Michael Corvin

Neither. You get the iPhone versions which can be found on sale for $.99 cents.

PerryD

Peggle came with both Peggle and Peggle Nights. It would be nice if Bejeweled Twist included Bejeweled 2, and Bookworm included Bookworm Adventures.

PixyJunket

Indeed, it might be good to wait for more details.

shumway

VII has WAY WAY WAY too much backtracking in it. I'm not the speediest RPGer, but, I am known to have average-to-good finishing times and I still have a save with 145 hours, and that is at the end, probably didn't finish all the sidequests either. It tended to get a little dull and repetitive to me, which is rare for RPGs.

PixyJunket

VII is the only Dragon Quest game I don't care for.. possibly including spin-offs.

It's just painfully arduous.

dino88

Hi guys, I have a 5-year-old nephew (a very bright 5, let's say he's 7) who wants a DSi. I don't really know the difference between the two, besides around $40. Can anyone that owns both let me know if my nephew would really use the extra features on the DSi vs. DS Lite?

And if you could, maybe suggest a few games he might enjoy. Some games he likes: Lego Star Wars, Rayman Raving Rabbids, LittleBigPlanet.

Thanks

Brent L

Especially for a five year old, I'm sure he would get tons of fun out of just the camera and audio features that are included. I'm about to go to bed, but you pretty much know that there are a ton of games for the DS that would be just the something he would love to play.

I think it's more than worth the extra money for a DSi, even for a five year old.

dino88

Thanks Brent...

Decker

I have to disagree. My daughter plays with the camera occasionally, but mostly she wants to play the games and since you can do that on the basic model (and since they've gone for as little as $99, you'd probably be fine with that one. The camera is more of a novelty than anything.

PixyJunket

Dragon Quest Wars releases on DSiWare today.

fujishig

So finally upgraded to a router with WPA instead of crappy WEP. The DS still doesn't support WPA, but the DSi does, is that correct?

pinata242

Yes.

PixyJunket

Yes, DSi apps and such work great over WPA but previous games using the old Wi-Fi connection method are still tied to it, regardless. Actually, I don't quite know if any new games have WPA Wi-Fi yet, I'm kind of hoping Space Invaders Extreme 2 does.

pinata242

Whoa, whoa, whoa... DS games can't use WPA on the DSi?

PixyJunket

Older ones, no. They still have the old Wi-Fi code on the carts.

pinata242

God forbid that actually be an API call to the hardware

fujishig

hmm... ok, now I'm glad I asked. It's not like I go online a lot with my DS anyway, but good to know.

Raul3

That sounds really dumb. (Old games not "supporting" WPA)

PixyJunket

Shiren the Wanderer 4 was announced for the DS this week in Japan.

I'll have impressions of DQ Wars in a little but here, I played it for about ten minutes last night (as I spent almost the whole night playing Metroid Prime 2) and it seems like it could be pretty awesome. I don't like grid-based strategy RPGs for their cumbersome micro-management but this one looks to play pretty simple, like a board and card game.

Brent L

This is pretty cool...

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PixyJunket

Yeah, the KORG DS-10 is pretty cool though I find LSDJ a far greater tool for song creation due to the extremely limited number of phrases available on the DS-10. The KORG is stronger as a live instrument, in my opinion. I'm still going to pick up DS-10 Plus at some point but probably for fun, I pretty much plan on sticking with LSDJ for now (hopefully you'll all get to see something pretty cool from me in this regard in a couple of weeks).

ANYWAY, did anybody else get Dragon Quest Wars and want to duel?

I'll hop online when I get home tonight and get my friend code for it.

pinata242

To no one's surprise, Nintendo of Australia confirms that DSiware purchases are tied to the system and not a person. Therefore the only chance you have to move them is to have Nintendo do it for you, but probably not unless you're doing it under warranty and not just an upgrade/color change. No idea what that'll cost when the warranties expire like with the Wii.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/09/30/dsiw...-to-a-new-dsi/

Chris_D

That sucks although considering how crap dsiware has been, I'm unlikely to be bothered by it. Still have my original 10 dollars.

slop101

That's pretty dumb of Nintendo, since a big chuck of GB/DS console sales have been from people buying multiple versions for tiny upgrades, or even in some instances, different colors just to accessorize. If all your games are tied to a single system, no one will want to buy another DSi.

To give you an idea, I've bought:
2 gameboys
1 gameboy color
3 gameboy advance
3 gameboy DS

And I don't even consider myself a huge portable gamer, but I could at least play all my old game on the newer system, now, fuck it.

Baron Of Hell

Anyone playing Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story? if so how you like it.