Author Topic: How did I ever live without the DS Lite? (Read 26783 times)

Garnee · « **on:** April 15, 2006, 11:28:38 AM »

Modding this to official topic

I got my DS Lite yesterday...I'm in complete awe. The screen is so bright, I thought it was a lighthouse at first. Without the bulk, games are actually fun to play. Call me stupid for buying everything Nintendo throws my way, but the DS Lite rocks. Animal Crossing no longer gives me headaches!

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2006, 12:38:44 PM »

Do the brighter screens plus the smaller form give the impression the screens are larger?

Bloodworth · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2006, 01:38:14 PM »

It does. Nearly everyone I show it to thinks the screens are bigger.

IceCold · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2006, 03:32:30 PM »

I want

black..

MaryJane · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2006, 03:51:44 PM »

that looks so friggin sweet.

Artimus · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2006, 05:02:55 PM »

I want white. Will probably get one. It'll be the first redesign I've ever bought (only ever owned the original GBA, but mostly used my GBPlayer anyway). It's just TOO nice.

Caliban · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2006, 07:02:20 PM »

A DSLite in black is the blackhole of attention, all eyes are shifted towards it, nothing will escape it, nothing.

IceCold · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2006, 08:23:24 PM »

Well.. maybe Nintendo has heard my cry for black version..

Here is, supposedly, a new Famitsu scan with the DS Lite - looks black to me..

Hopefully it's confirmed for launch over here.

Caliban · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2006, 09:13:54 PM »

I saw that scan too but I don't want to keep my hopes so high, I'm already too excited about E3 and I don't want to cause a short-circuit from too much excitment.

Caliban · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2006, 08:48:10 AM »

Just for laughs: http://www.cabel.name/2006/04/nintendo-ds-lite-third-look.html

Caliban · « **Reply #10 on:** May 22, 2006, 10:15:24 AM »

Well, it's official, the europeans are getting a black DSlite. Europe, burn in hell!

Plugabugz · « **Reply #11 on:** May 22, 2006, 10:53:53 AM »

MWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH something to gloat about at last.

IceCold · « **Reply #12 on:** May 22, 2006, 04:02:56 PM »

What the hell? When do we get it?

Crimm · « **Reply #13 on:** May 22, 2006, 05:53:41 PM »

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Originally posted by: IceCold
What the hell? When do we get it?

NOA generally pisses me off like this. "White DS Lite only." RACIST! They did the same crap with the GBA, even in a lesser extent the GC. There were a lot of colors of GC I never saw here.

darknight06 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 23, 2006, 04:09:40 AM »

"Well, it's official, the europeans are getting a black DSlite. Europe, burn in hell! "

Eh, screw black, I got my enamel navy on my desk that says I'm sexier than black.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:33:03 PM »

I finished paying off my Lite today and screwed around with a display unit that GameStop had.

It fixes all the things that I didn't even know were broken on the regular DS. The screen, the buttons, the sexiness, it's all vastly superior. You may say to yourself right now "My regular DS works fine," but you won't say that once you see it and wrap your hands around it and feel it. So avoid it if you don't have $130 to throw around right now.

Garnee · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2006, 05:50:27 AM »

Woot, I started an official topic! =)

Also, my DS Lite is still awesome. It shipped with a burnt in pixel though...blue on the top of the top screen. It's usually not noticable anyway.

Shin Gallon · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2006, 06:06:28 AM »

(reposted due to thread being locked due to...something)
We got the Lite display kiosk thing at the WalMart I work at, and I tried it out for a few minutes today. I must say, the screens are gorgeous. I love the case, and how slim the system is. However, that's where the love ends.
I really don't like the new d-pad, or the buttons. They feel mushy and fragile, like if I play the system for a week they'll break (especially the d-pad).
So, I think I'll stick with my current NDS. The screens aren't quite as nice, but it's not like they're terrible (I remember when first seeing a DS and loving the screen then), and I much prefer the buttons, and I think the regular DS has the best d-pad of any handheld...ever, really.

Artimus · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2006, 06:11:17 AM »

I detest the current DS d-pad. It hurts, it's like a razor.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2006, 07:03:26 AM »

I like the current DS set-up, but hopefully I'll get to try the lite eventually. Even if I like it a lot better, I'm not buying one, I could afford several more games for that money.

Kairon · « **Reply #20 on:** June 09, 2006, 08:59:34 AM »

Penny-Arcade let us know what the people on the "PR List" get along with their DS: an awesome box-opening reveal!

Dah-da-da-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Shecky · « **Reply #21 on:** June 09, 2006, 06:30:31 PM »

lol, what they should have done is put a pair of shades in the box

wandering · « **Reply #22 on:** June 09, 2006, 07:53:26 PM »

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Originally posted by: Pale
I take it by "mushy and fragile" you mean "awesome and so much better than the stupid clicky ones on the classic DS!"

Clicky > mushy. Also, loud keyboards > quiet keyboards. Also, typewriters > keyboards.

Yeah. That's right.

Shin Gallon · « **Reply #23 on:** June 09, 2006, 08:17:57 PM »

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Originally posted by: Pale
I take it by "mushy and fragile" you mean "awesome and so much better than the stupid clicky ones on the classic DS!"

Actually, no, I mean "mushy and fragile" as in it feels like it's already broken, and playing NSMB on it was impossible to control. I really want to love the Lite, I think the new shell and screens are wonderful, but that d-pad has got to go...maybe if they do a third one, or if I can somehow mod a Lite to have a better d-pad and buttons, I'll get one.

Pale · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2006, 05:38:39 PM »

We can agree to disagree then. The buttons are the primary reason I plan on grabbing a Lite tomorrow.

As a side note, I stopped at about 5 stores today to try and get one a day early. The closest I got was playing ignorant at a circuit city like I didn't know the official date was tomorrow. The guy behind the counter was just as clueless, handed me one, and told me to take it to the cash register. I thought I was golden until the computer wouldn't let the guy ring it out.

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Author Topic: How did I ever live without the DS Lite? (Read 26783 times)