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Wait, why say that the screen is 93% bigger than a Lite? Shouldn't we be comparing it to the DSi?
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Surely these requests for a larger screen were floating around well before the DSi came out. #top
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Yeah, but I'm not tech-whorish enough to bother with Apple. I don't have, nor do I ever plan to have, and Apple product. #top
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[kotaku.com] #dsixl
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Xbox 360 Pro
Xbox 360 Arcade
Xbox 360 Elite
Xbox 360 Limited Editions (RE5, Call of Duty, Halo, etc.)
Playstation 3 20GB-120Gb
Playstation 3 Slim 120Gb - 250Gb
PSP
PSP2000
PSP3000
PSP Go
If anything, Nintendo is just joining the party of this trend I really am not a fan of, get it right the first time and stop pissing off the loyal customers. #dsixl
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Honestly, it looks like something organic is growing under the screen. At first, I thought it was just under the screen protector, so I took that off.
Alas, it's under both screens and just looks terrible. I have no idea what it is, and nothing else I've ever had, DS Phat, PSP, mp3 players, phones, etc. have ever exhibited the same symptoms.
So yeah, I'll probably be picking this up. Lime green or white, please. #dsixl
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Here's what happened. I was playing Phantom Hourglass, and closed it into standby one night and put it in my backpack.
Then I got out my PSP and started playing FF Tactics.
4 months later when I finished Tactics (sadly literally) , I pulled out the DS to finish Phantom Hourglass, plugged it in and turned it on and BLECH, icky screen junk.
Took off the protectors and still there.
Then I cried for a good hour or so. #dsixl
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I tried playing my roommate's DS lite while still in college. I swear I could hear my hands crying. Stuck with my DS phat ever since. Though, once enough games come out that are DSi only I will definitely pick up an XL over a normal one. #dsixl
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I don't think they'd discontinue the old DSi already. Not unless they upped the resolution on the XL. #dsixl
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Seriously, this is CLEARLY aimed at an older demographic. Come on man, did you see the available colours?!
As for myself, I'll stick with my "old" DS Lite though. #dsixl
10/29/09
The internet & blogging just cast gamers in the most impatient, unforgiving light I've ever seen in my long history of gaming.
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No way i'm playing scribblenauts, the level-5/ghibli game and Golden Sun on this tiny piece of eye-strain.
*points at neighboor's kid's DS*
Now.. any other colors than grandpa red?
10/29/09
the controls are so horrid that it gets boring within an hour or two. #dsixl
10/29/09
Yes, the controls are bad.
I'll still buy it though.. when i dl'd it i spent about 2,5 hours with it and i didn't even start the game at that point yet. Seriously, an engineer, riding a griffin armed with a stapler is more than enough incentive for me.
Plus, it's a freakin chickmagnet.. i showed it to some girl, summoned a unicorn and a pony and she then and there, sat on my lap, and started conjuring up cutesy stuff. #dsixl
10/29/09
OK no offense, maybe it's just me, but you play your DS in front of girls? #dsixl
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Seriously, you better pack some chicks, or you risk a fine. #dsixl
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Ok, listen up: Scribblenauts is about creativity and interaction. That's it. No scores, ollars, stage time or whathaveyou, this is not a competitive game, it's laughing at what you made happen with the tools you were presented.
When littlebigplanet was released you had 500.000.000 different tools to make a level. Then came about 500.000.000 posts asking: "Where's the water"
If you feel that the game itself is hindering you in getting a good score at it, you fall in the catagory of those questioners. This is not the game for you. #dsixl
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What's it like being a spoiled manchild? #dsixl
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I downloaded it so i wouldn't have to pay €220/$325, for a DS and Scribblenauts and end up not liking it.
I did like it, so i'll buy a DS next week, with the game.
I'm fairly curious about your explanation though.. #dsixl
10/29/09
Don't give me this "you're just not creative enough" crap, the game's interactions aren't nearly extensive enough for 99% of nonconventional solutions to work - and even if they were, you still can't tell me that a good 75% of the puzzles aren't just "come up with something that lets you fly". #dsixl
10/29/09
All puzzles are do-able some just take time. Invest some time and you'll amaze yourself. If not, then you're not creative. Same thing with LBP, people went on forums saying it wouldn't work or wasn't intuitive.. this is just a way of not qaccepting that you're not that creative.
I have a way with words, synonyms and so on, therefore i can think of lots of objects to aid me in my quest. If you end up using a chopper half of the time then you're just saying to yourself: i want to beat this level, i want to be done with it. This is not the proper mindset for the game.
This rings true for any game, go in with the wrong mindset and you'll end up not-entertained. Another recent example was Brütal Legend.. #dsixl
10/29/09
I'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't say that I'm not creative, as well - I'm an artist, a composer and a writer, that's a pretty baseless assumption. The game just doesn't engender any creativity, between the horrible controls and the weak interaction system. #dsixl
10/29/09
I'm not saying you're not creative, i said "Invest some time and you'll amaze yourself. If not, then you're not creative" I meant that if you don't invest time, you're not gonna be creative about it. I'm not assuming anything.
In the end it's up for interpretation, so let's not make this a thing. #dsixl
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Good times. #dsixl
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Get pants with bigger pockets ;) #dsixl
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