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Future Pal Park Problem?
As almost everyone is aware of, the new Nintendo DSi is coming out soon (U.S. release: April 5th). The new DSi lacks a Gameboy Advance slot; this could cause many problems to those who will own a DSi along with the Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum games.
The main concern of this whole thread is how the owners of a DSi and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum would obtain the Pokemon only obtainable via Pal Park. Sure, you could just keep your DS/DS Lite; however, if you somehow break it, your forced to either find an alternative DS/DS Lite thru Ebay, Amazon, etc. (if your lucky, used ones at a game store) or buy the new DSi at a local store. This will be especially hard if a child never did own a regular DS/DS Lite before he or she received the DSi. So, what do you think about this 'Pal Park problem'? |
Tough luck if your original DS or Lite breaks. I don't think there will ever be a real solution for it.
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Its annoying, true. Either Nintendo will come up with a way to make an attachable GBA slot (if that makes any sense to anyone...) that you can buy separately, or you'll just have to find a DS/DS Lite and and keep it in good condition.
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Pokemon Ranch will solve my problem
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Nintendo is a marketing fiend. They will get you to buy as many accessories as humanly possible.
An attachable GBA slot similar to what we saw with Pokemon Stadium is definitely not out of the question. |
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Yus, i agree, they will likely make an attachable GBA slot. well they better. if they make a GS remake, i want to get my Empoleon on it. |
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Why would they make a GS remake for GBA now? |
Its all a massive marketing strategy
I can say with out any fear that majority of DSi users will own at least one or more of D/P/Pt. And therefore most of DSi users will want to complete the pokedex. So without a GBA slot, you will have to buy another attachment, or buy for the next series of games, which I'm willing to bet has have the pokemon which were previously only available through the GBA games. Kinda like when R/S/E was released, but you couldn't get some pokemon from R/B/Y/G/S/C. So you had to buy FR/LG to complete the pokedex. |
Exactly where an attachement or gsds with about all the other pokemon you cant catch in it.
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True but It would be easier if nintendo realsed one of the gba games on the dsi shop that way you could send it across to your diamond pearl or platinum solving the problem but something tells me that if it would happen then it would cost loads. they have tried to make it a bit more easier on platinum by letting you get the legendery birds without gba games
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Problem is they dont have a VC for the DSi and the games are only compatible through the slot. Not through say SD or internal DSi memory.
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You could easily get them on Wi-Fi...
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That sure does suck, since I'll be trading in my DS Lite for $70 credit towards my DSi. But, I'll probably use my cousins DS Lite.
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Wow. That sucks. I'm sure that Nintendo and Game Freak would release something that makes it possible to link it to the GameBoy Advanced series games.
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Well, I'm not getting a DSi anyways for this reason, I have a ton of GBA games that I still play, and I'm not very willing to give them up just yet.
Anyways, Nintendo will probably release a $10-$20 GBA adapter for the DSi that will allow you to play GBA games via some sort of add-on. Nintendo... I love them and hate them at the same time... |
Maybe this is where the SD card comes in?
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take up a lot of space, not to mention it would be hard enough getting the GBA data onto the card accurately. Quote:
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And getting GBA Data onto the card accurately isn't going to be the problem. What hasn't been confirmed is whether the DSi software would have the ability to read GBA from the SD card. Think about it, if Nintendo gave the DSi the ability to play GBA ROMs stored on the SD card, distribution of roms across the internet would increase from gamers with flash carts to anyone with a DSi. Nintendo couldn't let that happen and risk losing money from the DSi shop. So the only possibility I see AT ALL, IF AT ALL, is some sort of adapter that inserts into the SD card slot or the DS cart slot |
They probably would do that if they had some kind of firmware for the DSi, that won't let you play roms that aren't downloaded from the DSi shop. Just like we can't save a wii ISO or a SNES ISO onto a SD card and stick it into the wii, but we can play the same games if they are downloaded from the shop.
That is a great idea, but I doubt Nintendo would do that--put GBA games in the DSi shop. (But they may surprise me) I'm gettng a DSi, I traded in my broken out of warranty, replaced systems, and just got about $40 more to pay on it. I'm keeping my faithful Fat DS, for the GBA insertion, and I can battle and trade between two DS's now. |
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I googled it and found like a few things. Nintendo gave no definite answer, and by knowing game developers, etc., they probably are gonna have GBA in the DSi shop, if there is an unsure answer.
It makes sense since SNES and stuff in in the Wii Shop, it won't be a huge conversion issue putting the GB/GBA games into the DSi shop. I thought about it and it's really possible. Thanks. I don't have any GBA games, so it isn't like I would miss the slot. Usually, I would just ask for an insertion pokemon online, or just hack it, and hatch eggs from it, to make it legit. |
that is why the dsi is not worth upgrading for.
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