I bought a Nintendo DS Lite last weekend, along with New Super Mario Bros. and Brain Age. It\’s so neat. It really does look like it could\’ve been designed by Apple. It\’s very sleek; the plugs, switches, stylus, and GBA filler piece all sit flush along the sides so the smooth lines aren\’t spoiled. I think it\’s the perfect size too. Any smaller and my hands would probably cramp up playing it.

I haven\’t played console games in years, and portable systems for even longer, so I\’ve forgotten how convenient it could be. I can pick it up and start playing within 5 seconds, and with the sleep function it picks up right where I left off. Hell, I\’m gonna take it to work and sneak in some games when I\’m not busy.

Mario Bros. is just like the old games, before the series went 3D. All the side-scrolling, running and jumping action is back. Mario and the bad guys are 3D, while the levels are 2D, but it all works together really well.