I got the original Nintendo ds as an xmas gift in the 2004 new year 2005 season, and I have to say I am pretty impressed by the overall quality of the system. This Nintendo ds is the Silver platinum color scheme which is the first color at the time. I've dropped this thing a billion times and even spilled water on it and it works flawlessly. That's the thing you can always expect from Nintendo is quality and durability. I've never had a nintendo system fail on me from the n64 to gbc to gba to gcn whatever. Unless your actually trying to break it its not goin to break. I don't know if anybody else has had this problem, but my L and R shoulder buttons just don't work anymore. I have no idea why but they just don't work. That is the only problem i have right now. It frustrated me because they died after the warranty expiration date. The ds also has wireless multiplayer gaming with one card with some games and a pictochat mode, gba slot. Sadly no gbc games or gameboy games can be played which is a huge dissapointment. The multiplayer with gba games doesn't work either due to the abcence of the multi link cable port missing. Overall a pretty good system, very durable. I do realize that there are ds lites, and the dsi, and the dsi xl but to me its not worth it. I hardly ever use the ds and theres no incentive for me to buy a remake. Thats the critical problem with the ds is the gimmicky rediculous games it has. I have 3 games that I enjoy playing on this thing. That's why I'm rating it as 3 stars. I mean if your a parent who has kids in the 4-9 year old range it will satisfy them and will probably be a good buy. Im a freshman in college and I require more entertainment in my games. Brain age and brain age two and nintendogs just dont satisfy my needs. Theres three games that I love to play, Super mario 64 ds, mario kart ds, and new super mario bros. thats about it on the games library in my range. Some nintendo ds games have a online feature which is a step in the right direction and is a pretty cool feature concerning games. Nintendo needs to make a super smash bros. or a f-zero game for it or port mario party 1 2 and 3 from n64 over. Mario party ds failed. I played it for 5 seconds after renting it and returned it. That's my biggest problem with the ds is theres not alot of games that spark my interest except for a few. Those that liked ocarina of time or majoras mask for the n64 will be dissapointed with phantom hourglass and spirit tracks. Again they are extremely gimmicky and just not the same. The touch screen is a complete joke and just a huge gimmick sucker. All the Nds games revolve around it. In general i wouldn't recommend this system to the teenage audience. Overall I love the ds and just how durable it is but like i said I wish nintendo would make better games for it. Another thing I have to add is the pictochat function. It's extremely gimmicky. It's basically a texting tool and you quite literally have to be in the same room next to somebody because it doesn't reach very far. I could just talk to the person if he or she is in the same room. It does do nicely though if your like in a quiet zone and have to be quiet. Otherwise it is not to exciting, just another gimmicky ds feature.
Pros
+ Extremely durable, hard to break
+ 3 awesome games super mario 64 ds, mario kart ds, and new super mario bros. I recommend these games.
+ added gba slot for gba game support
+ wireless multiplayer with ds games plus ds download play
+ awesome silver color
+ also a worthy note it has the same charging cord that works with a gba sp
+ some games are wifi(online worthy)
Cons
+ extremely gimmicky ds games
+ most games revolve around the touch screen
+ absence of gbc and gameboy game support
+ no link cable connector to play multiplayer with gba games
+ only one brightness setting on or off
+ gimmicky texting tool known as pictochat
I recommend this to really young kids or teenagers who enjoy this stuff.
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