but that doesn't help me out at all. Even nintendo's website has nothing concrete about what type of lighting this thing will have.

If the DS isn't backlit then I don't see the need to buy one at launch, since I'll mostly be playing my GBA games on it for the first few months anyway.

And does anyone know if the DS will have any extra features for playing GBA games? I think it would be cool if the touchscreen were used as a control panel of sorts when playing GBA games, allowing the player to do things like adjust the image scaling, change the button layout, assign macros to the X and Y buttons, or take screenshots.

I'm also curious about what happens when both a GBA cart and a DS card are present in the system simultaneously. How does it handle this electronic dp?

if we're lucky, we should be able to see the screen(s) this time.

I saw a video of the DS "operating system." There are system menus and whatnot as you would expect on any console. I'm sure you'll be able to select if you want to play a DS or GBA game if both are present.

It's backlit.

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

It's backlit.

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Where did you read that? I don't think you're bs'ing or anything, but I would like to see something official.

The screen is illuminated with light, thats all that matters.

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Originally Posted by kedawa

Where did you read that? I don't think you're bs'ing or anything, but I would like to see something official.

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I am official. You can be sure that anything I ever say is 100% truth.

Well maybe not.

Here.

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

It's backlit.

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Are you serious?

Interest level -1,000,000

I kinda wanted to actually be able to play it out doors, but a backlight kills that idea. Why would nintendo do something so stupid? Backlights are fine for laptops and flat screen TVs, but I want to play my handheld games in the day time out doors.

kedawa, i dunno if it's front or backlit, but i do know that some games have the option of pluggin both the DS and GBA cart at the same time, kindda like that useless GBA to GC link, only much cooler.

from www.the-magicbox.com

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- Famitsu revealed that Nintendo / Pokemon / Creatures Inc. are working on new Nintendo DS Pokemon RPG called Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. In addition, Pokemon Dash for Nintendo DS will have a dual cartridge feature, allowing you to connect a GBA Pokemon cartridge to the system to unlock new race courses.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Are you serious?

Interest level -1,000,000

I kinda wanted to actually be able to play it out doors, but a backlight kills that idea. Why would nintendo do something so stupid? Backlights are fine for laptops and flat screen TVs, but I want to play my handheld games in the day time out doors.

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whats wrong with backlit and out doors? can't backlit screen light be turned off?

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- Famitsu revealed that Nintendo / Pokemon / Creatures Inc. are working on new Nintendo DS Pokemon RPG called Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. In addition, Pokemon Dash for Nintendo DS will have a dual cartridge feature, allowing you to connect a GBA Pokemon cartridge to the system to unlock new race courses.

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nintendo sucks. requiring a user to buy additional hardware/software to UNLOCK CONTENT THAT'S ALREADY IN A GAME is idiocy. and yes, i know they've done it before. they sucked then too.