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Gaming => Handheld Gaming => Topic started by: TriniXaeno on October 08, 2007, 03:32:10 PM

Title: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: TriniXaeno on October 08, 2007, 03:32:10 PM

Guys,

need your help with this one.

I am gonna get a handheld for [X]-Jin. Recommendations?

For those of you that don't know my son, he is a 10 year old boy and like his dad, loves games.

PSP? or Nintendo DS Lite?

Follow up with a few choice titles to get him.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: EmpireKing on October 08, 2007, 04:40:06 PM

i love my psp....final fantasy 2 is a great game...i forgot it in new york tho :p....iz probably according to wat genre games the little guy likes

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: TheApprentice on October 08, 2007, 04:55:41 PM

I stand by PSP as well....
Got some kid friendly titles such as Loco Roco (one of best games), Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Lego Star Wars, Spiderman 2/3....

You know...the more spohisticated fun titles for the creative young mind....

As with the DS you get Pokemon :P


So if he likes pokemon i'd choose DS....other wise PSP FTW...
MOre bang for buck... Music/Videos/Internet/Online Games/Wi-Fi/Browser etc...etc...
(and compatibility with PS3...)

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: shivadee on October 08, 2007, 05:18:23 PM

get both. the PSP has the PS2 "ports" in them...which is what im carrying on my trip this christmas. Graphics DO make a difference...at least to me

Pokemon my @ss......Mario Kart, Shonen Jump and Metroid ONLINE hoss.

all that media on the PSP is gaaarrbbbage with the memory space and battery life. My ZUNE plays all that sh!t fine and the batt life is much...MUCH longer.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: Czar on October 08, 2007, 05:39:53 PM

I'd say DS, mostly cos I have one...can't argue with Phantom Hourglass...Zelda FTW! :D

PSP has some interesting offerings, but nothing to make me run out and get one.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: Crixx_Creww on October 08, 2007, 06:08:09 PM

lawl at that attempted psp plug by apprentice

i own one, and baego yu know i does real sweat game,

i hack my psp, and still have few games to actually play.
psp has tekken though so thas a plus for jin
buh honestly ds has the best games

psp games are mediocre except for a few

i have acess to all psp games and i only actually play 4
tekken, loco roco, prince of persia and lumines

only other title i want real bad is monster hunter buh i need a umd to play that and bleach so bleh.

best thing bout psp? all the media options, including reading pdfs an stuff an using the psp to chat on msn an yahoo an stuff as well as the horde of other hacks for it.

as for gaming, cah beat the ds no joke.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: TheApprentice on October 08, 2007, 06:46:18 PM

LOL

I did not attempt to put down the DS... I'll be getting a DS for my sister for christmas cuz it rulez...
She wants the Hannah Montana Games  :happy0203:

And I'll get me my pokemon...! :P

otherwise...I've been a proud psp owner for a long time :)

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: TheApprentice on October 08, 2007, 07:57:47 PM

lol well she wants that new Hannah Montana music one where you use the stylus to play the guitar/drums etc...

She loves Hannah Montana alot...so I have to get that for her...

Also she want a game with cats instead of dogs...

I thinking this
http://www.amazon.com/Crave-Entertainment-Purr-Pals-NDS/dp/B000MIO038/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-7929537-0596857?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1191887783&sr=8-2
or
http://www.amazon.com/UBI-Soft-14090-Catz/dp/B000EHPOJQ/ref=pd_bbs_3/002-7929537-0596857?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1191887783&sr=8-3

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: Crixx_Creww on October 08, 2007, 08:42:05 PM

w00t!! i waiting for the hannah montana paris hilton video to surface on line

will be awesometastic!

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: New Era Outlaw on October 08, 2007, 09:55:07 PM

In case anybody out there is interested, don't forget to give Jeanne D' Arc for the PSP a try.
From what I hear, it's pretty decent.

Also, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 is coming soon for the PSP.
Seeing as how the first one royally rocked my boxers, you should definitely see about taking this one for a spin.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: AR!Ø on October 09, 2007, 08:51:48 AM

Quote from: Crixx_Creww on October 08, 2007, 08:42:05 PM

w00t!! i waiting for the hannah montana paris hilton video to surface on line

will be awesometastic!

Will that look good on psp? lol @ pedo-ness

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: TriniXaeno on October 09, 2007, 07:21:17 PM

Some good advice. thanks.

judging from these posts getting both is really the best bet oui, lol.

no pun intended, but we are going with the Wii. Decided to get him involved in the process as well and he was really keen on the nintendo next gen console. Seems all the kids at school are going crazy over it.

Will stave off the handheld purchase for christmas. (If lucky, I can chain up a grandma and grandpa to make the spend on both the psp and ds, lol)

These look like the games to get on the wii:
metroid prime 3: corruption (this is the one that he was most interested in)
zelda twilight princess
wii play (mostly for the second wii-mote)
mario strikers charged
super paper mario
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2.
donkey kong barrel blast
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX
That last one is Japanese so we can only run that If a loader exists for the latest Wii firmware

If not, they got Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution coming in october, an american version but featuring characters before the shippuden era.

He is a naruto freak so I'm sure that will keep him happy for a while.

Time to rub shoulders with the folks in the wii thread immc.

thanks again for all the contributions.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: AR!Ø on October 09, 2007, 07:48:21 PM

hmm...do i smell a NGNT rematch in the works...

Yeah um..RUN and get it...a friend if mine got one luckily, but...
http://www.thewiire.com/news/983/1/FilsAime_Holiday_Wii_Demand_Wont_Be_Met

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: TriniXaeno on October 09, 2007, 10:38:02 PM

lol, definitely.

got the Wii and I must say that I'm disappointed by the graphics, despite all the forewarnings.

and this with metroid prime, supposedly the most graphically splendiferous title for the console to date.

apart from that, my boy was thrilled to the point of feeling to cry, so mission accomplished.

can't wait for christmas now to get wii some new games, lol.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: Crixx_Creww on October 10, 2007, 08:06:31 AM

w00t good choice wii for teh winage

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: TriniXaeno on October 11, 2007, 12:36:09 AM

ent.

will add trauma center to the christmas list. Brawl done there already!

thanks for the heads up.

Title: Re: Which handheld console to buy?
Post by: Eroo on October 12, 2007, 11:00:44 PM

I'm a PSP owner and I have to say if all you want is games on the go that are designed for a mobile gaming experience then DS beats the crap outa PSP. Now if you like to watch media and listen to music and hack your firmware and play emulators and not have to buy a game ever again then PSP wins.