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Is the weight really causing the problem with your wrists, or could it be the distribution of the weight, holding the bottom half with little support on the top half? Or perhaps holding the whole thing with one hand while using the stylus? I guess it doesn't matter since either way, an uncomfortable handheld is a bad thing.

In my case, I found the DS a bit uncomfortable at first but have since gotten quite used to it, hardly noticing the increased weight. For me, the only current problem is the increased size (for toting; once I'm playing I'm fine) and I'm hoping against hope that they'll show off a smaller revision at E3.

In the meantime, though, there are bells to be gotten, so huge system or not it'll be in my hands a lot.

Yes Animal Crossing. It is like crack wrapped in a cute package.

Animal Crossing is great. I haven't logged so many hours into a game since Diablo II. It's very relaxing and satisfying.

Alternately, you could pick up a Gamecube (I like Lik-Sang's modded Japanese Panasonic Q--import GC games and region-free DVD!) and GC game Animal Crossing, which includes Excitebike among other old NES titles (My favorite is Donkey Kong Jr. Math).