ds collection plus more
Storytime included:
Rose gold was my childhood ds, that I taped up to be a makeshift 2ds from a broken hinge until I messed up a DIY case and use it to keep it together for now, I absolutely beat it senseless with 2000+ hours of pokemon alone (because within two days of getting a dsi for Christmas my brother broke the screen fighting for it off me because he basically wanted two dsi's instead of one to always keep from me for pokemon.) It was a habit he started when we got pokemon games and he basically felt entitled to everything I had- to avoid triggering content I'll keep these parts vague, to say the least I got many hours out of flipnote so it's still a loved dsi.
The friends he made were also entitled chud kids and stole just about all my games besides the pearl and leaf green I had in my original ds bc they didn't know I had more than one system, and when I confronted the kid at his home his mother only gave me the wappydog and LSP games back, I lost everything until I cried to my mom to get me heartgold again then soulsilver (very good call on my part they are super expensive now) and the rest is history- I got some back, Super mario, Cooking mama, through different circumstances, Later in time my mom bought the 2ds because it was a cheep (and in my opinion not ideal sorry not sorry 2ds stans I hated it) system and it broke after I bit into it during a reactive abuse moment from my lovely brother again, I trashed it because I didn't want to face having to admit that to my mother or anybody else really.
My childhood console journey ended with the 3ds xl because by then I really just wanted a ds that I could play and wasn't going to be broken in any way, I kept that thing secretive but that also means I didn't get many chances taking it out with me, and because it was my only and first 3ds, and first limited edition, I didn't completely understand the aura I had and took it to places like Ihop where ppl talked about it. pictured I treated that thing like literal gold, it is very minty despite being my original 3ds. Frankly I just wanted a gold ds again, even if not rose gold.
Then later on I got my first Switch lite because frankly I never moved on from handheld consoles and didn't do much outside of that- unfortunately not my favorite because the screens are out in the open and not as portable- even if I am technically missing out, I have yet to find any other way I like playing games then just literally from my pocket while touching grass- Then my cousin years later surprised me with another switch lite for Christmas which I put animal crossing decals on from a time he also took me to an antique store.
All the games here are authentic as far as I understand. My Wappy and the game are the original pair. And I lately got back into the ds line of systems after I bought myself a minty (literally and color wise) ds lite for a not so good price online, but with fix ins like the R4 cart and pokemon black I used to have, so I could finally play my leafgreen again, and it spiraled into me also getting a new dsi, cases for all my ds's, acrylic cases for all of them and decorating them. Along with some new game carts I didn't have as a kid. (Atari Retro, Tamagotchi 2, Super Monkey Ball, Game and Watch GBA, Ontamarama) I basically sold a lot of games that were given to my brother then thrown to me because I wanted to buy these games with all the protection and cases I needed.
I don't have much going for me in life but I can say for certain the Nintendo handhelds, especially the ds, have given me comfort throughout my life even if they had it just as rough as me. I'm sure as my life changes they will be incorporated in my daily life.
💔Bonus: Bro found out and got jealous despite me thinking he was over it, and got himself a used OG switch I'm not sure he done much with tbh, that's when our relationship really was obviously fallen apart. It was a weird moment of me moving on from his tormenting and making sure I didn't share anything gaming related with him, but he still cared apparently. And ironically my brother got jealous after seemingly moving on from the ds line and onto PC in highschool- he never really played it as far as I know but somehow managed to have it in worse condition than mine, also mimicking getting a limited edition console. I think looking back he had a hard time accepting that not everything I done included him, and that he struggled to accept that I was a separate person that would be treated differently, but he wanted everything I got, literally, and his own, and he never grew out of that, we are estranged now.