Yeah mine had lots of small fine scratches. You only really see them when the unit is off and looking at the reflection of a light-bulb or something on the screen. Screen protectors are an excellent investment. If you hunt around on ebay you can get 5 hori protectors for about 12-15 bucks. Hori ones are the ones most people recommend. Also they help cover and fill in scratches in a damaged screen.

Before I put on my screen protectors you could see the small scratches, once I put them on it looked like new again. And once you end up scratching the protector just peel it off and put on a new one.

Playing before charging it for a good 12 hours can effect the charge the battery can hold. I get a good 12 hours of life out of mine before having to recharge. If your not getting a good 12 hours out of yours maybe your one of the ones who didnt do the initial 12 hour charge.

Pretty much everything that comes with a rechargable battery these days requires a good first charge. When I bought a new mobile phone they made a point of telling me in the store.

Also it takes a few discharge recharge cycles for the battery to reach its max capacity.

apparently a new ds is to be slimmer, larger screens and no gba port. cant see that happening for a long time, get a ds nowgeordie73

Yeah i cant see them getting rid of the gba port just yet. Not unless the new ds comes with more ram. They not long ago bought out a browser that came with a 10 meg ram expansion that went into the gba port. Wiki hinted the expansion pack could be used in future games.