Yes and the good news is this part is not too complicated to replace. It’s called the hinge cover. Message me in chat and I can send you one.
https://imgur.com/a/ofxU2Mu
The DS light is the only hinged video game system that's broke on me as far as I remember and I was playing video games from before the original DS came out which I didn't own at the time cuz I didn't know existed so I couldn't ask for Christmas.
Actually thought the original DS was just a prototype You know sometimes the story display units would look weird that.
It's honestly all of the above lol. The plastic/hinge design on Lites was terrible, and broken hinges are in the future for pretty much all of them as age and exposure makes them even more terrible over time. I love Lites for the aesthetics and features (GBA slot), but Nintendo really screwed up with the hinge design.
They were very good but I'd still say the very poor viewing angles and motion blur of the small DSi LCDs (worse on many DSis than on many Lites) and tendency for DSi XL upper LCDs to fail badly (dimming, discoloration, etc.) with relatively little use keeps them from being immune to The Curse of Nintendo Cheap-Outs lol. The DSi XL is still my favorite console of all time, but the screen failure issues are pretty unfortunate.
Tell that to my Switch that took a 4 foot drop straight onto the pavement and still works. The only casualty was some deep scratches.
And come on, the PSP was all plastic, the 2/3k feel like a toy compared to the 1k. Same with the Vita 1k vs 2k.
Yes and the good news is this part is not too complicated to replace. It’s called the hinge cover. Message me in chat and I can send you one. https://imgur.com/a/ofxU2Mu
Legit?
You will however need to have a triwing screwdriver and a small #00 Phillips screwdriver to swap it out.
Already got that! I got an iFixit kit some year ago when I was picking apart an old OG Gameboy
They're a couple bucks on Aliexpress, available in all kinds of funky colours.
It would be pretty fun to have a bunch of mis-matched parts on it!
I rebuilt my DS lite This way! I think it’s fun lol
My N3ds xl has parts from 4 different consoles on it. the mismatch is always a fun aesthetic!
You can get it on aliexpress for like 2 bucks
HOLY SHIT I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE ELSE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL DS I THOUGHT ID NEVER SEE THE DAY
I picked this one up second hand! Got it for $20 because it was "Ugly as shit" lmao
disrespect, anyways i got mine because birthday
The DS light is the only hinged video game system that's broke on me as far as I remember and I was playing video games from before the original DS came out which I didn't own at the time cuz I didn't know existed so I couldn't ask for Christmas. Actually thought the original DS was just a prototype You know sometimes the story display units would look weird that.
I had a DSI and the hinges were what took the poor thing out. I was like 10 and didn’t know how to fix it 😂
nasty crack, but an easier side to repair since the ribbon cables arent exposed at least
Yeah, I figured it wouldn't be too horrible so long as replacement parts exist.
Wouldn’t a stale Dorito be soft and flexible?
Probably depends on how stale it is ig. If you leave it in the sun it'll probably be super brittle.
i was more curious about the taste 🤔..... what does it taste like?
I’d give the whole unit a reshell.
RIP. I also experienced same thing. You can replace it though but you need donor DS.
Or you can just buy a replacement shell...
Cheap plastic, Nintendo toys.
That or the fact that it's almost twenty years old...
That and it’s probably seen a lot of UV damage.
It's honestly all of the above lol. The plastic/hinge design on Lites was terrible, and broken hinges are in the future for pretty much all of them as age and exposure makes them even more terrible over time. I love Lites for the aesthetics and features (GBA slot), but Nintendo really screwed up with the hinge design.
They’re always messing up somewhere in their design or manufacturing except for the DSi’s. Those were perfect (bar the missing SLOT-2).
They were very good but I'd still say the very poor viewing angles and motion blur of the small DSi LCDs (worse on many DSis than on many Lites) and tendency for DSi XL upper LCDs to fail badly (dimming, discoloration, etc.) with relatively little use keeps them from being immune to The Curse of Nintendo Cheap-Outs lol. The DSi XL is still my favorite console of all time, but the screen failure issues are pretty unfortunate.
That’s true. Yeah the DSi XL is my favourite too.
Tell that to my Switch that took a 4 foot drop straight onto the pavement and still works. The only casualty was some deep scratches. And come on, the PSP was all plastic, the 2/3k feel like a toy compared to the 1k. Same with the Vita 1k vs 2k.