31st Aug 2008
Caring for Your Nintendo DS
There are different ways of caring for your beloved Nintendo DS, and like any other gaming console, this small, efficient machine can only take so much banging and misuse before it’s broken. So take care of your machine by following these steps:
Buy a protective cover or case for your Nintendo DS. This will assure that even if you drop your Nintendo DS, the covering would absorb some of the shock and you would be saving yourself a lot of grief in the future. Having a Nintendo DS with a cracked processor or screen is not a pretty site. Also, it’s not nice to have a nice gaming console with plenty of scratches and none of the coolness factor. A protective cover would also be able to shield your Nintendo DS from bad weather, for example, if you’re suddenly caught in the rain with your machine in your pocket or in your flimsy bag.
Buy a game case, one that is really for a Nintendo DS, so that you can keep all your stuff in one place. Having all your Nintendo DS stuff in one place means that you’re reducing the chances of losing anything, and you won’t have to re-purchase stuff from a set you already bought.
Keep your Nintendo DS in a nice, safe place, away from animals, thieving friends or worse, younger siblings who have yet to master what “No” means. The places you can safely stash your Nintendo DS includes the top of shelves, inside your locked drawer, inside your big, old bag that no one pays attention to, or your computer table, if it has a small cabinet or locked drawer, too. This way, you can lessen the chances of accidental loss or damages to your equipment and your accessories.
NEVER plug your batteries in during storms, especially the kinds of storms where you have lightning bolts slicing the air every three seconds. This is already common sense, because you cannot have electrical equipment plugged in when high tension electric wires outside can be hit by 1,000 volts any second. To do so would result in a pasty, rubber like lump formerly known as your batteries.
Don’t, don’t force the game cartridges in. This tip has been around since Playstation 1. Just don’t do it. If the thing doesn’t fit, then you’re probably doing it the wrong way. Look at the game cartridge carefully and the slot you’re trying to put it in.
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