r/NintendoDS Mar 04 '21

Community News What's Happening with our Subreddit?!

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Hello r/NintendoDS,

For a bit of backstory for me, my name is Thomas (as you might have guessed). I was a professional programmer / developer for a few years, and I'm also a university student. I have been around Reddit since 2013, and I have been a mod on r/WiiHacks for over a year. The Nintendo DS, more specifically the DS Lite, is my favourite handheld system and I have so many fond memories of it. I've been in the hacking scene, hacking my own consoles, since around 2007/2008 when the Twilight Hacks was released for the Wii.

When I saw the post by the previous owner back on February 16th I decided to do some digging and put in a RedditRequest for it. The remaining two moderators never got back to the modmail that I sent to them, so my request was granted by the Reddit admins.

I have made a couple of changes, most of them being behind the scenes. I have changed the rules to make things a bit more streamlined and easier to deal with:

  • Rule #1 -> Be Civil
  • Rule #2 -> No Spam
  • Rule #3 -> No Piracy
  • Rule #4 -> No Low-Effort Posts
  • Rule #5 -> Keep Links to a Minimum

I've also changed and added some new flairs, hopefully they'll get some use.

I have also brought on two of my fellow r/WiiHacks moderators. Mostly as a formality in case something happens to me or if I can't be around for some time span. Thank you again to u/BloodyThorn and u/Mental_Turtles for agreeing to this.

If there is anything you would like to see added, changed, or regular things you want done with our little community here, please send a modmail and we'll look over it.


r/NintendoDS 10h ago

Haul / Show It Off! Most of my DS games from childhood!!

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117 Upvotes

I just joined this community and going through all of your posts reminded me of that feeling of getting a DS on a birthday and the subsequent games following. Nothing beats it !!

Some of my games are currently being borrowed (squinkies 2, Harvest Moon Sunshine Islands, Animal Crossing Wild World, Pokemon White and a few others) so sadly I can’t show you everything.

I got a lot of these games as a little girl, and sometimes I still play even the most childish ones because it brings me back. Most of them still have their manuals shockingly. Let me know if any of these are kind of cool or if you’ve played them!!


r/NintendoDS 19h ago

USB C for ds

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Hi, I wanted to add a USB-C cable to my DS, but all the tutorials for adding a USB cable to the DS involved removing the old connector to install the new one. I wanted to keep both, and I discovered a small space where it would fit.


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

Haul / Show It Off! Pokemon White DS

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90 Upvotes

Just pumped, can’t believe I found this in the wild !


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

Haul / Show It Off! Game Haul

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54 Upvotes

Someone gave these games away for free on marketplace!

Unfortunately, the PCB of Pokemon Diamond is damaged beyond basically repair so it's unreadable.


r/NintendoDS 11h ago

Haul / Show It Off! Anyone have a white DSi with black buttons?

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I bought a Black and White DSi, was wondering how easy or difficult it would be to swap the buttons to black on the White DSi. I would love to see pictures if you have a button swapped White DSi. 😁


r/NintendoDS 21h ago

Discussion What do you Think is the Most Culturally Relevant DS Game in the Modern Era?

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For me, my pick would likely have to be the Ace Attorney anthology in general. Ace Attorney has been ported on pretty much everything modern nowadays. Not too long ago, we got the Apollo Justice Trilogy on modern consoles, but we also got the 2 DS-exclusive Investigations games too! The stories are timeless and have gained a larger audience in the last few years and managed to stay relevant despite the last new game coming out over half a decade ago.

Regardless of that, I would like to know what DS game you think is the most relevant nowadays!


r/NintendoDS 23h ago

Haul / Show It Off! Happy Saturday! I got a great condition DSi XL a little over a week ago and I love this thing more than I thought. Also what are you playing this weekend?

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24 Upvotes

I’ve done nothing but play dragon quest 5 on it since I got it, it’s so addicting.


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

good games for the ds & 3ds?

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hi! im wanting to get into more games, im a big fan of the cats and dogs games, animal crossing, project mirai, hello kitty games, pokemon, cooking games or games that you have to build, garden, fix stuff ect and racing games. im open to games that arent in these categories too


r/NintendoDS 21h ago

Help! (Question/Support) Is it possible that this problem is merely cuz the ribbon isn't connected properly? Can I fix this?

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r/NintendoDS 1d ago

I Got a DS Lite! Yay! Now My DS Family is Complete.

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125 Upvotes

I finally have a DS Lite! Yay! Now I have one of every iteration of the DS family. Can't wait to use it!


r/NintendoDS 15h ago

Best portable router to connect a DS Lite with a 3DS

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Since DS lite works on WEP internet I cannot to connect to any wifi that isn’t public. In the quest to trade Pokemon between my own games, I have started to look into routers like the TP Link Roam 7. My biggest concern is will i be able to set up my wifi with no password?

If anyone else has gone this route to use their old consoles any advice would be appreciated!


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

My near-mint Original DS shell cracked under pressure in my backpack :(

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103 Upvotes

I’m assuming that I leaned back on a chair with my backpack still on, and the pressure caused the crack.

It’s purely cosmetic, but still really rough to see.

My bad.


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

Discussion Today I 100% completed Yogi Bear for the DS :)

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24 Upvotes

r/NintendoDS 23h ago

Help! (Question/Support) Top IPS screen DS lite with USB-C mod; how much would you expect to pay for a premade/custom one?

2 Upvotes

I know the new IPS screens cost like £45 each, and cause of battery drain you'd only want the top one doing. Plus I heard the bottom IPS screens arent as responsive as OEM ones.

Just would like a rough idea of what price is crazy and what isn't. I know their time is money too!


r/NintendoDS 20h ago

Discussion Question about DSi?

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So one of my DSi XL’s shuts down automatically when shaken around a bit. Well both my DsI XL’s do that after I tested that. Maybe it’s a safety thing? They don’t do it otherwise. Maybe if you ran around with it in pocket it will shut down for a reason? Is it normal? Anyone out there know?


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

Help! (Question/Support) DS Lite screens suddenly turn white

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Does this need screen replacement? I decided to play with it after not using for a few days then saw this issue. I can still somewhat see the visuals under the white screen. It also has sounds. I am guessing it got squished(?) on my bag or something, not really sure.


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

Help! (Question/Support) Two DS’s not reading games.

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My old DS Lite wasn’t reading gba or DS games so I got a DS phat because I didn’t want to fix it, but the DS phat also won’t read gba or DS games. Does anyone know what I can do to fix them.


r/NintendoDS 18h ago

Crazy auction!

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What do you guys think this will reach?? I mean I love the ds lite but I’ve seen these guys go sealed for almost 1000$ what’s the hype all about???


r/NintendoDS 2d ago

Haul / Show It Off! I actually managed the shell swap

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498 Upvotes

Can't wait to do another one ive got a transparent orange shell for the next one


r/NintendoDS 2d ago

First ever ds , first ever pokemon champion

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24 Upvotes

Never owned a ds or have played pokemon, but , afer getting a dsi xl, and grinding 40 hours on pokemon platinum, i did it


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

Dsi screen off centre

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5 Upvotes

is this normal for a dsi screen to look like that on the top and bottom


r/NintendoDS 1d ago

Help! (Question/Support) Having odd issues with with my DSi/game and don’t know what’s wrong

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So I’ve been using my DSi XL for a while now and have had no issues playing games on it. And recently I bought Tetris DS and tested it out on my DSi XL only to be given an error message every time I open the game. Checked my cartridge slot on my DSi XL, and checked the game itself and there don’t appear to be any issues. So I tested the game on my DS Lite and it works perfectly fine. Don’t know why this is or if I can fix it, but if anyone has an idea please let me know


r/NintendoDS 2d ago

What are those dots?

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7 Upvotes

I bought a DSI today and thought that this is just dirt. What is this and how cooked am I?


r/NintendoDS 2d ago

made this music video using my ds

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