Final Fantasy III for the Nintendo DS

[DPDarkPrimus]

Slightly off-topic, but yes, Ouendan is greasy sweet. Even if you do have to import it.

As I said.... I have my DS Lite hooked up to my home theater system.

I need to record myself playing and put it on Youtube.

OUENDAN!

Okay, now, to make this not totally off-topic...

RARE (= GOOD) DS GAMES:
Advance Wars DS
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Phoenix Wright - getting a rerelease 9/10


Good games for playing with people (with a lot of DS games, you only need one cart for multiplayer):
Tetris DS (It's TETRIS!)
Mario Kart DS (It's MARIO KART!)
Metroid Prime: Hunters (Best portable deathmatch since Faceball!)
Meteos (TETRIS-ESQUE!)

Other good games:
New Super Mario Bros
Kirby Canvas Curse
Lost in Blue
Trace Memory


Do you like Opera? The Nintendo DS Browser just hit Japan. No support for flash, and don't expect to be loading graphic-intensive pages blazingly-fast, but it is by all accounts better than the PSP browser. No US release date yet, but it's import-friendly and won't run you more than the usual import cartridge.

WHERE TO BUY IMPORTS FROM:
Play Asia
Yes Asia
Lik-Sang

[SAMAS]

Oh, for a good GBA game, get Drill Dozer. It's $9.99 at Best Buy, and is a fun creative little platformer with a built-in Rumble Pak.

Oooh, I loved Drill Dozer!

Can you belive the game is made by the same dudes who did Pokemon?

I also recommend:
Gunstar Super Heroes/Advanced Guardian Heroes -- Not as good as the originals, but damn fun.

River City Ransom EX -- If this game had two-player, it would have been perfect.

Rebelstar Tactical Command -- An X-COM tribute by the guys who made X-COM. For some odd reason, it shares a strategy guide with...

Sigma Star Saga -- A Shooter/Adventure/RPG hybrid with an intresting story.

[Praxis]

...what? You don't like any other DS game?

Not enough to actually buy the damn thing, no.

That's sad.

New Super Mario Bros? Mario Kart DS? Tetris DS? Metroid Prime: Hunters? And the upcoming games like Zelda, Final Fantasy III, and MegaMan ZX? I'm only listing a tiny fraction of the good games. At this rate by next year I'll have more DS games than GameCube...

[XaLEv]

Anyone know the significance of the small u?

[Praxis]

They can't put those cinematics on the DS. It can't be possible. It's a handheld...

Check out the MegaMan ZX anime cutscenes and Metroid Prime Hunters cutscenes. It's doable.

Super Mario Bros 64 DS looks BETTER than Super Mario 64. Ask Utsanomiko if you don't believe me- he was freaking out over how many more polygons the Goombas and Mario was, and how much better the textures were.

Mario 64 DS has higher poly counts but lacks texture filtering (because the DS hardware lacks it). So all the models look better, but if you walk right up to a wall, the wall looks worse than on the 64.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Anyone know the significance of the small u?

That'd make it "arukuu," right?

Maybe just another example of shoddy romaji rendering.

[XaLEv]

I've never seen a vowel lengthened that way. It's always been either a full size vowel or long dash. The only time I've ever seen a small vowel used is to change the vowel of the preceding kana, but I doubt that's the case here.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

DPDP says that he's seen that done a few times.

[DPDarkPrimus]

DPDP says that he's seen that done a few times.

Don't ask me WHY they do it, they just do.

[MonCapitan2002]

Is anyone else looking forward to this?

Offical website

Go and watch the Movie. The trailer is spectacular, and they no doubt WILL have cinematics at that quality on the cart. But even if they DIDN'T, oh man, the graphics!

Gamestop has the US street date at November 1st. I've already pre-ordered.

I have every intention of getting the game when it comes out here.