Haven’t touched a Nintendo DS in about 10 years, never watched a DS related video in my life yet this ended up on my recommended feed, really enjoyed watching
@@_2ndliferetro I thought this was some viral video that’s found its way onto many peoples recommended page, partly because of the amazing production quality, was shocked to see it had less than 1k views
Im kind of disappointed that you had a misleading title. The only thing that you did was conduct a chassis/case swap, please don’t mislead your audience
yeah im glad i skipped to the end, this turned out to be a decent dive into a beginner case swap but a waste of time for someone looking for "upgrades" I was expecting type-C or something added on just for fun, but a boring black case swap when there are SO many amazing custom cases out there is dookie
Upgrading? What did you upgrade? You just changed the chasis. That's like changing the dipers of a toddler. You did not "upgraded" anything of this console. 😅
It looks like an almost perfect case replacement for the black dsi, although the power button not being the original grey was slightly grating haha. overall looks amazing!
When you screw things with plastic threads, turn the screw anti-clockwise until you feel the screw drop in to the thread. Then screw away but don't over tighten them.
It seems that youtubers of lower popularity are much higher quality. Probably because older youtubers have gotten more comfortable with their audience.
Subscribing just for the explicit tips on getting the cables through the hinge. Been taking apart DSes of all variants for like a decade and getting ribbon cables through the hinge remains my Achilles' heel
Honestly was getting so frustrated with it 😂 doing one at a time is a game changer though, I repaired another one since this and it worked straight away! Just make sure you unroll it once the first ones through. Appreciate the sub!!
My DSiXL that I picked up in December has been getting a lot of use this year, I think there's a lot of value in the extensive DS library and it's good that these handhelds are relativly affordable too!
I had 2 blue dsi and they are matte as well ,i think the outer shell on the white ones are glossy and the "mario" red color is also always glossy for whatever console nintendo makes,which is what the bottom half of yours was, they did the same with the ds lite as well ,because there was 2 different red versions ,crimson red ,which is what i have which was semi glossy on the outside and matte black on the inside and mario red which was glossy red in its entirety inside and out
A glossy Cherry Red and Forest Green DSi were released as a Christmas special in Japan iirc, and as a Mario Party DS combo pack here in the US. Otherwise, most DSi were Matte, with a metal looking dark blue in the States as well. (and as a note for everyone thinking about doing this, it's best to leave the screws with a little slack so you don't overtighten and so you can open it later if there are issues. Screws can get stuck!)
My first console was a dsi in like 2012 the 3ds was already out and my mom agreed to buy me and my brother each one cause all our friends had them she accidently bought 2 dsi's and thought it was the same I still loved it
not gonna lie clickbaity video, you simply did a reshell of your console, no upgrade. I thought you were gonna add a bigger battery, or better displays or something like that
For me, re-shelling it was an upgrade from what it was and made it new again but I totally see where you’re coming from! You’ve got me really thinking though and I’m putting together ideas for a new video. Thank you!
A lot of work and editing went into this. Good job Ausboi love ya vids brudda. American here, never had an aussie snag from Bunnings tho. I knew of the small drama back years ago about the onions tho.
Thank you so much mate!! Really appreciate you watching 🙏🏼 haha you’re missing out! You’ll have to try one. Our country has too many dramas with onions. I remember when our old prime minister ate one with the skin on like an apple and everyone went mad 😂
@@_2ndliferetro Lmao just make half the country onions and half no onions, or one city onions allowed and the other city no onions allowed, and see the chaos of who moves to which side/city. An experiment like that for a country happen, and see the results. lmao. I'm going to save up and visit aus some day. a dream would be to move to brisbane or somewhere a bit cold. I've thought about Canberra but people have said its a bit swampy there or something.
My black DSi was matte. But I always thought all DSi were matte, and DS Lite glossy. Cuz my brothers blue DSi and my other brothers red DSi were all matte, but my cousins lite was glossy
The ds lite are usually only semi glossy on the top shell depending on the color with white,pink,and mario red being the exceptions with the white and pink having a clear glossy plastic coating on the tops and bottoms and mario red being glossy red all the way through
My trick for putting my screws down is it take a piece of cardboard and Coat one side with double stick tape. You just let it screws on it in the pattern you take them out and it's reusable and it holds screws great
Doing modifications to any ds system for me has been unlucky. Caused me many disasters. Seeing other people with the patience to make it all work is inspiring. I have a 3DS XL I would like to attempt a capture card install again, but last time I managed to mess something up horribly, and I had to trash the whole system.
Lol I watched this whole video eating a bag of Doritos with my youngest son, thinking to myself "I'm glad the two black DSi's I have are in great working condition". Great video nonetheless.
i get junk dsi for 20 $ with some fungus inside of the screen. When i tried to open the case the bolt near the catridge slot getting rusty and i cant unscrew that, do you think drilling the bolt might unscrewed that? im kinda hesitate to do it since it might damaged the pcb, any help will be appreciated
It’s a very small screw so that could work, be very carful. You could try a little bit of isopropyl then a small elastic band on top of the screw/beneath the screw driver. That’s worked in the past for me
Glad to have found this video i gkt a second hand dsi off of gumtree and its git a damaged case and Detritus stucj under the screen covers thats driving me mad. Your vid has given me both the inspiration to try and shell swap ot myself and made me start fanging fir a bunnings snag!
Firstly and most importantly the Bunnings snag is a delicious Australian delicacy, so glad to hear you’re hungry for one. Secondly, yes! Do it! So worth it to have the DSi looking brand new
@@_2ndliferetro holy hell I didn't notice the spelling errors, in my comment I apologise for that firstly, and secondly I've already placed my order for a brand new semi transparent purple DSi case.
I've replaced the case of my 3DS XL, and can't recommend. The feeling of the cheap plastic is terrible compared to the original plastic, can't describe better but is at least unnerving
Oh dam, what colour did you change it to? I’ve seen in other videos colours don’t match but I’ve never had a DSi to compare this black one to, but quality wise mine was good, especially for it being cheap
"yOu miSleadeD uS =(...." Two minutes in one could tell that all this video showcased was a refresh, nobody asked ya'll to stay the whole 40 lol. Good video!
i swear to god, the ribbon cable on those things are made with evil, is so a bad design, i lost 3 screen replacement of my 3ds trying to replace the shell to a new one hahahaha, that metal piece always cut the cable until the 3rd was the charm
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Haven’t touched a Nintendo DS in about 10 years, never watched a DS related video in my life yet this ended up on my recommended feed, really enjoyed watching
Mate this is a massive compliment! Thank you for stoping by!!
@@_2ndliferetro I thought this was some viral video that’s found its way onto many peoples recommended page, partly because of the amazing production quality, was shocked to see it had less than 1k views
Yo I was trying to mod my ds i for fun and found this and honestly enjoyed it as it’s a nice calm video
@@fireedward9870I’m glad you liked it dude! Thank you!!
Im kind of disappointed that you had a misleading title. The only thing that you did was conduct a chassis/case swap, please don’t mislead your audience
Especially since black DSi's are already a thing
yeah im glad i skipped to the end, this turned out to be a decent dive into a beginner case swap but a waste of time for someone looking for "upgrades"
I was expecting type-C or something added on just for fun, but a boring black case swap when there are SO many amazing custom cases out there is dookie
I had a black DSi growing up! It was matte, and I often drew on it with pencil when I was bored lol. Great video man! Keep it up :}
Oh mate that’s actually really cool tho! Only gives it more character imo!
Upgrading? What did you upgrade? You just changed the chasis. That's like changing the dipers of a toddler. You did not "upgraded" anything of this console. 😅
Thanks for saving me a waste of time video 😂
Honestly, the video was well produced. It did not need a misleading title.
Upgraded chassis 👍
I mean what did u expect? 4K oled Panel?
@@pabloferez4722literally anything
40 minute video, 30 of which is struggling with the shoulder buttons
Yeah this has been my experience with shell swaps too...
Hahah the struggle is real for the mod community !
It looks like an almost perfect case replacement for the black dsi, although the power button not being the original grey was slightly grating haha. overall looks amazing!
Oh wow I didn’t even catch that difference ! Good eye
Yeah! The original black DSi is matte, I didn't even know there was a glossy DSi lol
This is good to know!! Prefer the matte look anyway, less finger prints. Thank you!
@@_2ndliferetro The pink DSi XL has a sparkly look to it, it's awesome
Same here 😂
I also had a matte black dsi
Pink one looks nice! Now you got me wanting to get one 😂
When you screw things with plastic threads, turn the screw anti-clockwise until you feel the screw drop in to the thread. Then screw away but don't over tighten them.
ANTI
I thought you were a giant RUclips channel?? The quality is insane
Thank you 🙏🏼!
@@_2ndliferetro Me too! +1 sub, great video bro
It seems that youtubers of lower popularity are much higher quality. Probably because older youtubers have gotten more comfortable with their audience.
Absolutely great job, nice repair man
Subscribing just for the explicit tips on getting the cables through the hinge. Been taking apart DSes of all variants for like a decade and getting ribbon cables through the hinge remains my Achilles' heel
Honestly was getting so frustrated with it 😂 doing one at a time is a game changer though, I repaired another one since this and it worked straight away! Just make sure you unroll it once the first ones through. Appreciate the sub!!
My DSiXL that I picked up in December has been getting a lot of use this year, I think there's a lot of value in the extensive DS library and it's good that these handhelds are relativly affordable too!
Been thinking about getting the XL! I agree tho! Personally still think the games hold up and it’s so portable!
Great Video! Can't believe you only have 750 subs, keep it up.
Thank you ! More vids to come!
Love to see another smaller Australian channel. Keep up the good work brother.
A nice pair of flush cutters should be in your tool box! Super handy tool on small electronics work.
I had 2 blue dsi and they are matte as well ,i think the outer shell on the white ones are glossy and the "mario" red color is also always glossy for whatever console nintendo makes,which is what the bottom half of yours was, they did the same with the ds lite as well ,because there was 2 different red versions ,crimson red ,which is what i have which was semi glossy on the outside and matte black on the inside and mario red which was glossy red in its entirety inside and out
SOMEDAY dsi xl will have upgrading possibilities, peeeeee
I’ve been looking at getting one! If I do I’ll see what I can cook up
And when we needed him most, he returned...
🙌🏼
A glossy Cherry Red and Forest Green DSi were released as a Christmas special in Japan iirc, and as a Mario Party DS combo pack here in the US. Otherwise, most DSi were Matte, with a metal looking dark blue in the States as well. (and as a note for everyone thinking about doing this, it's best to leave the screws with a little slack so you don't overtighten and so you can open it later if there are issues. Screws can get stuck!)
Gotta get out my DS now!
My friend had a black DSi when we were kids. It was indeed a matte black!
It's 1:24 in the morning, I have to go to work in 4 hours, yeah, time to watch a 40 minute video on something that I'll never do.
Expect a bunch of subs coming to you! This is actually good content, keep it up 🙌
I have a black DSi. You can get in matte or shiny black. I personally have the matte black version.
Why aren’t there more viewers?! This video and edit style is really well done!
Thank you! 🙏🏼
My first console was a dsi in like 2012 the 3ds was already out and my mom agreed to buy me and my brother each one cause all our friends had them she accidently bought 2 dsi's and thought it was the same I still loved it
Thats so nice! Didn’t love the 3D on that first 3Ds much anyway, always turned it off 😅
love your style man, i too am a minimalist
not gonna lie clickbaity video, you simply did a reshell of your console, no upgrade. I thought you were gonna add a bigger battery, or better displays or something like that
For me, re-shelling it was an upgrade from what it was and made it new again but I totally see where you’re coming from! You’ve got me really thinking though and I’m putting together ideas for a new video. Thank you!
@@_2ndliferetro that's great, i'd totally enjoy a video with technical upgrades, keep going man👍
Wow a respectful criticism and a respectful acceptance of said criticism. A rarity. Gg yall
yes the black dsi's are supposed to be matte black since thats the one i had but im not sure if they also soled a glossy black aswell
If you ever have problems with the small items not sitting in place warm up a tiny bit of blue tack or equivalent and it stays in place
You guys need a lot more attention. Great video
🙏🏼 Appreciate you !
A lot of work and editing went into this. Good job Ausboi love ya vids brudda. American here, never had an aussie snag from Bunnings tho. I knew of the small drama back years ago about the onions tho.
Thank you so much mate!! Really appreciate you watching 🙏🏼 haha you’re missing out! You’ll have to try one. Our country has too many dramas with onions. I remember when our old prime minister ate one with the skin on like an apple and everyone went mad 😂
@@_2ndliferetro Lmao just make half the country onions and half no onions, or one city onions allowed and the other city no onions allowed, and see the chaos of who moves to which side/city. An experiment like that for a country happen, and see the results. lmao. I'm going to save up and visit aus some day. a dream would be to move to brisbane or somewhere a bit cold. I've thought about Canberra but people have said its a bit swampy there or something.
My black DSi was matte. But I always thought all DSi were matte, and DS Lite glossy. Cuz my brothers blue DSi and my other brothers red DSi were all matte, but my cousins lite was glossy
The ds lite are usually only semi glossy on the top shell depending on the color with white,pink,and mario red being the exceptions with the white and pink having a clear glossy plastic coating on the tops and bottoms and mario red being glossy red all the way through
My trick for putting my screws down is it take a piece of cardboard and Coat one side with double stick tape. You just let it screws on it in the pattern you take them out and it's reusable and it holds screws great
the shaking while operating is so real 😭😭
Link to the shells? I need to find a pink one for a friend of mine
I thought this was Dankpods video 😂 great editing
Doing modifications to any ds system for me has been unlucky. Caused me many disasters. Seeing other people with the patience to make it all work is inspiring. I have a 3DS XL I would like to attempt a capture card install again, but last time I managed to mess something up horribly, and I had to trash the whole system.
Now you made me want to eat a bunnings Snager at 11pm during a giant storm
The snag hunger is real…
The black official DSi is Matte Black. Mine still looks pretty decent but I got a Mario DSi XL for $30 & now I use that.
That Mario DSi XL looks niiiiice
I have always wondered what that mat was called ?
Should i buy a dsi from ebay? (Never had one)
I’ve bought a few from eBay, usually for around £30, or extra with games. Just make sure the seller states if they’re working or not
Lol I watched this whole video eating a bag of Doritos with my youngest son, thinking to myself "I'm glad the two black DSi's I have are in great working condition". Great video nonetheless.
Mate this is so wholesome! Glad yours are still going strong!
i think the dsi should be a Samsung S24 Ultra inside with two screens xD
Yes, my official black DSi is matte
Yes, original black dsi is not shiny, and it looks amazing
i get junk dsi for 20 $ with some fungus inside of the screen. When i tried to open the case the bolt near the catridge slot getting rusty and i cant unscrew that, do you think drilling the bolt might unscrewed that? im kinda hesitate to do it since it might damaged the pcb, any help will be appreciated
It’s a very small screw so that could work, be very carful. You could try a little bit of isopropyl then a small elastic band on top of the screw/beneath the screw driver. That’s worked in the past for me
Is it possible to put an oled screen on a dsi ??
the Original DSi black is indeed a matte black
Glad to have found this video i gkt a second hand dsi off of gumtree and its git a damaged case and Detritus stucj under the screen covers thats driving me mad. Your vid has given me both the inspiration to try and shell swap ot myself and made me start fanging fir a bunnings snag!
Firstly and most importantly the Bunnings snag is a delicious Australian delicacy, so glad to hear you’re hungry for one.
Secondly, yes! Do it! So worth it to have the DSi looking brand new
@@_2ndliferetro holy hell I didn't notice the spelling errors, in my comment I apologise for that firstly, and secondly I've already placed my order for a brand new semi transparent purple DSi case.
Hahaha you’re fine mate! That’s so sick tho! Transparent purple is gonna look great!!
I have an old black DSI and as far as I can remember, its always been matte.
I had a matte DSI at one point. I am pretty sure it was black.
DSi XL is the way to go
Imagine a ds with a folding screen
✨new✨DSi
13:06 skrillex ass beat lmao
3:36 yes, the official one is meant to be matte. I still have mine :>
do it gamer peeps, we love a teardown to eat to! might do something to my 3ds xl if there's a worthy upgrade.. gl 👒👒🏏🏏
I believe all the DSi's were matte
Mario red and white were glossy ,the only two which he combined into the electrode dsi from the beginning
Maybe next time try to lower the music volume, it is really loud compared to the voice
More like a sidegrade, but it looks so sleek now!
I've replaced the case of my 3DS XL, and can't recommend. The feeling of the cheap plastic is terrible compared to the original plastic, can't describe better but is at least unnerving
Oh dam, what colour did you change it to? I’ve seen in other videos colours don’t match but I’ve never had a DSi to compare this black one to, but quality wise mine was good, especially for it being cheap
This feels like a Rick and Morty inter-dimensional cable channel
Some people say I’m like a real life knifey, but, ya know, less staby
why does this look like a modern foldable phone when closed
American here, the bri'ish man ment Home Depot hotdog
DID I JUST GET GNOMED IN 2024!??!
The easiest sub I've ever made. Convincing me to get my DS's repaired
This is great to hear! You won’t regret it! (The repair and the sub 😅)
another aussie tech channel
"yOu miSleadeD uS =(...." Two minutes in one could tell that all this video showcased was a refresh, nobody asked ya'll to stay the whole 40 lol. Good video!
12:33 thats what she said
Original dsi was matt black
Wtf, him 40 min case swap
How did I get here?
nice comment.
dont see any upgrade here, its just a repro and that washer, youre installing it wrong you sould use plyers
nice
i swear to god, the ribbon cable on those things are made with evil, is so a bad design, i lost 3 screen replacement of my 3ds trying to replace the shell to a new one hahahaha, that metal piece always cut the cable until the 3rd was the charm
What's a blimin Aussie doing in the UK
Wait no I was wrong a Kiwi sorry about that that's perfectly normal
Hahahah you were right the first time! Here for the weather obviously!
Woa
due to nintendo worse design, it's kinda tricky the 1st time i tryin mod, disassemble & assemble it back, lol
Almost like they don’t want us repairing/modding 😅
such a misleading title, honestly wanted to learn about dsi modding, but this was such a waste of time
No light diffusor, no like
Bait
complete waste of time didnt upgrade anything MISLEADING TITLE