The new, improved Nintendo DS Lite is worth the cost of the upgrade for fans of the original DS portable gaming device. It retains all the qualities that made the DS so much fun, and the bright new screens make a significant difference in the look of the games.
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If you're a casual gamer or a hardcore fan who takes your portable everywhere, you'll like the way your games play and look on the DS Lite. It doesn't take long to get spoiled by the improved screen and smaller size. quote
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Are these changes worth an upgrade? Easily. If you're a casual gamer or a hardcore fan who takes your portable everywhere, you'll like the way your games play and look on the DS Lite. It doesn't take long to get spoiled by the improved screen and smaller size.
Read the full review →With a slick new design, brighter screens, and a growing library of fun and innovative games, the Nintendo DS Lite is an impressive improvement over the original DS.
Read the full review →The new console is definitely a thumbs up, its new refined style should now pit it against Sony's more style conscious PSP, but with a quirkier selection of games and a price tag under a £100 means it’s a slice of gaming excellence.
Read the full review →Despite all of its innovative features and games, time hasn't been very kind to the Nintendo DS.
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tigrisian
It was fun to play with this. where is your glory, Nintendo? Wii U SUCKS!
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linkmandrew
The DS lite is a great portable gaming device. The games are fun and the interface (being a touch screen) is intuitive and easy. The battery last quite a while and can be extended by slightly lowering the brightness. It can be sometimes to see the screen clearly in sunlight, but not impossible....
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namroc
I'm a big nintendo fan and have owned all of the major consoles. I also owned a gameboy advance but wasn't too happy with it or the game selection. I bought the DS after it had been out for a while and some of my friends had it long enough to own games that I could borrow. But the...
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crynyd
The DS Lite is so good. It's so good that the DSi couldn't sway me from it, and the 3DS is gonna have to have a comparable follow-up for me to adopt that platform. The DS Lite is, in my mind, the real spiritual successor to the best-thing-ever GBA SP, and it really marks when Nintendo decided to...
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Saturdays
I must admit my cupboard in my bathroom next to the toiler is my DS Lite Its a great way to take your time on the shitter ( i was once on it for an hour in the bathroom) I had the added benefit of getting a m3 simply, so basically got every game for free i wanted to play. I have spent...
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