well i wonder if i get the DSiXL now, then wait for the initial hubbub of the 3DS to die down, as well as wait for the price to drop, and then upgrade....... those are kind of my thoughts to the 3DS

as far as games no longer being made, i dont necessarily agree with that, you have to remember that the DS has one of the largest installed user bases of any console (a distant second to the PS2), and considering they are still making PS2 games, i think it will take a long time for them to actually stop making DS games, though that is just my opinion.....

whether or not i should buy a DS...... a bit about my gaming interests: im a sucker for JRPG's, in fact im considering buying a DSiXL simply for Chrono Trigger (never played it), as well as Final Fantasy 3 and 4, i grew up on the NES so i am also a fan of the old school nintendo franchises as well, SMB, Metroid, Zelda and so that aspect appeals to me as well. but i just cant quite decide whether or not it is worth it.

so please share your opinions of the system, the DS in general or the DSiXL, maybe suggest some games that are original and fun for the DS that someone unfamiliar should check out (regardless of genre)...... just looking for advice and/or recommendations. thanks.

"Alcohol; the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

[QUOTE="Bacca7"]

yeah nice PC screen shots to crown the new 'console' graphics king........ cant wait to see the dumbed down 360 version.......

kidonre

considering you have fought so hard to prove they werent from a pc and now say they are, um, ok....... but really its fine, because we know that developers are just figuring out the ps3 and are only starting to tap its potential, while the 360 has almost reached its, and probly will with this game, IF the graphics look that good when it actually comes out.......

yeah nice PC screen shots to crown the new 'console' graphics king........ cant wait to see the dumbed down 360 version.......

i dont 'hate' them, but i am not a big fan, i like some of them here and there, but for the most part it just is not my cup of tea...... but i think folks like us are definitely in the minority.............

dynasty warriors anyone??

pretty much any album by the band Helmet.....

mos def a part of the male persuasion

[QUOTE="Spicy-McHaggis"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

What is the US folk music? Country I guess.

Pirate700

I still think I'd go with country as the official US music.

actually, since the original question was regarding folk or national music, really the only music in the united states that came solely from our soil with no influences from anywhere is jazz. this is the only musical style that has ever been one hundred percent born from the US, and country is so steeped in blues, which is also steeped in jazz, that really country was just a derivative of the blues culture, now there has been some debate as to whether blues influenced the creation of jazz or vice versa, but country, rock and roll all came from blues, which once again is believed to have been influenced by early jazz, so if you wanna get technical, jazz is the music purely bred in the good old us of a.......