Yeah, I was one of those that thought the DS was a dumb idea and dumb name back in the day.
I just kept looking at how slick they transitioned the GBA SP onto the market and wonder why this monstrous half baked thing, especially after seeing the PSP.
Once the games started flowing I shut up a bit but was secretly hoping for a GB successor. One Professor Layton, Brain Training and Nintendogs blew the doors off the system, I knew the Game Boy line (at least for the moment) was over and the reign of the DS had begun.
Never wound up getting one myself, at the time I was ready to buy a DS, I heard about the DSi. Around the time I was going to buy that I heard of the DSi XL and well, eventually I got tired of waiting and wound up preordering a 3DS while having multiple DS games waiting to be played. I'm glad I waited, I wound up hating the DSi's internet features but I'm ok with those on the 3DS.







