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Bootleggers are getting good: Fake DS Lite looks crazy legit

With exception to a few cosmetic blemishes, the thing looks almost as flawless as it plays. Certainly more convincing than the PolyStation.

Infendo·May 10, 2011

With exception to a few cosmetic blemishes, the thing looks almost as flawless as it plays. Certainly more convincing than the PolyStation.

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Eugene says:

May 10, 2011 at 5:09 pm

The same thing happened to me when I bought Pokemon Yellow for the GB a few years back from ebay. Not only did it come on a blue cartridge, but it froze anytime you caught a Pokemon!
CM30 says:

May 10, 2011 at 7:54 pm

Damn, the fakes are getting more convincing these days. I still remember when you had old fake Game Boy games with low quality art on the cartridge and a bunch of blatantly cheap circuits visible at the back.

What next, a fake 3DS that works?
InvisibleMan says:

May 11, 2011 at 10:20 am

I did not read anything on that article that offered real proof that this was a fake or even a refurbished DS… It could just have been a re-packaged used DS Lite or Nintendo's last DS Lites were just not top-notch.

Here is where there would be incontestable proof that that was a bootleg, and I'm surprised the author didn't do this: just try registering the unit at the Nintendo site! If it goes through, it is a genuine DS Lite, if it says the unit has already been registered, it is re-packaged, and if it says it can't recognize the serial number, it is a fake. What could be simpler?

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