Well, I have to say. Nintendo has finally done it. They turned me into the person who was upset with the Gameboy Pocket, then the revisions of the GB Color, then the SP then the SP2, then the Micro. . . now the DS LITE. I want one. DAMNIT, that is the worst part, I want one. I was just upset at first, but then I saw the larger image on the DSLite website and it is using the Micro D-Pad. Well it looks to anyways. The Micro has such a great D-Pad that I will jump on and most likely buy the new DS. I don’t know if I should take advantage of the situation and attempt to sell my DS used to EB Games and get the JP one. This would be before most people were selling theirs because it is only an overseas release.

I think the reason I am upset is because I know I will buy one. I already have more DS games than GBA or Xbox games. I have gotten my moneys worth from the system I have now and the screen is significantly less bright than the Micro’s.

So, complaining aside, I have been playing a lot of Ecco the Dolphin CD. I can’t play it for too long. At times it is so gorgeous that I am struck deeply by it. I know that most of this relates to the red book audio and that I am wearing headphones to play it. But I can’t get over this game. I can only play for about an hour or less though. The sounds of trapped Dolphins far below the sea get to me. The lonely nature of the game, combined with the fact that you are constantly going further underground which makes it darker, on top of the soundtrack is just too much. I think it just magnifies the loneliness that I feel from being separated from Sara. It is fantastic though.