I would like to buy a DSi.  Not at launch mind you, but at some point before the holiday season.  It's a nifty little device, and if all the VC options for it are true, it should be quite fun to play.  Especially if it will use its WiFi to work in place of those old hook-up cables for multiplayer games.

But all that is neither here nor there. You see, right now this would be a very hard sell.  In 2005 my wife got me a DS bundle with Mario Kart for Xmas. The big red one. Wonderful gift.  I had oodles of fun with Mario Kart DS and until I got the Wii last year it was my primary gaming device.

However it's a big red brick and it has the old screen so I'd like to update to the newer model, particularly since I never bought a DS Lite.  But this is a hard sell around here.  It still works just fine so I can't just toss it aside you know? So to get around that I formed a brilliant plan. . . get the 2 year old involved.  My boy can break anything.  He's a two year old boy, that's what they do. Hence that's why he's been playing the DS and those dumb cat games (he's since moved on to Kart now because he likes Yoshi).

But it hasn't worked.  He now considers the DS his and spends time with it every day, which invitably involes it getting dropped onto the floor at least once.  Sometimes slammed on the floor.  But the damn thing won't break.  

DAMN YOU NINTENDO FOR MAKING A DURABLE PRODUCT!!!!!!

And if anything the kid is starting to handle it better and not be so rough with it.  It's never going to break at this rate. . . crap.  I need a new plan.