My sister-in-law called me the other day to ask if she should get a DS for her son, who's 6. He has a GBA and loves it. I told her that the DS was fun to play, but was probably marketed to an older crowd - the Pictochat software seems to gear more towards the middle/high school age at the minimum (although I know dozens of perfectly well-adjusted grown-ups who got one, and love it). Although the DS plays all GB sofrtware, I suggested that she get him a GBA:SP since he can only play the GBA with that ridiculous light contraption, and he's got little hands anyway. The SP might be more suited for his needs, since its backlit, and to be honest, the GBA game cartridges, though small, are still big compared to the teeny DS game cards.
To top it off, I played with a DS for a little bit the other day, and I think the control is brilliant, but it's not as simply intuitive as the GBA. The touch screen and dual screens will provide some pretty interesting new dynamics for game interaction, but for a 1st grader, I think the GBA:SP is probably good enough. - Jim Raymond Camden wrote: >Any thoughts so far? Frankly, it worries me that Nintendo isn't >calling this the new Gameboy. It seems odd that they would have 2 >different hand held product lines, so I'm avoiding buying this for >now. > >-r > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137772 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
