how much should you spend on a nintendo ds lite?

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ive bought one for 160 plus postage from ebay but am now having second thoughts. i might sell it when it arrives. it seems too much. how much do you guys think it would be when it goes on sale in the uk/us?

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 19:49 (twenty years ago)

160 whats?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

I think you should pay what you think it's worth.

― A Van That's Loaded With Weapons (noodle vague), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

I've had a play with one, expecting to be unimpressed, and OMG, it's a DS, only cuter, and with a REALLY REALLY FUCKING GOOD SCREEN! Like, a PSP quality screen. With detail, and vibrant colours, and high contrast.

So yeah, they're probably worth more than you think, and I bet you change your mind about reselling it once you've got your hands on it.

Still, UK retail will be no more than current UK normal DS retail price, I betcha. They'll just release these and drop the price of the old ones. That's what they always do. They'd struggle to get away with anything else.

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 00:40 (twenty years ago)

Why does Nintendo keep making me want things when I already give them so much money?

― Laura H. (laurah), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 06:26 (twenty years ago)

lik-sang have them for the equivalent of £113.88, but they're on a back order and you'd have to wait for stock to arrive.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 06:34 (twenty years ago)

it arrived today. im not opening it as its on sale on ebay. i hope someone buys it soon. i cant afford to be spending 180 pounds (inc postage) on a handheld at the moment.....

it looks so good though!

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 11:35 (twenty years ago)

180 pounds???

zounds!

― antexit (antexit), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

i know i feel like a bit of a mug. but they seem to go for about 150 on average. thats why someone needs to hurry up and buy it off me.

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:11 (twenty years ago)

That seems like a lot of trouble to go through to not have a DS. I mean, I'm doing that shit right now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

what shit? not having a DS?

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Uh huh.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 19:23 (twenty years ago)

Waitaminute. I paid $170AUD for the DS I bought Nick. I assumed the DS lite was called what it is because it is made with a cheaper lighter cover and stuff and thus would cost less.

Does it cost MORE? Cos in that case eff that, I'm buying a normal one.

― Trayce is not a guy! (trayce), Thursday, 6 April 2006 04:45 (twenty years ago)

Ah on reading wiki, it seems the price got inflated due to massive demand/selling out in Japan.

― Trayce is not a guy! (trayce), Thursday, 6 April 2006 04:49 (twenty years ago)

The normal DS is too small for my hands. LOL XBOX IS HUEG?

― Fight the Real Enemy -- Tasti D-Lite (ex machina), Thursday, 6 April 2006 05:14 (twenty years ago)

Ah, Nintendo. The one place where being a girly with little hands has teh advantag0r when it comes to controller size and such.

― Trayce is not a guy! (trayce), Thursday, 6 April 2006 05:31 (twenty years ago)

I've never really had a problem before (I thought I had small hands), but the DS just hasn't sat right in my hands for me ever.

― Fight the Real Enemy -- Tasti D-Lite (ex machina), Thursday, 6 April 2006 05:53 (twenty years ago)

Gamefocus in London are trying to sell them for £230

― actionjackson (actionjackson), Thursday, 6 April 2006 10:49 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the DS really isn't playing well with my fingers.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 6 April 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

in america, 129.99 dollars, june 11th, white only.
http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/704/704875p1.html

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:32 (nineteen years ago)

I'm in. I wish it was something other than white, though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)

That's what she said!

― antexit (antexit), Thursday, 4 May 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah the one-color-at-a-time shit is pretty lame. GIVE US TEAL. THE LADY WANTS TEAL.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 4 May 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes seriously the DS PHAT in teal or pink with nintendogs bundle is now going for fucking $230-430 on amazon. people are insane.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 4 May 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

dammit. july? I wanted to get one to take w/ me on my trip next month.

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 4 May 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

It says June! Which means just in time for when I go to that European jazz festival. I'll just have to settle for white.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 4 May 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

oh shit, it does say june. Hmm.

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 4 May 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

I'll probably see about trading my DS in towards a Lite when they come out if only for the screen upgrade, which apparently is a godsend with regards to the Metroid FPS. Apparently I am the only person on earth who actually wants a white one (to match my iPod! God, I've turned into lamentable yuppie scum at age 25).

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Thursday, 4 May 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://portables.p-nintendo.com/news/N-1064064702.html

THe French DS Lite promo campaign: Profitons de cette news DS Lite pour partager avec vous des magnifiques photos "Lifestyle" de Nintendo :

http://images.p-nintendo.com/hardware/nds/lite/lifestyle/04.jpg

http://images.p-nintendo.com/hardware/nds/lite/lifestyle/01.jpg http://images.p-nintendo.com/hardware/nds/lite/lifestyle/02.jpg
http://images.p-nintendo.com/hardware/nds/lite/lifestyle/03.jpg http://images.p-nintendo.com/hardware/nds/lite/lifestyle/05.jpg
(click link for big)

found from here

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

Saw one at BestBuy this weekend - as I was admiring it, a blue-shirt person noticed it wasn't secured in any way to the metal "don't-steal-this" clamps and took it away. Alas. I still like my cobalt blue DS just fine.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 01:06 (nineteen years ago)

I'm ge'in one next week. Still wish it was something other than white.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

Get some sequins and a glue gun.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 03:02 (nineteen years ago)

I was thinking electrical tape and stickers.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

rhinestones, yo

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/dslite/dsl-ds9000-500.jpg

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:16 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/dslite/dsl-leopard-500.jpg

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/dslite/dsl-rwb-500.jpg

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Ha, are those actual DS's or "concept art"?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:37 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh!

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

HAHAHAH

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/dslite/dsl-confed-500.jpg

there's something just so perfect about this one

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

next up: the skin featuring Calvin peeing on a PS2 logo

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

not bad:

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/dslite/dsl-nisshoki-500.jpg

Bleah:

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/dslite/dsl-unionwrap-500.jpg

aw c'mon. the one flag design i'd actually buy and the inside looks terrible.

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

Oh I see. The only one I actually like is "Retro Lite", otherwise I'll probably DIY it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/dslite/dsl-plaid-500.jpg

So, so amazing.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

I just talked someone I know out of buying an import DS as opposed to waiting for the US release because it was impractical, so why am I actually considering buying a Lite when I already have a DS? I need that like a hole in the head.

They are so pretty.

― Laurah (laurah), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

laura i'm stupidly considering it too.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

you all just want the pretty, pretty stickers, don't you

and glitter

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

In honor of the DS Lite, TOP 5 DS GAMES GO!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

- mario kart
- new super mario
- advance wars ds
- animal crossing
- what else do i have? brain age? meteos?

i haven't played mario & luigi rpg or phoenix wright

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

I'm excited about those (well, not advance wars cuz I'm dumb) and also possibly:

Electroplankton
Castlevania?
Resident Evil
maybe Dig Dug

Isn't there a music type game that records stuff with the mic?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

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the 11th is the official street date, some places have already broken it(like best buy & circuit city)

(or so i've heard)

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

oh these are out in australia already, I got one on monday! it is a treat. screen's nice and bright!

― guns to deal with vodka (haitch), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 03:05 (nineteen years ago)

Which reminds me I need to hook up wit you pronto and buy yr old DS, I guess. We can go to Revolting Upstairs or somethin.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 03:44 (nineteen years ago)

Having said that though Nick is making noises abt wanting a Lite as well and letting me have the old DS. Argh.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

noooooo!!

― guns to deal with vodka (haitch), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 04:57 (nineteen years ago)

friday is good? I'm inna area. probably.

― guns to deal with vodka (haitch), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 04:57 (nineteen years ago)

Yair maybe after work.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 05:55 (nineteen years ago)

Join us for a Midnight DS Lite Launch Bash
If you want to see it get bright in the middle of the night, then you need to be at Nintendo World as we ring in the DS Lite era with a slammin' midnight release bash. Come late Saturday night, when the clock strikes 12:01 on the morning of Sunday June 11th until 2am, you can pick up the brand new lighter, brighter Nintendo DS Lite. The first 100 people to purchase a DS Lite at the World Store will also get a free carrying case and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes A Day! Come dressed up as your best Nintendo Character, to have a chance of moving to the front of the line.

While you're breaking open your new DS Lite, dance to the beat of our live DJ or grab Mario and get your picture taken with our main man.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 9 June 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

Sonic Rush
Animal Crossing
Electroplankton
Mario 64 DS
Tetris DS

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Saturday, 10 June 2006 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

Trauma Center is super intense. You do surgeries w/the DS stylus. It's really exciting and challenging.

― Abbott (Abbott), Saturday, 10 June 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

I just bought a regular DS two weeks ago so screw DS Lites! :D

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 10 June 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

So it's Operation DS?

That sounds kinda cool actually.

― Jordan (Jordan), Saturday, 10 June 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

I got mine today (plus Mario). :>

(it's great)

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 June 2006 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

I'm kinda intrigued by Trauma Center.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 12 June 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

It seems like the speakers a really quiet on the DS Lite, way moreso than the GBA. I picked up Electroplankton and, unless I'm in a silent room, it seems like headphones are almost required.

Is the DS Phat the same?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't notice much of a difference between phat and lite.

― guns to deal with vodka (haitch), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

ds phat sound is great!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

I really want a larger DS. I have man hands.

― account (account), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

I think the XBOX controller is the only controller that I can use properly.

― lord pooperton (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

my top 5 would go something like...

new super mario brothers
trauma center
electroplankton
mario kart ds
castlevania: dawn of sarrow

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Thursday, 29 June 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

I saw a black DS lite for sale yesterday, but expensivo.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 30 June 2006 11:42 (nineteen years ago)

Btw, GBA and DS power adapters apparently do not work with Euro voltage converters/adapters for some reason. Is to cry.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 30 June 2006 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

Steal one!

― Darramouss ftw! (Darramouss ftw), Friday, 30 June 2006 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

And now after getting back home, my DS Lite charges for a few seconds and then stops (i.e. the lights go off). What the fucking fuck.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

maybe cos it's charged up already? did you try playing a game?

― jack (sweatypalms1234), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, it conks out within minutes. I e-mailed customer service, hopefully I can send it back for repair/replacement. :(

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

Btw, GBA and DS power adapters apparently do not work with Euro voltage converters/adapters for some reason.

Er, yeah they do. I use a japanese machine with a japanese charger via a step down transformer here in the UK all the time.

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 6 July 2006 10:23 (nineteen years ago)

Well, mine didn't.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 6 July 2006 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

I called customer service, it looks like I most likely plugged it into the wrong kind of charger and fried it. I'm sending it in for repairs by a skilled team of Nintendologists.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 6 July 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

That should be Nintendoctors, sorry.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 6 July 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

anyone know which case would be worth buying?

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Saturday, 15 July 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Hello Jordan,
Thank you for sending your Nintendo components to us for repair.

We wanted to let you know that your components are being shipped back to
you.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 17 July 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

nice!

the first regular ds i bought was wonky, i had to bring it back. kept shutting off for no reason!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

the first regular ds i bought was wonky, i had to bring it back. kept shutting off for no reason!

Every time I drop my DS or knock it off of a table (which fortunately doesn't happen very often) I think of your video of a poorly, cranky one :(

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

I have to say, even though I was pissed about the DS getting fried so easily, the customer service was great.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

my video of a poorly cranky one? huh?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 17 July 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

I was pissed about the DS getting fried so easily

Easily? Dude, give them a break, you plugged a 110 volt appliance into a 240 volt supply. You'd get fried!

(Sorry, but I used to work in a videogames shop where people would do this all the time, then come back to us and try to claim it was our fault and that we owed them a refund).

― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 08:26 (nineteen years ago)

I have to say, even though I was pissed about the DS getting fried so easily, the customer service was great.

I've read loads of good things about Nintendo customer service lately! This is quite good, and there's better in the comments - http://www.jacobian.org/2006/jul/10/bad-dog/

my video of a poorly cranky one? huh?

Perhaps it was another ILGer, but there was a video of a DS that flickered on/off/on/off all the time, making nasty noises.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:21 (nineteen years ago)

Easily? Dude, give them a break, you plugged a 110 volt appliance into a 240 volt supply. You'd get fried!

I'm not even sure that's what the supply was, though. Another dude was charging is iPod with it all week, and my friend's GBA SP didn't work with it but didn't get fried.

Anyway it actually came showed up in the mail yesterday and works great.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 11:55 (nineteen years ago)

different devices can handle different voltages. i think apple makes all their stuff so that it can go easily back and forth b/w european and american power. but you gotta watch out for that shit!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 12:19 (nineteen years ago)

PLAY SAFE.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 12:20 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not even sure that's what the supply was, though.

Sheesh. I don't want to get excessively harsh here, but if you're going around plugging things into outlets without even checking what comes out of them first, you're very lucky you haven't had everything fried, including your fingers.

Still, it's fixed now, so that's all good.

― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

I guess I just assumed that the Best Buy-bought converter/adapter would not break my shit and/or kill me!

Anyway, lesson learned, etc.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 13:10 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Yeah! I just got me one of these via some trading in action, and the lite is so much prettier than the old one... that screen! Yipe.

Also I just got Phoenix Wright

HOLD IT

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a293/MrSands2000/Phoenix.gif

― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Saturday, 5 August 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

I'm really tempted to buy one of these tomorrow for better Animal Crossing at the train station.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Saturday, 5 August 2006 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

Watch out for hoodies at the train station Melton! They'll have you up and your DS.

― Darramouss ftw! (Darramouss ftw), Sunday, 6 August 2006 10:02 (nineteen years ago)

Bah, I can't afford one anyway :( Maybe next payday.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Sunday, 6 August 2006 10:05 (nineteen years ago)

I got the Dig Dug last night ('cause they didn't have Castlevania). It's pretty sweet, in that it's still basically Dig Dug. On the other hand, it seems like it will be pretty easy and short (not necessarily a bad thing).

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

five months pass...

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2007/01/16/a-new-look-at-sim-city/

A look at Sim City DS, where you can apparently trade certain buildings and city features over WiFi.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

Sim City on DS = bliss!

― teh_kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 January 2007 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

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