Hmm...Nintendo DS Lite
If I owned a car, I think I might have gone out Sunday and bought myself one. I dont own a car, and I didnt get a DS Lite until monday evening. That was an annoying struggle, but I now own one. I find that Nintendo has done something right for a change in the console market, or at least in the handheld market.
Why did I spend 130 on a Nintendo product of limited use to a 25 yr old? It seems like a fair question. I am attempting to put into words my snappy response. The normal response "because I could" seems to fit in the offical response somewhere, but it was more than just because I could.
Let me tell you, in the 24 hours I have owned the new DS Lite, I find myself wondering why I didnt already own a DS. Top of my list of cool things about the DS is the WiFi capabilities. I do mean WiFi. If i can get a wireless signal, I can play games against anybody. That is cool. I had my trash handed to be several times last night as I was playing mario kart DS, which happens to be another reason I bought myself a DS.
I love the other Mario Kart games on the various consoles, so the ability to have it where ever i went was rather appealing to me. Now that I know that any where on campus that I might be and wanted to, I could get my trash handed to me playing Mario Kart against worldwide competitors.
Another reason for the purchase was the serious of games under the Big Brain Academy that Nintendo is scheduled to have released by the end of the summer. Basically it is a bunch of mind games and teasers for the DS that is to make the DS an 'education friendly' platform. Not the reason I am interested in it, it has everything to do with the last Title in teh BBA series dealing with Sudoku.
Then there are a score of other GBA and DS titles that I have been wanting to play, but until now, would think about due to a lack of gaming platform. Now I own a DS, and therefore can play those games. Finally, I realized that I am related to people that want a DS. Now I own one and they dont. I can hold it over their heads.