Nintendo DS: Best System Ever?

A side-effect of the console war mentality on gamers is that everyone's expected, on some level, to identify with a system as a particular favorite. In this hardware generation I acquired all the systems one by one, and I've enjoyed games for all of them. Yet, between bursts of activity, they mostly sit in the entertainment center, quietly gathering dust.

[Danja]

The PS2 might have a something to say about that title...

[Brian5247]

Not while the PSP is on the market.

[leon76]

Agree 100%...It's incredible how can a bunch of guys could even ask this dumb question!!! Whithout doubt, PSP have the best games and total best funcionalities than the ds, so is BETTER console than the ds...you know, sales are not synonimous of quality!!!!!!
In respect of comparing with other consoles, in particularity with home consoles, this question is completly nonsense and almost out of reality, so stupid it is!!!!

[TheHater]

I use to think that the Super Nintendo was the greatest every. Until like 2 years ago, when I had my PS2 for 5 years. And with all the great games I played on that system, it will go down as the greatest every until another system dethrone it.

Plus it all a matter of opinions anyway.

[ChrisGTR1]

best portable... yes. best console goes to ps1

[Gitaroo]

most innovative maybe, the wii is just trying to be like the DS. Best? not even close. PSP + custom firmware and all the emulators and homebrews are 1000 times more fun than DS.......

[thor]

April fool! lol

[PS360WII]

Only a fool would argue this. Well really best system out as of now, for the best system ever is the snes.

[TheJBag]

not to sound fanboyish, because im not one.

but if it is in terms of portable, the PSP wins hands down.

I am running 3.90 m33 -5
If you count custom firmware then the psp wins.
i have the ability to play virtually any game ever made up on any console until the ps1.

i would take that any day over a touchscreen.

[tehReaper]

3.90 m33-5? You mean 3.90 m33-3? There is no 5 yet.

:P

But yeah, a cfw PSP is pretty much amazing.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 2]

NO! Move along!!! ;-D

[TheJBag]

oh yeah lol, i had 3.80m33-5 for a long time so got used to saying it

[WINZLOW]

can kick that ds's arse any day.

[Hellgiver]

I haven't used my DS since Pokemon Diamond/Pearl came out. I don't see myself using it again till Tactics 2 comes out. It really just doesn't have enough interesting qualities for me. I use my PSP's internet radio a LOT, and I use all my homebrew, emulators, and videos on it a good bit. As far as the best console ever? Hrmmm, my order would probably go

1. SNES
2. PSOne
3. PS2
4. 360
5. Genesis (if the 360 had no online, Genesis would be above it)
And PSP could be thrown in there at any point, since it is handheld. I just don't think I could put it above a 4, since there are waaaay too many good memories in those older systems. My DS? It may be my 4th favorite handheld console.

1. PSP
2. GBA
3. GB (when it first came out it was amazing)
4. DS
5. Game Gear (If it had more games, it would have been probably #3, because the graphics for that time were amazing, and sonic on handheld=win)

I just don't find it THAT great. It has nice features like pictochat and being able to talk to people while playing over wifi, but I still enjoyed others more back in their time.

[Shadow Flare]

DS may sell the most units by its no way the best console. Yes it is innovative. But i would argue the psp is even more innovative, i mean do you know how many things the psp can do? And its just better all round and it sickens me that alot of people don't see that.

[WINZLOW]

Bubbles for the J bag and Hellgiver for their abilities to play anygame on their psp. i just joined that club about a month ago and im f*cking loving it too !!! i have my buddy working on different applications to play 360 games as well but there would not be too many titles to want from that console. regardless we cant get ps2, ps3, or 360 titles until a second joystick is installed on the next psp. man doesnt sony recognize this issue ?????? well by the time when that does come out, i will buy one and hack it myself because i pretty much have everything i need on my slim.

[PS360WII]

saying a handheld is better because you can use emulators does not make it a better handheld really it just points to the fact that you don't want to play the actual games made just for it. You buy a Sony product so you can play games from a Nintendo line up...

With two screens and touch tech the DS offers experiences that can't be done on another product. Sure PSP can play ps1 games on down but I can get an R4 card for the DS and do the same thing.

Plus the actual games for the DS far outweight the actual games for the PSP. You know how you say why have a 360 if you have a PC well why have a PSP if you have a PS2? Yes PSP has games you can't find on the PS2 but the 360 has games you can't find on PC as well.

DS is an amazing handheld and has some of and continues to get some of the greater titles out there. You're only fooling yourself out of great gaming if you hate on the DS.

[anonymousAJA]

Some DS games are good but I really do not think that they are greater than the PSP library. DS games are reminiscent of old PC point-and-click adventures. Those games are good but come on they are not the greatest. And trauma center and cooking mama have the same quality of flash games for crying out loud. The only game I think that might be a greater game is Zelda. Other than that all games are pretty damn similar to what you can play at an internet cafe.

[PS360WII]

You are forgetting that the 3rd parties actually like this Nintendo product specially Square Enix who continuosly pushes the system further and further ahead with it's many titles. RPGs, action, adventure, puzzle, point and click like you talked about, fun games, mini collections, shooters, platform. Every genre be it casual or hardcore of hardcore is found in full on the DS collection.

[anonymousAJA]

Yes but the games are nothing special. You make it sound as though the DS games were an accomplishment of god himself. It is true that the DS does have a lot of variety but its not something we haven't seen elsewhere. You can argue that the PSP games are nothing but PS2 games but I don't see ANY DS games with the type of depth and artistic storytelling like God of War, Daxter, and FFVII CC. I see more simplistic games that are meant to be enjoyed in small doses rather than actual gaming accomplishments. Even the DS' adventure games feel like they are tacked on minigames with a portion of running around in between. The fact is that DS games lack the large scale awe and wonder of the kind of game worlds the PSP brings or any console equivalent. There are places to enjoy retro, remakes, simple, and short games, and the DS is not the only one. And I doubt I will see games on the DS the likes of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus which are such masterpieces. The closest thing to that in a moving way is a game that Nintendo is banning because of Nazi references. DS is not the best system EVER nor the best handheld ever. It has good games but nothing that just stands out in the sense that it is immersible and intriguing. The difference between the PSP and the DS can be summed up as the comparison of the Lord of the Rings books , which bring depth just like the PSP, and a book of short stories for kids, it entertains in the most basic aspect and lacks depth just like the DS.

[PS360WII]

FFCC: Rings of Fate has more depth than Crisis Core I have and played both of them. Not to meantion Reverent Wings is an excellent RPG RTS style. God of War is a shortened PS2 verion and Daxter is a decent platformer but don't compete with Ninja Gaiden, Contra 4, Sim City DS, and yes even the casual games like New Super Mario Bros. Better graphics doesn't make the PSP a better handheld then the DS

[Hellgiver]

Really, the only game I played that made great use of the stylus and that I fully enjoyed would be Touch the Dead. Luckily, Pokemon D/P came out, and FFTA2 will be coming out soon, which are all reason enough for me to have a DS. I just find the PSP games for it a lot more fun, and all the extra things it can do to make it a better choice for a handheld console.

[redninja]

No.