DS Daily: Why all the hate?

These days, it seems that everyone has a DS. You've got one. Your grandmother has one. Everyone in Japan has four. The dual screens are everywhere, especially at the tops of the sales charts, and the juggernaut doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.

So ... why doesn't it get talked about more often? Why don't the games get better review scores?

Listen, we may be hardcore fans here, but we're also the first to admit that the handheld has flaws. The online play isn't exactly the best. There are as many less-than-good games as there are great games. But those things can be tolerated in the name of an amazing portable experience -- and they are, by us and apparently, everyone else. So why is the DS the bastard child of the gaming community, doomed to less exposure than every other system?