When the DS was first released, if you told me I would eventually own 72 games for the system, I would punch you in the mouth for lying to me and maybe again for being a witch and seeing the future.
When my age tally increased by one this past Sunday, I was the recipient of four more games. Gleefully, I went to add them to the collection. As is my neurotic habit, I shuffled around the current library to make room for the new acquisitions (in alphabetical nature, of course). It wasn't until I was marveling at my handiwork that I realized that I had completely filled my shelves.
At first I was mildly pleased with myself. It was full. For once in my miserable existence, I had completed something! Hooray for me! And then I remembered that the Final Fantasy IV remake is due out in about two weeks...
The panic set in. Where would I put the box? Could I...discard...the box and keep the card in a separate travel case? No, no, that's madness. The DS case is a pinnacle of game distributing evolution. I couldn't just throw one out! Should I get another shelf? That would give me room for another whole 72 boxes! But will the system have that kind of longevity that I would come close to filling that as well or would it remain wasted space? Dare I actually sell or trade one in?
Eventually, I came the hard decision that I would just have to start tucking the "lesser" games behind the shelf in the nook between the wood and the wall. Close enough to the collection proper, but still technically out of the way. It's a bandaid to the issue, I know, but at the moment that will do. My inner pack rat can continue his mission to burn money on games that I won't get around to playing through for months, if not years... I'm about two grand in the hole already. Why stop now?
For the curious, the games in order are: Wizardry Asterisk, Ys Strategy, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, Animal Crossing Wild World, Arkanoid DS, Bomberman Land, Brain Age, Bust-a-Move DS, Card Fighters DS, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Chibi Robo Park Patrol, Children of Mana, Chocobo Tales, Clubhouse Games, Contact, Cooking Mama, Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, Custom Robo Arena, Deep Labyrinth, Dementium: The Ward, Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, Drawn to Life, Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts, Elite Beat Agents, Etrian Odyssey, Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard, Feel the Magic, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Front Mission, Gunpey, Hamsterz, Hoshigami, Hotel Dusk, Izuna, Kuropoto, Luminous Arc, Lunar: Dragon Song, Magical Starsign, Meteos, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Orcs & Elves, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Ace Attorney: Justice for All, Ace Attorney: Trial and Tribulations, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Picross DS, Planet Puzzle League, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Pokemon Pearl, Pokemon Ranger, Polarium, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Puyo Pop Fever, Puzzle Quest, Rune Factory, Shiren the Wanderer, Starfox Armada, Summon Night Twin Age, Teenage Zombies, Trace Memory, Trauma Center: Under the Knife, Touch Detective, Touch Detective 2 1/2, Touch the Dead, and The World Ends With You.
Not pictured: Megaman Starforce: Pegasus. Seriously, fuck that shit.
I probably have more NES games that I paid double the price for. Some of them are classic, some of them, not so much. The real important thing is how much fun you have with your DS games. If you feel like you've had fun with them, than its all worth it.
Also just for real cringe inducing purposes:
72 x 40$ (approximate cost of a new DS game) = $2880.00
72 (approximate amount of nes games) x 60$ (approximate cost of nes games back in the day) = $4320.00
And that's wishful thinking on those nes game prices. I know for a fact some of them cost eighty clams. And that's not counting rarer ones like Dragon Warrior IV.
I own 104 DS games if I count the imports. In the next few weeks I'll be adding 5 more games - FFIV, Izuna, Bangai-O, Windy x Windam and n+. DS = crack.
@Randombullseye: My wallet weeps for the people that have had to pay for the legendary gold tournament cartridge. I don't even think pawning one of my kidneys would be enough to cover one of those at auction.
@Elitechief27: It's on my To Purchase list, but it's gotta wait 'til next payday. I just had to go and get health insurance... Oh, the irony.
I spy with my little eye (and you need also perfect vision little eyes for the small print) an Hamsterz and Lunar:DS. Fie I say! Fie!
Anywho, nice collection :)
I would think you have too many games if you're either not finishing the games you have, or do not have enough time to finish the games you accumulate. But who can complain about more than enough, eh?
I'll buy you a new shelf to keep you from trading anything in!
As for the cash induced cringes, I justify my spending habits by comparing buying a game to going out to the movies. Except very few movies have any replay value :P
I've got about 50 games for the DS (I also own three DS handhelds too) and I think it is a lot. It makes me sad because I don't have time enough in the day to play all of the games that I buy, but I keep buying them anyways. I'm not even kidding when I say that I have over 200 games that haven't even seen the inside of their respective console yet. How could they? I buy five or more games a month and they are mostly RPGs, you see the dilemma.
Anyways... That's a nice bit you got there. You should go ahead and import those Club Nintendo DS games too though (like I did). There are three of them, Game & Watch Collection, Zekkyou Senshi: Sakebu Rain and Tingle's Balloon Fight.
@MATTFOO: I actually prefer the original Bangai-O on N64. It has more slowdown than the Dreamcast version but the game was designed for the N64 controller. Analog control for firing is brilliant.
Dude I feel your pain! I too have way to many games! I'm at 84 DS games at the moment too, and you can't like get rid of them and have to make extra space! Take a look at how I had to re-arrange my stuff to make room for a 3rd row of DS games here!
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Damn fine print i demand you to rewrite the list of games
and nice collection
and happy late birthday
I probably have more NES games that I paid double the price for. Some of them are classic, some of them, not so much. The real important thing is how much fun you have with your DS games. If you feel like you've had fun with them, than its all worth it.
Also just for real cringe inducing purposes:
72 x 40$ (approximate cost of a new DS game) = $2880.00
72 (approximate amount of nes games) x 60$ (approximate cost of nes games back in the day) = $4320.00
And that's wishful thinking on those nes game prices. I know for a fact some of them cost eighty clams. And that's not counting rarer ones like Dragon Warrior IV.
Im proud to see someone that paid for all the DS games they own....Just like me....Who the fuck am I kiding??? Still impressive though...
No Trauma Center 2?
A quick count yeilds about 35 for me and I thought I had too much >.>
I own 104 DS games if I count the imports. In the next few weeks I'll be adding 5 more games - FFIV, Izuna, Bangai-O, Windy x Windam and n+. DS = crack.
73 is too much. You can't buy anymore. Even when Chrono Trigger comes out.
@Randombullseye: My wallet weeps for the people that have had to pay for the legendary gold tournament cartridge. I don't even think pawning one of my kidneys would be enough to cover one of those at auction.
@Elitechief27: It's on my To Purchase list, but it's gotta wait 'til next payday. I just had to go and get health insurance... Oh, the irony.
I spy with my little eye (and you need also perfect vision little eyes for the small print) an Hamsterz and Lunar:DS. Fie I say! Fie!
Anywho, nice collection :)
I would think you have too many games if you're either not finishing the games you have, or do not have enough time to finish the games you accumulate. But who can complain about more than enough, eh?
One for every virgin eh?
Automatic win for having all the ace attorny games.
I have like 80 PS2 games.
@ NILCAM - A friend from dtoid recommended I get bangi-o on dreamcast so I got it. I am very happy I listened. Its fucking amazing.
keep at it bluemeep. Buy a bigger shelf.
I'll buy you a new shelf to keep you from trading anything in!
As for the cash induced cringes, I justify my spending habits by comparing buying a game to going out to the movies. Except very few movies have any replay value :P
I've got about 50 games for the DS (I also own three DS handhelds too) and I think it is a lot. It makes me sad because I don't have time enough in the day to play all of the games that I buy, but I keep buying them anyways. I'm not even kidding when I say that I have over 200 games that haven't even seen the inside of their respective console yet. How could they? I buy five or more games a month and they are mostly RPGs, you see the dilemma.
Anyways... That's a nice bit you got there. You should go ahead and import those Club Nintendo DS games too though (like I did). There are three of them, Game & Watch Collection, Zekkyou Senshi: Sakebu Rain and Tingle's Balloon Fight.
There's no such thing as Star Fox Armada, man. It became Star Fox: Assault for the GameCube. The DS version is called Star Fox Command.
Also, I think it's even sadder that I've played and beaten 67 of your games.
It's like my PS2 collection. I have about 50 games, and I haven't even touched a good 15 percent
@MATTFOO: I actually prefer the original Bangai-O on N64. It has more slowdown than the Dreamcast version but the game was designed for the N64 controller. Analog control for firing is brilliant.
Right. Command. Where did I pull "Armada" from? Fuck, I need new glasses...
Dude I feel your pain! I too have way to many games! I'm at 84 DS games at the moment too, and you can't like get rid of them and have to make extra space! Take a look at how I had to re-arrange my stuff to make room for a 3rd row of DS games here!