GotGame: Its hard to imagine what hand held gaming would have evolved differently if this one little device had never been released. Would developers have continued to develop the interactive touch screen as a much as they have now? If not, what kind of nuance in gaming mechanics would we have gotten instead?
Space opera fans deserve a chance to experience the vastness of Infinite Space, and Sega needs to make up for its mistake.
I still go back to Infinite Space from time to time. Probably the most underrated game I ever played.
Pac-Pix launched in 2005 as a Nintendo DS exclusive, and deserves to make a comeback on modern touchscreen devices.
The new Nintendo-focused emulator for the iPhone is now available with support for several classic systems.
Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.
I would've missed out on the awesomeness that is Animal Crossing, New Super Mario Bros. and WarioWare.
Being that it is my favorite handheld to date . . .
Most likely 2nd screen gaming wouldn't be as huge as it is now, since the DS really did make the whole idea popular.
Something that bothers me a lot is that consoles and handhelds used to be something different from their predecessors, but if you take a look at all new consoles, they al have recycled content. For example:
3DS is just a DS with 3D.
Wii U has the interface, Miis, and everything that the Wii had, it doesn't have a completely new UI.
PS4 the same as Wii U, it has a lot of sounds and UI elements from PS3
Vita same as PSP, also has same elements of UI and design.
I miss when new consoles meant new everything. New design, new interface, new games, new approach; but now every single console uses the same recycled stuff from previous generations in some way or the other.
Very little, if anything would change.
Thanks to the popularity of the iPhone, we still would have developers looking at the touchscreen and we probably would still have the Vita as it is now. Furthermore, some developers have said they don't know what to do with the Wii U touchscreen, so it seems like every with the DS / 3DS there are people who have no clue what to do. This isn't too surprising, since not every game makes full use of it or we could live completely without.
So if the DS had never came out, then I suppose the PSP and Vita would have had a better chance at being successful and Nintendo might be in a worse financial situation. Though I can't say touchbased gaming would be all that different.