Nintendo Handheld Gaming Thread (Game Boy to DS)

[Exhuminator]

Hey Exed, make sure you get this too:

It has over 90 mini-games already in it, and you can make your own if you're feeling sporty.

[ExedExes]

Hey Exed, make sure you get this too:

It has over 90 mini-games already in it, and you can make your own if you're feeling sporty.

I asked the question here in this thread, didn't get a really clear answer as to if it had mini-games in it or if you just made your own, it looks like both. I certainly will, I'm a huge Warioware fan.

[Key-Glyph]

I love this thread. Thanks for recruiting me, Exed!

I used to joke with people that I wanted to be buried with my DS Lite. Even as a newish owner of a DSi XL, which I do love for that big screen, my heart still belongs to the Lite. Its GBA slot, perfect stylus, sliding volume control, better brightness settings at the low end, and purse-friendly checkbook size... I still find myself using it instead of the XL a lot, just because it makes me so darned happy. We've been through a lot of happy memories together.

I'm aware that the Nintendo Wi Fi Connection service was shuttered in May 2014. A lot of my games have this connectivity, even TouchMaster, which would have been really fun. The only problem I saw was that it only supported networks with WEP encryption, which wasn't nearly as strong as WPA or WPA2.

So to those who did have it, was it really good? Were you able to get some decent games in with folks from around the world?

The Wi Fi Connection was a pokémon player's dream. A college friend and I tried battling for the first time one summer after we'd both left campus. This was already awesome -- battling from two different states! -- but then I coughed, and my friend heard it. After we got over the initial shock of being able to talk over what we still thought of as Game Boys in essense, our minds were totally blown.

There was also a particular pokémon Livejournal community that was pretty active circa 2010 (when HeartGold/SoulSilver came out), and it was common for members to schedule a time to log on and trade with players in other countries. That was so exciting, to know that I was connecting to someone in England, or Australia, or wherever, and sending my pokémon off to travel to a completely new place I'd never seen with my own eyes. It felt like discovering the internet itself again, in a way. I got that awed feeling, because before the DS games, my last pokémon battling/trading experiences were via original Game Boy Link Cable. Even back then that process was tedious -- and then suddenly I'm trading with people who are experiencing opposite weather from me because we're in different hemispheres?! Holy crap!

I will be forever sad that the servers shut down, because I keep all of my pokémon in Gen IV. If you trade them up to the current gen, they can't go back, and thus can't follow you around in HeartGold (which I often play) or hang out in your ranch on the Wii. I really wish that Wi Fi trading for these games was still possible, or that you could trade your pokémon backwards in game chronology.

This post is already way too long and I haven't even touched on the original Game Boy...

[Exhuminator]

I asked the question here in this thread, didn't get a really clear answer as to if it had mini-games in it or if you just made your own, it looks like both.

WarioWare DIY initially tasks you with learning how to make your own games, but this tutorial process is actually a game unto itself. You are presented with a mini-game that is missing something, and it's a little puzzle to figure out what it's missing. Once you put that piece in place, the mini-game because accessible. This is done to teach you how mini-game creation works, and eventually you have access to a very in-depth tutorial showing you how to make your own games from scratch, but this tutorial is interactive not just something you watch. From what I understand going through the tutorial unlocks more mini-games as well. You can create your own artwork, your own scripting, and your own music for the mini-games you invent. It's basically the DS' version of Mario Paint, but with that wacky WarioWare charm we all love.

[ExedExes]

That's the best description I heard. I've got Mario Paint, so I'm ok with creating. That's also a nice way to get you into it, by making it a game and a part of the game. It's a purchase.

[casterofdreams]

Does anyone have experience with a USB charging cable for the GBA SP? I want to purchase one to use with one of those portable battery packs or with a traditional cell phone charger.

Will the GBA explode because it doesn't have any sort of regulator if I hook it up to a fast charge adapter (one that I have is an LG adapter that came with the G3 - 5.0V=1.8A)?

[Tanooki]

I don't have an answer to that fast charging bit, but a standard one should work fine.

I've recently received some very nice GBC gems, MGS, DW3, and then the other day DW1+2. I decided to dust off DW1 today, ranked up 5 levels and now ready to set out with it a bit. I forgot how fun, but also archaic in a bad way these old games are with that terrible save routine. But then I did remember the warp wing. Does that work both ways like if I buy a few can I port back to the nearest village in DW1 on GBC? I know this was possible in later games. Seems like a long walked stupid mess having to trek the map if you need to save.

[strangenova]

I don't have an answer to that fast charging bit, but a standard one should work fine.

I've recently received some very nice GBC gems, MGS, DW3, and then the other day DW1+2. I decided to dust off DW1 today, ranked up 5 levels and now ready to set out with it a bit. I forgot how fun, but also archaic in a bad way these old games are with that terrible save routine. But then I did remember the warp wing. Does that work both ways like if I buy a few can I port back to the nearest village in DW1 on GBC? I know this was possible in later games. Seems like a long walked stupid mess having to trek the map if you need to save.

I'm pretty sure it takes you back to the last place you saved at. And the GBC version is nowhere near as archaic as the nes version. You have to open the menu to go down stairs or open doors or even talk to npcs!

[ExedExes]

Got a new Wario Ware Inc. record today -- 62 pts on the Orbulon stage. That's my highest point total in the 3 WW games I've played. It gets crazy fast and difficult after the 4th boss stage.

[casterofdreams]

I don't have an answer to that fast charging bit, but a standard one should work fine.

Alright. I went and ordered the cable anyway from Amazon for $4. Worth a shot.