DS Lite Stress Test

by Jason Wishnov { Jul 12th 2006 at 7:05PM }

We've known for quite some time that Nintendo products tend to be very, very durable. Why, I myself once left my Game Boy Advance SP on top of my car, and started to drive away; only at around 40 M.P.H. did the SP finally fly off into heavy traffic, careening onto pavement and quite literally getting run over twice. Sure enough, despite the number on the paint job, the damn thing still functioned perfectly. But I digress.

Here we have a short video showing a sick, pathologically insane human being attempting to crush a DS Lite into utter submission. While he succeeds in making the fanboys shield their eyes to avert the pain, he absolutely fails to do any lasting damage to the unit. Rock on, Nintendo.

Oh, and for bonus material, follow the link to watch several Xboxes set aflame.

[Thanks, Richard!]

Tags: DS Lite, Fire, Pain, Stress Test, StressTest, Touch Screen

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

J.T. Mill @ Jul 12th 2006 7:13PM

If you look closely, that's not his DS, but a display. I don't think anyone would do this to their own DS ^^;

ross @ Jul 12th 2006 7:16PM

that made me cringe, which makes it completely official: i'm a huge dork.

Jay @ Jul 12th 2006 7:17PM

I don't think that's his own DSL. Judging by the metal bracket-like object, it looks like a store demo.

Either way, that thing is durable

Jay @ Jul 12th 2006 7:18PM

Ah, beat me to it.

Silver R. Wolfe @ Jul 12th 2006 7:34PM

Wait, I've done this to a display PSP. No damage there either. :D

My Nano snapped in half though. ;_;

Ludwig Kietzmann @ Jul 12th 2006 7:37PM

I found the sound to be the most unsettling. It made me squirm.

Nushio @ Jul 12th 2006 7:40PM

That video is NSFW. I nearly screamed in pain and agony as I saw the poor DSLite's touchscreen being squished.

I cant believe it survived though.

Kids: Do NOT try this at home. Rather donate those unwanted DSLites over here!

Nushio @ Jul 12th 2006 7:47PM

Then again, after watching it again (I just had to, sorry eyes!), I noticed its a DSLite on display at Walmart/Target.

So thats why the touchscreen never works!

Those ******** deserve to die! People try to test NDS and find their screen completely damaged. *sigh*

The_Wind_Waker8 @ Jul 12th 2006 8:18PM

Yay! Xboxes set aflame! Betcha the GCN looks better than the Xbox after being in flames.

carlos @ Jul 12th 2006 9:21PM

hey i kno the person he is my friend join his forums

www.nrqproductions.net

Andrew Yoon @ Jul 12th 2006 11:22PM

Oh, that did make me cringe. Sure, he didn't risk it with his own DS, but why would you want to do such a horrible thing to such a precious DS Lite?

poo @ Jul 12th 2006 11:32PM

It's a store's DSL!!!!!!!!
His site is nrqproductions!!!!!!!!

(Two things apparent in the video and have bee needlessly stated)

It did make me cringe though.

Neko Tsukimi @ Jul 12th 2006 11:50PM

Wow, that is SICK!!!!! How the heck do all the display units I see every now and then have totally broken touch screens?!?!?!? They must have SERIOUSLY improved the screens on the lite.

Marc @ Jul 13th 2006 12:10AM

IT SAYS PRESS THE A BUTTON GENIUS, lol

Andy @ Jul 13th 2006 2:53AM

Please, make it stop! PLEASE! That creaking sound! Enough! Excuse me. I must lovingly embrace my Lite. Poor guinea pig Lite. So unloved.

Aamir123 @ Jul 13th 2006 11:09AM

oh the pain the pain of it all. do u think they saw that in the shop and i thought michael jackson is a weird insane man but this guy is one step further. what did the ds lite did to u mean man

Joe Eversole @ Jul 13th 2006 12:18PM

The demo Lite at a local Meijer store has a broken top LCD. Dunno how exactly it happened, because I don't see any signs of trauma (other than, obviously, the broken screen).

spil @ Jul 14th 2006 12:30PM

i read about it on joystiq and its at a Walmart. Silver (#5), how could you do that to a PSP screen, you can't touch the LCD, it is under glass. Maybe you meant to say that you (tried to) broke the glass?

ds guy @ Jul 15th 2006 12:46PM

Sorry, they guys who did this are complete sh*tbags. Why would you try to destroy someone else's stuff? They could easyily be arrested and fined for destroying property... its all on tape. Not very bright individuals. I will make it a point never to go thier crappy memberless forum.