Why are the bumpkin manchildren embracing the DS?
Seriously, what makes hayseed tools like the Nintendo contingent embrace the DS?
The games they love the best and hype the most are the most derivative (Super Mario DS, Castlevania DoS, Advance Wars DS, Mario Kart, 2D platformers in general), and all of which could be done with better fidelity on the PSP.
The rest of the library are collections of half-assed mini-games (Wario Ware and all of its ill-begotten ilk like Feel the Magic and Brain Training), non-content (Nintendogs and Animal Crossing), or otaku masturbatory wacky jappy music rhythm crap like Ouendan. There isn't a worthy entry amid the dross.
About the only games the justify the DS' tepid existence are Trauma Center and Kirby, and it isn't even my Nintendo itself. In fact, it seems even Nintendo can't by and large design games (well, those not titled "Canvas Curse") for the fuckin' thing without lapsing into gimmicky mini-game implementations or throwaway non-content. It's like they can't get beyond their precious notion that the gestural metaphor is somehow more intuitive than button pressing when it comes interface design, and in fact they've decided to take it to the next level with the Revolution.
So all I can think of is this: y'all are scared of the PSP. Y'all are scared that the last bastion of gameplay that caters to your nostalgia is gonna dry up, and you'll be left with those hideously alienating online shooters, sports games, realistic racers, and cinematic RPGs that the rest of the gaming world loves. Worst of all, you don't have faith that someone other than Nintendo can save you. You're all Dave Halverson!
