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Okay, I interrupt my period of gaming malaise to bringing you this exciting development in gaming technology.  The DS RUMBLE PACK, from Nintendo.

I bought this a few years ago as I thought it would be rare one day (it is only available from the Nintendo Store Including online).  You can get them for as low as $1.99 from gamestop.com (so much for the collectible nature of the device).

It adds a whole new level to the DS -- feedback -- it's amazing.  I popped in Space Invaders Extreme to check it out for the first time, and it turned it into a Rez-like experience.

Here are the games currently supported by the RUMBLE Pack:

Air Traffic Chaos
Akagawa Jirou Mystery: Yasoukyoku
Animal Boxing
Bomberman 2 (Custom Battler Bombebleach bladeno battlers

lubhouse Games]] (42 All-Time Classics in Europe)
Custom Robo Arena
Daigasso! Band Brothers DX
Diddy Kong Racing DS
Dirt 2
Elite Beat Agents
Ferrari Challenge
GRID
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kizuna: Dai-Ichi-Kan - Tatari
Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kizuna: Dai-Ni-Kan - Sou
Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kizuna: Dai-San-Kan - Rasen
Iron Man     Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Magnetica (Actionloop in Europe)
Mahjong Fight Club DS: Wi-Fi Taiou
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Feature removed from US version)
Metroid Prime Hunters
Metroid Prime Pinball (Rumble Pak came with US version)
Moon
Need For Speed: Undercover
Need For Speed: Nitro
Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
Orcs & Elves
Picross DS
Power Pro Kun Pocket 9
Power Pro Kun Pocket 10
Professional Fisherman's Tour: Northern Hemisphere
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary     Race Driver: Create and Race
Sega Superstars Tennis
Space Invaders Extreme
Space Invaders Extreme 2
Star Fox Command
Star Trek: Tactical Assault
Super Princess Peach
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
Theta
Tomb Raider: Underworld
TrackMania DS
Treasure Gaust: Gaust Diver (Deep Purple)
Treasure Gaust: Gaust Diver (Crimson Red)
V8 SuperCars Australia 3
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise
Wario: Master of Disguise
Wild West, The
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I have one. It came with my copy of Metroid Prime Pinball. It's okay, but I think it's more noisy than it should be.

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Does it work with Lites?  

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gamingeek said:
Does it work with Lites?  

Yes

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Ravenprose said:
I have one. It came with my copy of Metroid Prime Pinball. It's okay, but I think it's more noisy than it should be.

same here.  got it in metroid pinball.  only used it for that game and for partners in time.  it was neat but noisy.  i haven't used it at all since i stopped using the bulky DS and started using the lite almost exclusively.  don't like cartridges sticking out of the DS and didn't want to get the smaller kind for the lite as it's not such a big deal.

now what i would have really liked, is force feedback in the classic controller and also in the wavebird (which is otherwise my favourite controller of all time).  i think the classic controller pro (or whatever it's called) should have addressed this.

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:08:19
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I never realize it supported anything other than Metroid Prime Pinball.  Oh well now that I use the DSi it's a moot point.
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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:28:28
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Yeah, DSi incompatible.

I didn't care about rumble on the N64, and I didn't care on the GameCube.  The Wii's a little different because it's needs the extra feedback in places, but that's about it.

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:41:45
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I liked rumble for the consoles but didn't really use it for the ds. When is the dsll or whatever it's called out? I need to replace my phat with something bigger.
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^ With rumble, I can take it or leave it. I mostly leave it. I had rumble on N64, but half of my games didn't even support it. Sega wanted me to pay an extra $25 for their rumble add-on, so I gave them the middle finger. I bought a Wavebird just as soon as it hit the market, so no rumble on Gamecube. I dislike Wii's battery-hogging, weak-ass, noisy rumble so much, I disabled it three years ago. The rumble on Xbox 360 is quite good, though. Happy

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:37:40

angrymonkey said:
I liked rumble for the consoles but didn't really use it for the ds. When is the dsll or whatever it's called out? I need to replace my phat with something bigger.

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Ravenprose said:
I have one. It came with my copy of Metroid Prime Pinball. It's okay, but I think it's more noisy than it should be.

 I didn't know it came with MetPin.  I have not noticed the noise, though I am playing it in a DSPhat.  I'll listen some more, I have bought some of the games it supports.  You should give it a try with Space Invaders Extreme, it's a kick.


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