Nintendo DS v. GBA
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Nintendo DS v. GBA
i need help, i know absolutely nothing about these items. can you help me pick the best choice for my children. they are 9, 7, and 6 years old. I will be buying a Pokemon game or two for them as well, so any suggestions about that would be helpful. thanks.
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Yep. End discussion. Close thread.
- DS has wi-fi capabilities allowing your children to game together without being tethered together in the same room.
- DS has the Brain games which would be beneficial to children.
- with the roaring success of the DS I don't imagine N supporting the GBA much longer.
- DS has wi-fi capabilities allowing your children to game together without being tethered together in the same room.
- DS has the Brain games which would be beneficial to children.
- with the roaring success of the DS I don't imagine N supporting the GBA much longer.
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it sounds like it is worth the extra money then
i wish i could buy one and let them share it, but you know how that goes
does the wi-fi require other hardware?
i wish i could buy one and let them share it, but you know how that goes
does the wi-fi require other hardware?
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does the wi-fi require other hardware?
If they want to play online (which they are really to young to bother with except maybe the oldest) you need a Wireless internet connection in the house.
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
Not for them to just play with each other, as the DSes just connect to each other.
If they want to play online (which they are really to young to bother with except maybe the oldest) you need a Wireless internet connection in the house.
If they want to play online (which they are really to young to bother with except maybe the oldest) you need a Wireless internet connection in the house.
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
If they want to play online (which they are really to young to bother with except maybe the oldest) you need a Wireless internet connection in the house.
My daughter is 9 years old and a big Animal Crossing nut. I was thinking about getting Wi-Fi, but I'm not certain how it works in the game. Can you, for example, send messages to other players? If so, I'm concerned she might get a message in a bottle from some wacko or something. I only know a little about the game, so is there any reason for concern?
EDIT: (Maybe I should ask this in the Animal Crossing thread, but I'm also kind of curious if any DS game could become - shall we say - "harmful" if you're online. Thanks.)
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Originally Posted by rennervision
May I chime in with a question about this?
My daughter is 9 years old and a big Animal Crossing nut. I was thinking about getting Wi-Fi, but I'm not certain how it works in the game. Can you, for example, send messages to other players? If so, I'm concerned she might get a message in a bottle from some wacko or something. I only know a little about the game, so is there any reason for concern?
My daughter is 9 years old and a big Animal Crossing nut. I was thinking about getting Wi-Fi, but I'm not certain how it works in the game. Can you, for example, send messages to other players? If so, I'm concerned she might get a message in a bottle from some wacko or something. I only know a little about the game, so is there any reason for concern?
In other words, Mark Foley would have to get your kid's unique number by some method other than on the DS in order to get to their town or send them a message in a bottle.
As for the original question, yes, the DS is easily worth the extra money. And some of the DS games are truly the sort of games that parents can get behind in that they make kids think...especially Brain Age, Big Brain Academy, and Clubhouse Games. Add to that the fact that the DS plays every GBA game, and you have probably the best game library...well...ever.
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Originally Posted by rennervision
May I chime in with a question about this?
My daughter is 9 years old and a big Animal Crossing nut. I was thinking about getting Wi-Fi, but I'm not certain how it works in the game. Can you, for example, send messages to other players? If so, I'm concerned she might get a message in a bottle from some wacko or something. I only know a little about the game, so is there any reason for concern?
EDIT: (Maybe I should ask this in the Animal Crossing thread, but I'm also kind of curious if any DS game could become - shall we say - "harmful" if you're online. Thanks.)
My daughter is 9 years old and a big Animal Crossing nut. I was thinking about getting Wi-Fi, but I'm not certain how it works in the game. Can you, for example, send messages to other players? If so, I'm concerned she might get a message in a bottle from some wacko or something. I only know a little about the game, so is there any reason for concern?
EDIT: (Maybe I should ask this in the Animal Crossing thread, but I'm also kind of curious if any DS game could become - shall we say - "harmful" if you're online. Thanks.)
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In general the animal crossing community is the best online community that exists. Everyone is soooooo friendly and fun. But there's a safety built in that people have been mentioning, i.e. she has to physically add someone to her list using a friend code that someone has to give her, you control who comes in and out of your town, so that prevents random weirdos.
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I would comment though that if you are playing any of the GBA pokemon (as you mentioned) games and if they are going to want to trade pokemon with each other. They can only do this with GBA's as the DS does not support the link cable.