Not anymore than any other game really. I think it's just insanely fun, probably the most fun I've had with any DS game yet. There's different types of ghosts, boss battles, you'll get new drawings you can use (arrows and bombs mainly) in addition to your Pac-Men. It's a damn fine arcade style action/puzzle game.. plus there's 24 levels each with about 6 stages to them, so there's plenty to do.

More on the Animal Crossing PSP clone:

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3754/bscap0003jq.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6678/bscap0006vj.jpg vs http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/admj/surechigai/ss03.jpg http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/admj/new/ss501.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1194/bscap0004ee.jpg vs http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/admj/surechigai/ss02.jpg http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/admj/new/ss103.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/ne97ab.png http://i1.tinypic.com/ne97cm.png

http://i1.tinypic.com/ne97gy.png http://i1.tinypic.com/ne97hs.png http://i1.tinypic.com/ne97ih.png

:lol:

any announcement if and when the white PSP maybe coming to US?

Is that a Mr. Resetti clone in the first pic?

why wouldn't they just go all the way and at least make it cuter than that? I know the PSP is supposedly for a more mature audience, but still...

Do you even need to ask that? :p

Someone with a PSP should buy the game and report about it. You can buy it for $13/shipped at Play-Asia:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...en-70-u0n.html

The PSP "Nintendogs" game is almost just as shameless:

http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/edigi...071964189.jpeg

$9.90 for an IMPORT? Now you know it's quality.

Yeah I saw those too! Can't believe how blatently they're ripping Nintendo off. Then again Nintendogs sold like crazy so maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.

"Forgery is the highest form of flattery." - Sony :D

Can you imagine that dog game on the PSP though? It will be like it's behind some sort of plastic/glass cage, since you can't really "touch" the dog. I just don't get the point unless you can really interact with it, since that was the entire point of Nintendogs. It better also come with some sort of mic, because that was the entire heart of Nintendogs.

That brain training type game looks like it will suffer in the same way, since the questions are multiple choice, taking away the entire interactive heart of the DS games of the same type.

These systems should focus on their strengths. The DS should continue in the way that it's been going, and the PSP should focus more on 3D type games, as well as RPGs, and other games that just seem like they fit the system more.

Man, that's embarrassing. Sony better have a pretty goddamn amazing E3 lined up for PSP.

I found some pics of an actual DS Lite ... it's not quite as pretty as it looks in the mock-ups. Hopefully this is an early version, or just bad lighting. Click Here for more.
http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/0...lite_front.jpg

Here, supposedly is the DS Lite manual

http://joeljohnson.com/kotaku/dslite.pdf

Chris

I like the new streamlined clamshell design. Hopefully this new version will be less prone to scratches...

Tales of the Tempest has been trademarked in the US. :D2:

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=76654047

Companies will try and make a quick buck by offering an experience similar to the other well established games, nothing new there. Without the interface they will have to come up with other ways to make the gameplay work, but I imagine that will be hard.

The thing that is amazing to me is that Nintendo is raking in the cash on these DS games and there are developers that still don't get it. Their loss...

Apparently the initial photos were not color-corrected/white-balanced. Here's the updated link and the edited picture:
http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/02...e_front_cc.jpg

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/...es_nintendo_ds

Some big news.

Basically Nintendo is going to put in download stations for game demos and trailers at stores such as Best Buy and EB/Gamestop.

And voice chat in Metroid Prime hunters! Well, kinda. It will use the microphone so players can chat before and after a game. Not during. It seems like with online features Nintendo takes a giant leap forward and a tiny step back.

I figured they would work in voice chat to Prime Hunters, but not having it during the game seems pointless. I guess I don't get to hear 9 year olds call me cocksucker 50 during a match like on Xbox Live. Bummer.

:lol:rotfl:lol: :up:

I love that setup, perfect.

Games like Rainbow 6 or Socom would definitley want it in game.

I like the racial and homopobic insults myself.

Looks like the DS Lite will have 3 colors to choose from when it releases 3/2/06...

Enamel Navy
Crystal White
Ice Blue

Saw these pics over at GoNintendo.com:

GBA carts stick out slightly on the DS Lite

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/pho...umb_image6.jpg

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/pho...umb_image3.jpg

Dust cover

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/pho...umb_image5.jpg

What's Nintendo's obsession with blues and a silver/white as starters? Can't I get a red, yellow, orange, or something more interesting to begin with?

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of their pastel colors. Just give me the basic white, black, silver and some bold colors like red, yellow etc.