I like my DS lite

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Nice screens. I've only played the original DS in stores so I'm not sure how much better it is.

We've got Mario Kart DS, Pac N Roll, Yoshi Touch n Go, and Partners in Time. I don't want to get Metroid till I play through most of MP2 on the cube.

Was gonna get New SMB today but they were sold out.

I remember playing the classic Game & Watch games when I was a little kid. The dual screen Mario Bros with their bottle factory. Oh yeah. The memories.
 
if you need the new smb... I think I can get a couple still :)

I would like to get a DS lite at somepoint... I just don't want to spend any cash right now as I am taking the Gmat soon (going to cost me $250 just for the test).... but I DEFINITELY want to get one of these.

So... is the DS lite comfortable to hold then?

Bv :hat
 
Very, though the action buttons feel weird because they're kind of on the small side. Much smaller than the PSP buttons for instance. I wonder if someone with big hands and fingers might have trouble with this. My hands are on the small side and my fingers are pretty slim so it's a perfect fit for me but I wonder how comfortable/uncomfortable it might be for someone with bigger hands.
 
The screens are much more brighter than I imagined. I was worried that the size of the buttons would be too small for my fingers. Im pretty happy with it right now.
 
I just played Multi tonight for the first time. It was so much fun.

I played Mario Kart and New Super Mario Bros multiplayer


Great time.
 
I love my DS Lite, also. I can imagine that if you had thicker fingers the buttons could get awkward, but my husband and I have slimmer fingers, so it is fine.

I love the bright screens.
 
I love the DS. My fingers are sorta hurting a little from playing. I just have big hands I guess...
 
AresGodOfWar023 said:
I love the DS. My fingers are sorta hurting a little from playing. I just have big hands I guess...
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My fingers hurt when I play old model DS but not due to the system design - it has to do with the way I hold it. Check in to that. I mean, I still hold it that way and I know it eventually hurts, but.. hell.. that's the only way to fly is your way!
 
I do feel uncomfortable as well....   at times.  But then again... it's not bad unless playing for longer periods of time.


Bv :hat
 
Bluevoodu said:
I do feel uncomfortable as well.... at times. But then again... it's not bad unless playing for longer periods of time.


Bv :hat
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What part of your hands hurt? Each of you? It's always my right pinky. I sometimes have that problem playing GCN, too.
 
Its my thumb on my right hand and my left hand from the d pad. It will be all right I guess. I will get used to it...
 
I love mine too, love my PSP more, but am enjoying the DS Lite immensely. There are two things that bug me a bit....

1. It seems that when you pause GBA games the system doesn't go into sleep mode when you close it.
2. I'm so used to my PSP that on occasion I tend to turn off my DS Lite before closing it. Let me explain for those that didn't get that. When you have to stop playing a PSP you turn it off and when you turn it back on you just pick up right where you left off but on a DS you just close it and it automatically goes to sleep mode. Still getting used to that. :lol
 
Tommy V said:
I love mine too, love my PSP more, but am enjoying the DS Lite immensely. There are two things that bug me a bit....

1. It seems that when you pause GBA games the system doesn't go into sleep mode when you close it.
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That's because sleep is technically a software feature, not a hardware feature. To initiate sleep for GBA games, the title has to support such things.
2. I'm so used to my PSP that on occasion I tend to turn off my DS Lite before closing it. Let me explain for those that didn't get that. When you have to stop playing a PSP you turn it off and when you turn it back on you just pick up right where you left off but on a DS you just close it and it automatically goes to sleep mode. Still getting used to that. :lol
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I don't like the PSP "feature". I often end up turning it off instead of sleep mode. Sleep/power on the same button are not good. :-(
 
I'm not sure I get you on that. I just turn mine off and turn it back on. I'm not even aware of a sleep mode on the PSP, I guess because I don't use it. :lol
 
sleep is if you just click the off but off is if you hold power down for like 5 sec > > > i had one some jerk on my bus stepped on it :'( lets morn the loss
 
Sartori said:
What part of your hands hurt? Each of you? It's always my right pinky. I sometimes have that problem playing GCN, too.
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it hurts more along the line of the thumb to the pointer finger.

Pinky... doesn't hurt at all.

The DS has a sleep mode? I thought it was more of a "standby" mode where the screen just turned off... but the actual system wasn't resting? More like the game is paused and the screen light goes off.

†B†V† :hat
 
I have been having problems playing FIFA. My fingers are really cramped and I usually cant play for more than a half hour at a time.


I didnt know there was a sleep mode either. In Fifa they have a way to save in the middle of a game and continue later. I thought that was pretty neat.
 
Bluevoodu said:
it hurts more along the line of the thumb to the pointer finger.

Pinky... doesn't hurt at all.

The DS has a sleep mode? I thought it was more of a "standby" mode where the screen just turned off... but the actual system wasn't resting? More like the game is paused and the screen light goes off.

†B†V† :hat
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When you suspend the play in sleep mode, it enters a low battery mode. Even if it didn't, shutting the screens off would definitely save on battery either way.. :-)
 
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