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Re-buying DS lite

So.. I used to own a DS lite back in the day.. but it broke in my backpack back in my 20’s. I still own my old Pokémon games (heart gold and leaf green) and was hoping to get back into them.

DS lite went for $129 in the US back when they came out in 2006.. adjusted for inflation that’s about $195. 

I guess I’m wondering if anyone has any experience buying any of these refurbs I’m seeing online.

Are these 20 year old consuls worth $160 ?

I already tried asking this question on the Nintendo sub Reddit, and no one cared…

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  • Be aware you can play DS games on the "new 3DS" as well which is going for about $100, which is cheaper than that.

    However, to answer your question more directly, I found one available here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-DS-Handheld-Console-Black/dp/B000FTQR8K in stock for £60. It was one of the first google results I found for "ds lite price".

    • Thanks for the response.

      Yeah.. the newer 3DS could play my DS Pokémon game, but not my game boy advance Pokémon game. And you only get dongle trade on a DS lite. Thanks for the link. That’s the lowest price I’ve seen so far. I might just go with that one.

    • That's a great point, the DS lite is a beautifully made console and it also plays GBA games really nicely as well (literally has a gba built into it) but with any of the 2ds/3ds line you can quite easily soft mod them and carry around a huge games library, also battery life and charging the device is better than the DS lite