While it used to be $10 (or Free with a Metroid Pinball purchase) you can now get the DS Rumble Pak with purchase of Hunters. From the release: “Nintendo is shaking things up this summer by offering a free Nintendo DS Rumble Pak? with the purchase of Metroid Prime Hunters for Nintendo DS… Free Rumble Paks with Metroid Prime Hunters purchase are now available at select retailers for a limited time and while supplies last.”
For pak owners, would you recommend it to others for a heightened game experience?
It's not fantastic, but its sorta a nice gimmick. For 10 bones, I'd pick one up. For hunters, ti gives you a shake when you get nailed my missiles, heightening the experience, and for Metroid Prime pinball it makes the experience abit better. Havn't tried it in Partners in Time yet (have to wrestle that away from my GF!)
i'm a huge nintendo fan boy, but i do get sick of getting f***ed by nintendo. why do they insist on rewarding late comers so much more than loyal eager fans. granted they know we will spend the dough for ds lite even if we just bought the mario kart edition 2 months earlier, and the orignial ds at launch. i really hope this is one nintendo trend that fades at least in that they reward those who buy early. i want a free rumble pak, for registering my mph come on ninty.
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"getting f***ed by nintendo"? RIDICULOUS.—A major reason why I bought Metroid Prime Pinball was because it had the rumble pack bundled, so I could use it with my copies of Hunters and Mario/Luigi RPG 2 .. . boy, what a huge mistake that was.I thought the game would only be the means to get the rumble pack and nothing more, but in reality MPP is an incredibly fun game, even moreso with the added feature of feeling the game. The game certainly would be a completely different experience without rumble.Just another reason why DS/Lite >>> PoSP
I am not really impressed with the rumble pak so far.Granted, the only games I have played with it are MPH and MPP, maybe when more games are released or when more is done with it I will like it more.The problem is that the vibrations are very weak, you kind of have to pay attention to notice them.It kind of has to be weak though, at least in MPH because if it shook hard enough to shake the screen, that would probably not help you accuracy too much. I like how in MP the controller would rumble when you charged up your beam, but that would probably drain battery life pretty good on the DS.I would have liked to have it come with MPH, but I don't know if I would buy another one if this one breaks.
While I felt that the use of the Rumble Pack was key to the MP Pinball experience, I hardly notice it within the MP Hunters game.I haven't tried it with M&L: PiT, but I would only recommend it so far for the MP Pinball game. I would only buy it now if many other future games are going to use it.
Heh, I have only the MPP and Partners in time to go by, but I gotta say the word that IMHO fits the Rumble pak is 'cute'. It kinda chirps in a cute way. Yeah, you read right: it chirps, as in, produces a buzzing sound. Only more whimsical, kinda like it wants your attention. The vibration is negligible. However, i love it, in a 'My NDS talks to me' kinda way.
Perhaps the Nintendo Store in NYC will honor this if you bring in your receipt.I will try this weekend.
I don't see why the Rumble Pak isn't built-in to the DS lite.This GBA-sized pak is going to stick out when inserted into a Lite.
It rumbles a bit weak, but it also makes a nice sound. I think it's just enough rumble for a handheld. You don't want to shake all your hardware around. For MP Pinball it's a real nice touch. Also i like it in Super Princess Peach. Normally you have to watch the bottom screen for an exlamation mark if there are specials in the current room, now it shakes. It shakes not much, but it's overall a nice touch.I hope they also include it in the new mario..Just can't find a screenshot of the back of the box.