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curl-6 on 24 August 2019

With the Switch Lite around the corner, I thought it'd be fun to look at the various hardware revisions of Nintendo systems over the years.

Which one is your current favourite, and why?



The_Liquid_Laser on 24 August 2019

Gameboy Advance SP. It was actually an improvement from the first model with a backlit screen and the ability to charge your system (instead of batteries). It was a big improvement. Most of the other revisions for their other systems are just a stripped down version of the original model.



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Ultrashroomz on 24 August 2019

DS Lite for me, the original design was a bit of a turn off for me, but the Lite is what got me truly addicted to that system.

mZuzek said:

GBA SP is the only correct answer.

tell that to people who liked using headphones



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COKTOE on 25 August 2019

GBA SP by a mile for me. The GBA was a shameful insult. That screen. Terrible. The SP was pretty frickin' great. DS Lite would be my next choice, but I loved the original too. DS Lite was a little better, by it was mostly minor tweaks.



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Bofferbrauer2 on 25 August 2019

DS lite, no contest.

GBA SP was too small for my large fingers, otherwise it might have fit the bill. Also, no headphone jack?!? But the way it was, it was far easier to play on an old GBA than on an SP - though at that point I mostly just played GBA games on the Gamecube with the Game Boy Player anyway.



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PortisheadBiscuit on 25 August 2019

Tie between GBC and DS Lite



Mr Puggsly on 25 August 2019

DS Lite.

Primarily because its sexy design and it still plays GBA games.



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AHYL88 on 25 August 2019

Has to be the DS Lite. It was so much sleeker, refined and tighter in design compared to the original DS; remember how big the latter was? And yet despite the smaller dimensions, the screens were not only brighter but the DS Lite has had much better battery life.



JRPGfan on 25 August 2019

New 3DS? Im not sure.



thismeintiel on 25 August 2019

I like the newer NES model. The design is interesting. More importantly, it fixed two major flaws of the NES, a faulty cartridge mechanism, instead going for a top loader, and a controller that dug into your hands, making the new controller more like the SNES controller. The only flaw, which isn't really the systems fault, is the cartridges weren't designed for a top loader and stuck way too far out of the top.