Why You'll Love It

Everything that made the DS Lite work, plus two built-in cameras and a proper menu system — the DSi was Nintendo's handheld growing up, adding photo and sound tools on top of an already-massive game library.

Imagine this: a group photo that comes out looking nothing like anyone in it, on purpose, because the built-in camera app has a mode specifically for warping faces into something ridiculous.

Sharing the DS

This DS is shared between renters, so it comes with two small tools:

Rentl User Manager — keeps everyone's save files separate
Rentl Backup Tool — backs your saves up to a PC, and can restore them any time you need to

Both guides are in your account menu once you're logged in.

Dual Built-In Cameras. One inner-facing, one outer-facing, with eleven distortion effects built into the camera app — face-morphing, mirroring, stretching — a genuinely different kind of photo booth years before that became a phone-app trend.

Larger Screens Than DS Lite. Both screens grew to 3.25 inches at the same 256x192 resolution, a small but noticeable step up in visibility.

256MB Internal Storage Plus SD Card Slot. Save DSiWare downloads, photos, and music directly to the system, or expand with an SD card up to 32GB — the DS Lite had no internal storage at all.

Five-Level Adjustable Brightness. An extra brightness step over the DS Lite's four, trading screen visibility against the up-to-14-hour battery life at the dimmest setting.

Still Plays the Full DS Library. Every standard DS Game Card works exactly as it did on DS Lite — the only backward-compatibility loss is the DS Lite's Game Boy Advance slot, dropped to make room for the second camera.

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10 Great DS Games Still Worth Playing

Dual Built-In Cameras
Larger Screens Than DS Lite
256MB Internal Storage Plus SD Card Slot
Five-Level Adjustable Brightness
Still Plays the Full DS Library

Screen	2x 3.25-inch TFT LCD, 256x192px (top + touch)
Media	Nintendo DS Game Card (no GBA slot)
Storage	256MB internal + SD card slot (up to 32GB)
Cameras	2x 0.3MP (front + rear)
Battery	840mAh Li-ion, ~4-14 hours depending on brightness
Wireless	Built-in 802.11 (WPA) local wireless
Weight	214g
Dimensions (closed)	137 x 74.9 x 18.9mm

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Storage Bag
Soft Protective Case

Nintendo DSi (Metallic Blue)

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