Hello everybody, here is another two weeks dose of Comthitnuong. I'll get straight to the point. I got a DS Lite...or indirectly at least. It was my brother's birthday and he got a DS Lite as one of his gifts. Since I am in the same household as him, I'll pretty much have full access to it. The Lite has been really successful for the past year, and I've been missing out on all of the excitement because my old DS, which was an original model, suffered a fatal blow to its upper screen.

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Yeah...It is that bad. I forgot how long ago it was broken, but I know that it was before the DS Lite models were released. So it has been broken all of this time, but I didn't miss it too much because there hasn't really been that much action for handheld gaming recently. But there are enough games out there right now to be excited to have a Lite right now.

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As you can see by the pictures, my brother did get a Crimson and Onyx model that came in a bundle with Brain Age 2. There were some complaints as to many units of this model having a yellow taint in the scree, but luckily this one didn't and we didn't have to return it. While looking at pictures of the crimson and onyx model, it looked ugly to me, but I have found that it does grow on you and the color actually looks nice.

So far I like the feel of the Lite. The four buttons on the right feel a little strange but it is easy to get used to. Something I noticed was that it does not have the brightness adjustments for the backlight. I am pretty sure that it was supposed to be in other models but I guess this one doesn't have it. One thing that is also strange is how the area around the screens are both sunken in with the two screens themselves lifted up a bit. Again, it is not that much of a bother but it is a tad strange, especially when comparing it to the original model of the DS.

I've tried out Brain Age two for a few days now, and I do find it enjoyable. It is not as mind bending as I thought it would be but I guess if it were too mind bending then it would alienate the "casual" audience that Nintendo wants to attract. I have found one game that has me stumped right now and that is a game called Word Scramble. The game gives you a set of letters and you have to unscramble them to get the word. The letters are moving in a circle while you are doing this which I find makes it tougher and much more frustrating. My brain age right now is 56...I'm not sure if I should be proud of that or not but it seems like it is a bad age. Expect some more updates with this game from me because I am spending about 10 minutes with it each day and am finding it very intriguing.

And now for some thoughts on the games. So far I'm thinking Phoenix Wright and Phantom Hourglass as the definitive ones to get. If time allows I might check out Animal Crossing, but that one is doubtful because it seems like the game has no end. I'm also thinking about Pokemon Diamond or Pearl for nostalgia's sake and to see how far Pokemon has gone since I quit after Gold and Silver. I've looked through GS and it seems that not that many DS games have been reviewed very high. I am going through some GBA games right now, so hopefully I will find some good stuff there. If you have any suggestions for me, please feel free to tell me.

Well, that should be enough for the next two weeks. Thanks for reading and until next time...

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