I Bought a 'FAKE' Nintendo DSi... (the screen fell off)

So I bought another "Fake" Nintendo console from Wish (got a Nintendo DSi this time)... this one is extremely questionable. The internals are likely real, but the outer casing is fake and the build quality is extremely poor, even for fake casing. Wish never fails to amaze me... Nintendo would not approve. 😉

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My Equipment:

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[incognitolive]

I like how they sent Mario maker stickers with a system that came out well before the Wii U.

[jrob]

Fun fact, I actually won a Nintendo DSi from a key master arcade game one time lol (I think that was around 2012)

[jrob]

Quick update, I just sold this console on my website and as I was about to ship it out, I found out it has parental controls enabled!! SMH. But luckily the passcode was “1234” lol

[steventechno]

Essentially they just sent a re-shelled DSi rebuilt into a low-quality shell. Sure, it's genuine hardware, but... eh? Would make for a fun rebuild project, even if the price is a bit high...

[wolfetteplays]

“Jacob”
“From Santa”

Poor kid got this broken DSi as a present :(

[zUltraD]

I love how they included an R4 card and took the label off of it

[joemck]

Fair enough with the "3rd party" vs "fake" thing. Many people get "reproduction" shells that are as close to the original as possible, to replace the beat-up shell of their own console, or a "custom" shell that's typically exactly the same shape but in colors that the original was never available in (or even clear which can look cool as-is or can be hand painted on the inside to make it truly custom). But the low-quality shells you see on these Wish systems are really only bought by people looking to pass off a janky beat-up system as a nearly mint condition one; or by people who think they're getting a quality reproduction shell and are immediately disappointed when they open it.

Also, I am now somewhat leery of fake chargers. I bought a (real, used) DSi XL off eBay, and it came with a 3rd party charger. I tried the charger and it worked. But later I was using my 3DS and using that charger since DSi and 3DS use the same chargers. All was well until I rebooted the 3DS and got a blue bootrom error screen like what happens when the logic board inside it is damaged. I tried to boot it a few more times and still got the error screen. I started to panic, my 3DS was suddenly broken. Then I unplugged the charger and tried it again, and it suddenly worked flawlessly. I realized the charger I was using didn't have a Nintendo logo on it, got out a real charger, and it boots up fine with that plugged in. Now I'm worried that using that charger long term could damage systems, so I've drawn a red X on it since it looks almost identical to a real charger at a glance, and tossed it in a drawer.

[plana]

The Atari emulator there is 'Stella' which is for Atari 2600 mostly. Hope that helps! It would be rather difficult to see some of the emulators games working too well on so small a screen though. I'm not sure about how well they do or don't work. I guess you can find other videos of people reviewing those. As I don't have the console myself I don't know much else about it. It's a shame they messed up the top screen though. With regards the memory card slot, you could glue that back on if required. I agree the build quality is poor though.

[JustAPersonWhoComments]

I have a Nintendo DSi that I’ve gotten for a round 200$ during the release.



And then a few years later, the price drops lol

[StarmanDX]

The DSi buttons are supposed to be like that. Maybe the ones in that shell are very very slightly lower than a regular DSi but the DSi buttons do not protrude as much as the DS Lite. I was comparing the DSi in front of me with the reshelled one you were looking at and it's very similar

Still not a great deal overall. Used DSis in good condition are $40-$50, and the flashcart it came with (generic Ace3DS+ clone) costs about $15-$20 depending on where you buy it.

[AlexanderScott]

Those DSi buttons are roughly where they should be. As soon as you said they were shallow, I looked behind me to look at my collection and, sure enough, it was shallower than both the DS and Ds lite

[Swampert_Tube]

I like how the wireless LED is green when its usually supposed to be yellow

[bigroddempsey]

Good lord that's pitiful.. an authentic DSi is around 50 average

[gregsmith]

If the internals are real and they just changed the case, buttons, screen etc with after market parts. They should call it refurbished and let people know what has been changed. DSI actually uses SD memory cards not microSD. What you got is an unbranded Flashcart. A DS cartridge with microSD card slot that allows you to play emulators and DS game images from the included 4gb memory card.

[NitrogenYT]

Again, It is a real US Nintendo DSi that was re-cased, shipped with an R4 and glued really badly.

[psiangel]

i think the dsi buttons ARE actually just that shallow, they are like that on my DSi XL

[gabriellejacquiet]

The screen fell off I already saw the title and was like "there we go", it really looks like a piece of junk that surprisingly still works xD Not being negative but really, no way this is worth $73 XD

[feeeyniac]

8:18 i swear i hear something.

An alien
_Bro, u keep an alien in ur house?_ 💀

[thestardustgamer]

Can't wait for your website to launch

[glorygamer]

I mean I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't house the board correctly with the buttons hence why they are more shallow.