gamers on the go

[Mzo]

Kidnemo plays them too, I think he's by 4.

I'm by 2.

Right now I'm playing Partners in Time and Animal Crossing.

[James]

I've got to admit, it's been a great year for handheld gaming. I've gone from buying 2-3 GBA games in a year to getting a pile of stuff divided between GBA, DS, and even a few for PSP.

I'd have to say that Trauma Center was my favorit handheld game this year, with Tokobot in second place. There's a pile of great stuff I'm not bothering to mention, though.

The PSPs best feature is the sleep mode. Worrying about save points is now a thing of the past, I just flick the switch when I get to a calm spot in the game and go on my way, knowing that when I turn it back on it's going to be there. It's the only real innovation in the entire system, but it's a great one.

James

[gamevet]

Currently I'm 3/4 through Advance Wars 2. I plan on unwrapping my dusty old copy of Fire Emblem once I'm done with AW.

Strategy games are great for killing hour long chunks of time on the subway, DMV line, doctor's office and anywhere else where you have to wait. Any game with a quicksave is a blessing.

I'm doing the exact same thing. I'm currently doing IT support at Rent A Centers help desk and when it gets slow, I'm playing AW2. I have 4 missions left.


Then I plan on playing Fire Emblem after I'm done with Advance Wars.

[Mzo]

The PSPs best feature is the sleep mode. Worrying about save points is now a thing of the past, I just flick the switch when I get to a calm spot in the game and go on my way, knowing that when I turn it back on it's going to be there. It's the only real innovation in the entire system, but it's a great one.

James

The DS does the same thing if you close it while playing...

[rama]

The DS does the same thing if you close it while playing...

i wish the gba had a sleep mode.

[James]

The sleep mode doesn't work on all games, so I tend to forget about it. I take it they've gotten better at remembering to include sleep mode in all games since the DS launch?

Too bad it doesn't work on GBA games as well. If sleep mode had been a system feature rather than something that has to be enabled in the game itself, it would have been perfect.

James

[Bacon McShig]

Sleep mode is in a number of 1st party GBA games... I know Yoshi's Island and Zelda Minish Cap have one. You select 'sleep' from the menu to shut down, than press L,R, + select and it'll pop right back on where you were.

I got a Micro recently, which is insanely portable... I take it most places just in case I get the opportunity to whip it out for some Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (which I also got recently) or Wario Ware (a few quick rounds of Dr. Wario, usually). I play a lot of DS, too, but that's when I'm at home. Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, and Mario & Luigi PiT are getting my time on that (though I *reallly* need to go put more time into Advance Wars DS and Trauma Center).

I like the Battle Network games, but they just come too frequently. I still need to beat 2, and I have 3 waiting after that. I would have picked up 4 if I saw it at the TRU sale today, but alas...

[Compass]

The DS has a system sleep too. Just close the DS and it goes to sleep. Not sure if this works on all games but it's worked on the ones I've tried so far.

[rama]

I like the Battle Network games, but they just come too frequently. I still need to beat 2, and I have 3 waiting after that. I would have picked up 4 if I saw it at the TRU sale today, but alas...

forget about bn 4. play 5 or wait for 6. 6 comes 2nd quarter 06 here. can't wait.

[Empty_One]

What's so bad about 4? I just picked it up today.