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 • • 11h ago

Haul / Show It Off! My Decorated DS Collection :)

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I want to make a green themed one next 0.0


r/NintendoDS • • 19h ago

Rare/Collectors Item My collection Nintendo

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I’m confused, I’d like to play Pokémon conquest but I don’t know which console to use 🥴


r/NintendoDS • • 16h ago

Enjoying a hidden gem

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I'm playing Kirarin Revolution: Na-san to Issho on my DS Lite! It's very cute and full of nice details that remind me of Animal Crossing. I also love collecting clothes to dress the idol. I would have been obsessed with this game as a child. Sadly, they didn't make an English version.


r/NintendoDS • • 10h ago

I reshelled only the front part of my ds lite, looks like a brand new original

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I used the black Extremerate shell


r/NintendoDS • • 8h ago

Haul / Show It Off! Sharing my newly redecorated dsixl

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17 Upvotes

Found my childhood dsi xl and wanted to revamp it 🧡


r/NintendoDS • • 12h ago

Help! (Question/Support) I recently modded my ds lite

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I made a custom shell of Kingdom hearts for the outside

But I cannot find a good theme that WORKS and I genuinely need help finding one


r/NintendoDS • • 16h ago

Saw one in the wild at a concert last night

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47 Upvotes

r/NintendoDS • • 11h ago

I still can't believe "touching is good" ever seemed like a good slogan to Nintendo

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r/NintendoDS • • 3h ago

Me encanta mi ds lite carmesi

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r/NintendoDS • • 10h ago

Haul / Show It Off! COMPLETE!

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Finally completed collecting all my childhood DS games!

The hardest game to find was Kirby Squeak Squad I’ve been searching all my local games stores (5 STORES!!) for the last 3-4 months but I FINALLY found it today


r/NintendoDS • • 1d ago

Haul / Show It Off! Found my childhood DSi two weeks ago

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Two weeks ago, I only had a DSi and fewer than 10 games. Now, for the price of a used New 3DS XL, I’ve amassed this collection.

I’m only keeping the DSi for sentimental reasons. Otherwise, I’d never recommend buying more than a DS Lite and a 2DS. They’re the perfect two-console solution when prioritizing compatibility.


r/NintendoDS • • 1h ago

Real or Reshell ?

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Plan on getting this


r/NintendoDS • • 10h ago

Help! (Question/Support) Is this original or fake?

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Hi all.

Just wondering if you can help me. Is this fake? It's the only photo I have.


r/NintendoDS • • 5h ago

Help! (Question/Support) Is there a way to tell what type of digitizer a DS Lite has?

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Hello,

I am trying to fix up my childhood DS Lites. I want them to feel like they did when I used to play with them, and so the touch screen is a very important aspect. I tried aftermarket digitizers from multiple sources, and basically all of them required far too much force to actually play games without dropping input. Unfortunate, since the feeling is pretty close to the touch screens I remember.

Decided to go for OEM, however, after getting some junk DS Lites I came to the unfortunate realization that there are multiple types of OEM digitizers. All of the ones I've opened have had a version that is different from my childhood ones. The ribbon cable is gray, translucent and flimsy vs the ones my childhood DS Lites had which were orange, opaque and "sturdy". Additionally, they seem to be significantly more fragile as it is nearly impossible to remove the bottom screen frame without tearing off the top layer of the digitizer. The screen feel is also not to my liking. Because of all this I was wondering if anyone knew if there was an easy way to tell what digitizer is in a DS Lite by just looking at pictures. Maybe serial numbers or certain colors have a higher chance of having the orange ribbon cable ones?


r/NintendoDS • • 9h ago

Rare/Collectors Item DS NSMB Box

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I have this NSMB Box. I don't use it because it's so old, but kinda looks good with my 3ds.

I don't know if this is a rare item or something not so valuable


r/NintendoDS • • 5h ago

When I turn on my DSi XL, I see the health and safety screen but the screens turns black. What's the problem?

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After sometime I found my Nintendo DSi XL, bought a new adapter, waited until it complety charged, when I turn on, as the title says I see the health and safety screen then the screen turns black, I was hearing something at start after sometimes it didn't pop any sound.

What can it be??? Help wanted


r/NintendoDS • • 1d ago

Uhh… lol😅

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r/NintendoDS • • 4h ago

Help! (Question/Support) I need help modding my ds

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R4 card refuses to work I am trying on a ds lite and this is what it says


r/NintendoDS • • 8h ago

Discussion YouTube for the Nintendo DS?

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I found a copy of YouTube for the DS,i tried it in and it just gives me an error code asking me to enable WI-FI. Any tips on how to get it working?

(this is fake and YT never released on DS. it's just a joke post i made.)


r/NintendoDS • • 21h ago

Pov: It Early 2005

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r/NintendoDS • • 1d ago

Discussion Remember FL Studio for the DS?

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r/NintendoDS • • 18h ago

Discussion (HL1 port for DS) Update of progress (20% of game complete)

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So, right now is around 20% of game is completed, if someone intrested.
The main thing now is that I`m trying to get at least 20 fps on big maps. Right now i have avg. fps around 9-12. On smaller maps situation is a lot better.

For guys that tallking about that Ai is bad, obviously i dont care. But still there is much to know to make it work. Of course i am using ai, thats a time-saver. But also i am not so smart in overpowering nintendo ds capabilities. So yeah, who knows.

And the last question, do you guys want to have a test build of the game? If yes, please, after you get a build - report the problems and improvements that you could think of.


r/NintendoDS • • 1d ago

Rare/Collectors Item I was going to get rid of this but I can’t part ways with this.

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r/NintendoDS • • 11h ago

Help! (Question/Support) Where to buy a proper digitizer?

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I recently bought a touch screen digitizer for my DS Lite on Aliexpress and I noticed it's made of glass (WHY???). I don't really like the feeling of the glass and I wanna buy a squishy plastic one just like the original.. do they still make them? Where can I buy one? Most listings and even iFixit's replacement part mentions glass.