One of the first things I tried with Mario Kart DS was connecting to our router and playing wirelessly. Unsurprisingly, because we don’t broadcast our SSID, the DS was unable to find our network. I pulled up our router settings and turned on the SSID broadcast — still a no-go. Then I realized that our router was only set to send 802.11g (for our Airport Extreme cards) and changed that to the mixed g/b signal. With that, the DS found the network and I was able to save the settings, meaning I could turn the broadcasting back off while still enjoying the wireless gaming experience.
The last time I had a case for my Game Boy was back in grade school when my sister got me a gigantic plastic grey one for my birthday. It was soooo cool, but I digress. I decided that with the DS, if I’m going to take it somewhere I want it to have its own bag, but unlike that case of yesteryear, I didn’t want any kind of video game-branded geek box or anything of that sort. Instead, I headed straight to Best Buy with the intent of picking up a case similar to the one I bought for my camera (the LowePro Z10, which will easily hold the camera, the iPod, and my phone) and was not disappointed. The LowePro Ridge 60 is exactly what I was looking for, and will easily hold the DS (and maybe a second one, eventually), a couple Game Boy games, a couple DS games, an AC adapter, and a Game Boy Advance SP. And it’s cheap!
Unfortunately, not all is peaches and strawberries with the DS; my anal retentive obsessive compulsive designer’s eye keeps complaining to me about its aesthetics. My biggest gripe is the silver bottom on a red console. The standard DS gets a black bottom, which is what I would’ve preferred. So I did what any normal person would do; I started looking for shells on eBay. I settled on one of these, which may or may not be what I’m ultimately happy with. At the very least the black bottom should be useful, but I ordered the black one so I may end up with an entirely black console. We’ll see.
As of tomorrow Friday, I’m off to Chicago. Need anything?
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