The Pokemon thread

electronic goat · Post by **electronic goat** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:17 pm

PushDeButton wrote:
Tabarnaco wrote:I pirate games with flash carts because I do not have 10 000 000 cheddar, but why the fuck would you sell the hardware? How are you supposed to play games that require you to perform complex actions using the touchscreen and/or microphone? It's just dumb.
Actually, the touchscreen and the microphone are both emulated.

But... it's a portable system! How are you supposed to play DS games on the go? What.

I have never done this. Maybe once on vacation, but only for a little. Mostly, I'll just have it plugged in and playing. It doesn't fit in my pocket, and using it in a car makes me feel a little nauseous.

PushDeButton · Post by **PushDeButton** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:22 pm

Malum wrote:Laptop makes it portable.

Not as portable as a DS! I have trouble using my laptop on the bus or (worse) walking, but a DS can be used easily in either case.

And is a LOT lighter.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:22 pm

Plus if you have a really crappy laptop like mine it will only give you about two hours of battery life.

PushDeButton · Post by **PushDeButton** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:24 pm

Coriserai wrote:Plus if you have a really crappy laptop like mine it will only give you about two hours of battery life.

That doesn't come from having a crappy laptop. That comes from having a really good laptop.

Battery power really hasn't come as far as the power requirements of the newer laptops.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:56 pm

PushDeButton wrote:
Coriserai wrote:Plus if you have a really crappy laptop like mine it will only give you about two hours of battery life.
That doesn't come from having a crappy laptop. That comes from having a really good laptop.

Battery power really hasn't come as far as the power requirements of the newer laptops.

AHAHAHAHAHA!! My laptop must be the exception. It was made in 2004, is super-slow, and cannot play games. At all. I tried to install Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 (2003 or so) on it and it wigged out whenever I tried to play it.

And it doesn't read my camera's memory card either. It wipes the card's memory instead.

PushDeButton · Post by **PushDeButton** » Sun May 16, 2010 10:18 pm

Yes, but laptops used to last a lot longer because battery technology was AWESOME and the power requirements of laptops were not.

Power requirements have gone up exponentially and battery technology has not. I have a low-end laptop (currently broken ;_;) of the 2008-2009 kind, and it only lasts 1-1 1/2 hours or so when running, say DW6.

Deiphobus · Post by **Deiphobus** » Sun May 16, 2010 10:39 pm

blame the x86 intel chips that eat of a ton of energy while generating a lot of heat

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » Sun May 16, 2010 10:43 pm

SO! What about them Pokemons?

Cori · Post by **Cori** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:01 pm

Marbus wrote:SO! What about them Pokemons?

I wish I had a Pikachu so I could plug my laptop in during long car rides and not worry about battery life.

lyra/dicks · Post by **lyra/dicks** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:03 pm

I wish I had a Typhlosion so I could rape everything.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:07 pm

Malum wrote:I wish I had an Acreus so i could destroy all of creation and rebuild it in my image.

If that's the case then shouldn't you have Light as your avatar? It would fit better... XD

Darkin · Post by **Darkin** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:09 pm

While I wouldn't download say, pokemon heart gold, I see no problem in downloading pokemon gold. There is no profit for the makers of the game anymore. They simply don't make the game anymore.

Tabarnaco · Post by **Tabarnaco** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:26 pm

Darkin wrote:While I wouldn't download say, pokemon heart gold, I see no problem in downloading pokemon gold. There is no profit for the makers of the game anymore. They simply don't make the game anymore.

Decker wrote:You wanna know how to play games that require complex touch screen use?
You don't get them. Durr.
Microphone is emulatable as a button-press.

electronic goat wrote:Most of the games that use these mechanics a lot are pretty bad anyway (with a few exceptions).

Metroid Prime: Hunters, WarioWare: Touched!, LostMagic, and Kirby: Canvas Curse, Elite Beat Agents, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! 1/2, The World Ends With You, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks, that's just off the top of my head. Most games that use the microphone are pretty unsophisticated, but a few require you to do more than blowing into it (there's some Guitar Hero DS game that supports singing). Also, microphone chat. But you can't really do that either way because there's no Internet support in emulators.
You must be missing out on so many great titles. It makes me sad.

Darkin · Post by **Darkin** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:28 pm

What? What's your problem with that?

Deiphobus · Post by **Deiphobus** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:30 pm

the thing is, darkin is actually right this time.