Comments on: Next Gen Meh http://tleaves.com/2005/12/27/next-gen-meh/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trin http://tleaves.com/2005/12/27/next-gen-meh/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Trin Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:07:13 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=534#comment-2282 I just spent several hours playing Geometry Wars on a friend's 360 :P. Of course buying a next gen console now, just to play a retro style game doesn't quite work out. Hexic was also fun. Wik translated well, but then it is available on PC. I just spent several hours playing Geometry Wars on a friend’s 360 :P . Of course buying a next gen console now, just to play a retro style game doesn’t quite work out.

Hexic was also fun. Wik translated well, but then it is available on PC.

]]> By: Nat Lanza http://tleaves.com/2005/12/27/next-gen-meh/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 Nat Lanza Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:46:49 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=534#comment-2281 I cannot stop playing Mario Kart DS online. The online experience is totally stripped down compared to Xbox Live, but I'm finding that I don't care. Sure, there's no voice chat. In theory, that means I miss out on banter. In practice, it means that I miss out on thirteen-year-old kids slinging racist and homophobic slurs around because someone dared play a game better than them. The lack of a unified friends list is more of a problem, but I guess I'll live. The 'friend code' thing Nintendo uses is goofy. It's all very bare bones and not all that polished. But hey, it's a $130 console that fits in my pocket. I'm pretty much amazed that the online stuff works *at all*. Also: The DS version of Mario & Luigi is shinier and better than the GBA one. Since the DS has X and Y buttons instead of just A and B, there are of course four characters at times, which makes it even more absurd and cute. You need it. Now, back to racing tiny little carts around against clever strangers. I cannot stop playing Mario Kart DS online.

The online experience is totally stripped down compared to Xbox Live, but I’m finding that I don’t care.

Sure, there’s no voice chat. In theory, that means I miss out on banter. In practice, it means that I miss out on thirteen-year-old kids slinging racist and homophobic slurs around because someone dared play a game better than them. The lack of a unified friends list is more of a problem, but I guess I’ll live. The ‘friend code’ thing Nintendo uses is goofy.

It’s all very bare bones and not all that polished. But hey, it’s a $130 console that fits in my pocket. I’m pretty much amazed that the online stuff works *at all*.

Also: The DS version of Mario & Luigi is shinier and better than the GBA one. Since the DS has X and Y buttons instead of just A and B, there are of course four characters at times, which makes it even more absurd and cute. You need it.

Now, back to racing tiny little carts around against clever strangers.

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