Price range: £89.99 - £99.99
What is it: Touchscreen portable games console
What we think: Nintendo's innovative DS is the next must-have portable gaming console
Compare the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS compared to other games handhelds
 Nintendo DS |
 Sony PSP |
 Nintendo DS Lite |
 Tapwave Zodiac1 |
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| Review date | 6 Oct 06 | 23 Mar 05 | 13 Jun 06 | 6 May 05 |
| Editor's rating |
8.0
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8.3
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8.0
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7.5
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| Price range |
£89.99 - £99.99
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£89.99 - £99.99
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| Review summary | The feature-packed Nintendo DS is a worthy successor to the Game Boy Advance Read full review |
The PSP elevates portable gaming to the next level, but its multimedia functionality falls short of its full potential Read full review |
With a slick new design, brighter screens, and a growing library of fun and innovative games, the Nintendo DS Lite is an impressive improvement over the original DS Read full review |
The Zodiac's large, high-resolution screen is ideal for handheld gaming, and the device turned in a performance clearly superior to that of the Game Boy Advance and Nokia N-Gage. However, with the PSP and DS offering better graphics and touch-screen implementation respectively, the Zodiac has a lot of work to do on the games front Read full review |
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