Comments on: If DS=Double Screen, Nintendo needs some new talent

By: sugoimonkey

sugoimonkey — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It sounds like the games are going to pretty much be the same thing, just with two screens.

Looks like we are going to get screwed again! FUN FUN FUN.

By: Harisn

Harisn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Imagine the possibilities! We could be looking at the front of something while AT THE SAME TIME looking at the back of something!
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Why don’t they just make one big screen with higher quality?

By: PawelMaji

PawelMaji — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Double the screens, double the fun!
Why should PC users be the only ones to have dual monitors action!?

By: PawelMaji

PawelMaji — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Nintendo is so going the way of Sega.

By: sugoimonkey

sugoimonkey — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think double posting is a bannable offense.

By: sugoimonkey

sugoimonkey — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think double posting is a bannable offense.

By: wedge55

wedge55 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It’s the Virtual Boy all over again. I’m sure there will be some interesting first part support for the DS, but I don’t see many third party developers embracing something so painfully gimmicky. It seems just like GameCube-Game Boy connectivity, something Nintendo claims is the future of gaming, capable of producing new, exciting experiences, when ultimately it’s nothing more than a simple gimmick blown out of proportion. Honestly, there’s nothing you can do with two screens that you cannot do with one.

By: PawelMaji

PawelMaji — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Not neccessarily, The virtual boy sucked so bad it even caused pain in the form of headaches for consumers unlucky to have played one.

I have to agree with double screens being too gimmicky. The benefit of having double screens is multitasking. But in videogames, that’s pointless because my attention will be where the action is and I don’t want to be distracted.

The only other reason is if Nintendo wants to get it’s elbows in the cellphone/PDA department, but that’s so not like nintendo.

By: Rydel

Rydel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

There’s really no point to this thing. Close up on action in a sports game? Just utilize a split-screen! A second screen for an RPG’s menu? Well, unless there are two seperate control pads, you’ll still have to fucking pause the thing to access it.

Personally, I think Nintendo has secretly gone bankrupt and just wants to go out in style. Some sort of bizarre, ultra fucked-up Japanese style, but style nonetheless.

By: Jessy the monkey

Jessy the monkey — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I WANT TO GO TO E3, DAMN IT!