I’m not Ganesha: I have two hands. Unfortunately, the folks at Nintendo seem to feel that, well, I’m not trying hard enough with my games and that I should suddenly sprout two more hands. At least, that’s the feeling I got after trying to play Metroid on the demo DS at the local Game Stop.

Move with the pad, turn and fire with the pen, perform actions with the buttons and, oh, hold the damn thing while doing all of this. Excuse me? Are you insane? I barely got a hold on the number of buttons on the Super Nintendo and now I have to put up with all of this? Coupled with having to watch two screens while paying attention to my four arms.

Instead of getting a DS for myself, I bought a second Advance SP for my wife to feed her FF and Metroid addictions, then picked up Paperboy, Metroid: Zero Mission, and Final Fantasy I & II. All used, all functional, and a significantly better use of my money than going through prosthetic surgery.