When this thing was first announced on here I openly mocked it. A weird then then happened, my youngest son wanted one. I traded his old DS in for the XL and then everyone pretty much feel in love with it. The bigger screens work really well and I even found myself popping into Blockbuster to grab a pre-owned copy of Simcity.
Everyone who picks it up seems to find it a revalation. The colours are ok, my son opted for the chocolate. My only complaints are the top cover. It's like a car paint laccured affair and a real, real smudge magnet. Then my second issue is around only being able to download 1 demo from the Wii onto this at a time, yet seemingly there's loads of spare spaces for additional apps/games...whats the point Nintendo? I get the feeling they'll never get taken up but what do i know.
In it's bigger size I guess it seems to make more sense than the smaller unit but then again I'm a child of the original Atari Lynx generation and like my portable BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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When this thing was first announced on here I openly mocked it. A weird then then happened, my youngest son wanted one. I traded his old DS in for the XL and then everyone pretty much feel in love with it. The bigger screens work really well and I even found myself popping into Blockbuster to grab a pre-owned copy of Simcity.
Everyone who picks it up seems to find it a revalation. The colours are ok, my son opted for the chocolate. My only complaints are the top cover. It's like a car paint laccured affair and a real, real smudge magnet. Then my second issue is around only being able to download 1 demo from the Wii onto this at a time, yet seemingly there's loads of spare spaces for additional apps/games...whats the point Nintendo? I get the feeling they'll never get taken up but what do i know.
In it's bigger size I guess it seems to make more sense than the smaller unit but then again I'm a child of the original Atari Lynx generation and like my portable BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
@BurtonBytes
It has a SD memory card storage slot on it.