I think my DS is having problems. It started last night, when I was at school during the evening, karting it up outside the Student Publications Office. It was getting cold. My lower screen started to switch rapidly between the two map views. After some minor WTFing, I turned it off. I reinsterted the cart (i once had a weird issue where it wouldn’t sleep on close, replacing the cart made it stop.), and booted it. The touch screen was still getting poked by some phantom force. It skipped the warning and went right into the GBA game.

I turned it off. I cleaned the screen off, and made sure there weren’t any ghosts hovering around me. Upon restart, there were a few errant touches on the screen, but it went away. I went inside, and played some more Mario Kart without incident.

I thought maybe it was due to the cold or something, but it did it again this evening. Indoors, at a reasonable temperature. GRAAAAAAAAH.

This DS has been through a lot. Not as much as my old one, but still, it’s seen more wear than the average DS. It’s had a rather large cup of water spilled on it. It’s been hacked (with flashme), and then unhacked. It’s had a ridiculous amount of stickers on it. Most importantly, it never leaves my side unless it’s charging or in someone else’s hands (thanks to my scissors bag! i should write about that sometime.), and I play it a hell of a lot. It’d be something if it kept track of how long it was on, because I’d be able to see how much of my life I’ve wasted spent on it.

At this point, I have a few options.
1.) Get Nintendo to replace it. Do they need a sales receipt?
2.) Sell it, blow a little more money and buy a new red DS to become the envy of my cohorts.
3.) Uhhhhh…

I’m liking #2. How broke am I right now? Not broke enough, apparently.

But realistically, I’ll check into #1 first.