Ds Kiosks in stores

[GT News]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Cool, sleep and standby mode. I wonder how long the battery lasts though? Must not be extremely long if it has sleep and standby.

I'm glad you like it. Tell your friends.Oh. You are curious about how long the battery lasts.Why must you not be extremely long if it has sleep and standby?

[fingersman]

I wonder why nintendo didn't include the thumb thing with the Kiosks, since the thumb thing seems to work better than the stylus.......well atleast according to ign it does

[Vampyr]

I was at Wal Mart today, and they had one of these baby's setting out, and no one was even near it! :O

I hopped over as fast as I could, grabbed the (teathered) stylus, and started playing some Metriod Prime Hunters. I had to navigate a few minutes first on the touch screen, which I actually found fun. If you can have fun playing with the menu's, then you know it's a good game. I felt like that guy on Minority Report, when he was using the large projection screen and throwing around menu's using his fingers.

After I got the game started it took me a minute to get used to the controls. I soon learned that I could move with the d-pad, shoot with the L-button, and aim with the stylus. If you are left handed you can use the four buttons on the right side and the R button to shoot, while aiming with the stylus.

I personally loved the stylus. It was the easiest way to navigate through an FPS that I have ever seen, even better than a mouse on a computer. I have never really been good at playing an FPS with a joy-stick, but with the stylus I was a crack shot, unable to miss anything. It offered a degree of freedom I had never felt in an FPS before...simply amazing.

[GameMaster]

I got to sample one yesterday.

I was immediatley impressed with the graphics of the Metroid game. The backlit screen provides for a crisp and clear gaming experience. The Metroid game looks great and moves with fluidity of a well oiled bicycle. After a bit of Metroid, I rebooted the system and entered the Pictochat application. It's pretty cool. Using the stylus was a pleasure in itself. Selecting letters is easy and does not require 100% precision. I can hit them at a pretty good rate and it doesn't give me the wrong ones. Writing on my own was cool too. The writing space could be bigger but given that Pictochat is designed for small IM style phrases and sentences, it should be fine. I can also just try writing smaller.

As for as the screen issues go, there really shouldn't be any. Very little pressure is needed when using the stylus. The lower screen picks it up well. And between the durability of the screen and the material the stylus is made of, your screen should never really get damaged. And if it does, it's because you pressed too hard or hit against something rough or sharp.

After seeing the videos, I can't wait to get Mario. Tomorrow morning I'm going to Target early to get my DS as well as Mario. I'll have pictures and small videos to accompany my hands-on impressions tomorrow afternoon or evening.