DS cards...small little suckers

[dork]

Smaller than the GBA carts?? That's insane!!

http://www.planetgamecube.com/media/ev006016625.jpg

http://www.planetgamecube.com/media/ev006016625.jpg

[C.J.]

Link doesn't work for me.

[Cofey]

^Yeah me neither.

[neo999955]

A working link:
http://media.gameboy.ign.com/articles/517/517932/img_2150137.html

[Cofey]

Thanks Neo. They look like N-Gage games.

[C.J.]

I hope I don't break the little buggers.

[Rabunis]

I hope I don't choke on them

[dncardman]

I hope i'll be able to find them in the boxes they come in when you buy um.

[Serene Samus]

Look like memory cards. Except smaller.

[alpha]

Seems cheaper.

[Pro A.]

What the hell? That's smaller than my thumb!

[Bloodman]

im gonna accidentily loose it in my hand, possibly between my index and middle finger!!!!!!!

[The Dude]

Damn, thats like small as a Compact Flash card

[speed stick]

I like it. Smaller is better to a point.

http://pocketmedia.ign.com/pocket/image/article/517/517932/sexy-hands-on-nintendo-ds-images-20040521010405709.jpg

http://pocketmedia.ign.com/pocket/image/article/517/517932/sexy-hands-on-nintendo-ds-images-20040521010403100.jpg

I love these pictures. The DS is so.....pretty.

[dork]

i apologize for posting a non-working link. thanks neo999955, for the good link. and thanks speedick for those nice pics.

[bobo_ess]

Holy crap that is small!i!i

[Relient J]

Isn't it backwards compatible with GBA games? Were do you connect them? Is there a seperate slot?

[GTATrumpet]

Yeah its on the bottem.

[Greg]

they make them small so you will loose and have to buy another one

[Serene Samus]

The DS is going to be so cool. I can't wait. Does anyone know exactly how big it will be?

[Cofey]

they make them small so you will loose and have to buy another one
I have and N-Gage, and the games are smaller than that, and I haven't lost any yet *knocks on wood*
Really, don't worry about it, you won't lose them. Just keep them somewhere you'll remember, like a desk drawer or something, and don't take them out unless you want to play them.

[ScratchedAt]

Were you drunk when you bought this "N-Gage"

Damn..and they're gonna put games as high calibur as Mario 64x4 on that shit...

Wow...

[JackieChanIsGOD]

They're about 128 megs... or 120... something like that...

[majik ninja]

I've lost 3 GBA games, this spells trouble for me.

[speed stick]

^I only ever had 2 GBA games and sold them. When I first saw the N-Gage I thought it was going to be okay, but the graphics are shit. Hands Down the DS crushes all competition.

[disrupter006]

now what if they used this technology but used a gbalike cartrage (and use the extra space to increase memory or w/e they need to)?

[Michael]

They could even make the current DS cartrage more powerful...they were planning on doing if for the 64, that's the one advantage of the cartrage systems...

[Cofey]

Were you drunk when you bought this "N-Gage"
Hahaha, no I wasn't. I had a lot of money last summer. I was in EB looking at the ads and the manager showed me his, which he got for free, and I was suckered into buying one. It really isn't as bad as everyone says. It's not great for gaming, but it's a cool device. I didn't have a cell phone or MP3 player, and I really wanted both, and it also plays video games, so I figured hey why not, and I'm still happy with it.

[Bloodman]

I just thought of something, how is nintendo gonna put the picture for games on those thing, they're so tiny? Imagine trying to read the game title on that thing!!

[majik ninja]

I just thought of something, how is nintendo gonna put the picture for games on those thing, they're so tiny? Imagine trying to read the game title on that thing!!
That sir, spells trouble

[ScratchedAt]

Gollum? Does it make you feel cool to have a big silver taco up to your ear as you talk?

lol

[Cofey]

Yes, as a matter of fact it does :rotate:

[Bloodman]

I never figured out how to use an n-gage. What if someone calls you while your playing a game?

[Cofey]

If you're playing a game or listening to music it automatically pauses when you get a call.

[Gopherchux]

they look like flash card/cartridge hybrids. They look solid, but in the shape of a flash card. I like it.

[Fiend]

if my mom saw how small these things are, she wouldnt be so quick to buy any games for it. you should of seen her face when i showed her what she just spent 30$ on for a gameboy advance game.

[Cobra Commander]

Think of the older GBA. It will be just a lil bigger and it will open up. Thats the closest I can explain the size.

[MagicJuggler]

The joys of miniaturization. Whom knows, by the time the next handheld comes out, the cartridge will be the size of a coin :question:

[Greg]

^I'd lose em reall fast then

[Spatula]

this screams "SPATULA IS GOING TO LOSE" at me.

[majik ninja]

Nintendo is doing this on purpose so we'll have no choice but to buy another copy of the games we lose :mad:

EDIT: Oops I just posted the same thing as Wraith, my bad didn't realize he posted it.

[GleefulFarewell]

You guys...you wont lose em...they come with this type of box...that you keep em in...and the labels will be on the boxes...

[GleefulFarewell]

You guys...you wont lose em...they come with this type of box...that you keep em in...and the labels will be on the boxes...

If you want to see the boxes
Go Here- http://share.shutterfly.com/action/share/view?i=EeANmzZq4Zsmj_w&pg=1&sm=0&sl=0

-LOOK AT PICTURE CIMG0314.JPG (its the first picture on the page)

The boxes are the silver boxes that say Nintendo DS on them...

[Shoxx]

Wow, those are much smaller than I thought they'd be.

[Michael]

Nintendo should double the size, so it will have over 2 gigs on a single card...

[Shoxx]

Eh, won't happen.

[Serene Samus]

I like the small cartrages. It's great how you can put so many things in something that small. Which is why the GCN is so cool. And so are the disks. I love them. Smaller is better. Except in on case, where bigger is always better.

[fenderbass021]

those little muhfuckers are small! i love those pics of the DS though, it is so sweet looking i want one so bad, whats the MSRP gonna be or does anyone know?

[Thordain]

If you can fit five of something in your asshole it's too small. Oh well, I've yet to lose a single GBA game, so I'll be fine. I'll keep them in my GCN's modem port, not like it's going to get any use.

[Shoxx]

MSRP is rumored to be somewhere between $150-$200. But we're not expecting anything over that.

I like, too, how so much can be fit on something that small. For such a small package, it delivers a lot, as far as graphics and things go.

[Dwhitten]

Looks like i'm going to be losing my games quicker.

[Glenn2K4]

i like em' :)

[brudaman]

holy shit thats so smalll!

yea ur gonna lose those like that *snap*




like THAT I say *snap*!!!1111!!!!!111

[dork]

i can store them in my wife's birth control case

[dncardman]

^lmao..........what?

[Spartan 04]

They aren't THAT small. In height they are the same as the GBA cartridges, only in length they are smaller. If you look at one of the pics, you can see a comparison between the two. Plus I never lose my GBA games. Since they are smaller I just buy some old Game Boy cases, so I can keep my games in them. Simple. I'll probably do the same for the DS.

[Haris]

I think the size of the DS is too big to be a good portable handheld.

[Michael]

people do get fooled with the size of the handheld...mostly because many people on the net use pasted pictures of the ds and a hand...
http://www34.brinkster.com/generationixd/hey-joe-what-do-you-know-20040625060402520.jpg
This is fake...and it appears alot bigger then it really is..I'll have the real size in a sec...but it will fit in your pocket, just not like the sp....and another thing is that the design isn't finalized, so it could end up being smaller then this, but not bigger because they already smashed it down in that case.

[Haris]

Where are you going to get the actual size and how do you know it's reliable?

[Serene Samus]

Isn't the change on the DS going to be, like, an extra slot for the stylus? Pathetic, if that's true. I don't mind the design, but I think it can look a lot sw33ter.

[Michael]

Where are you going to get the actual size and how do you know it's reliable?
I'm going to get screen shots from E3, so you know the size already...besides, look at the detail in the picture...you'll notice that the detail is very rich for portable, it's to rich and deep...the picture was taken from a high end TV or a plasma screen...and from a reliable one of my sources
The screens on the Nintendo DS will be 3 inches each, about the size of an existing GameBoy screen
- seattlepi
Now, the Sp is is big enough to hold one screen at the bottom, and the other on top...and the size for closed or open the exact same as Sp, making the hand in the picture to small to ever be real...now when you add the buttons and Dpad on the side you will get approximatly 1 1/2 inches added to it on each side..I really couldn't find a picture, but I'll keep looking...

Edit: btw, the outline of the ds is about the size of sp...the black part in the middle...but it's still not really as big as the sp...

Now looks at the picture I posted of the sp...you really can complain about the ds as much...unless your hand is small...you will still be able to hold the Ds in one hand...I hope you people see that...

[Virtual]

Damn, those are small!!!

I'd probably end up losing them...although I haven't lost any GBA games yet...

Those look like a compact flash or smart media card....

[=NukeBlaze=]

More accurately, a Secure Digital Flash card, which they are base off of.

Look and observe.

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=20-160-018-06.jpg/20-160-018-05.jpg

[Haris]

I'm going to get screen shots from E3, so you know the size already...besides, look at the detail in the picture...you'll notice that the detail is very rich for portable, it's to rich and deep...the picture was taken from a high end TV or a plasma screen...and from a reliable one of my sources

Now, the Sp is is big enough to hold one screen at the bottom, and the other on top...and the size for closed or open the exact same as Sp, making the hand in the picture to small to ever be real...now when you add the buttons and Dpad on the side you will get approximatly 1 1/2 inches added to it on each side..I really couldn't find a picture, but I'll keep looking...

Edit: btw, the outline of the ds is about the size of sp...the black part in the middle...but it's still not really as big as the sp...

Now looks at the picture I posted of the sp...you really can complain about the ds as much...unless your hand is small...you will still be able to hold the Ds in one hand...I hope you people see that...
Oh. Cool.

[________]

PSP Fanboys Burn in Hell :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[dork]

now that's not very nice...

[Spartan 04]

Since when do we care about being nice?

[Bkbro429]

MSRP is going to be $179 (esitmated), and the carts are the same size as a compact flash, no wait, a MultiMedia Card.... they are small, so just keep them in their case.

[Glenn2K4]

thats a good competitive price. the DS will be mine at launch.



i miss the good ol' days when you got a free game bundledwith your console purchase

[Bkbro429]

Yeah :(

Old GB, and Tetris. DS is also mine at launch!

[________]

I'll have to wait till christmas.

[Bkbro429]

A lot of people probably will.

[dork]

i got mine today, i love it

[Bkbro429]

Whats our reaction suppose to be to that?

[________]

Our reaction should be
:spam:

[X2_revolution]

Smaller than the GBA carts?? That's insane!!

http://www.planetgamecube.com/media/ev006016625.jpg

http://www.planetgamecube.com/media/ev006016625.jpg

The N-Gage and Zodiac both use smaller cards than the GBA...so what is so insane about the DS using smaller cards. I just looks like Nintendo jumped on the band wagon of using flash memory.