Finger Trouble
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Nintendo, DSi, launch | Themes: Digital Entertainment
4. Finger Trouble
Since the DSi is first and foremost a handheld gaming console, we tried it out on Lord of the Rings: Conquest. This recent Nintendo handheld title has a highly developed 3D engine.
Short travel
The larger display size is a plus. It gives you good immersion into the game without having to hold the console too close. But once the game starts and your fingers are on the buttons, you notice another new design feature: the controls have been shaved down. By that we mean that the buttons are lower than they are on the Lite version. And they also produce a “click” at each press and are harder to press than they were before.
Fingertip control?
Game play was a disappointment. The travel of the buttons is too short. While that’s not too much of a problem with the A, B, X, Y, L, and R buttons, it proves to be a handicap with the directional pad. You’ll be surprised if you’re used to playing with your thumbs stuck to the controls.
It’s no longer possible to operate all the buttons cleanly, and we especially had trouble with the back direction on the directional pad. The reason for the change is simple: after the battery shrinkage, it was another way for Nintendo to reduce the console’s thickness. It’s a design choice we’re not sure we would have made.
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Good right up
Does anyone have a link to an article about this? My curiosity has been spiked
What's with the Last page being nothing but a link to stupid Ads that have nothing (as opposed to "more on this subject") to do with the story? Geez...aren't there enough already embedded in each of these pages?
Thank you so much, but I stay with my beloved PSP!
And I tell you: I really don't care how much more units had Nintendo sold in comparison to PSP...
That's just due the price difference (or at least it was...)
PSP always had a better graphical quality thanks to its ONLY ONE screen and was (is) a PMP right out of the box since its first version... (as everybody alrealdy knows - Yeah, I know that but it had to be said...)
PSP 4 Ever!
Does anyone have a link to an article about this? My curiosity has been spiked
It is known as the Twilight Hack, it's been around for a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Hack
Wow, even he PSP seem like a good deal now. Anyway I pre-order mine and should arrive any minute now... any minute
the elimination of the gba port means that nintendo has killed the gameboy series, which is good because now there exists a new product line, the ds series. the gba served as a bridge for gba owners to shift to the ds system and it worked as there are now 100 million ds systems that have been sold.
it is not competing with the psp. the psp's competition is the ipod's series of products. the psp is a multimedia device and the ipod is a multimedia device. but the dsi isn't a multimedia device.
I still don't understand what this is.
It's a revamp of the previous console, with more issues, lost functionality, and even more gimmicks added on?
Nintendo is doing it's best to piss me off. I'm going with a PSP.
I'm with Tindytim on this.
If Nintendo kills the DS Lite and makes the DSi the defacto DS, then I will go with the PSP. The DSi is nothing but a bid to grab more money. You'd think selling 100 million+ units would be enough for them to do something to give back to that loyalty and enthusiasm(like listen to their fans/users and release more A+ titles!!), but nooooo, we get this craptastic update (a 0.3 megapixel camera?!? on a $170 handheld?! WTH?!)
I'm seriously hoping that the rumor of a 4th version of the PSP with a slide-out touchscreen isn't a rumor and Sony brutally takes back most of the handheld market share. The loads of shovelware and poor quality big name titles (Zelda Phantom Hourglass ugh...,etc.) is bad enough, but this?....
Oh yeah, LONG LIVE GAME BOY ADVANCE GAMES!!!
I don't care whether a GBA slot is their or not. I never play GBA games. FULL STOP.
I'm not moving to another handheld either ... MARIO KART IS TOO GOOD.