Does anyone else think the DS was never pushed?

So, we are now nearing the end of the DS' lifespan. And due to its lacking in power, companies often brought retro style games to the system. However, the system never seems to have been pushed beyond an N64 level. In fact, the most powerful games running on it, were maybe a half step above PS1 graphics. Does anyone else think the system had some untapped power left in it that will go undiscovered? Or were the most powerful games really Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts and Mario 64?

So, we are now nearing the end of the DS' lifespan. And due to its lacking in power, companies often brought retro style games to the system. However, the system never seems to have been pushed beyond an N64 level. In fact, the most powerful games running on it, were maybe a half step above PS1 graphics. Does anyone else think the system had some untapped power left in it that will go undiscovered? Or were the most powerful games really Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts and Mario 64?

Nozizaki

No. We saw some great looking games that were beyond N64 in ways, but the graphics suffered A LOT because of the resolution.

I think games like Dragon Quest IX and Tales of Innocence pushed it quite a bit

What about CoD?

The lack of any sort of texture filtering was what really caused the 3D graphics to never be able to look very good.But some developers still did a fine job with what was there.The FFIV remake was particularly nice looking, thanks to a nice transfer of the JRPG graphic style from 2D to 3D.

man people forgot about goldeneye and goldeneye rogue agent ridge racer ds apsphalt , super mario 64 ds mariokart ds lol man it was pushed you gotta find the games that pushed it thats all ,

sure they were not many but , i think thats because handhelds were always known for 2d ish visuals, over consoles,

even psp had its fair share of 2d games , and that had near ps2 visuals

so ya it kind of goes with what happens in the industry , they look at what sells the most and thats rpgs on handhelds ,

and msot rpgs are 2d

I think Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword pushed it pretty far as well. And the Zelda games.

the DS was stronger than N64 in some areas but weaker in others. also you've gotta remember that the DS lacks an analogue sticks so many potential N64 ports never materialised.

the DS was stronger than N64 in some areas but weaker in others. also you've gotta remember that the DS lacks an analogue sticks so many potential N64 ports never materialised.

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