nintendo ds

[fairydust]

anyone's little ones got one ?
how easy are they to use?

Don't bother! They break very easily, the screen is incredibly fragile and they charge £45 to replace it! Would only advise for older and very careful children.

My 9 year old has one - loves it.

no good for a 3 yr old then?

Way too young.

yikes! we gave a pink one (the colour was the deciding factor ) to dd for her birthday (she's 6) but it hasn't been opened it yet. Maybe I should take it back? Is an Advanced Game Boy better/more solid?

My dd1 (8yrs) has one - with the dogs game on it. It's super & she has worked out all the functions. I always wonder if she'll lose the pen but she keeps it together with the case.

My brother has one FD and Dd1 plays on it and very occasionally dd2 but he won't let Ds play on it without him holding it for him so it must be too fragile. I certainly wouldn't let Ds have one.

Dd1 is having my brothers for her 9th birthday and she'll probably have broke it within months.

What about the Leapster ? Dd2 loves hers and Ds too so he is getting one for his birthday.

we'll dd will be nearly 5 when we give it her but mentally only about 3 1/2 - 4yrs she really wants the dalmation one

do me a link pls nutty

my 10 yr old has lost hers and I'm furoius

To the leapster ??

Hang on, have bloody nails on and can'tr type for toffee.

leapster yes pls

fairydust depends on your DD I have one but it is used more by DS who is only 2.8yrs. He knows how to work it all and loves playing doggies as he calls it..only have that game and mario kart on it. He loves it. He also has a vtech smile which is actually more tempremental than the DS.

leapster

leapster lmax

Dd2 has the first one, not sure what the difference is between the two.

Only disadvantage is that there isn't loads of games to choose from. Dd has Disney Princess, and Dora and the one that comes with it.

I was considering the vtech smile one for ds but he likes the pen on the leapster. There is more games for the vtech one though.

hmmmmmmm might see if i can find one in a store for dd to have a play with

I've lost my new palm & am furious with myself!

nutcracker, I have a Leapster that DS3 no longer needs if it's any good to you. It has hardly been used but has some sort of mark on the top left of the screen so it's not in perfect condition. Also has a Spiderman game with it. Anyway you'd be very welcome to it for your DS.

golly, that's kind wordgirl! uh, do you have a Palm TX that you're not using by any chance?

DP has one and DS who is 4 loves playing it. DD is 6 and she has got bored with it now. They keep losing the little stylo thingies though and we have to keep buying new ones

We swop our games at our local store which is quite good as DP gets bored with them after a week.

Sorry sansouci, I don't even know what one of those is

I wish I'd never got the silly thing. It was expensive & it was something I could actually have lived without. Anyway, it looks like it's back to the old filofax.

Wordgirl that would be fantastic and very kind of you, are you sure ?

He is a huge spiderman fan so would be thrilled.

Yes I'm sure nutcracker - I would be happy to see it go to a good home . Will you be able to CAT me or do I have to do something to be able to receive a CAT?