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    Xbox 360's Project Natal

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    But the body movement recognition is honestly the best I've seen even compared to the Wiimote or the EyeToy.

    Uh. That's because it's a target video. It's fake, those people are just acting along with the TV, not vice-versa.

    Also, voice recognition LOL. Every voice-recognizing software I've heard of takes bloody ages to train, and God help you if you have two people who sound a lot alike in your house (my brother, father, and I all sound almost exactly alike).

    So, I'm keeping an eye on it, but not expecting them to deliver on half of what they have shown.

    Nintendo DS

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    are you freaking serious

    we were just talking about how awesome it would be to have a train complete with steampunk in the next Zelda game in remod a few weeks ago

    The problem being, "complete." Trains don't mean steampunk, they're just one element of it. And the trailer shows a large lack of any other steampunk ideas.

    To Buy or Not to Buy A DSi?

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    I heard from someone that the only DSi specific games would be downloads. I hope this is not true; can anyone confirm the existence of retail DSi exclusives?

    About the supposed VC for the DSi: Which would you prefer, if you had to choose only one?

    Being able to play VC games downloaded from the Wii Shop channel on your DSi, or being able to download GB, GBC and GBA game on the DSi Shop?

    Personally, I'd take the downloadable game boy games.

    http://kotaku.com/5184277/nintendo-plans-nintendo-dsi-enhanced-game-cards-with-dsi+only-features

    http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/25/gdc09-dsi-only-and-dsi-enhanced-cards-announced/

    I'll take the DSi exclusives. Oddly enough, only the Joystiq article confirms DSi-only cards.

    To Buy or Not to Buy A DSi?

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    Try itunes. Though when I tried the converter, the AACs seemed to come out bigger than their MP3 versions. :|

    It's a higher-quality compression. As in, it's bigger, but has better quality if you're transferring in from FLAC or straight recording. Converting from MP3 to AAC won't improve the quality, obviously.

    I'm kind of annoyed they didn't at least include OGG Vorbis format, though. Maybe in a firmware update...

    Also, thank you for approaching the topic so objectively. I didn't know about the RAM upgrade until you mentioned it.

    To Buy or Not to Buy A DSi?

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    Not having a GBA slot is a legitimate complaint. Backwards compatibility is one of the Game Boy family's biggest draws (though the DS original/lite can't play original Game Boy or Game Boy Color games, right? So I guess if you care about those then you'd need to bring along another system anyway). It may not matter to you, but it certainly matters to some other people, and it's not unreasonable of them to be unhappy with a feature being removed from a supposed upgraded version of the hardware.

    My complaint isn't so much that they're annoyed by its removal so much as that they want to act like it's some huge deal; if you play your GBA that much, why get rid of it? I still have my GBA and DS, and when I get a DSi I won't be getting rid of either. If I want to play a GBA game, I'll bust out either of them. I just don't understand how people seem so locked into the mentality of only keeping one handheld at a time.

    I mean, I have no intention of just quitting playing my GBA games (I didn't put 60 hours into FFVA just to ignore its existence), but getting a DSi won't suddenly stop me from being able to play it. Of course, to each their own situation, but calling the DSi a "ripoff" just because one doesn't have any personal use for it is juvenile.

    To Buy or Not to Buy A DSi?

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    I guess our poor state of existence doesn't make to someone like you. He's right guys! We should just bring 2 different systems with us whenever we go on a trip.

    Though it's funny you should make an appeal to being "poor" considering I just said I skipped out on the DSLite and saved that money instead.

    That, and who really still plays GBA games all the time, alongside their DS games? If it's a short trip, just go without it (or, oh God, you might actually end up carrying an extra few ounces in your bag). Complaining about having to take two handhelds is a bullshit, whiny argument. If it means enough to you to be able to play both, then take both. If it doesn't, don't.

    Hey, we could also encourage Nintendo's increasing slant towards pleasing the casual market while simultaneously neglecting the hardcore market that's supported them for years. Kill 2 birds with one stone! :<

    I have no words for the stupidity of this statement.

    (...)the d-pad and buttons have improved exponentially over the other DS models.(...)

    Forgot to mention this earlier, but when I was using my coworker's DSi I noticed this too. Feels great.

    To Buy or Not to Buy A DSi?

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    The DSi is a textbook example of a ripoff. I'm not blowing my cash on a barely upgraded system that tacks on a useless camera and takes away my GBA slot.

    I could get really ticked off about it if I obsess too much...

    Yes, that makes perfect sense. It's a ripoff because it offers upgraded functionality for those of us to whom the DS Lite seemed like a ripoff, so it must be a ripoff too, right?

    I still don't understand this obsession with the GBA slot. Move on, people! If you seriously can't, just buy a freaking used GBASP off eBay or something!

    Of course, my interest in the SD slot is different from most people's - as a programmer, I'm interested in running homebrew code on it...

    To Buy or Not to Buy A DSi?

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    Excuse the noob question, but I haven't bought a handheld since I bought my GBA. What exactly is the difference between a standard DS and a DS Lite? Is it something earth-shattering like the difference between GBA and GBA SP, or something relatively minor, more akin to the difference between the Brick and the Game Boy Pocket?

    http://images.google.com/images?q=nintendo+ds+phat

    http://images.google.com/images?q=nintendo+ds+lite

    DS Lite has a brighter screen and is smaller.

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