Walmart breaks Metallic Silver DS US Release Date

[-Hiroshi-]

Was shopping for a DS, and low and behold, I saw the Metallic Silver DS sitting right there in the shelf, they released it five days before it was supposed to be released on the 7th....

Gamestop Product Info

Gamestop, as well as other video game stores, show the release date on the seventh.

[Matrix XII]

I like my Onyx DS hehe..

That looks decent.

Maybe better in person?

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

I REALLY want a DS and one of those cards that would allow me to store a few films and my games on it.

[-Hiroshi-]

I like my Onyx DS hehe..

That looks decent.

Maybe better in person?

Yeah it's pretty sleek, and pictures don't do it justice. At first I thought it would have the gloss plastic cover over it like the white one does, but it turns out it's just a recolor of the black, blue, red and whatever.

I REALLY want a DS and one of those cards that would allow me to store a few films and my games on it.

http://realhotstuff.com and I recommend the CycloDS and Kingston MicroSD package that they sell.

[TheFlusher]

Walmart always carelessly put things regardless of their release date..I have gotten things that is a month early from them.

[-Hiroshi-]

Walmart always carelessly put things regardless of their release date..I have gotten things that is a month early from them.

whoa nice, care you name an example in more detail?

[JayV]

There was a time when I was in a local Wal-Mart and they had the movie Ice Age 2 for sale and it was just released in theaters. The next time I went back they had pulled it off the shelf.

[petroid]

What game is that in the picture?

[Rudy]

What game is that in the picture?

Final Fantasy 4

[ahhell]

That looks terrible. It makes the DS look like a cheap POS.

[+StevoFC MVC]

i don't like it at all.

[CelticWhisper]

It would look so great if it actually had a reflective finish like some of those acrylic PC cases. As it is...yeah, looks cheap. Glossy finish with speckled silver underneath = win.

[Matrix XII]

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

I'll have to see one in person though before I critique it more lol

[-Hiroshi-]

It would look so great if it actually had a reflective finish like some of those acrylic PC cases. As it is...yeah, looks cheap. Glossy finish with speckled silver underneath = win.

It feels kinda cheap too..like a slightly cheap plastic thing going on, I mean I like it, it still works and everything, but it's kinda not what I expected it to be.

[LingeringSoul]

I have to admit that I'm not too crazy about the Metallic Silver DS, but I've always been a sucker for the glossy finish. I have the white DS Lite myself, but if it ever needs replacement for whatever reason, I'd probably get the Crimson or Onyx DS.

It's certainly nice of them to offer a non-glossy finish, though. I know a bunch of people who really hate the gloss, so I don't doubt people will buy it.

[Matrix XII]

One nice thing about the white DS is that it doesn't show fingerprints as much as the onyx one does. I find myself wiping it down a lot. :p

[Ash]

There was a time when I was in a local Wal-Mart and they had the movie Ice Age 2 for sale and it was just released in theaters. The next time I went back they had pulled it off the shelf.

That was probably a joke someone was playing or something. DVDs aren't manufactured and put in their packaging at the same time as it comes out in the theaters, so it couldn't have been legit copies.

But ya it's not unusual for Walmart to put things on the floor before their release date. Working there, I see this often. It's usually because the people who unload the vans usually start start pulling all the palllets out to the floor for the night shift and they don't look to see if they should be bringing it out or not, and then some morons on the night shift will just put the things on the shelf without looking at the date.

Or sometimes the warehouse is so full they put out anything and everything on the shelves just to clear some space in the warehouse for the next vans.

[CelticWhisper]

I have to admit that I'm not too crazy about the Metallic Silver DS, but I've always been a sucker for the glossy finish. I have the white DS Lite myself, but if it ever needs replacement for whatever reason, I'd probably get the Crimson or Onyx DS.

It's certainly nice of them to offer a non-glossy finish, though. I know a bunch of people who really hate the gloss, so I don't doubt people will buy it.

Silver/grey is that "midpoint" between Apple white and Mall Goth black, so I can see a lot of people opting for it since it's such a common color for a lot of electronics, and since it looks "techy."

As for glossy vs. non-glossy, it's nice to see the non-glossy option offered but I'm thinking they could've found a better color to do it with. Oddly enough, black would've been a good way to go. Gamepark Holdings managed to make their handheld look really awesome in black without a glossy finish, and it would cut down on the fingerprint issues (see below).

One nice thing about the white DS is that it doesn't show fingerprints as much as the onyx one does. I find myself wiping it down a lot. :p

Tell me about it. I love my DS to death, but I feel like I want to keep a hanky and a bottle of isopropyl in the carrying case with it. Oh, well, I'm used to it considering the massive quantity of shiny black things I own, and the DS has a lot less surface area than my black glass coffee table.