Just recently, I opened up a game box, as I was planning to lend Hotel Dusk to a friend ... and it wasn't there. Now, I've a bad habit of leaving my DS carts lying about, all scattered and free, but they're usually somewhere on my desk. This is the first time I've not been able to find one, however, after a quick, frantic search underneath unfiled papers and beneath the pen case. The dilemma (and the tears that followed) led me to ask: have you found yourself in a similar situation? Did you later find the games? Give a girl some hope here. Those carts are awfully small ....
DS Daily: Lost
Just recently, I opened up a game box, as I was planning to lend Hotel Dusk to a friend ... and it wasn't there. Now, I've a bad habit of leaving my DS carts lying about, all scattered and free, but they're usually somewhere on my desk. This is the first time I've not been able to find one, however, after a quick, frantic search underneath unfiled papers and beneath the pen case. The dilemma (and the tears that followed) led me to ask: have you found yourself in a similar situation? Did you later find the games? Give a girl some hope here. Those carts are awfully small ....
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
1-29-2008 @ 9:06AM
Bill McCai said...
I lost starfox once.
I found it down the gap between pillows on the couch.
DS games are thankfully pretty hardy.
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1-29-2008 @ 11:49AM
Brello said...
Yeah same, except with Waverace 64.
1-29-2008 @ 3:50PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
I keep hoping this one's in a drawer somewhere... I have so many cabinets and things in here and maybe I just tucked it away. Or a cat got it.
It could be anywhere!
1-29-2008 @ 9:08AM
Peter N. said...
I lost my AC:WW about 2 years ago. I tried looking everywhere in my room, 'cause that was where I last remember seeing it. I never found it and I'm still searching. I think it probably fell into the air vent since it's so small.
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1-29-2008 @ 9:32AM
Phil said...
I lost Meteos once. I have absolutely no idea where it went, because it vanished out of my DS. I ended up re-buying it.
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1-29-2008 @ 9:36AM
Lupe said...
I never lose mine because I take one game out of 6 game case (Nintendo brand) holder and replace that empty slot with the one I took out of my system. I'm afraid I won't have to worry about that for a while though as I can't see myself leaving Days of Ruin for a while ^.^
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1-29-2008 @ 9:37AM
Synergistic said...
I still haven't found my Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.
Oh well, I got Symphony of the Night for XBLA and barring an EMP I won't lose that. I also got Portrait of Ruin, which wasn't half bad.
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1-29-2008 @ 9:48AM
Nrvnqsr said...
I've managed to misplace just about every single one of my DS carts at least once so far cos they're so small, but the only one that hasn't turned up was Ping Pals which came free with my first DS and admittedly wasn't worth much anyway. ^_^;;
Now I keep them all in their boxes in a neat pile on a shelf so I don't lose them when I'm not playing them.
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1-29-2008 @ 10:22AM
Saxon said...
My dog ate my copies of New SMB and Brain Age... does that count?
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1-29-2008 @ 3:29PM
Don Simon said...
What happend to dog? :-)
1-29-2008 @ 3:44PM
Saxon said...
It didn't make him smarter, if that's what you're implying. He does have trouble saying "blue," though.
1-29-2008 @ 10:41AM
TX2Step said...
Nice... glad to see the game was found near a Cold Wars Kids CD. :D
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1-29-2008 @ 1:32PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
It wasn't, though! That's a stand-in! Hotel Dusk is nowhere to be found, waaaah.
1-29-2008 @ 10:41AM
Clandaith said...
MY oldest son lost ALL my DS games once. We were on a road trip and he was playing my DS. We got out of the van for a break and when we drove off, he noticed that the case holding all my games was missing. Instead of him telling us then, he waited 3 hours to tell us.
I was furious because he didn't tell us right then.
But, it ended up the case was still in the van, under a seat.
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1-29-2008 @ 10:41AM
JC Fletcher said...
I found my copy of Ouendan 2 on the floor in my closet. I didn't even realize it was missing.
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1-29-2008 @ 10:49AM
Frastoglegnia said...
While I've never lost a cart, I've certainly misplaced a few in my time (c-r-e-a-k!). The secret, I think, is to get in the habit of never leaving a cart unsheathed. That way, you know you've put the missing game inside one of your cases; it's always a question of which.
Another thing that helps: to limit your active games to those that can be held by your carrying case and then to keep the case close. I have an Aero case, which holds three games, and a Waterfield case, which holds two (as well as the charger cable!). When I carry the Aero case, I restrict myself to four games; when it's the Waterfield, three. I make it a practice never to place a game on the table or anywhere else. After all, I live in New York City, and games can be stolen as easily as lost.
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1-29-2008 @ 10:50AM
Andy said...
I lost the Prime Hunters Demo and never found it again
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1-29-2008 @ 11:07AM
Hideaki said...
I lost my DS lite and the games in my pouch just the other day. Went to the toilet cubicles .. put my DS on top of the toilet roll dispenser and totally forgot about it when i left. Too bad I only realised my lost when I got home .. if only I hadn't been so careless ...
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2-12-2008 @ 10:12AM
Tom said...
You were playing your DS...In a public bathroom? Wouldn't people question your cries of anguish as the New Rubinelle Army crushed your puny forces as you try and lead stupid AI away from death, only to have them walk straight into it's gaping jaws!?!?! (Okay, maybe that's just me...)
Anyways, I keep all of my games in a 6 game holder thing. However, I did misplace my copy of Metroid Prime Hunters. I don't care what other's think of that game, I love it! So, after combing my entire room (a vERY scary thing to do. I was afraid for my life!) I went downstairs also on the verge of tears, to get lunch. I then went down to the basement, and there it was. Lying right next to my Wii. So, I practically killed myself trying to find a game, when it was lying in plain sight...
1-29-2008 @ 11:32AM
ThekonamiMan said...
I am very very very anal when it comes to my games and their cases. I always make sure I put the game back into the correct case when I'm done with it and make sure to put the case with the rest of my games.
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