DS Shovelware...

[Gregory DG]

Holy cow! I'm aghast at the amount of bad game reviews the DS is getting lately! Ok, I know IGN isn't the greatest, but look how many games since May they've given a score under 6... (There are a lot of 3's in that list!)

 

So what's with the bad scores? Are the publishers just looking for a quick buck? I thought Nintendo touted QUALITY? Darn it, I really wanted Lego Star Wars II.

[Pixelboy]

You should really get a second opinion, or even a third if you can. Video game reviewers have a tendency to let their own personal preferences and expectations cloud their judgement. Don't let a single source of reviews influence your game shopping. At worst, you should try before you buy, and make up your own mind.

[sega saturn x]

I really wanted Lego Star Wars II

than buy it for the 3 dozen other systems it's on.

 

Now before I say this this isn't a DS Vs psp thing. If you got the psp section the reviews are equally terrible. Maybe it's just the time of the year, you know before the big x-mas rush all the crap get's dumped. A lot of the new DS games scream 8 dollar CC bin in four months, mega man and mech assualt are prime examples.

[Gabriel]

I thought Nintendo touted QUALITY?

 

You're kidding, right?

 

::Looks at the tasty bait::

[Jess Ragan]

American developers just don't care about the DS. They want to ride the cutting edge of technology, rather than coming up with new and innovative ideas that take advantage of the system's specialized hardware. That's why the majority of DS games by Western developers are glorified Game Boy Advance titles.

 

JR

[NE146]

I really wanted Lego Star Wars II.

 

Then definitely do NOT get the DS version as it's the dog of the group (although I haven't tried the GBA version). It's different, and it's buggy.

 

Just get Lego Star Wars 2 for the gamecube, or PS2, or xbox, or 360, or if you want it portable.. the PSP. They're all the same game and kick ass

[BydoEmpire]

American developers just don't care about the DS. They want to ride the cutting edge of technology, rather than coming up with new and innovative ideas that take advantage of the system's specialized hardware. That's why the majority of DS games by Western developers are glorified Game Boy Advance titles.

 

JR

Sad but true. Hopefully this will change if the DS continues to sell well.

[sega saturn x]

American developers just don't care about the DS. They want to ride the cutting edge of technology, rather than coming up with new and innovative ideas that take advantage of the system's specialized hardware. That's why the majority of DS games by Western developers are glorified Game Boy Advance titles.

 

JR

Sad but true. Hopefully this will change if the DS continues to sell well.

That's how the west has always been, I don't think the DS or wii will really change that. Needless to say you have to have a little bit of F-chan in you to really enjoy its library.

[figgler]

With some exceptions of course, Japanese developers are always the best on any system. They just seem to have better, more creative ideas than we do over here.

In North America it's almost all licensed gaming. If a company can get the rights, they'll make a game with little regard to its quality.

[sega saturn x]

With some exceptions of course, Japanese developers are always the best on any system. They just seem to have better, more creative ideas than we do over here.

In North America it's almost all licensed gaming. If a company can get the rights, they'll make a game with little regard to its quality.

That is so argueable it isn't even funny, not to mention japan is every bit as bad with tie in garbage we just dont see it because it never comes out here.

[oesii]

The DS had a good run of really fun games starting around the time Mario Kart came out last year and going up to the New Super Mario Bros this year. I've also noticed a lag in good games since then so I wonder if they'll be another round of quality games or if we've seen the best. At least I have 4 or 5 games that I bought and still need to get too (Advance Wars, Prime Hunters, and so on)

[Zeptari1]

So what's with the bad scores? Are the publishers just looking for a quick buck? I thought Nintendo touted QUALITY? Darn it, I really wanted Lego Star Wars II.

 

 

Get the Console version!

 

-Rick

[figgler]

Oh there's another round of quality coming soon.

Zelda Phantom Hourglass (drool) and Final Fantasy 3 are still coming yet. There is a Yoshi's Island sequel I am really looking forward to, and a Mario vs DK sequel too. I thought I heard about a DK King of Swing followup, but I am not sure. First one was great though. Isn't there going to be a Sim City soon? Touch screen Sim City!

 

Oh, don't forget Castlevania Portrait of Ruin

Edited September 21, 2006 by figgler

[sega saturn x]

Oh, don't forget Castlevania Portrait of Ruin

DS GOTY material right here.

[Jess Ragan]

I dunno... it's got stiff competition this year. Final Fantasy III looks like it's going to be one of the best handheld RPGs ever released. Konami seems to agree, delaying the release of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin so the two games won't debut in the same week.

 

JR

[Atarifever]

I thought I heard about a DK King of Swing followup, but I am not sure.

Yeah, it's in Nintendo Power from last month (the one with Rayman on the cover).

[ninjarabbit]

The DS is not even close in quanity of shovelware compared to the 2600, PS1, GBA, and PS2. If anything if I had to pick the best system over the last 12 months I'd say that the DS wins hands down.

 

 

Every system has its stinkers and Nintendo did not make this game so it's not on them.

[keilbaca]

The DS is not even close in quanity of shovelware compared to the 2600, PS1, GBA, and PS2. If anything if I had to pick the best system over the last 12 months I'd say that the DS wins hands down.

 

 

Every system has its stinkers and Nintendo did not make this game so it's not on them.

 

Exactly.

 

IMO LucasArts lost their touch when they made games after the super star wars series for the SNES.

 

Yes I'm including Knights of the old republic into the losing the touch category, I didn't like that game one bit.

[ninjarabbit]

The DS is not even close in quanity of shovelware compared to the 2600, PS1, GBA, and PS2. If anything if I had to pick the best system over the last 12 months I'd say that the DS wins hands down.

 

 

Every system has its stinkers and Nintendo did not make this game so it's not on them.

 

Exactly.

 

IMO LucasArts lost their touch when they made games after the super star wars series for the SNES.

 

Yes I'm including Knights of the old republic into the losing the touch category, I didn't like that game one bit.

 

Come on, the Rogue Squadron games for the N64 and Gamecube were pretty good but most of their other stuff was crap to below average.

[Lord Helmet]

The DS is not even close in quanity of shovelware compared to the 2600, PS1, GBA, and PS2. If anything if I had to pick the best system over the last 12 months I'd say that the DS wins hands down.

 

 

Every system has its stinkers and Nintendo did not make this game so it's not on them.

 

Exactly.

 

IMO LucasArts lost their touch when they made games after the super star wars series for the SNES.

 

Yes I'm including Knights of the old republic into the losing the touch category, I didn't like that game one bit.

 

The Rogue Squadron games were good imho

 

damn! ninjarabbit beat me to it

Edited September 21, 2006 by Lord Helmet

[ninjarabbit]

The DS is not even close in quanity of shovelware compared to the 2600, PS1, GBA, and PS2. If anything if I had to pick the best system over the last 12 months I'd say that the DS wins hands down.

 

 

Every system has its stinkers and Nintendo did not make this game so it's not on them.

 

Exactly.

 

IMO LucasArts lost their touch when they made games after the super star wars series for the SNES.

 

Yes I'm including Knights of the old republic into the losing the touch category, I didn't like that game one bit.

 

The Rogue Squadron games were good imho

 

damn! ninjarabbit beat me to it

 

Great minds think alike

[Atarifever]

The DS is not even close in quanity of shovelware compared to the 2600, PS1, GBA, and PS2. If anything if I had to pick the best system over the last 12 months I'd say that the DS wins hands down.

 

 

Every system has its stinkers and Nintendo did not make this game so it's not on them.

 

Exactly.

 

IMO LucasArts lost their touch when they made games after the super star wars series for the SNES.

 

Yes I'm including Knights of the old republic into the losing the touch category, I didn't like that game one bit.

 

The Rogue Squadron games were good imho

 

damn! ninjarabbit beat me to it

I thought the Rogue Squadron games were boring.

 

Crimson Skies showed what those games should have been like.

Edited September 21, 2006 by Atarifever

[masschamber]

weren't the rogue squadron games developed by factor 5 not lucus arts

plus how is megaman zx shovelware game headed to the clearence bin, if the zero games are any indication it's great

[sega saturn x]

Haters be damned, kotor 1 and 2 are great, and so is rogue squadron and battlefront.

[Video]

BOY, KOTOR IS THE SHIZZLE AND DON"T YOU FORGET IT. J/K

 

Actually, I loved Kotor, never got 2, but I bet it's as good as the first one. But IMO, it's one of the better new star wars games out there. Maybe people didn't like it cause of little space missions (older star wars games were almost exclusively space missions)

 

Anyhow, As for the DS, once people got over the Touch screen and dual screens, it was only a matter of time befor the novelty wore off. After all, not every game that comes out on the thing neads both, ore either. And quiet a few games that use it would be better suited to not using it.

 

Then you got the stuff that was supposed to be on the GBA being loosly ported to the DS, makeing only minimal adjustments to work on it, and what do you have? The games are glorified GBA games.