Spirit Tracks Lagging

[Caleb, Of Asui]

It's been a little while since I played Spirit Tracks now, but I remember multiple instances within the Tower of Spirits where I would be noticed by a phantom and the game would actually start to lag because there were too many phantoms on the map trying to chase me. This was pretty odd, because I've never seen any game other than computer games lag. This is understandable, since games for consoles are made to match up with the system's processing power, while a computer's processing power might not be enough to avoid lag in a game that's much newer than the computer. So, it was pretty surprising finding Spirit Tracks lagging. I assumed at the time that the game was made to fit with the processing power of the DSi. I have the original fat DS, though, so I don't know whether or not it would lag on a DS Lite. Has anyone else experienced this kind of lag in Spirit Trakcs? Does anyone know whether or not this happens with the DS Lite?

 

[CZG]

It does, at times, have a bit of lag on the DS Lite.
The game really is pushing the limits of the DS'.

Riding the train while finding a bunch of enemies on your path will make the game somewhat slower. Water seems to be hard for the handheld at times too. I never cared much though.
The first Zelda games on the NES occasionally had some strange slow-mo effects too, you know?

Problably it because the programmers used a different way to look at things...
Unlike the good ol' 2d era, designing a game works in quite another way. I can imagine that you don't want to compromise or cut out anything from the finals...

 

[Meego]

I have a Nintendo DS (not a lite) and yes, that has happened to me on multiple occasions, I am not sure that it is the DS, but it has definately happened to me when I am running from phantoms!

 

[TheSerpent]

It also happens to me with those pirate tanks. When they appear, my game lags.

 

[Apple]

Same here. My game lags when there are many enemies, and when there are any enemies near me on the overworld. I got used to it, but it's still really annoying.

 

[Carben]

It also happens to me with those pirate tanks. When they appear, my game lags.

Same here. I wonder if it is the DS cannot handle it or something with the game itself.
I know my cousin played Spirit Tracks on her DSi lag never occurred to her.

 

[Apple]

I know my cousin played Spirit Tracks on her DSi lag never occurred to her.

The game lags on my DSi. Hmm... Maybe there's no explanation for it. :O

 

[Master Kokiri 9]

At times, it did lag for me on my DSi (yeah that theory's been blown). But mostly it lagged on my DSi during times when driving the train and actually there was surprisingly little going on when it does.

 

[Aura]

I have a DSi and the game never lagged for me. \:
That's strange..

 

[Alex_Da_Great]

It doesn't lag for me with the phantoms however whenever the battle tanks and ships attack you, it always lags...

 

[Carben]

It could be that when the Tanks come the game has to slow down because the tanks are the fastest thing in the game. Or so I think. They do travel pretty fast.

 

[TheSerpent]

It could be that when the Tanks come the game has to slow down because the tanks are the fastest thing in the game. Or so I think. They do travel pretty fast.

It doesn't have anything to do with how fast/slow they go. The game just has a lot more memory (or whatever it is) to read.

 

[Nye Pendragon]

I have a (broken :x) DS Lite and I've never experienced this 'lag' of which you speak. Maybe it has, and I just have never noticed it. |D;
But I can see that happening; as most have already said, Spirit Tracks is really pushing the limits for the DS. But I've had this happen on my Wii and Gamecube.
Maybe it's just a lot to load and the game system can't completely handle it? :/ I dunno.

 

[SheikahWarrior]

it lagged a bit on my DS Lite but not On my DSi (my lite broke )

 

[Phantom Zelda]

That only happened to me a little on the train but not in the ToS and I only have the original ds