DS Lite

The Nintendo DS is a fantastic system with some amazing games, but the design was absoultely terrible. An arwing sort of shell, the hinge that connects the screens is just stupid, the screen's backlight was terrible, and the styulis was kind of hard to reach while playing a game. You were sort of trying reach around back there and after about 5 tries you get it.


Now, I have no idea where they got the great design of the DS Lite. The colors are fantastic, becasue of the excellent backlight, and the design is just, a beatiful piece of hardware. The power switch is moved to the side, instead of being where all the buttons were, because people were complaining about thinking it was the start button, and shutting off the game. The DS Lite also has some new button looks. I guess you can say the DS Lite's buttons are more squishy, then the DS's buttons, which we kind of clicky. I found it more comfortable, but it really was no big deal. 2 little downsides, but nothing big, were that the thumbpad isn't included, and the GBA games stick out by about 1 CM. Nothing huge, because it doesn't get in your way of playing.



Overall, the DS Lite is a fantastic system, and definately worth getting, it is only $130.

My review:

Nintendo DS- 8.2/10

Pros: Great Games, Great idea for the touch screen.
Cons: Terrible Design

Nintendo DS Lite: 10/10

Pros: Same as DS, incredible colors, great backlight.
Cons: GBA game sticks out, no thumbpad.