Cases for Lego maniacs and music lovers
by Eric Caoili 
{ Nov 27th 2007 at 2:00PM }
Japanese site GAME Watch has put up reviews for two new DS accessories that've come out in Japan, the first of which is a multicolored set of individual cart cases from Takara Tomy. It's not the best solution for keeping your games protected, as part of the cart is left exposed, but its stackable design allows for some creative decorative pieces. Peek past the break for examples of the cases snapped together all crazy-like. A pack of six retails for 700 yen (approximately $6.35).The second product, which you can also see photos of after the post break, looks like a standard system pouch, except it leaves the volume slider accessible, and you can plug in headphones even while your DS is tucked in. But wouldn't the DS put your game into Sleep Mode while it's packed up like that? And who uses their handheld like a portable music player, anyway? Perhaps Morigames designed the case with R4 owners and Moonshell (homebrew media player) users in mind. The bright yellow pouch sells for 750 yen (approximately $6.81).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Waffala @ Nov 27th 2007 2:38PM
Pro-Homebrew/Moonshell case FTW!
RupeeClock @ Nov 27th 2007 2:40PM
I'ma liking those DS card cases!
It'd cost me like 27 to get 60 cases, I really do need that much too since my collection is huge and growing.
I hope Play-asia will stock them.
RupeeClock @ Nov 27th 2007 2:42PM
Ooooh! Actually Play-asia.com has these for sale! I'll buy a bunch as soon as I get the cash!
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-zvy-71-hr-49-en-84-j-70-295g.html
Although that'll cost 38.30 for me, oh well.
Fank @ Nov 27th 2007 2:53PM
Well first of all; I use it as a music player like 5 hours a day.
Second of all, English Training (and perhaps other language trainers) has a function where words and sentences used in the game are repeated over and over if a headphone is plugged in, and a game like 'LifeSigns' has a music gallery that doesn't go to sleep when closed so you can rock to the awesome tunes where you go. Oh that was point two and three.
The Nugget @ Nov 27th 2007 5:33PM
The post doesn't give a link to where to buy the pouch at? Any ideas.
Thanks.
RupeeClock @ Nov 27th 2007 6:07PM
Play-asia.com has it in stock, it comes in Yellow, Navy, blue, black, White and pink.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-zvy-49-en-15-smart pouch lite-84-p.html
RupeeClock @ Nov 27th 2007 6:08PM
Ah, the link got truncated.
Here.
http://tinyurl.com/2o8oud
brad @ Nov 28th 2007 10:37AM
I use mine as a music player every day.
RupeeClock @ Dec 18th 2007 6:57AM
I just a bunch of these card blocks, but I would have to NOT recommend them.
Why? On occasion you'll get some blocks which are too tight and stop you from getting your game cards out, which is unacceptable.
Maybe they just got damaged in transit, but still...