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my dad is getting me a DS for christmas (he works in NY) but will i be able to by english games for it??? All the other gameboys worked with overseas games but will this? and is there anything else i will need?

And you don't need a stepdown.

[URL]http://www.importmadness.co.uk[/URL]

or

[URL]http://www.videogamesplus.ca[/URL]

I'm getting mine from Import Madness, although I usually buy from VGC - it's just that Import Madness are cheaper this time around.

can someone give me a "click here" to a place that sells them on the net.

The whole reason why you can't use batteries is that Nintendo are phasing them out for rechargable Lithium-Ion batteries (the kind that are used in Laptops), that way you don't have to spends loads of money each year on spare batteries for your console. Nintendo unlike Sony aren't money hungry lunatics that want to make a profit out of every little thing.

No. You cannot use batteries.

Goddamnit would everyone be so worried about getting Stepdowns in time if all you had to do was slot in a couple of AAs?

Do we have different batteries to America too?

It that one's true then it's certainly news to me! :-S

[B]well why does that mean i cant use batterys???????????

Because it's an American DS.

cool but why cant i just use batterys!!!!

It's a transformer (not a robot in disguise, no), which lowers the voltage which a socket supplies, as Americans only have 150 Volts (or something) whereas we use 230-240, so, you need a stepdown converter to stop the voltage from blowing up your charger/DS