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DS Daily: Welcome, new DS owners!


We're sure that a lot of you are just getting back from stores, where you picked up your $19.99 Konami's Best Edition DS Lites. We're glad Konami solved that DS shortage, and at such a budget price! Welcome, new DS Fanboys, to the fold.

We thought it was a little presumptuous of Konami to label the whole system as "Konami's Best", but we must admit, a lot of Konami's best work has been on the system-- two Castlevanias, Lunar Knights, etc. We can accept that.

So what do you think about your new systems? And are any of you existing DS owners getting one at the budget price?

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Ethan Duffy1

4-01-2007 @ 10:46AM

Ethan Duffy said...

I got two. The build quality's excellent, but it will only play my konami games! And one of the screens is actually an unfoldable castlevania map.

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Reeve2

4-01-2007 @ 10:56AM

Reeve said...

I too have that problem. Fortunately, I hear Capcom's coming out with their own budget DS Lite next month-- I can play Phoenix Wright again!

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Charles3

4-01-2007 @ 11:45AM

Charles said...

Sure, NOW you tell me, after I already went to Target and got one during their $24 sale!

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hvnlysoldr4

4-01-2007 @ 11:58AM

hvnlysoldr said...

Mine is totally defective! The Konami code doesn't work!

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vinny5

4-01-2007 @ 12:59PM

vinny said...

is this some kind of april fools joke
because it sounds too strange to be true and ds fanboy is the only site talking about this this is fishy that untill i see it i will beleive it. but for now i dont.

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Fish6

4-01-2007 @ 1:02PM

Fish said...

@ 5

Wow how did you know? You must be like psychic or something. : |

mine broke when I got it... I turned it on and it started bleeding coke somehow.

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Andrew Hsieh7

4-01-2007 @ 1:10PM

Andrew Hsieh said...

I dunno, guys! Mine plays all the games, but only has one screen -- and that's the bottom screen! It's kind of hard to play Castlevania with just that. ):

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napsterking8

4-01-2007 @ 1:39PM

napsterking said...

so is it real yes or no

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Bipedal9

4-01-2007 @ 1:53PM

Bipedal said...

That you even have to ask that makes me die a little inside.
That was the weak part though.
I am stronger now.

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Ben10

4-01-2007 @ 2:33PM

Ben said...

We didn't get this over here in the UK, although interestingly Sega released a budget DS a month or so ago. It's a royal blue and Sonic's head is on the case behind the ABXY buttons.

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Wolfrider11

4-01-2007 @ 2:36PM

Wolfrider said...

Personally I don't like the size difference. I realize Konami had to make them smaller to fit inside their greatest hits case, but really, you practically need baby fingers to push the buttons.

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joo0ey12

4-01-2007 @ 2:47PM

joo0ey said...

I bought one as well, and it broke out of the box. It wouldn't play any DS games.. ANY. I talked to the sales rep and they told me it used UMDs, whatever that is.

what a piece of junk. :/

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scepia13

4-01-2007 @ 3:26PM

scepia said...

OK guys, let me explain. We really didn't want to go the route of multiple SKUs, but due to Nintendo's stock deal, they contacted us to make this model. Keep in mind it is "enhanced" for Konami's Best edition titles - so unless you see that red bar at the top, you are dealing with the normal version.

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Tremada14

4-01-2007 @ 4:14PM

Tremada said...

Be serious guys, is this real? (tehehe)

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shadow15

4-01-2007 @ 4:26PM

shadow said...

wait, a $20 ds lite?

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strider_mt2k16

4-01-2007 @ 4:36PM

strider_mt2k said...

I for one welcome our new lower-priced gaming overlords...

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Jayenkai17

4-01-2007 @ 5:09PM

Jayenkai said...

I too am in the UK, but the Sega Royal Blue/Sonic edition works really well, especially with games like Sonic Rush.
I'm surprised to find that Puyo Puyo doesn't work, but it's ok, 'cos my DS Lite Classic still works with that, and I can send the demo version over to the new one.

I did have a little trouble with the snakelight attachment, though. It seemed to keep falling out of the power connector, and when it did work, there were large spotlit areas on the screen, and other parts were in darkness.

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strider_mt2k18

4-01-2007 @ 5:19PM

strider_mt2k said...

My order didn't go through at first and I was thinking "they duped me" but then I hit refresh and gave it another try and bam! -on it's way.

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spinthelights19

4-01-2007 @ 10:08PM

spinthelights said...

I tried playing my old copy of New Super Mario Bros., but the standard DS cartridges were too large for it. It then caught fire.

We feasted on pheasant throughout the rest of the night, and I made many good friends. So in the end, it was a wash. I'm not sure if I was impressed by Nintendo/Konami's latest handheld, but I will say it kept me warm for a reasonable period of time.

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Ricky R.20

4-01-2007 @ 10:58PM

Ricky R. said...

dang don't waste your money on it, i just got mine and the touchscreen works only 50% my madcatz ds was only 50$ and worked way better!

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