Does a Nintendo DS need charging (ie should I do tonight)

[CountessDracula]

The wii thread made me wonder

I would if I were you

I would charge it, yes. IIRC they are at least part charged but it's worth making sure

The one we bought was already charged in that it came on but you can also set it up with child's name, date of birth etc whih I have done.

I think dd's had a little charge on it, but needed at least 12hrs for it to last any length of time.

Oh nooooooo! I've wrapped DDs already. Will have to unwrap it tonight
Thanks though, I would never have thought of that!

Ah great thanks
I will do tonight if when dd sleeps

Yes, I think it needs 3 hours to fully charge or something. (I may have just made that figure up )

DH has done DS1's for that long.

Can they not just play with it plugged in ,in the meantime for those who forgot to charge?

I don't know I haven't ever used one

Shite am I going to have to spend half of tomorrow working out how to do nintendogs arhg

If you haven't though, DON'T unwrap! You can also play them with the charging lead connected, though clearly not as mobile...

I hadn't even thought of charging it!

Do I need to buy a charger seprately? It's still hidden in DH's office so I can't check!

We had to charge ds up for 12 hours i think it was initially when we first bought it. Didn't go down too well last xmas! Then you can play it whilst charging or it usually only takes couple of hours to fully charge after that!

i assume the charger comes with it

Yes the charger comes with it.

Charger included.
Can you play it whilst connected though when it has never been charged ??
IIRC we def had to charge it before we could use it last year but i may be wrong!

You have to charge it for 3 hours minimum (unplayed) but for optimum battry life & charging 12 Hours (unplayed) is reccomended

says the manual

Popped DS's onto charge this morning so should be fully done by tonight ready to wrap.

Yes they do but you can also play them while they are being charged. From what I can remember anyway. Though we did charge ours before hand.

DD1 plays it now while it is being charged.

DONT PANIC
You can use them while plugged into the mains and the charger comes with it so if its all wrapped dont worry.

And i know this for sure cos all 3 of mine have them already.

Just let them play whilst its plugged in and then charge it over dinner ...no problem ...

If you want them to take notice of anything else you've given them, stick the DS bits at the bottom of the sack!