[Greg Marra]

I got a DS for my birthday in April, then took it with me on a ridiculously long plane ride to Hawaii. I am very impressed by its ability to entertain me, especially considering I only own two games for it.

Mario 64 DS seemed like an obvious buy for me, but after about ten hours it is starting to get repetative, and I really played the original Mario 64 to death when that first came out, so...

Yoshi Touch n' Go is a very addictive game. It's like tetris; you can play it for hours and hours even though the game play is very simple. I really like it, and think it's a great game to pick up and play for half an hour and then go do something else.

One of the reasons I like the DS vs. the PSP is the battery life. On the plane ride, the battery lasted and lasted all the way through (I got over 12 hours of life). I was apprehensive to not have easy-to-replace AA batteries, but the battery in there seems completely sufficient (I just wonder how to replace it in a couple years...). My friend has a PSP, and tells me he gets about 6 hours of life. Don't forget; DS games on average are $10-20 less than PSP games.

My list of games to get: Animal Crossing DS, Mario Kart DS, Advance Wars DS, Metroid DS. Too bad none of these are out yet. I get the feeling Nintendo rushed the DS to market before they built up a really great library for it. Being able to keep a regular gameboy advance game in there at the same time as a DS game is really nice too; you can go play a round of Advance Wars whenever you want.

If you want a portable gaming system, I recommend the DS.