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The Nintendo DS provides users with a unique game-play experience using features never before offered by any other home console or hand-held game system. This portable personal entertainment and communications unit provides owners with new perspectives on dual screens, new control using both touch and voice and new connections with two kinds of wireless game play. It's a newfound canvas on which developers can express their creativity. With its two screens, Nintendo DS instantly shows its innovative face. But capabilities like a touch-screen input, voice recognition and wireless communication set it apart from every other game device, and again demonstrate Nintendo's passion for groundbreaking originality.
MSRP $129.99
Release date November, 2004
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MSRP $129.99
Released June, 2006
Pros
- Redesigned to be lighter, sleeker, and easier to use
- Incredible battery life
- Can play GameBoy Advance games
Cons
- Purchase of extra cart required for web browsing
- Lots of bad games crowd out the many
good games.
- Cannot play Gameboy and Gameboy Color games
Nintendo DS
0%
vs.
Nintendo DS Lite
100%
MSRP $169.99
Released April, 2009
Pros
- Thinner/lighter form factor over DS Lite
- Larger screen than DS Lite
- Built-in web browser
Cons
- Graphics power still lacking compared to PSP and modern smart-phones
- Removed GBA slot which eliminating compatibility with games such as Guitar Hero
- Only 0.3 megapixel camera...really?
Nintendo DS
0%
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Nintendo DSi
100%
MSRP $249.99
Released March, 2005
Pros
- Has a built in web browser which can connect from wireless hot spots.
- Able to connect to a computer through USB to play and view videos, music and photos in certain formats.
- Easily upgradeable firmware over WiFi
Cons
- The screen has a tendency to become scratched or smudged easily
- fragile UMDs
- T9 text input could be cumbersome
Nintendo DS
33%
vs.
Sony Playstation Portable
67%
Reviews
January 8, 2009
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Backward compatibility with Nintendo Gameboy Advance games.
- Large selection of games
- Large selection of high quality educational software
Cons
- Original model can be too large/thick for most regular pockets.
- Game styles mainly limited to educational and teen
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April 16, 2009
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Backward compatibility with Nintendo Gameboy Advance games.
- Large selection of games
Cons
- Original model can be too large/thick for most regular pockets.
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April 8, 2009
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Backward compatibility with Nintendo Gameboy Advance games.
- Large selection of games
- Large selection of high quality educational software
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July 21, 2009
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Backward compatibility with Nintendo Gameboy Advance games.
- Superb battery life
- Numerous DS-exclusive games
Cons
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May 6, 2009
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Large selection of games
- Large selection of high quality educational software
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February 23, 2008
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Backward compatibility with Nintendo Gameboy Advance games.
Cons
- Original model can be too large/thick for most regular pockets.
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March 27, 2007
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Backward compatibility with Nintendo Gameboy Advance games.
Cons
- Original model can be too large/thick for most regular pockets.
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May 24, 2009
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Pros
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Large selection of games
- Superb battery life
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August 14, 2007
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
- Backward compatibility with Nintendo Gameboy Advance games.
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March 28, 2007
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Pros
- Innovative Touch Screen Control
- Cheaper than Competing Handheld (PSP)
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- Original model can be too large/thick for most regular pockets.
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