Okay, a little background for the question.
I am considering getting a handheld after the exams (end of june), by that time I'm probably sick of staring at a PC screen and getting a big console isn't really an option since I don't have a tv in my college room.
So I was looking at the DS (Lite), it had a new Mario game and a new Zelda game coming soon, plus access to the GBA library. It's also a hell of lot cheaper (the DS Lite would cost 150€, the PSP is 250-300€). But comparing the DS to the PSP it really seems like the screen(s) are a lot smaller. I've never played with a DS before, but I did play with a PSP, and was very impressed with the screen (far better than I had ever expected from a handheld). So I'm a bit worried the DS won't even come close to the screen quality of the PSP.
Game wise, it seems like the PSP is really living up to its name, becoming a portable Playstation and have games you'd expect on a Playstation and not an a handheld. I'm not too sure this is a good thing, since those are the kind of games you really have to make time for, while most DS games seem like they can be played for a couple of minutes to an hour at a time, and still be fun (except Resident Evil DS, but then I never liked the original anyway). And the DS has Castlevania, SOTN is the only game I have ever missed playing since my PS broke. The DS also has a bigger back catalogue (due to GBA compatability) but the PSP *seems* to be getting more new games (including metal gear games !).
So it's going to be a tough choice and any advise would be appreciated.
EDIT: Fragony: the GBA micro (only one I've seen still being sold) costs about 100€ without a game, the DS (normal, without a game) costs about 130€ and is backwards compatible (at least Nintendo says so). It would seem like it would be worth the extra 30€-50€ (for a DS Lite)
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