You can only pick one

Then it's not realistic you are posing choices that do not exist in Reality.

DS, obviously. Most of GBA's library was SNES ports and not that much else. DS had tons of variation

>major component
>MAJOR

The DSi doesn't even have the port. Anyway, the point of the thread is literally just to discuss the fucking library

That’s why it’s a fucking hypothetical. Are you actually autistic?

then why not just start the thread off asking which had a better library instead of this stupid comparison

>16.8MHz 32bit, 128K of VRAM, 240×160, 512 colours
vs
>3.58MHz 16 bit, 64K VRAM, 512×448, 256 colours.

Yeah peas in a pod those 2.

Non-retards can figure it out.

apparently not because this thread has turned into a shitshow almost immediately and nobody is discussing the library of the hardware mentioned
you've got retards talking about 3ds now

Obviously the DS is the superior choice since it can play gba games too. I don't give a fuck about your arbitrary stipulation dumbass.

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You’re not clever for ignoring the premise of the question.

DS no contest. It has the same franchises, more variety of genres and gameplay, better technology and some of my favorite games ever. Why whould I pick GBA over it?

If the GBA was more powerful then why were the SNES ports on it so shit?

Youre not clever for arbitrarily gimping the DS to have it be on an even playing field as the gba.

GBA for sure, the game library is much better. DS is basically just worse GBA games and shovelware. Only retarded zoomers pick DS.

Incompetant devs.

Can GBA run GBC emulators? I know my DS Lite could and it was really fluent.

>No backward compatibility allowed.
what a fitting image, though.

DS is tied with the PS2 for best library of all time (obviously excluding PC and emulation).

GBA is good but doesn’t even come close.

DS so I can get the extra bonus in Knights in the Nightmare for having an Yggdra Union cart inserted.

GBA was backwards compatible with gameboy and gameboy colour games.

Wouldn't go that far but it's certainly ps2 of handhelds.

This is by far the worst opinion I’ve ever read, and I can only assume that you were in edgy 14 year old mode when the DS came out because the library is objectively better

Shit OP, but DS library > GBA library.

Resolution

you could at least post dsi to make bc not an option

Strange Journey ain't a GBA game, user.

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DS/Wii were by far the worst era of first-party Nintendo games, and besides that the only thing that the DS has that the GBA doesn't do better is Etrian Odyssey. GBA all the way

his opinion is dogshit but what are you even rambling about
every edgy 14 year old had a nintendo DS, it literally catered directly to that audience, pictochat is proof of this

GBA's screen was lower resolution and there was no native sound chip save for GBC BC if memory serves.

I love GBA, DS, 3DS and roms

>if you chose gba then what with the avaiable ds titles? you wipe ur ass with em or what?

this isnt even a choice, its 2 consoles v 1, why would anybody restrict themselves to only a gba

which cost more/are older/ and the games are more expensive

DS library is vastly superior to the GBA, it terms of first and third party, GBA doesn't even have a proper Mario game

No it isn't, faggot. Only retarded normies think the DS library is any good. I bet you think Nintedogs is the peak Nintendo game.

And DS doesn't have a good Mario game so they're about even