Poll: 20 Years On, Does Your DS Lite Still Have Charge?

What’s Happening

Let’s talk about After last week’s 3DS 15th anniversary, we knew it was only a matter of time before another big hardware birthday sent us spiralling; we just didn’t expect it to come this quickly.

Today marks 20 years since the launch of the DS Lite in Japan — a fact that we are totally comfortable and okay with. Yes, on 2nd March 2006, Nintendo shipped the slimmer, glossier, more colourful counterpart to the OG phat DS, and it was a beauty. (it feels like chaos)

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Com Polls Nintendo DS Anniversaries Poll: 20 Years On, Does Your DS Lite Still Have Charge? Green light by Jim Norman 32 mins ago : 0 Image: Jim Norman / Nintendo Life After last week’s 3DS 15th anniversary , we knew it was only a matter of time before another big hardware birthday sent us spiralling; we just didn’t expect it to come this quickly.

This younger model boasted all of the same key features as its predecessor, only… Aside from the far sleeker shell, the DS Lite packed in brighter (if marginally smaller) screens, a sliding power switch rather than a button, a notably lighter weight, and substantially improved battery life.

Why This Matters

To Nintendo Life on YouTube 843k It’s that last feature that grabbed our attention for today’s anniversary, as, you see, when this writer returned to his Ice Blue Lite a few weeks back for a spot of Pokémon Diamond ahead of the series’ 30th anniversary, he was surprised to be greeted by a solid green power light, despite not having touched the damn thing in years. It’s something that we have seen time and again with old tech — flip open your old Nokia phone, and we bet it’ll still come back to life — but it was surprising from a handheld that felt so futuristic at the time. According to Nintendo , the DS Lite battery should last 15-19 hours on the lowest brightness setting, and 5-8 hours on the highest (depending on game activity), with the green power light only changing to red when the battery drops below 30%.

This is the kind of news that gets gamers talking across social media.

The Bottom Line

According to Nintendo , the DS Lite battery should last 15-19 hours on the lowest brightness setting, and 5-8 hours on the highest (depending on game activity), with the green power light only changing to red when the battery drops below 30%. While this’ll no doubt degrade over time, our systems still seem to be going strong.

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