Anyone going to buy it, I know I will for sure, the PSP, i will proably buy later on, but I really want the DS more.

Best. Thread. Ever.

Because you asked, I've already got mine reserved although not sure about release date. Animal Crossing DS is the game that sold me but there's tons of stuff I want to check out (Nintendo and Square titles). Can't wait...

Currently no, but we'll see.

note: I currently have an regular Advance and a SP.

No. IMO it's too expensive for a portable system, given I don't travel enough and what not to need a portable gaming system.

I'm interested, but I won't pay $180 for a handheld gaming system and I still have to see more software on it I would want to play.

Animal Crossing is interesting, but I don't know if I want to invest my life in that game again after doing it a few years ago on the Cube. The only reason I stuck with AC for so long was just to unlock all the NES games. If this version is just going to include the same NES titles as the Cube version I will pass.

Mario 64 doesn't interest me either. I enjoyed it on the N64 when it first came out, but I'm sick and tired of the 3D platformer. Same goes for Metroid. Looks like its going to be a FPS like the Cube version and I would rather have it 2D on a handheld.

If the DS is just going to be a pocket N64 I may pass. As it looks now Square may be the company that gets me to buy one depending on the games they release for it. However Crystal Chronicles DS won't be the game to do it. I'm not going to have to depend on finding three other people around with the game and a DS every time I want to play.

I bought Crystal Chronicles and Zelda Four Swords for the Cube and its fun whenever all of us can get together and play, but can sometimes be a drag when you have to wait a week or two to play it again. No one wants to miss anything so you have to all play together.

I would rather not hassle with that on the DS.

I don't know if you guys saw this, but it was released last week (on my birthday!). It's a list of upcoming titles for the DS. A lot of these may be Japan-only, but it still has plenty of reasons to get excited, among them a DS version of Survival Kids from Konami (imagine the possibilities!), a new Mana game from Square, a DS Boktai, and confirmation of Animal Crossing DS.

But WTF is "Nintendogs?!"

New DS Titles!
Nintendo, Square Enix, Gamearts and Konami add new entries.

August 01, 2004 - Nintendo Japan has released an updated list of Japanese games that are currently in development for the Nintendo DS portable system. While the list of seventy-two games includes titles that were previously announced, many new (and big) entries also feature.

Here's the full list, split by publisher. All names are tentative.
Aki
Mikke!

Atlus
Jinsei Game
Shin Megami Tensei DS
Snowboard Kids
Caduceus
Choro Q DS

Aruze
Tounou Ni Asekaku Game Series~ Vol. 1 Cool 104 Joker & Setline

Bandai
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
One Piece
Meteos

Banpresto
Dragon Ball Z

Capcom
Megaman Battle Network Series
Viewtiful Joe Series
Gyakuten Saiban Series

Chunsoft
Fushigi no Dungeon (Mysterious Dungeon)

D3 Publisher
Action Game

Epoch Company
Action Game

Gamearts
New RPG

Genki
Kisei Gawa Tantei Jiken Bo
Living High, Killing Low
Kaido Racing Battle

Hudson
Bomberman
Tengai Makyo Series

Idea Factory
Spectral Force

Jams Works
New Board Game

Koei
Shin Sangoku Musou
Rekishi Simulation
Mahjong

Konami
Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
Ganbare Goemon
Survival Kids
Vandal Hearts

Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Boktai (Boktai)

Konami Computer Entertainment Studio
Powerful Pro Baseball Series

Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Castlevania
Winning Eleven Series

Maverlous Interactive
Urusei Yatsura
Bokujou Monogatari (Harvest Moon) for DS
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri Series
Original RPG

MTO
Minna no Mahjong
Race Game

Namco
New Mister Driller
New RPG
Pac Pix
Pac 'n Roll

Rocket Company
Doubutsu Shima no Chobigurumi 3

Sammy
Jissen Pachislo Hisshopou! Hokutou no Ken (Fist of the North Star)

Sunrise Interactive
Simulation Game

Square Enix
Egg Monster Heroes
New Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Game
New Dragon Quest Monsters Game
New Seiken Densetsu (Mana) Series Game
New Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest Series Game

Spike
Kenshuui Tendou Dokuta

Sega
Sonic DS
Project Rub

Taito
Rakugaki Tengoku Series
Puzzle Bobble Series

Tecmo
New Monster Farm Game
Team Ninja Game

Tomy
Naruto
Zoids

Nintendo
Super Mario 64x4
Metroid Prime Hunters
Made in Wario (Wario Ware) DS
Mario Kart DS
Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) DS
New Super Mario Brothers
PictoChat
Nintendogs

Yukes
Sports

The new list includes new entries for Castlevania, Boktai, Seiken Densetsu (Secret of Mana), Winning Eleven, a new Gamearts RPG, a sequel to the awesome Slime Mori Mori game, a game in the PlayStation 2 Kaido Battle series and... well, lots of new titles.

Launch plans for the games, new and old, have yet to be revealed.


-- Anoop Gantayat

A pet simulator

I probably should have guessed that.