Nintendo DS Lite Thread

Just out of curiosity, has anyone else taken the plunge and upgraded to a DS Lite?

Kind of sad that I only had the regular DS for about a month before upgrading, but the deal at Game Crazy was too good to pass up.

If you do, I'd go with the Lite when you buy one.

While I don't have any real hands on experience to speak of yet (It's still charging over there on my couch, depressing the hell out of me), the difference in screen brightness I've seen in video comparisons are incredible. My biggest gripe with the DS was how dim the screen is at times, especially if you are outdoors in the sunlight, where your games become virtually unplayable. With the Lite, that's been fixed like you wouldn't believe.

But then, that's more the hype talking than me. I'll get to find out for sure tomorrow.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike is supposed to be the best one in the series and it is out for the DS. I had it but sold it recently, since I seem to have lost my patience for real time strategy games.

Otherwise, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a freakin' awesome anime-style court room drama \ adventure game, Animal Crossing: Wild World is loads of fun if you are into community-styled games that can never be beaten, and I've heard nothing but good things about New Super Mario Brothers, although I'm still weary of the retro is teh sweet sentiment that surrounds it.

Edited by: JoeX111

why a lite? ds seems fine... and there i'm sure i can flash the baby safely

A Lite is about ten times better. Not only is it smaller and much lighter (without losing screen size), but since it has different brightness levels, you can actually play with it outside without having to worry about not seeing a damn thing. Not to mention, the inside has practically been streamlined to work a lot better, kind of like when the PStwo came out. It's also the same price as the original DS, so if you have a choice, it's an obvious one.

I was considering selling my PSP to get a DSlite, because there is a LOT of really good games coming out, like Children of Mana, Final Fantasy III, Castlevania, Point Blank (!!), Star Fox, and Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. The only games coming out for then PSP that are noteworthy are Blade Dancer (from Nippon Ichi, the people behind Disgaea), Tekken: Dark Resurrection (although it's pretty much the same game as Tekken 5), Gitaroo Man Lives!, Guilty Gear Judgement, and Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. If you noticed, the PSP is definitely about the sequels, which has gotten me bummed out. So, I might just grab the DS, snatch a laptop when I head off to college, and that'll pretty much cover anything the PSP is capable of doing.

Might throw my PSP up on ebay.

Bah, I'm just now waiting for the regular DSs to drop. Lite is for sissies who aren't liable to crush the gamepad in intense concentration

Agreed with Ambershee.

But I'll probably get a DSLite and a car-kit and probably play some heavy-duty RPGs like Final Fantasy during road trips.

I've had my regular DS for about ayear now, and I'm not just going to replace it with the new model...

Unless I can get the black one. It would match my iPod! *squeeee*

If I find out theres a decent tradability factor I might get one,

I'm keeping my regular DS just to say I have one. That, and I have such a strong bond to it. I just couldn't let it go.

Edited by: silent_shadow900

I found out I can get $100 for my Sony PSP if I sell it at GameStop. Maybe you guys can help me out if I should sell this line-up at GameStop or go ahead and do it on eBay and try to get twice as much:

Sony PSP Value Pack (headphones with remote attachment, 32mb stick, power cord, cloth cover)
1GB SanDisk Memory Stick
Spiderman 2 (Movie)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Game) - Gets $16 at GS
Lumines (Game)
2.5 Firmware

All this comes with the original box and manuals. Hope I'm not hijacking the thread, but this is about getting the DSlite, so please don't mind.

Lol, yeah, and they have a special this week that you get $10 more if you trade in 4 games (or two 360 games). I'm going to take my stuff in tomorrow and see what they offer. I have a membership at Gamestop, so that means I get 10% more. So, if I trade in the PSP, I get, say $100, then trade in GTA LCS, get $16, Lumines for say, $10, and two other games that equal to $20 with the $10 bonus. The 1gig stick might get me about $20-30 more. The Spiderman 2 movie may get me $5. So, with that 10% addition, I'd hopefully get about $190, if I play my cards right.

Not bad, considering I paid so much for the system in the first place.

Im gonna buy one off Mercado Livre (kind of a brazilian eBay), the prices are really cheap there, I hope Im able to grab one...