Nintendo DS Lite...

[The Amstor Computer]

Dankell --

Must-buys? Try these games, all out in the UK right now:

Metroid Prime Hunters - a great portable FPS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - classy side-scrolling action
Trauma Centre: Under the Knife - bitch-hard surgery game
Kirby: Power Paintbrush - a fun twist on this platforming series
Advance Wars: Dual Strike - the finest turn-based strategy available on any handheld system
Meteos - great little puzzle title
Zookeeper - as above
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - hilarious adventure game
Nintendogs - a great, if short, twist on the virtual pet genre.
Animal Crossing: Wild World - slow, sedate and hugely addictive
New Super Mario Bros. - the best platformer in years, and a fantastic new Mario title
Tetris DS - utterly essential, rich puzzle title, and being able to play opponents worldwide is the icing on the cake

If you enjoy Brain Training, you might want to look at Big Brain Academy, due out on July 7 over here.

If you're into importing - and remember, the DS is region-free - you could do worse than picking up a copy of the Japanese rhythm-action classic, Ouendan.

As for other good titles, have a look for:

Another Code: Two Memories
Electroplankton
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Metroid Prime Pinball
Nintendo Touch Golf
Pac Pix
Pokemon Link
Project Rub
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Sonic Rush
Super Princess Peach
Tony Hawk's American Sk8land
Wario Ware Touched
Yoshi Touch & Go

Once you're done with all of those, you can look forward to titles like Starfox Command, Final Fantasy III, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Chibi Robo, Phoenix Wright 2, Mega Man ZX, Lunar Knights, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl and Elite Beat Agents coming later this year!

DS is quickly becoming my favourite games system, knocking even the SNES and PlayStation out of their top spots - my only complaint is that I don't have the money or time for all of the games that I want for it!

[Dan Kelly]

Cheers All - lots of tips there ;-)

Finally, anyone recommend a good case for Lite + Games (GBA + SD)?  All the ones in the high street seem very bulky

[WoD]

Advance Wars DS for ?12.99 still available in our COMET...

[The Amstor Computer]

This is what I use for my Lite - http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=276&products_id=8979&">Black Smart Case - but it's import only at the moment, I'm afraid, and it doesn't have space for cards or carts.

As for cases, try the old GameBoy cases. Each one of those will hold four DS cards quite snugly, and they're easily available on eBay. I've actually got a cheap business card mini-folder that will take around 20 DS cards, and I just pop any GBA games I want to take into GBA cases and drop them in my pocket.

[WoD]

I use my PSP case that I bought (from HMV I think)...?12 approx, will hold 7 cards (6+1 in the machine) which is more than I have.

[Radbacker]

New Super MArio Bros is the best game I've played in years, gawd I love 2D.

CU Radbacker

[Banners]

I just did a favour for someone and instead of accepting money - which I don't like to do - they're buying me a DS Lite. Cool! Are there any good bundles out there?

M@

[Dan Kelly]

My local Game has 1 free game from a choice of about 6 for ?109.

Included in the offer were Metroid Prime and Brain Training which have both been mentioned here.

The offers on Games website seem less good though.

[IndigoPrime]

GAME:
White DS Lite with Brain Training and Tetris DS and Screen Protector and Cloth??129.98

Black DS Lite with Metroid Prime, Sonic Rush and Screen Protector and Cloth??129.98

For games, check out http://www.movietyme.com

[James]

So how in blazes do you set up the Wi-Fi connecction? I've done everything they say and it just won't find my router.

Any tips?

[The Amstor Computer]

James --

Check http://www.nintendowifi.co.uk/consumerservice/techSupport.do">this link for some advice. I've never had a problem with the two routers I've tried it with - it just detected them straight away - and the few hotspots I've found worked pretty well.

[Buddy]

Still think PSP has the edge on this...

Bigger screen, better games (and I hear ps1 games are gonna be available on download free).

Watch movies, listen to mp3, record TV and whatever else is in the works..

Do xbox hve a plan for a portable?

If not, they've really missed a trick.

I pick PSP.

[James]

I've checked the router list and my D-Link DI 614+ is not compatible.

Arses.

Anyone wanna buy a router?

[The Amstor Computer]

Bigger screen? Definitely.

Better games? Debatable. There are certainly some cracking games on the PSP - Loco Roco springs to mind - but there are more that appeal to me on the DS.

I would be very, very surprised if the PS1 emulation on the PSP was tied into a free download scheme. It would be unprecedented, and given the cost involved in getting the games running on the PSP - not to mention the cost of running the kind of download service envisaged - I would be astonished if PSP owners didn't end up paying at least a few quid per title.

As for the other features - movies, music, GPS etc. - I guess it comes down to what you want. I'm not interested in watching movies on the go, I have a lightweight dedicated MP3 player & stuff like GPS, camera functionality etc. doesn't really appeal. I want a robust, compact portable games system with a solid catalogue of interesting games that are built with gaming-on-the-go in mind, and the DS (and the GBA before it) match my needs perfectly.

Microsoft have long been rumoured to be moving into the portable market, but I would be surprised if it happened soon. The DS and GBA still have a firm grip on the portable gaming market worldwide, and the PSP is carving its own niche as a high-end convergence/gaming device. There doesn't appear to be as much room for a Microsoft gaming platform in the portable market as there was in the home console market.

[Buddy]

Well... for my needs (or more specifically, the needs of my son) a peice of hardwear that can play games and play movies will save me from buying a portable games console and a portable dvd player.

As for the free ps1 downloads, I have no concrete evidence for this and what you say seems to make sence, so that may all be bullshit.

I still think the games are better