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GBA or NDS games

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Based on your experience, in which console you liked playing Pokémn more (Not considering the region or generation...just gameplay, graphics, and music)?

GameBoy Advance - FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald

Nintendo DS - HeartGold, SoulSilver, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum.
 
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The DS definitely. I never cared for the GBA.. I liked it better when the GBA SP came out, but the DS is way better.
 
Ugh... you cant make me vote between the two...
Each one improved the hand held gaming industry. For both generations there was never a portable game station able to live up to either of them. Each system holds a special place in my child hood for different reasons. The original wow factor of the variety of beautiful colors that the Gameboy Advance had introduced to our hands. The amazingness of such a decently accurate touchpad on the Nintendo DS. Good God the many spectacular games that you could play on each of them including the pokemon franchise.

With all the amazing good that came from both, how dare you try to make me choose between them? Nintendo is genius when designing hand held video game hard wear.
 
Out of the two, I found the Nintendo DS era to be more enjoyable. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection really gave Pokémon the kick it needed. I also liked the console's shape a lot better than the Gameboy Advance (also, back lit screen!).

The Gameboy Micro has a special place in my heart though.
 
The DS, by far. Having two screens for Pokemon was really nice. And to be blunt, it just plain had the better Pokemon games on it.
 
Well someone showed me a youtube video of Nintendo DS shiney Eevee, and I can say it's really really better than what looks on GBA. So my vote goes to NDS. lol
 
You forgot to mention Black and White. They're on the DS too, ya know. :P

Anyway, the DS games for me. I love Platinum and Black the most, followed by HG/SS, then Diamond and Pearl, so yeah.
 
DP were slow in both battle and surfing, but Platina and on are better than the GBA games. HGSS were the only ones making proper use of the touchscreen. I like the games to NDS better. However, most Pokemon DS games use sounds from GBA, making the music sound a little too much like the GBA. HGSS sounds different though.

Not mentioned here, but my favorite is the old Game Boy. Old Pocket Monsters doesn't have the special/physical categories of attacks, which is bad, though, and they lack other features like breeding. But design, music and the overall feel, all except the lacking features, are best in my opinion. If including region, Silver is my favorite, but if excluding region, generation, etc. then it's the games for Game Boy, or NDS between NDS and GBA.
 
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Oh my bad. I thought they released recently so should be for the latest console. lol :P
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Actually, Black and White came out like the same month as the 3DS and huge games like Pokemon are not really suitable for launch titles since they take so much time to make, so it made sense that BW were made for the DS.
 
Whilst I loved playing on my GBA (the backlight was a complete godsend) it has to be the DS. I loved HG/SS and Platinum, the graphics are brilliant, the sounds are great.
 
Because of Platinum and HG/SS I vote full force to DS! I absolutely loved those games and are in my all time favourites list. I still play on them every now and then because they are still amazing and I love how they are a great tool to poketransfer to B/W, when I need a rare Pokemon, or a Pokemon with a specific move set for competitive battle.
 
Focusing ONLY on graphics, I'd say GBA, I just love how clean and bright the sprites for the areas and people were, but taking into account other features the system brought to the table then my vote goes to DS. DS featured wifi which I personally think was amazing(maybe not perfectly executed but still, it feels good knowing its there). There's also how the touch screen helped me keep my buttons from dying from overuse in the battles.
 
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