Can't you do anything cool with the Nintendo ds?

Megamanny · 07-15-2006, 09:08 PM

A lot of it seems that you MUST have a flash card and other devices to be able to do anything fun with it.

Is there anything you can with a standard nintendo ds ASIDE from playin games?

TheHakku · 07-15-2006, 09:15 PM

Umm you can write on it with this stylus thing...
with games. ...Damn.

Oh, you can also play games.

Oh wait.

dj Outlaw · 07-15-2006, 09:23 PM

Spam some pictochat rooms.

...Or you can buy a flashcart and do those homebrew things. Or buy a play-yan and watch movies on it with an SD card, but that's what Meizu M6's and portable video players are for anyways.

Philipio · 07-15-2006, 09:57 PM

You'll need a flash cart to use any homebrew.

Alchemist_Almighty · 07-17-2006, 08:12 AM

Well, you will be able to surf the net soon, if the adapter hits shores outside of Japan. Other than that, uh, it's a GAMING system. Why the hell would it do anything else? That's why it's $100 cheaper than a PSP.

LAMBORGHINI FCUKER · 07-17-2006, 09:59 AM

That browser better have some useful extras. Otherwise it's quite overpriced at $30.

Philipio · 07-17-2006, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Alchemist_Almighty

Other than that, uh, it's a GAMING system. Why the hell would it do anything else?

Maybe because people develop homebrew software for it?

Half of the fun is making a system do something it's not supposed to.

sнυи · 07-17-2006, 02:59 PM

Well, you can use it as a flashy doorstop.

vic_lmc · 07-17-2006, 03:21 PM

Well I don't know about all accesories from nintendo ds but at least you can have a lot of fun with it I thing that the incuded facts likes wifi or touch screen are cool as you are telling to us

*dat shit cray* · 07-17-2006, 03:40 PM

You can use two Nintendo DSes as nunchucks. This is no lie. There is a DS ninja guild at my school.

zhek · 07-18-2006, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philipio

Maybe because people develop homebrew software for it?

Half of the fun is making a system do something it's not supposed to.

I know, it's not enough to have an offical tetris, I'm not REALLY having fun until I'm playing some guy's homebrew version of it that I had to do some soldering/and buy some extra equipment to get it to play.

Emulators? Cool, they give me a bigger library to play with. Most homebrew on consoles? Not exactly pushing the boundries of gamemaking. The thrill of playing a crappy version of tetris when I'm not intended to is pretty goddamn tepid, in my opinion...

But to each his own

Arimasen · 07-18-2006, 09:52 AM

You can use the DS as an alarm clock, flashlight, small shield against rocks, and calendar.

Monster in a box · 07-19-2006, 05:12 PM

As of late I'm been using mine as an alarm clock much more than I've been using it as a game system.

Zer0 the Wraith · 07-19-2006, 05:18 PM

many excellent games?

I mean that's like demanding that the PS2 double as a skateboard or something.

Action Man · 07-19-2006, 08:06 PM

You can snap it into two with your bare hands with ease?