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Video Games : Nintendo DS Lite Handheld Console (White)

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- BEWARE NINTENDO DS USERS!
You cannot fault the Nintendo DS for its design and gaming experience, except for one flaw. It's durability.

I have had my Nintendo DS Lite for just over 12 months and hardly used it in that time, except to train my brain with Dr Kawashima. However, I am disappointed and annoyed that a crack has appeared in the hinge and a green dot on the touch screen, which is noticeable and distracting when playing games with dark images. It is literally just out of warranty and I will have to pay around half the price of a new DS to repair it. Ironically, the DS has not been man-handled but stored carefully in a carry case out of harm's way. So as a word of caution, keep your proof of purchase so you can claim under the 12 month warranty should you need to. Otherwise, happy gaming!

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- Amazing
The Lite makes the original DS look like a beta model. It's smaller; sturdier; endlessly stylish; has much softer, better buttons; has far better placement of features, especially the microphone and headphone sockets; has a thicker stylus. It's no longer wrist-breakingly heavy, and is basically superior in every conceivable way. Performance is of course the same, though the battery is possibly a little longer lasting and charges faster. If you have the money for it, I would definitely recommend upgrading your old DS.

As for games, there is so much quality covering most genres, from New Super Mario Bros to Elite Beat Agents to Pheonix Wright and more. Online functionality is dire compared to the PSP, but quite workable if you don't mind the inconvenience of twelve-digit friend codes and a lower standard of wireless encryption. If these terms mean nothing to you, then it's safe to ignore these gripes. :)

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- woow much better than i expected & I had high expectations!
This is a fabulous console. Both myself & my 8 year old dd got one for Xmas. It's lots more fun if you have 2 in a family- multiplayer modes on games, pictochat (a text based message thing similar to msn messenger) etc all add an extra dimension.

It is really easy to see the screen, light to hold & the games are lots of fun.

I'm very, very happy, possibly the most fun present I have ever received.

I don't like any other console games - my husband has a ps2, XBOX & XBOX 360 & I never play any of them (except the eye toy on the PS2). But I find the stylus on the ds really instinctive & easy to use.

BTW the game made husband is currently playing on my DS!

My dd who is 8 loves hers too. She loves the fact that it can be turned upside down to be easier if you are left handed. She also loves blowing into the microphone for games, the quality of the graphics & the chat function.

Well worth the money for such a fab piece of kit.

Rating:

- Extremely Disappointed
Unfortunately i am unable to give anyone advice on buying the Nintendo DS Lite except to say DO NOT BUY FROM AMAZON!!!! I can't provide feedback because AMAZON FAILED TO DELIVER THE ITEM THREE TIMES and just keep sending e-mails revising their estimated delivery dates, despite advertsising that they had it IN STOCK AND WOULD DELIVER BEFORE CHRISTMAS!! Yet another example of a large company taking your money then breaking their promises and leaving the customer in the lurch. Merry Christmas AMAZON....unfortunately my wife is not having a very merry Christmas as the Nintendo DS Lite which AMAZON promised to deliver on 21st December still has not arrived (today is Christmas Day) ! ! !

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- the best
this console is the best in next gen hand held gaming.

beats psp any day!!!!!