DSi HELP (aka dealing with Nintendo's region crap)

WARNING nerd rage below:

I'm returning to Japan in a day and as I'm about to pack my EURO DSi I actually bothered to look at the AC Charger.

I was sure that Nintendo wouldnt be this retarded but I was wrong, this piece of crap is only labeled as 230V.

Seriously Nintendo, WTF?!
Its the only handheld device I own which has a non-universal AC charger.

Anyone tried using the EURO 230v adapter in a 100-110v outlet? Is it just mislabelled or am I going to have to buy a 100-110v charger?

As I was finishing my post I just noticed my DS Lite is also 230v only.
F*ck you Nintendo, you are never getting my money again.

 

Most chargers/PSUs I own are 240V only, regardless of who made them.

 

Well, it is made for the European market. By making it non-universal, they probably saved a few pennies per adapter.

 

Your pretty much ****ed. My JPN DSi adapter is 100v-110v.

=(

 

You can make a usb charge cable for it.

 

Shouldn't be that much for a new charger. You're paying to fly there, I don't see how an extra $10 or so is rage-worthy.

 

I think the 100Â¥ store even sells chargers for the DS.. Not really worth ''raging'' about indeed.

 

As others have said, it's not like a power supply is a ridiculously complicated thing to find.

I have several devices that have voltage-locked power supplies, so it doesn't really surprise that the DSi has one too.

 

Will you have a PC near you? -> Buy a USB to DS charger cable in a 100yen shop :idea:

 

I got one for ~$1 from ebay shipped. 100 yen is a steal by comparison.

 

It's a good old fasion internet nerd rage. Stumping your toe is good enough reason to nerd rage that it's someone else fault. ;-)

 

the cheapest usb ones I found were about 600yen, I think Ill go with those.

 

100yen shops usually do not sell 600yen goods*

But I do agree, till you probably found a 100yen shop, it's not worth saving those 500yens.


(* I know they do for some special goods).

 

Finding a 100 yen shop in Tokyo can be a fun experience, but you should find a USB lead (for more then 100 yen...) walking around akihabara.

 

After going through several 100yen shops with no luck I had to buy a 600yen cable at a BIC CAMERA, 19min after leaving the store I stumbled upon a 100yen store which had these for 100yen LOL