What about nintendo

[ptr.exe]

Ive always had Nintendo as my first choice for consoles, but now im starting to change my mind. When i first heard about the Rev. i couldnt wait but as time goes on im starting to think more and more that Ninty has completely lost the concept of a target market, the new controller will alienate the casual gamer.

They need to start building a larger consumer base in the home console market, before the GBA was their main cash cow but now with competition from Sony in the hand held market their profits are going to take a hit. Of course they will always make a profit and will always be a competitor but with the current state of the market they cannot afford to innovate, this next gen was a chance for them to take back some ground, but by refusing to comment on forthcoming games and not creating any hype around the new console the mainstream has and will continue to ignore Nintendo.

[shadowprophet]

Damn I finely got online with my psp. I wish somone would have told me how watterd down and overated it was....

[ptr.exe]

Damn I finely got online with my psp. I wish somone would have told me how watterd down and overated it was....

Have you not been online with the DS yet? Mario Kart is awsome especially online, but the fact that you cant choose who to play against really makes it get old quickly, still good though.

[beetroot bertie]

Have you not been online with the DS yet? Mario Kart is awsome especially online

Not yet, but I'm hoping for Mario Kart as a Christmas pressie and if I can get it to work with my router then I'll be there although I've read some negative stuff over at DC Emulation's forums about people 'snaking' all the time which sounds like a bit of a spoiler. As does the lack of options about choosing who to race with. What's the friends list all about then? I take it that only shows if those down in your list are available?

[urmom9388]

I have played mario kart ds online but it us nothing compared to socom for psp online.

[shadowprophet]

Have you not been online with the DS yet? Mario Kart is awsome especially online, but the fact that you cant choose who to play against really makes it get old quickly, still good though.

But im geting mk very soon ,Does anybody know if there is a web browser for the ds.?

[ptr.exe]

bertrude, there are alot of negative aspects - the main one being people switching off once you start beating them, its still good and playing against a human that will be much more sneaky than the crap AI is much more fun.

However, snaking, is not a negative aspect of the game - its part of the game mechanic and i'm sick of people complaining about it. It's difficult to pull off, and requires a bit of skill, personally ive boosted on straights on the SNES, N64 and GC versions and never believed it was cheating, then suddenly its against the rules on the DS.

The friends list is just a list of people that you have played in real life or gotten their code. When you wanna play a game online, you have four options -
friends - search for those in the friends list who are online.
rivals - search for those who are at a similar level to you (based on your stats).
continental - play against those on your continent (what i use most).
worldwide - play against anyone, this takes ages to find opponents.

Hope that helps

[beetroot bertie]

Thanks Ptr. I'm up and running on MK now and my hands are suffering as a result. It really is a rather uncomfy piece of kit to hold.

I'm mananging to do the wiggle boost thing a bit now but it is a little hard to pull off and I end up sliding into the side walls instead. It sometimes seems to take ages searching for competitors too. Do you have that?

If there isn't one already maybe we could have a post of friends numbers is the DS forums for some online play with fellow DCEmu members.