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January 13, 2005

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Jay

I have to admit, the Nintendo DS came with a demo chip of Metroid Prime 2 and I've yet to even take it out of it's case. I played it a bit at Wal-Mart and couldn't figure out how to look down, and I was getting chewed on my some nasties so I just gave up. I've been playing Super Mario World blah blah blah and I'm not having as much fun as I thought I would on it. I've never been a big Mario person, but it looked kinda fun from the box cover. I guess I should have studied up more on the DS games before going out and getting it. I think I wouuld have been fine with a Gameboy Advance.

SuperPope

Hey, I never really recommended you buy it, I just told you the pros and cons. I haven't seen any games for the DS that interested me at all yet. Handheld gaming doesn't really excite me. If I were still a school kid I'd probably have asked for one for Christmas. As it is, why would I want to sit around the house playing N64 quality games on a tiny screen when I could be playing GameCube games on my TV?

At any rate, it should play GBA games well, too. Have you tried it? Get Metroid Zero Mission or Metroid Fusion. Both are excellent old-school sidescrolling Metroid games for the GBA. Zero Mission is a revamp of the original NES Metroid game with extra stuff...very cool.

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  • Ravi Zacharias: Can Man Live Without God?

    Ravi Zacharias: Can Man Live Without God?
    An amazing book that makes the case for God not by citing the Bible or great theologians, but by analyzing the philosophies of famous atheists and showing their flaws.

  • C. S. Lewis: Mere Christianity

    C. S. Lewis: Mere Christianity
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