Regarding the DS Lite box, if anyone could help me (2 questions)

[equest943]

I'm headed to Singapore tomorrow and I'd just like to know what to look for in terms of bootlegs. I went to a mall in Thailand today and they said the ds was "modified" to play bootlegs so I turned it down even though it was $160. The box had some sort of dead pixel warning on the bottom and I just wanted to make sure that the official Nintendo DS Lite box actually had that on there. Singapore is the last chance I'll have to buy a blue lite as a present so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[GrimNecroWizard]

I doubt it'd have a dead pixel warning since they'd fix it for you for free. The only thing is if it breaks, you're going to have to pay to get it fixed unless you live there, but it sounds like you're on vacation.

[rlse9]

If the Official Nintendo Seal is drawn in gold crayon, it's probably not official...

Anyway, I don't see any dead pixel warning on the box of my U.S. DS Lite, can't imagine Nintendo would put something like that on the box.

[espy605]

I'm headed to Singapore tomorrow and I'd just like to know what to look for in terms of bootlegs. I went to a mall in Thailand today and they said the ds was "modified" to play bootlegs so I turned it down even though it was $160. The box had some sort of dead pixel warning on the bottom and I just wanted to make sure that the official Nintendo DS Lite box actually had that on there. Singapore is the last chance I'll have to buy a blue lite as a present so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You can't really ask about that in this forum. What people fail to realize is that different packaging is used in different regions.

While Nintendo of America is known for its stellar warranty program, Nintendo of Japan actually doesn't replace units due to one dead pixel. So it's very plausible Nintendo of Thailand or Singapore (or whatever branch sells in that region) would have a similar policy and would thus put such a warning on the box. Either way, if something does go wrong with the system, Nintendo of America will NOT honor it. You'd have to ship it back to Nintendo of Thailand or Singapore, most likely at your cost since most warranties do not cover international shipping.

I went to a mall in Thailand today and they said the ds was "modified" to play bootlegs so I turned it down even though it was $160

Bootleg DS carts are cheap but are shoddily made. They will often lose save game files or freeze during gameplay, so they really aren't worth it. If you want to avoid buying them, though, they have black contacts (not gold) with odd looking labels. Either way, a DS does not be need to modified to play them. Unless the guy means a pass me/flashcart combo, which means the DS' firmware was flash me'd, which would void ANY kind of warranty.

By the way, pirated gaming materials are much less prevalent in Singapore compared to Thailand.