Still a great product, but later models had improvements.
Got two of these when they were the latest thing...So much better than the Gameboy. However, Nintendo in their infinite wisdom made compatabilty a component which was great. Get a new system, but play your old (Gameboy) games. Awesome! Still have the original ones which still get plenty of use. Love the game selection, too. Have a few wishes that they added in the later versions, but that's what you get when (your husband) has to have a new toy! Graphics Quality For the size, the graphics are pretty good. As always, cartoonish, but kid-friendly. Game Variety Adding in the fact that the gameboy games can be played and there are so many choices. Alos I noticed that there are really a lot of adult oriented games which makes it very family friendly, with a little something for everyone. I just wish some of the multi-player games didn't require two separate games and that they were all downloadable. Controller Comfort Because this was the original, it is bulkier than the later models and a little heavier. I have played both the lite and dsi consoles since and would prefer those to this. Also, the stylus is thinner and at times it hurts my hand to hold the thin "stick". Ease of Use Easy to use. I like that you can set it up to go the game rather than the start up menu. Easy to teach kids to use and great for travel. Love the fact that you can have both a ds game in and a gameboy game in the player and choose either one, making it easier on car trips for the kids to change games by themselves. Durability I do have some complaints here. I really don't like the screen and how easily it scratched. I had a screen protector on my son's and not one on mine, but the screen protector, while keeping it from getting scartched, made it harder for the system to read. One of the buttons of the system aslos sticks now for some odd reason. And the tip of the stylus doesn't fair to well in the long run. However it has been dropped a lot and held up to all that abuse...
itshotinjt
Joshua Tree, CA