The first handheld console I ever got was a blueish silver GameBoy Advanced SP as a Christmas present. A few Christmas’s later, I received a light pink DS Lite and a Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends cartridge and thought it was the coolest thing ever. I would play it so much that overtime, I began to forget about my GameBoy.
On Christmas Day of 2011, I had received a DSi XL. I played around with it so much that day because of the several new features it had compared to the DS Lite. It had Flipnote Studio, two built-in cameras, a photo editing application, a sound editor application, and much more.
When I was in elementary school, we would have a “Game Day” where students could bring in their own games (boardgames and handheld consoles) and play for the last half of the school day. I always brought in my DSi so I could take pictures with my friends and show them some of my favorite games like Mario Kart DS.
One of the things I didn’t know about the DSi was DSiWare. I didn’t have access to wi-fi during this time, so I never knew about its existence. Check out Scott’s video that goes into more detail!