Worst thing ever

[Brody]

A couple of days ago, just after school I went to the Shops and bought The Phantom Hourglass and i pulled out my DS so i could play it on the train on the way home and i turned it on and i notice a giant crack from one corner to the other corner of the top screen
so, now i have to save up some money to get a new DS just so i can play it hahah

[SuperLuigiBros]

Damn that sucks. Do you know how it happened? Was it a DS or a DS Lite?

[Phoenix]

That happened to me with my original DS. I needed to take a little better care of it. On the bright side, though, is that I had an excuse to get a DS Lite, which is so much more awesome.

[SuperLuigiBros]

^Yeh thats what I was going to say. If you had an old one, you should definitely get a Lite as they are totally awesome.

[Viper]

Call Nintendo first and try to haggle a warranty extension. You'd be surprised at how easily they'll go for it.

[Brody]

Original DS, and Viper i dont reckon i would be able to i had it since it came out i think it was only a 1 year warranty

I'll try and bug my folks to get me a Lite

[SuperLuigiBros]

Plus Nintendo of Australia sucks. :'(

[bobo_ess]

damn that sucks, my ds darc went through a few tumbles, just a few scratches on the outside, that's about it, i just have a tough time finding stylus pens for it though

[r33hash]

This is why I always buy a case for my handhelds, and typically some form of screen protector. The clamshell design of the DS and DS Lite present a false sense of safety.

[Lucent Beam]

That sucks.
But even out of warranty, Nintendo still might fix it for cheaper than the price of a whole new one.
Ask emiwee, I know she got her DS fixed recently.

[Brody]

My mate got his fixed and he told me it costs like $150 to $200 depending on the crack so I'll probably just buy a lite.

[r33hash]

That's ridiculous. That's more expensive than a new DS Lite. Unless your from somewhere besides the U.S.

[SuperLuigiBros]

He's in Australia. DS Lites go for about $200 here, and in most cases youll be able to pick it up with a free game.

I don't think Nintendo of Australia and Nintendo of America work the same way. Because Australia is so small we get very little support.

Just go pick up a DS Lite. Once you see how awesome it is youll be happy your old one broke. :) (In a way)

[Brody]

yeah I'm gonna get one, i was playing my mates and im like this is sick as.
cuz its cheaper and Nintendo of Aust are cunts they wont give me extended warranty lol I'm gonna get a R4DS aswell.

[SuperLuigiBros]

R4's are awesome. I got one to play the old Lucasarts adventures, which are sweet. You really wont regret it.

Oh well. Good luck with that.

[Brody]

Yeah my mate has one
he let me borrow it before my DS broke
it was awesome, so I'm gonna get my own

[r33hash]

R4DS? wtf is that?

I love my DS. I just wish I had more games for it.

[Zeep]

It's a flash card that lets you run unofficial software, including media players, homebrew applications and games, and *cough*roms*cough*.

[Brody]

Yeah but It's awesome because you can play Snes games and stuff on it as well
especially for games that haven't been released in Australia thats another upside to it.

[Zeep]

oh, i know it's awesome. i had an M3 (which was basically the same thing). unfortunately the only homebrew SNES emulators for DS so far sort of suck... most games don't play fully correct.

[IEatFriedPikmin]

people still ride trains?

lol.


That sucks though...I wish I had my DS lite that I won.

[Brody]

Of course people still ride trains, they're good as long as you have something to do on them, because I knew as soon as I got home my Brother would rush me because he would want a turn haha, my mate used to have an M3 but now he has an R4 and is giving me his other R4 once i get a DS :)