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Based on Enterbrain's March sales figures for the Japanese market, Japan's Mainichi newspaper reports that Nintendo sold 380,000 DS Lites during the month and 180,000 original DS handhelds.

http://digg.com/

I would post the exact artical, but my school computers suck like that.

Hurray for DS!

*looks at the poll*
No original Game Boy? Or rutabegas!?

*looks at the poll*
No original Game Boy? Or rutabegas!?

Well, It's current-gen systems.
As for our good friend the Rutabega, I thought it best to give the other systems a chance.

rutabegas are like... omnipotent or somehting.

*looks at the poll*
No original Game Boy? Or rutabegas!?

Well, It's current-gen systems.

Lets see...
GBA is not in the current generation, as its successor was DS.
Also, I don't think N-Gage counts, as it was already taken off the market.

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.
As to GBA, GBA SP, and Micro... They all use the same games, so they're still in this gen.

I put N*Gage up as a joke.

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.

And Gamecube is not a Nintendo 64. Are you prepared to argue that it's not the next step either?

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.

And Gamecube is not a Nintendo 64. Are you prepared to argue that it's not the next step either?

Yes, but the Gamecube is the successor to the N64. The DS isn't actually the successor to the GBA. The main difference between the DS and the GB line seems to be that the DS doesn't have the same archetecture as the GB and GBC, which is why it can only play GBA games out of the old archive stuff.

I'm more thinking "What, no Gizmondo?" myself. And, um... Is the N*Gage you list the N*Gage or the N*Gage 1.5?

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.

And Gamecube is not a Nintendo 64. Are you prepared to argue that it's not the next step either?

Yes, but the Gamecube is the successor to the N64. The DS isn't actually the successor to the GBA. The main difference between the DS and the GB line seems to be that the DS doesn't have the same archetecture as the GB and GBC, which is why it can only play GBA games out of the old archive stuff.

But it can still play GBA games. The Gamecube can't play N64 titles.

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.

And Gamecube is not a Nintendo 64. Are you prepared to argue that it's not the next step either?

Yes, but the Gamecube is the successor to the N64. The DS isn't actually the successor to the GBA. The main difference between the DS and the GB line seems to be that the DS doesn't have the same archetecture as the GB and GBC, which is why it can only play GBA games out of the old archive stuff.

But it can still play GBA games. The Gamecube can't play N64 titles.

You are reading far to into this. The rules for next-gens are different between handhelds and home systemes.

Is the N*Gage you list the N*Gage or the N*Gage 1.5?

Either one. I didn't follow it so I don't know what's better.

Yay Quote pyramid

Does this thread really belong in "World Events"?

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.

And Gamecube is not a Nintendo 64. Are you prepared to argue that it's not the next step either?

Yes, but the Gamecube is the successor to the N64. The DS isn't actually the successor to the GBA. The main difference between the DS and the GB line seems to be that the DS doesn't have the same archetecture as the GB and GBC, which is why it can only play GBA games out of the old archive stuff.

But it can still play GBA games. The Gamecube can't play N64 titles.

You are reading far to into this. The rules for next-gens are different between handhelds and home systems.

And what is the rationale behind this arbitrary difference in how we're supposed to decide whether two things are different enough to not be successors of each other?

THE MEDIA

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.

And Gamecube is not a Nintendo 64. Are you prepared to argue that it's not the next step either?

Yes, but the Gamecube is the successor to the N64. The DS isn't actually the successor to the GBA. The main difference between the DS and the GB line seems to be that the DS doesn't have the same archetecture as the GB and GBC, which is why it can only play GBA games out of the old archive stuff.

But it can still play GBA games. The Gamecube can't play N64 titles.

And PCs can play NES, Mega Drive and c64 games. I fail to see your point here.

(Not to mention the Revolution will be able to play NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube games, and the N64 (with the right equipment) can play GB and GBC games, and the Gamecube with the right equipment can play GB, GBC and GBA games, and the PS2 can play PSX games...)

like i said,


THE MEDIA!

DS is not a Gameboy.
Period, dot, the end.

So it dosn't count as the next step of gameboy.

And Gamecube is not a Nintendo 64. Are you prepared to argue that it's not the next step either?

Yes, but the Gamecube is the successor to the N64. The DS isn't actually the successor to the GBA. The main difference between the DS and the GB line seems to be that the DS doesn't have the same archetecture as the GB and GBC, which is why it can only play GBA games out of the old archive stuff.

But it can still play GBA games. The Gamecube can't play N64 titles.

And PCs can play NES, Mega Drive and c64 games. I fail to see your point here.

My point is that you appear to be arguing that DS is not the successor to GBA because, while the GBA can play classic GB games, the DS can't. And I'm responding by pointing out that it isn't a requirement for being a successor to another system (by using GC and N64 as an example).