Anyone else have a story behind their DS?

There was a post earlier about someone’s DS hinge being damaged, and it reminded me of my DS and its broken corner. (Sorry for the bad lighting.)

I used to annoy my brothers all the time whenever I saw them play Pokémon games. I was particularly interested in the feature that allowed the player to make secret bases in Pokémon Sapphire.

It was around 2013/2014 that my oldest brother finally gave me his old fat DS along with Pokémon FireRed. However, we all know how long an original DS lasted. This led to me getting this DS Lite from GameStop, more happy with this one anyway because it was pink.

Proud to say that I eventually did get Pokémon Sapphire from them and I never lost the original stylus that came with it. (Unfortunately, it’s been a little roughed up due to playing with it excessively and keeping it in my backpack for years so I could play at school/on the go…)

But hey, it’s lasted over a decade and survived pretty well considering how often I used it. In fact, I only got a Switch around 2021 and a 3DS last year. When I say I used it often for the past 11 years, I mean it. It was literally all I had lol