I find playing ds games on a phone to be arguably better than playing them on an actual ds because touch screens work a lot better these days.
The thing is due to regional pricing and therefore currency conversation tons of video game consoles are too expensive to buy until like 2 decades passes for people in many countries that's currency is not American Dollar or Euro. For example for so many countries PS3 became "buyable" these years (Not "affordable" because people may can afford to buy these insanely expensive consoles but often they don't worth it due to the price they ask when you know eventually it will go cheaper and cheaper.). But the thing is this is 2nd hand market logic and its prices, so there is a "lowest price" moment of the market but afterwards the price gets increased forever due to "hard to find that works ok" therefore rarity increases price and then people are like "my price is that high because I kept it clean and avoided damage" BS. When you buy stuff in 2nd hand market you already accept that the product doesn't look good or may need repair but you mostly care how cheap it's but they ask non-2nd hand market value as if you buy it in a shop, and then they adjust its retail price from 2 decades ago to today's economy to set a price wow lol.
Yeah, the NDS is definitely worth it.
Capacitive touchscreens are superior to resistive ones, sure, but in my opinion, the Nintendo DS stylus is where is at. Emulating the DS on a phone can be a hassle: connecting a controller might limit you to landscape mode, and you may need additional setup for portrait mode. Alternatively, using on-screen buttons often feels clunky and less intuitive.
Huh? What emulator does this? MelonDS doesn't force landscape mode when a controller is connected, neither does Retroarch or any other ds emulator I've tried. I've never heard of this.
Again, in my experience, it just changes automatically when you change the orientation on your phone. The only time I've setup anything to do with the screens was specifically for Dawn of Sorrow because I wanted to to play in landscape mode with a smaller map screen and a larger game screen.
I agree with this unless it's a turnbased game like a jrpg or something like that then it doesn't really matter so much.
Your controller's form-factor may dictate how you play. I use a Razer Kishi, which forces landscape mode. In my case, I'd need a clip to use a DualShock 4, for example. It ultimately depends on the user as you mentioned.
That makes more sense. I've never used a clip on controller so I didn't think of that. I just either put my phone on my lap or on a table or something if I'm using a controller. My case has a stand that holds it upright in both portrait or landscape mode.
