Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said: I got a Ds in 2005, I've had my GBA since it launched. |
The GBA was release in the West in Summer 2001 (in Japan only 3 month earlier)... so 4 - 4.5 years until you got the DS.
10,000 hours would be 6 - 7 hours every day, with no exceptions. Taking in account sleeping, eating, school/work there would not be much time left for anything else...