I got a DSi!

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Well I had decided to wait to get the DSi until a decent hack was available. Every day/night since the release date, I've been wondering if I made the right choice. Well yesterday I decided to go ahead and get one, being that today was the last day for the $90 DS Lite trade-in deal at GameCrazy. I recently found a GameCrazy exactly (according to Mapquest) 3 miles from my house. Since it was so close I featured it would be quicker to bike there instead of taking the bus (Saturday schedules suck here). So I grabbed my DS made for I had everything and left. Look me about 20 mins (bus would have taken about 45 mins) to get there being more than half the ride was uphill.

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I get there and get ready to buy the DSi and the guy checks my DS Lite. He tells me everything is ready to go and all he needs is the charger. Arrrrrrrrrgh!! I forgot it, how did that happen! So I had to ride all the way back and get the charger. I was a breeze since it was pretty much all downhill (took about 15 mins). I wasn't planning on buying a game, but I had to wait for awhile both times due to other customers. So I ended up browsing the selection. As I thought about it, I noticed I wouldn't be able to use my M3, so I got GTA: Chinatown Wars since it is such an awesome game! The guy kept trying to get me to buy other useless things like warranties and such. He even tried to get me to get a PSP. He didn't say so, but I knew his game. It was quite annoying, but I guess that's his job. He did seem offended when I told him I wanted to check the system before I walked out, so I guess we are even! :yayds:

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Well I got home and the first thing I did was update the system and download the DSi Web Browser. So far I have to say I'm pretty impressed. The matte finish definiatley was a good choice compared to the smooth DS Lite. The music in the menus and other parts of the GUI are nice. I also noticed that it excepted my 4GB microSDHC (in a SD adaptor of course) straight out the box. I was pretty much certain there was ganna be a limit on it, nice one Nintendo! So I went ahead and converted my whole collection of mp3s (~2GB) to AAC (~3GB after convert) using iTunes and stick them in the DSi. I don't have any Apple products so I had to download it.

I haven't been keeping up with Wii activity for quite some time. It was my first time experiencing the online features so I found it pretty cool. It seems weird that you can actually buy DSi points through the DSi with a credit card. I'm still trying to grasp that fact. The DS was the last thing I thought I'll put my credit card number in. Overall I know I won't regret this decision. Anyone having doubts on whether to get one, I'll say go right ahead.

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J
i did the same thing you did, only the day before. i kept on thinking too.. my dad has an onyx ds lite and i had the cobalt one. i was thinking of asking my dad to trade in his onyx one and i could just give him the cobalt, but i thought it was a waste since his ds was in pristine condition. so i got a free ds lite from my friend, it was broken, the screen only worked in certain positions. so i fixed it right, i got it to work, i cleaned it. then i called game crazy, and i told them there's a small crack on the LEFT part of the hinge, and i explained to them how that wouldn't affect the hinge at all. they kept on saying no, we can't accept it, blah blah.

so i started freaking out, i found an extra zelda ds lite housing, and i did the case swap pretty fast, and when i finally but it all back together, the top screen just displays these vertical pink lines, i tried and tried reconnecting, checking the connections, but it was gone :'( so i ended up trading in my dad's onyx and giving him the cobalt DS.

The worst part was, when i got there, i asked the guy about the small crack on the hinge and i explained to him again and he said "i don't know, i would have to take a look at it." that pissed me off because i can't go back in time and resurrect that donor DS....

Well I guess i'm happy with my new DSi, i still need a flash cart though, i still play with my cyclo on my Zelda DS lite, i'm just waiting for a firmware update from Team Cyclops to make it work with the DSi, it's just not the same without a flash cart.....
 
cornaljoe
Yeah, I was thinking of repairing the broken DS I have and trade that in. Since I decided at the last minute I couldn't. A funny thing though, when I returned home for the charger, I thought about switching the DS with the broken one. I knew he wasn't going to recheck it, but I didn't want to do something so dishonest. Plus I'm sure they could get me somehow even if it worked. And of course when I returned he didn't recheck it. :rolleyes:

I'll fix the old one someday. I just will have to get the screen plus the stuff to fix it. That includes the soldering iron, solder and tri-wing screw driver. At DealExtreme it came up to ~$20, but the shipping is pretty slow so it threw me off from buying it.
 
J
I have two broken ones and a broken phat I need to get around to fixing. I would spend that $20 if only I knew how to solder...and I already bought a soldering iron.. I miss MY ds lite though, my dad has it. Now I can only play GTA and Platinum on my broken hinged Zelda DS. If Cyclo can update their carts to work with DSi, my life will be complete. So how do you like it so far? I bought this nice case from Best Buy, I suggest you get one, it's called the DSi System Wallet.
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And I transferred my 4GB SD from my camera :) So far I've been pleased with it, but with no games other than Aquia and Warioware, it's getting old. Like I said, I hope Cyclo does an update...or else I'm gonna go crazy and buy an AceKard2i. LOL it took me like 10 minutes to decide the color too, I couldn't choose. I liked the blue because it stood out and it would be different, but then again it looks kinda homo. As for the black, my first DS was an Onyx Black one, and I'm tired of black...but I chose black because it looked so stealth. The DSi screams "DS has grown up!" It doesn't look like a toy anymore, and the red light next to the camera reminds me of Johnny #5.
 

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