Nintendo DS Thread

[Yoshi]

Without dual analog, it's pretty useless. That would be a horrific decision.

[Glass Joe]

But the phat had smaller buttons than the lite, which is why I prefer it - I have tiny hands too.

It did? It's been a while since I touched a Phat but I thought it had larger buttons. Maybe they were just spaced out more. I'm sure the D pad was larger than the Lite version.

[Geen]

Yeah, the D-Pad was bigger. I don't recall the buttons being bigger either, though.
As for the new handheld having analog sticks, I really hadn't even thought of analog sticks on this thing. My gut feeling is that it won't have any, but I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

[Glass Joe]

Yeah, my guess is one analog stick. Two would be spectacular but I have no faith in Nintendo.

[Yoshi]

Without two, it would be useful for 2D games and racing games and nothing else.

[Low]

I would just get the XL but it looks like they used the same size buttons/D pad from the Lite.

Yep, same as the Lite. It's not as bad as the Lite/DSi though, the system is large enough that your hands wrap comfortably around the shoulder buttons and don't have to be cramped to use the D-pad/buttons. Contra took a few minutes to adjust to, otherwise smooth transition.

Hopefully the rumor of a smaller gap between screens pans out for the 3DS.

[Dyne]

You guys honestly think they'll put an analog pad on it? It's gotta be designed for kids. Analog sticks break. Kids break shit. Get it?

[Yoshi]

$200 saved is $200 earned.

[Dyne]

You're the one saying you want it for a gimmick that isn't yet replicated on tv's so shush.

[Yoshi]

Right. But 3D is useless without dual analogs, so that negates the whole fucking point.

Maybe it'll support Bluetooth mice and keyboards...