Got my DS

Rew

Got one just now. No games just the demo. Compleat surprise as id asked a manager in work at the last min on friday to pick one up in Florida and the bastard wound me up for 10 mins then handed it to me!

Have to say its dam big but rocks!

Mr E

The demo will last you about 10 minutes and leave you hungry for more.... time to order some REAL games!

Rabies

Lucky b@stard

Rew

TmB wrote:

The demo will last you about 10 minutes and leave you hungry for more.... time to order some REAL games!

Bro is in Boston in a week and will be picking me some up

In the mean time ill be putting my computer dgree and WLAN knowlege in to looking at this:

http://www.darkain.com/portability.php?portid=1&page=8

Rew

Heard a story today that one of the guys from the Bare Naked Ladys (who were playing a concert here recently) has a DS and wondered in to a Game in Dublin looking to buy a case for it. He pulled out the DS and the whole shop mobbed him for a look at it.

Winters

Rew wrote:

Heard a story today that one of the guys from the Bare Naked Ladys (who were playing a concert here recently) has a DS and wondered in to a Game in Dublin looking to buy a case for it. He pulled out the DS and the whole shop mobbed him for a look at it.

Yea, I was at the concert on Sunday and Ed mentioned he went into Game on Grafton Street and asked for games for it to just have the whole shop just drop what they were doing and crowd around him to catch a glimpse.

Wonder if it made the Hearld, they love that sort of news...

Hugh Hefner

Rew wrote:

Heard a story today that one of the guys from the Bare Naked Ladys (who were playing a concert here recently) has a DS and wondered in to a Game in Dublin looking to buy a case for it. He pulled out the DS and the whole shop mobbed him for a look at it.

AWWWWW man. I am sooo doing that as soon as I get mine. Go in with my friend, take out DSs, and wait for the crowd. Hell yeah!

Tusky

Hugh Hefner wrote:

AWWWWW man. I am sooo doing that as soon as I get mine. Go in wiht my friend, take out DS's, and wait for the crowd. Hell yeha!

Your cool.

Hugh Hefner

Tusky wrote:

Your cool.

Yeah I know. And it's 'you're'.

monkeyfudge

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Yeah I know. And it's 'you're'.

or it could be the 'cool' that belongs to you... did you think of that?

I bored of my DS now... I really need some games for it.. bleh... It charges just fine off an SP charger by the way...

Smellyirishman

Grr, I still gotta wait till january 15th for mine , and thats only if my GF can manage to net me one! Although im hoping that after X-mas the shipments wont be mobbed as bad!!

Rew, if you get one from boston, will you PM me please, so I can gauge the current demand(I know its high )

honru

Rew wrote:

Heard a story today that one of the guys from the Bare Naked Ladys (who were playing a concert here recently) has a DS and wondered in to a Game in Dublin looking to buy a case for it. He pulled out the DS and the whole shop mobbed him for a look at it.

Pretty cool story.

Rew

Smellyirishman wrote:

Grr, I still gotta wait till january 15th for mine , and thats only if my GF can manage to net me one! Although im hoping that after X-mas the shipments wont be mobbed as bad!!

Rew, if you get one from boston, will you PM me please, so I can gauge the current demand(I know its high )

I cancled the Boston order when I got this one. Brother is brining back games instead. This one came from Walmart in Florida, bought last Friday.

I take it your GF is in the states or is going? Tell her to try Target, Best Buy and Walmart. Places like EB and GS have been selling out the second they get stock. Other thing is she could use eBay when she is there depending on how long she is there for. Loads of them up there so its keeping the price down a bit.

sprinkles

monkeyfudge wrote:

or it could be the 'cool' that belongs to you... did you think of that?

I bored of my DS now... I really need some games for it.. bleh... It charges just fine off an SP charger by the way...

If your bored with it you could share?

And yes its the bored that belongs to you

KdjaCL

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=57311

demand is a bit high

kdjac

Rew

Grrr... Websense here blocks "Games" sites and my workaround is down atm...

KdjaCL

The first sales figures from Nintendo's latest hardware launch are expected to be announced today, with half a million units of the Nintendo DS handheld sold in North America in the launch week.

That represents around 90 per cent of the stock which Nintendo shipped to retail stores across North America for the launch, and indeed many retailers have reported that the console has sold out at their stores.

Online auction site eBay has seen an upside from the early popularity of the console, with some bidders paying over twice the standard retail price of the DS in order to get their hands on one last week.

The 500,000 unit launch week puts Nintendo well on track to meet its target of selling a million units of the console in North America by the end of the calendar year, along with two million units in Japan - where the DS launches this week.

For the full calendar year, which runs through to March, the firm recently raised its shipment target for the DS to five million units worldwide, a figure which includes the European launch in Q1 2005.

According to the Seattle Times, which reported the half-million sell through figure this morning, Nintendo also sold some 800,000 units of the Game Boy Advance SP hardware last week, making it into the single biggest sales week for handheld consoles ever.
Click here to read and post comments on this news item. (Currently 21 comments)
kdjac

Mr. Fancypants

Went and bought one from ebay on impulse as a pressie for my girlfriend. Arrived today, damn security seals all over it so i cant open it to have a go.....i mean make sure it works

evad_lhorg

bought it for your girlfriend my ass! lol

Rew

mbroaders wrote:

Went and bought one from ebay on impulse as a pressie for my girlfriend. Arrived today, damn security seals all over it so i cant open it to have a go.....i mean make sure it works

How much off EBay? Cost me €123 for the DS getting games next week.

I reckon Mario, XY/XX and Ridge Racer. Tepmted to try spiderman but reviews arn't great. Urbz dosnt do it for me, Asphalt isn't supposed to be great and i was ever a fan of American Football.

evad_lhorg

i keep sayin ill get a ds but then i look at the range of games and see nothin except little mini games or a remake. just lookin through a list of games on ign and i see a few i owuldnt mind having whenever they come out:
bomberman
advance wars
zelda
mario kart
mp hunters
the new super mario bros game
viewtiful joe.


that's ot a lot and it wouldnt be much use unless others were there to play for most of them and a lot of them wont be out for ages! psp is lookin better for straight up gamin tbh, pity about it's battery.

Bass.exe

Ah, give it time... and some of those could be quite good. I haven't played a bad Zelda game yet. And I want FF3. Finally, a legal, english, copy of FF3.... plus better gfx than the NES version.

Also, the PSP release line-up isn't looking that spectacular either

rainbow kirby

mbroaders wrote:

Went and bought one from ebay on impulse as a pressie for my girlfriend. Arrived today, damn security seals all over it so i cant open it to have a go.....i mean make sure it works

Oh to have a boyfriend who'd buy me a DS on impulse...

[nicK]

just after havin' a look on ebay and these are still going pretty *cheap*..

210euros inc. express delivery from england with metroid demo.. isn't bad..

if you include delivery from an online site such as lik-sang.com the total comes to around 210dollers...plus then theres the waiting..

just might treat myself to one some time soon...

Smellyirishman

Sorry REW, I thought you were a different person when you posted, I dunno why!!

Anyway, ye, ill be telling her the shops to check out before she leaves etc...

Failing that she gets one while she is over there ill get one from Ebay for my B-day

Brock

The person who i was supposed to be gettin one for dont want it no more so woohoo only gotta go through customs with one of the things lets hope i can i am here next week
Brock

Rew

Brock wrote:

The person who i was supposed to be gettin one for dont want it no more so woohoo only gotta go through customs with one of the things lets hope i can i am here next week
Brock

Lose the box, hide any instructions you want to keep (the DS manual is available in PDF on line). Put a game in to the slot and stick it in your hand luggage or pocket. They cannt charge you for importing somthing they cannt prove you bought on your trip

Brock

thanks rew will do
YEAH it rhymes
Brock

Smellyirishman

Well, since they dont want it,.... you want to sell it

Rew

Smellyirishman wrote:

Well, since they dont want it,.... you want to sell it

If you have a rummage through the threads HERE there are a few guys who will match thr Lik-Sang price and send one over to you. This guy specfically mentions one guy who I know got 22 DS's for various board members outside the US.

http://gbatemp.m4d.sm/index.php?act=SC&c=7

Hugh Hefner

Lik-Sang, I hate you! Only now is my preorder being sent and they're saying that it'll be the Japanese one. Also, the Japanese onw doesn't come with a Metroid Prime: First Hunt!!! If anyone wants to sell their demo there's a good buyer right here. Now I've only got Pictochat and Wario Ware DS to stave me over till I get another game (my Feel The Magic XY:XX isn't available yet). :mad:

Rew

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Lik-Sang, I hate you! Only now is my preorder being sent and they're saying that it'll be the Japanese one. Also, the Japanese onw doesn't come with a Metroid Prime: First Hunt!!! If anyone wants to sell their demo there's a good buyer right here. Now I've only got Pictochat and Wario Ware DS to stave me over till I get another game (my Feel The Magic XY:XX isn't available yet). :mad:

Sorry, no way id part with my demo till the full game is out Also I dont think the demo has single cartridge multiplay either so you wont be able to partake in any multiplayer either...

Nintendo should have shiped the demo worldwide, bastards...

All going to plan next monday I should have Ridge Racer, XY/XX, Mario and maybe one other I cannt decided.

Wario and XY/XX are pretty similar from what I'v seen...

evad_lhorg

had my first touch of a ds today. i liked the shoulder buttons but tbh i though the abxy buttons were real small and the casing doesnt look as cool i thought it would.

Brock

evad please stop wrecking my dream i cant wait to get my hands on this beauty walking into gamestop on east 33rd and broadway and having the pick of the litter fo games i shall be ecstatic
brock

Rew

evad_lhorg wrote:

had my first touch of a ds today. i liked the shoulder buttons but tbh i though the abxy buttons were real small and the casing doesnt look as cool i thought it would.

Agreed the buttons are small but not a big deal. Id prefer to play GBA games on the X/y buttons as they are on top but I cab live with it as is. Caseing would be nicer in Black and the unit is bigger then most expect.

Also thumb strap takes a little getting used to so dont jude it straight off. Iv found it best to take it under the ds and rond onto the touch screen instead of through the crack of the hinge.

Hugh Hefner

Rew wrote:

Caseing would be nicer in Black and the unit is bigger then most expect.

http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3523

Scroll down.

Rew

Hugh Hefner wrote:

http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3523

Scroll down.

Yeah iv seen it (hence i know it looks good in black )

I reckon the photo is fake but its hard to be sure. The picture is the graphic from the front of the DS box and the silver version is widely available. Suppose it was to be expected that a black one would come out..

Id say ill buy a new black one and sell the silver when it comes out, I love my black SP.

Any sign of your DS being shipped?

Hugh Hefner

Rew wrote:

Any sign of your DS being shipped?

If you're talking to me then no. I don't think they operate on Sundays so I'll probably get a shipment notice tonight (10 hrs. ahead) since they have now confirmed my confirmation. :rolleyes:

steviec

Is Wario DS playable in English or is everything in Japanese?

Rew

steviec wrote:

Is Wario DS playable in English or is everything in Japanese?

http://ds.ign.com/articles/570/570760p1.html

Wario Ware Touched! ships in North America early next year, but if you can't wait that long, an import isn't completely out of the question. Like past Japanese versions of the series, there are only a couple of challenges that absolutely require knowledge of Japanese text, and even when they pop up they're not hard to defeat. Cutscenes, on the other hand, are handled completely with Japanese text, so don't expect to understand everything that's going on. Not that you would if it were in English...this game's weird.

Rew

Hugh Hefner wrote:

If you're talking to me then no. I don't think they operate on Sundays so I'll probably get a shipment notice tonight (10 hrs. ahead) since they have now confirmed my confirmation. :rolleyes:

Should be here in a few days then... If your anything like me the wait between shipping and ariving is the worst bit...

Hugh Hefner

LOL. Heh, thanks. Can't wait.

rainbow kirby

Just as a heads-up: Lik-Sang just opened up orders again for the Japanese version of the machine.

steviec

If you order from Lik-sang how much do you have to pay in import duty or whatever? They say that your country may charge this and it's out of their control...

Hugh Hefner

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh <relaxed>.

Sweet relief. Finally after long and hard dissapointments and waiting my DS has shipped and was last tracked in CHEK LAP KOK (I choose to put on a chinese accent for that) for a HUB SCAN. Plus, since I was sent a Japanese DS, it didn't have a Metroid Prime: Hunters First Hunt, so, I got on eBay (oh wonderous eBay) and bought one. I won the auction not 10 minutes ago, for a respectable price.

Soon all will be as it should.

P.S. I don't think any Import Duty is due in Ireland. Hell, they even say on the website that games packages pass cleanly through customs 99% or the time.

monkeyfudge

Yep... I didn't have to pay any duty. It just sat in customs for 12 hours... so don't get too excited when you see that package reach Dublin...

evad_lhorg

ok people. what's the best game any of you have played so far?

rainbow kirby

Does anyone know what the story is when Lik-Sang ask for manual authorisation of your CC?
This is what came on the e-mail:


Your order requires a manual authorization of your credit card. This is
carried out in order to verify your identity and to protect against
credit card fraud on the Internet.

This process is similar to the type of verification used in restaurants
and retail stores. Your order cannot be processed without the requested
documents due to current billing policies.

Some of the reasons why this is sometimes necessary are:

- If you are a new customer to us, and we cannot verify your address
electronically.

- If additional security measures are indicated, either by the product
type, the total amount, or other factors.

Your credit card has not yet been billed. Please supply the following
materials to Lik Sang, and we will process your order manually:

(1) A photocopy of this credit card (front and back).

(2) The card owner's signature.

(3) Write your Lik Sang order number (3****8) on the same page.

For your convenience, you may send these materials to us by E-Mail if
you have a scanner or digital camera, or by fax or postal mail:

- E-Mail: manual@lik-sang.com
- Fax: +852 3015 8461

Postal Address:

Lik-Sang.com Manual Authorization
Room 2104, 21/F, Broadway Centre
93 Kwai Fuk Road, Kwai Chung
New Territories, Hong Kong

Your documents are safe. Lik-Sang.com is Verified By Visa and Master
Secure participant and Verified PayPal Premier member with thousands of
credit card and PayPal transactions every year. We are using 128 bit
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) server connections and store data in encrypted
format. Credit card numbers and other confidential data undergoes
doubled security measures and is stored highly encrypted, partly outsourced
to our payment gateway provider. Classified data is only accessible by
the head of our billing department.

PGP Public Key (Pretty Good Privacy):
http://www.lik-sang.com/pgp/billing.asc

*** THIS IS AN AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED MESSAGE -- DO NOT REPLY ***

Best regards

Your Lik-Sang.com Team

Anyone got this before?

Hugh Hefner

No. All I know is that it has to do with confirming that your address goes with your credit card, e.g. your a thief and you're using someones creit card but not at their address (obviously).

P.S. Kirby's next post will be No. 1000! Go on ya good thing!!

hpc

rainbow kirby,
i would not sent anyone the information that they are asking for its crazy. you are better off going to ebay.

rainbow kirby

Hugh Hefner wrote:

P.S. Kirby's next post will be No. 1000! Go on ya good thing!!

And where no. 1000 went...
A thread on AH about cheating at Christmas parties... Drunken debauchery all the way.