Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?

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PostAre all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by Herdanos » Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:48 am

I have an old, broken, badly-beaten original DS and I'm thinking of upgrading to a newer, non-broken model. I'm probably going to avoid the 3DS as then I'll only want to buy 3DS games and I can't really afford to do that, so I've been looking at second-hand DS Lites. However, a few are being sold without the charger, so I just wanted to check to make sure that the charging cables across the DS range are the same?

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by TheTurnipKing » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:28 am

I seem to recall that the original DS has a different charger from the DS Lite, and I think the DSi socket is different again.

There are third party chargers which are cross-compatible though, which basically just have a number of different sockets at the end of the charger.

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by Herdanos » Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:59 pm

Aw, gooseberry fool.

Thanks anyway TTK.

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by Lagamorph » Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:45 pm

You can pick up the chargers for next to nothing now anyway really, even on the high street. Try and go with a DSi if you aren't going for a 3DS, because then the charger you do get will at least be 3DS compatible if/when you do decide to upgrade.

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by Herdanos » Wed May 01, 2013 11:05 am

Lagamorph wrote:You can pick up the chargers for next to nothing now anyway really, even on the high street. Try and go with a DSi if you aren't going for a 3DS, because then the charger you do get will at least be 3DS compatible if/when you do decide to upgrade.


Doesn't the DSi lose GBA compatability though?

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by TheTurnipKing » Wed May 01, 2013 1:45 pm

To be fair you could probably get a cheap SP or Micro for GBA compatability.

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by Herdanos » Wed May 01, 2013 1:56 pm

TheTurnipKing wrote:cheap Micro


I wish :lol:

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by TheTurnipKing » Wed May 01, 2013 1:57 pm

Good point. But SP's should remain relatively plentiful and cheap.

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by HSH28 » Wed May 01, 2013 8:09 pm

What are Micros expensive or something? I've got one tucked away somewhere.

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PostRe: Are all NDS chargers cross-compatible?
by Qikz » Wed May 01, 2013 10:07 pm

The OG DS used the GBA charger.

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