a gamer’s dilemma
Friday, September 8th, 2006 | bother!
the past few days I’ve been facing a dilemma regarding the new Nintendo DS Lite. “to buy or not to buy: that is the question” (my apologies to Shakespeare). the problem isn’t really the buying part, although the current price is rather prohibitive – damned be you, americans, for you have both DS and Lite priced the same. no, here the difference starts at 100 reals (U$46.42, according to today’s currency rate) for *used* consoles. the real doubt was the new features: are they worth the extra money?
after doing a quick search for user reviews, I came across these three videos (please notice there’s a link on each word). and there I was convinced (and so was Etienne) that I should definitely get the DS Lite, once the price goes down some more.
however, being the ultimately anxious poor cheapskate that I am, I just bought a blue DS in mint condition for about half the price of a new Lite. okay, the money wasn’t the main issue, but, really, the DS Lite might be very awesome (as proven by the videos above), but I simply didn’t like it. the additional colours released (pink, blue, navy and black) made it a little nicer to me, but it still didn’t do it. honestly, I feel like I could smash it very easily, and that just wouldn’t be nice. =p
as per usual, my consumer side is giving me second thoughts, but the fact is that I loved the blue DS in that Animal Crossing bundle I so desperately wanted, and now I have a blue DS and an Animal Crossing: Wild World cartridge heading my way. now give me the wi-fi connector and all’s well. =)
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