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Product Details of DS Game System

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Nintendo DS revolutionizes the way games are played. With dual screens and touch-screen technology, wireless communication and built-in PictoChat software you have the power to draw, write and send messages wirelessly.

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Device Type: Portable Gaming Console

Summary

Product Title: DS Game System

Manufacturer: Nintendo

Power Score: 4.0 | 34 Reviews

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Device Type: Portable Gaming Console

Release Date: 2004-11-21

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Reviews on DS Game System

  • 5
  By member: NDSman - Nov 19, 2004

DS Game System

Strengths: Duel Screens, touch sensative bottom screen, voice recognition, great graphics, stereo speakers, clamshell design, comfortable to hold, cool looking, good battery life.

Weakness: Probably not quite as good graphically speaking as the PSP

Have you ever heard "don't judge a book by it's cover"? Well this has never been truer than with the Nintendo DS. You don't know this system until you try it. I was a big fan of the Sony PSP and was just sure I was going to get that over the DS, but then one day I saw one at a Wal-Mart and tried it. Let's just say it consumed me. It is so incredible the fealing that you get from playing the...

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  • 5
  By member: nate88 - Dec 1, 2004

DS Game System

Strengths: Dual Screens, Touch Panel, Microphone, Built in Pictochat, Wireless Multiplayer, AC Adapter, Games, Configurations, Speakers

Weakness: NONE

Boy is this baby sweet! Man it's just like a palm pilot. First about the Dual Screens. Usuall there is a map on the bottom and the actually playing part on the top. The bottom has a touch screen. So like in the menus you just touch the thing you want, when you buy the DS it comes with 2 styli, there is even a holder on the DS. The speakers are great, you have surround sound on them, you can even...

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  • 2
  By member: zoglog - Dec 13, 2004

DS sold --> Bought DS lite

Strengths: Touch Screen gameplay adds a whole new dimension of possibilities and having dual screens aint too bad either. Stereo Speakers Finally, Relatively decent graphics but not as good as the PSP, no-reigon

Weakness: No real appealing games yet at this moment, skeptical about touchscreen life with the way the system uses it, pictochat is a bit dissapointing, No multiplayer GBA or Single or multi GB support.

The first I heard about the DS was when I went to E3 2004 where I got to check out the DS then the SP. I hadn't heard anything about the DS previous to entering the presentation so I had no expectations and I was perhaps even skeptical because to me it seems Nintendo is quite notorious for milking it's handheld customers by leaving out certain features for a certain releases (which they have done...

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  • 5
  By member: marianmezzo - Sep 15, 2007

normal DS

Strengths: its amazing its so powerful

Weakness: heavier and bigger than a DS Lite

The DS is so great. It has so many great games. It is handheld. It has many of the games from the game cube so you can play them on the go. So many of the games are in three-D which is great.

  • 4
  By member: galvatron2k1 - Apr 27, 2005

DS Game System

Strengths: Touch screen, rechargeable battery pack, dual screens, compatible with Gameboy Advance Games, price

Weakness: Not enough quality DS software

Nintendo has created an innovative handheld product that improves on the Gameboy Advance SP technology by adding dual screens, one of which is a touch screen. The unit also includes a rechargeable battery pack and is dual compatible with Nintendo DS games as well as Gameboy Advance games. Capable of displaying graphics on par with the Nintendo 64, the system is fairly powerful as a handheld. The...

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  • 5
  By member: dragonsong - Dec 24, 2004

DS Game System

Strengths: Very cool, good graphics, offers many new features such as pictochat, touch screen, voice activation and wireless connection.

Weakness: not many games released so far.

Amazing! 10/10. DS is the best! It has good graphics and awesome features like picto chat and touch screen. i first heard about ds in "tips and tricks" magazine and immidiatly i knew i wanted it. it looks really cool too.its really sleek and the fold open thing makes it really compact so you can carry it anywhere. the only downside is that there are not many games yet but all things considered...

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  • 4
  By member: jzilber - Dec 22, 2004

DS Game System

Strengths: Fun, different, innovative

Weakness: Yet another platform to sort out

Lots of fun, a little bit different from earlier models, but not so radically different that it will baffle novice users. Not a whole lot of games available yet, but the ones that are out look good, and quite a few more are supposed to be on the way.

  • 5
  By member: 2cutejaz - Nov 17, 2005

A great game system

Strengths: It has a touch screen and built in micro phone and it has alot of cool games you can play on it and it has a nice big screen and has a long battery life!it also can play any other gameboy game

Weakness: the only weakness is it gets a little heavy when you hold it but if your really into the game that doesnt matter to you

I love this game system it has games for boys a dn girls unlike some other systems and i think its the best system that nitendo has came out with! and if you wanted to watch the videos made for the gameboy advance you have a much bigger and clearer screen to watch it from.

  • 5
  By member: Metropolis - Mar 11, 2005

DS Game System

Strengths: Great Graphics, recharageable battery, plays Gameboy Advance games

Weakness: Sound volume does not go too high.

This is the best handheld gaming system I have ever owned. The graphic on the dual screens are awesome. The DS features a clock and alarm as well as wireless capabilities. There is not a whole lot of games available yet but some promising titles are scheduled. The only minor downside is that it may be a little difficult for younger players to play on the gamepad and use the stylus simultaneously....

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  • 5
  By member: pepper0225 - Jan 8, 2005

DS Game System

Strengths: Compact style, long battery life, dual screen, touch screen

Weakness: not enough games out yet

This is the best hand held game system yet. Easy to figure out, games that are out are very good. Great graphics. Dual screen and touch screen features make it easy to use ana navigate.

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  • 3.9
  testseek.com - Nov 25, 2008

Nintendo DS

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  • 4.0
  ubergizmo.com - Apr 11, 2005

Nintendo DS Review

When Nintendo outlined its next-generation portable platform, the DS (or Dual-Screen), the initial reaction was somewhat mixed...

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  • 4.0
  mobiletechreview.com - Jan 5, 2005

Nintendo DS Review

The Nintendo DS, when first announced, was big news. It smacked of innovation, being the first dedicated handheld gaming device to feature two displays with one being a touch screen. Very cool-- but there's more: the DS has integrated WiFi wireless communications and a microphone that can be used in game play. It can play new DS games as well as Game Boy Advance games, but not the older Game Boy...

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  • 1.0
  tomshardware.com - Dec 2, 2004

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As Nintendo DS owners already know, the first several months since the handheld's launch in November have produced an unsatisfying library of titles. The majority of the releases have been either quick conversions of Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 titles, or games with short and simple concepts that are initially engaging, but lose their charm over time. Players have also had to endure long...

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