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Old January 8th, 2010 (2:00 AM).
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Well this isn't a choice over which of the games [HG/SS] to get, but more over, will it play on a DS Lite? I have owned practically every Gameboy ever made (including the Old school fat one, Yes, I am that old :P) Except the DS because when it first appeared, I was tbh, disappointed...I played them a few times and didn't see much difference over the Gameboy advance other then the touch screen. Which I found annoying. So..This leads to my question.

If I were to get a DS, Would I need a DS Lite or DSi? Or is there no difference...I figure if I'm finally gonna get one of these, I'm gonna just get the DS Lite if it can play the games still coming out now since I heard a rumor that they can't play the games? Idk that doesn't sound like something Nintendo would do..but idk, I've lost touch with Nintendo lately :(

So if anyone can give me assistance on this, or if it is worth buying to get Soul Silver, then can anyone point out other games that are good for the DS?

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Old January 8th, 2010 (2:25 AM). Edited January 8th, 2010 by The Power of Pika.
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Yes HG and SS does play on the DS lite. HG and SS has the pal park aswell so you can even transfer from your GBA games like you do with DPPt.

From what I've played there is no DSi extras in it at all. (Anyone can correct me on this if they've found anything but from what I have played there doesn't seem to be anything in the games that's for DSi at all) In actual fact it seems if you play it on the DSi you'll lose access to the pal park thus giving the original DS and DS lite an advantage since the 2 older DS's has access to pal park.

I play my soul silver on my DS lite anyway. I don't have a DSi.

It is true that there are a few games being made for DSi only. I think if I remember a monster collecter was released in japan that's apparently DSi exclusive. Though there are also games that are also DSi enhanced which mean plays on all systems but some features can only be used on DSi.

HG and SS aren't effected by the DSi however so you won't have to worry about that and so far the other games that are DSi exclusive and DSi enhanced haven't been much to write home about yet.

Though there may or may not be stuff in the future depending on what Nintendo decides. I'm waiting it out before I get a DSi still personally.

If your not bothered by the DSi's lack of GBA slot and don't care about the lack of access to pal park (in other words don't care about transferring Pokemon from the GBA games) then getting a DSi isn't a bad thing since you'd be prepared for future games.

Personally for me I prefer the GBA slot and pal park and so the DSi needs to do alot more than what it's doing now for me to budge from my old DSlite.=P
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Yeah, I forgot to mention I still love my advance games, but my advance broke a long time ago. Then it sounds like the DS Lite wins...it's cheaper too so i can live with that :D. Quick question...can it play GBColor? I doubt it can but I have hope D: I recently found my old Silver version and I'd love to play it again xD
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No, neither the Phat DS nor the DS Lite are backwards-compatible with the GameBoy Color, unfortunately.
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Old January 8th, 2010 (3:21 AM).
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That's a shame...Also, is diamond any good? Call me old school, but I'm not much of a fan of anything past Ruby/Sapphire. :| And even those kinda stretched it for me..
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If you're going to get one of the three fourth gen games, I'd definitely go for Platinum. Better storyline, more features, for example. Overall, I don't think it compares to G/S/C at all, but it's definitely worth playing. Just a heads up - not many fire Pokémon to catch and there's a big level gap between the last gym and the Elite Four.
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Please use the Help thread next time you have a question - that's what it is there for.

Anyways - HG/SS works on any of the DS's - even the normal 'DS'. No DSi extras either (but benefits more somewhat from the DS/DS Lite due to the GBA slot). None can play 2nd gen games either, as mentioned.

And yeah, Platinum is the improved, more-features/extended version of Diamond Pearl - things improved upon and added so if you're considering D/P/Pt, might as well go for the latter (of course though, Platinum would be slightly more expensive than Diamond/Pearl). But whether it's good is down to personal opinion, really. I liked it though, for what it's worth? (Still prefer HG/SS, or even GSC. XD)

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