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And the NDS is great for puzzle games, games such as brain age, magnetica, etc..

yes, the brain games are what it’s all about. And indeed there is a really retro flavour overall.
The most interesting thing about the DS is that it appears to be the first ever console to genuinely appeal to a market which is predominantly aged 20+
I live in London and whenenever I go out on the bus, the tube, train, cafes etc. I see many ds’s pretty much all owned by adults (or kids) in their 20s and 30s. Many children as well, including girls which is good to see!

The PSP does seem to appeal to a predominantly teen market from what i can see, or those who prefer really impressive knock-out graphics. the screen is awesome and the games are probably really fast (i’ve never played on one). It also must be great for watching movies as you can buy [download] them officially for it. I’ve watched a few movies and episodes on the ds and it’s a bit limited as this kind of viewer.
However when it comes to all out versatility the DS wins hands down. I’m very glad that Nintendo have come back and instead of competing against the Sony’s and the Microsofts at their own game have just decimated their limited accessibility and appeal on a wider scale.

As a gamer, I am still however unsatisfied as all the games which come out are still half-arsed compared with the interactive spontaneous and creative nature of a few titles from the past: although we have our electroplanctons and brain games (a true saviour to the dryness of gaming) I’m still feeling a gap left in time by the genius of games like parappa the rapper, vib ribbon, street fighter 2 (or 3 or indeed 4 which has just come out and looks shit hot) decent final fight-style side scrolling games (full metal alchemist ds? jackie chan on the GBA? PLEEEAZE! metal slug DS, final fight 4, godammit! and a proper street fighter or king of fighters while you’re at it!
OK, not every consumer can have exactly what they want. Also i recignise the DS as a new format using less limited input methods - that’s still no reason not to just re-release great games which already exist and would otherwise just slip into obscurity with the noe-geo, super nintendo, sega saturn and other well-loved consoles. I was fairly impressed with the new zelda game even though none of them have yet impressed me further than the original gameboy version (though i’m sure the Wii version is awesome) and mariokart is at last almost perfect on the DS (though not quite as fast as on the Gameboy Advance).
I guess to see the type of games I really want I’d have to make them. After all, the gaming industry started with a bunch of bedroom coding and over a long and dynamic process became the hideous beast that it is today. The nature of the human condition being through our collective dysfunction that on the larger consoles it’s often the most damaging and negative violent games which are going to sell, therefore become popular and well known to da youth. what a waste of time. Thankfully there are obviously a force of programmers and hackers who still produce games and software today - the Nintendo DS being a ripe playground for such activity. As long as we the consumers are taking note of and supporting sub-cultures such as this they will only get stronger - and perhaps when the companies really notice that no-one is buying anything because it’s all rubbish and they can get it for free they will start to take notice that diverse tastes will have to be catered for, along with new ways to feed them. But the question is if no-one is buying anything, how are the market’s tastes determined?
I dunno, it’s all rubbish. Play games, get high, have fun.