I dunno.. I always heard that about Sony. I don't know the last time I had a Nintendo system break down (other than my NES being very fussy these days.. but that was bad design).

My brother has dropped his GBA on pavement. We've both dropped our DS on theh floor. I could throw my DS as hard as I can into the tree outside, allowing it to fall into the deep snow... and I'm fully confident that once it is all dried out, it'd work like a charm.

(but if this failed, I have the EB Games moron warranty)

“I dunno.. I always heard that about Sony.”

Given you're the one who told me it was Nintendo, that seems specious.

“I could throw my DS as hard as I can into the tree outside, allowing it to fall into the deep snow... and I'm fully confident that once it is all dried out, it'd work like a charm.”

Apart from the broken LCD display one assumes.

Besides - I was talking about components, not the lumps of plastic around them. When a device refuses to recognise the wireless device 1cm away from it and complains about range, when three other devices are already connected from further away, you have to wonder...

The LCD wouldn't break because of the awesome clamshell design. ;p

Yeah, I agree it is annoying that the DS has trouble recognizing all wireless sources but my problem was with it recognizing a total piece of trash router, so I blame the router, not the DS.