I'm planning on buying a DS Lite, never owned a regular DS.

Upgrading. My wife will keep her original and I'm trading up.

Upgraded about a month ago. Now I've got Electroplankton hooked up to my receiver, it sounds great in 7-channel stereo! :lol:

Looks like right now the upgraders are just about matching the newcomers.

This is gonna be my first Nintendo system since the SNES.

It's also the best gaming system from any company since the SNES.

I am new to the DS world, the Lite looks awsome

I'll get a DS Lite the first chance I get to find one cheap or bundled. It'll be my first Nintendo purchase since I traded in a GBA for a GBA SP. I was going to trade in the SP, but will probably give it to my daughter instead.

I'll break the tie. I never owned a DS, but I got to play the Lite at work w/ the new Mario Bros. game and it's fantastic.

= J

The DS outputs in discrete 7-channel stereo?

So... it outputs in 6.1?

I don't believe that for a minute.

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I've bought two DSs before my Lite, both as gifts. I waited because I didn't like the form factor or complaints over past handhelds. I'd own a PSP if it was in the same price range. There's plenty of games on the PSP I would like to play (now).

Picked up the DS Lite a little over a week ago at a Meijer store. My first DS and very impressed with it.

Found a poll thread on this at CAG.

Different picture there, 70% upgraders (with more votes than here).

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...ad.php?t=96668

Same here.

Im now looking for a sweet deal on a DS. I will be doing a lot of long distance traveling soon, and the DS sounds like something id like to give a shot. My phone plays NES games well, but it eats up a lot of juice, so ill just get the ds lite instead.

No, it doesn't output in 6.1. It was simulated 7-channel stereo.

I'm betting the average age there is much lower than here. i.e. most got the original DS from mommy & daddy.

I'm not sure if it's age (awful lot of posts from people driving out to check stores etc.), I think it's also just that there are more hardcore gamers there since it is a gaming site, and that it's a deal site so theres more people that buy every console and tons of games both because they're more hardcore as a whole and they buy shit just because it's a good deal.

Where as this is a game forum on a DVD site, so a lot of people who post here (myself included) are more casual gamers who are more into movies etc.

But who knows for sure. :D

I think you are right Josh. BTW, my wife isn't upgrading. She is perfectly happy with her pink DS. She rarely falls for the upgrade stuff.

Upgrade here. I play way too many DS games not to indulge in the Lite. Still haven't decided what to do with my now-stupid DS yet.

trade it. I think they're $70 trade-in at gamestop.

The $70.00 at EB/Gamestop ends today. It's really a $50.00 trade but they're giving and extra $20.00. I traded in my old DS and transferred my Wifi settings and traded in my PSP for $130.00 including the extra 20.

Me too.

I will be a new customer if I get one (I think I will).

BTW, how is the DS for left-handers? Are there games that require you to use the stylus with your right hand because you need access to the D-pad?

Not that I've played, that I can recall anyway.

i.e. in Metroid for left handers you'll use the 4 face buttons as your d-pad with your right hand and stylus in your left.

A few of the games I've tried (Brain Age, Wario Ware) have asked me if I'm left-handed or right-handed.

Yeah, the stylus only games just ask you and then tweak it a little.