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[OFFICIAL] GBA or DS? Which is better and why

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GBA or DS? Which is better and why

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#426 vincent12

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 06:26 PM

Ds i can play gba games on it but too bad no gbc games. Besides ds is getting dw and ff games.
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 03:35 AM

i like the ds better its got a touch screen i like touch screens :angry: lol
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 03:50 AM

Wow. This is just a bit self-defeating, isn't it? The DS can play GBA games, so there's really no contest. Unless you have a fetish for small systems and super-bright screens (GameBoy Micro), or don't like how the GBA games stick out of DS Lites, then...
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 04:28 AM

i have to say DS because it can play both DS and gba games. but in terms of graphics, i have to say the gba was probably better. kingdom hearts cutscenes and klonoa dream champ snowboard stages looked WAY better on the gba than any of the 3D games on the DS. but in terms of 2D graphics, the DS is superior.
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 03:52 PM

nintendo ds is better because there are already lots of games and its a different way of playing using the touch screen alot more interactive and at the same time gba games are supported with the nds so its all good
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 06:54 PM

NDS, of course! Its not that I did not like the GBA, the NDS is simply an evolution of the GBA! Also, there's the 2 screens, and the touch screen!

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Posted 09 August 2008 - 11:11 PM

but in terms of graphics, i have to say the gba was probably better. kingdom hearts cutscenes and klonoa dream champ snowboard stages looked WAY better on the gba than any of the 3D games on the DS. but in terms of 2D graphics, the DS is superior.

I'd argue the opposite. FFIV on DS looks about as good as the cutscenes in CoM, only that's actual in-game graphics, not pre-rendered movies (that Square-Enix had to build special GBA carts specifically for).
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 11:27 PM

Hrm... I can't pick. Both have good games and the such but I'd go with DS because you know the saying: out with the old, in with the new. The only thing I don't like about the DS is i'm not too comfortable taking it out like I did with my GBA. Maybe it's because I don't want to lose my stylus or something.
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Posted 11 August 2008 - 01:32 AM

i like the ds better, since it has all the functions of the gba, but more!
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Posted 15 August 2008 - 01:21 AM

Gotta go with ds, it plays both so it's clearly the winner.
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 12:03 AM

I like the DS better. it can play both GBA and DS games, right?
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 04:51 AM

i like ds better because u can still play advance games, as well as ds ones
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Posted 20 August 2008 - 06:01 AM

you should give it away, because DS will play most, if not all, GBA games. plus, a DS is worth it
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Posted 20 August 2008 - 08:01 AM

DS is pretty cool but I prefer GBA for its simplicity and it's more "classic" controlled games and especially a lot of the remakes that were on it (e.g. The Super Mario Advance series). The touch screen on the DS is a nice touch at times but i don't really like the emphasis and overuse a lot of games put on it. Of course the fact that the DS CAN play GBA games makes the DS arguably superior but I look at it more from a "games" perspective (i.e. how the games are intended to play on each system). Also from what i know the DS doesn't play older catridges from GB Colour etc which was a bit of a disappointment for me.
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Posted 28 August 2008 - 07:17 AM

i would buy the ds but keep the gba gamesbecause you can play gba games on your DS
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Posted 29 August 2008 - 08:43 PM

when you give away it you can still play your games on the DSand the DS has better games and cool graphic touchscreen WIFI and lotīs of other coolstuff :laugh:but it has an akku T___T""" during charging you can still play (good nintendo not bad^^)
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Posted 01 September 2008 - 07:56 PM

GBA simply because it has games that attract to me personally.
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Posted 03 September 2008 - 02:32 PM

DS is now better than GBA, cause it can play both the ds and gba and it has a touch screen horray :) :kiki: :) :lazy:
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Posted 03 September 2008 - 09:51 PM

I would choose DS because you can play your GBA games on it too
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Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:53 PM

gba has much better games at the moment, but ds is slowly getting some great ones, plus it can play gba games aswell.
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Posted 05 September 2008 - 01:19 AM

DS for sure, Backlight, backward compatibility with gba, innovative games. It's all thereOnly advantage i see for gba is potentiel for original GB games. Most of my favorites on that platform have already been remade so for me there is no more need for gba;) (talking bout tetris, game and watch gallery, pokemon r&B etc.)Just waiting for remakes of mario land 1+2, donkey kong land and pokemon g/s, then gba has no more advantage over DS in my opinion.
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Posted 05 September 2008 - 08:12 AM

i like them both but i think ds is by far much better
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Posted 05 September 2008 - 09:08 PM

the DS is definitely more superior since it can play both gba and ds games. but i'm not exactly comfortable with games that force you to use the microphone to scream out in public because that definitely attracts a lot of weird stares when you just wanna stay unobstrusive while playing on a handheld.
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Posted 13 September 2008 - 05:56 AM

I have to say DS.GBA is fine,but DS has two screens.(hence the name-Dual Screen)the upper screen is like a normal screen,but the lower screen is like a normal screen and a touch screen.
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Posted 13 September 2008 - 07:36 AM

ds, it can play gba games, so it's like having a gba, so i say go for the ds.
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