[DickHardknocks @ Sep 22nd 2007 12:02AM]

NINTENDO DS caters mostly to those who are stuck on dated, traditional gameplay from the Gameboy, SUPER NES and ULTRA 64 days.

Many Japanese buyers thirst for story rich RPG games with as much depth as console system software and graphics/sound that stand up to the consoles as well.

The DS simply can't offer that. 90% of DS's top sellers have "Mario" in the title and are updated versions of Nintendo's 1990 glory days.

[601210 @ Sep 22nd 2007 12:52AM]

>NINTENDO DS caters mostly to those who are stuck on >dated, traditional gameplay from the Gameboy, SUPER >NES and ULTRA 64 days.

Hmm, not really.
The DS brings alot more new features to the scene, alot more variety in gameplay. Traditional gameplay it is not

The PSP, on the other hand, clings to tradition like a little kid and his blanket. It's pretty much just a portable ps2. Content-rich RPG? Sure. But all these "Content-rich" RPGs have something in common. The same gameplay, and usually a very, very similar plot. The ability to write good stories does not make a great game. Even great content, great graphics, and great sounds can still be filed under traditional gameplay.

If you stripped down a DS game to it's bare essentials, going down to crappiest graphics, and worst sounds, you'd still have a great game.

If you stripped down your favorite PSP game to it's bare essentials, you'd have Final Fantasy 1 or something like that.

[John Doe @ Sep 22nd 2007 1:27AM]

never mind the fact that there is no such thing as an Ultra 64. Yes I'm a nit picker.

[Mr Presidente @ Sep 22nd 2007 3:10AM]

I have both the systems; I am not biased. But I can't beliee the PSP overtook the DS. Maybe because people wanted more - like it or not the PSP offers much more, including multimedia, browser, and isnt less games focused in any way because it has the memory stick.

What I see in the above comments is some bad atempt at a comeback from the DS Fanboys. The DS is about as entertaining as my 3 yr old motorola cell-phone (The cell even clocks faster).

Nintendo offers games which are variations on the same things; they may be fun, but "fun" like the helicopter game, you get bored of it soon.

With a modded PSP you can do so much more anyways, 50GB of isos on HDD - nuff said.

[Ed @ Sep 22nd 2007 6:39PM]

Aren't the Pokemon series RPG games and weren't they also one of the most successful franchises in the history of gamingand they're nintendo exclusive??

[Ryura @ Sep 22nd 2007 8:16AM]

Do you have any clue what you're talking about? Here's the top ten DS sellers in Japan:

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
New! Super Mario Brothers
Brain Age 2
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Brain Age
Mario Kart DS
English Training
Nintendogs
Common Sense Training
Big Brain Academy

Only 2 have Mario in the title.

[Emceay @ Sep 22nd 2007 10:42AM]

Shh, it's final fantasy VII. No one tell him the money printer will be back in a month. He's clearly overcome with joy, albeit short-lived.