A cool Nintendo DS feature I just noticed

I noticed something odd about my DS Lite today. The little chime that normally sounds when booting up the DS was noticably different today; it was at a much higher pitch than normal. At first I was worried my speakers were malfuntioning, but my games sounded just fine.

After playing 20 minutes of Meteos, I booted up Animal Crossing and found an animal offering me a present. That's when I realised why the boot-up chime sounded so different: Today's my birthday!

Of course I knew it's my birthday, but I never realised that the DS make a special chime just for it. I tested my theory by switching the day to the 29th, and sure enough the chime returned to normal.

This isn't mind-blowing or anything, but I think it's a neat feature that many may not notice. :)

Happy Birthday!!!

I noticed that too when my birthday rolled around last spring. I actually thought that something was wrong with my DS. My son had to explain it to me.

That's pretty cool. Something like having different chimes when booting up the DS during holidays or a different chime during each month of the year would have been cool too. Sort of like how the PSP's default background changes color each month. Korn_Wallace

Yeah, Nintendo could've done a lot more with it. I like the ideas of different monthly chimes and background changes. Just about any other color would be better than the blinding white background the DS has now.

Neat. Does the original DS do it too? I've always been too busy on my birthdays to play my handheld, though now I"ll have to set the date just to test it out.DJ_Lae

Yup