My DS is better for now.

[Mikoyan]

The Blue glow is on and off, and i highly doubt the battery is unsafe. I'm going to stick with it still. If anything happens, well, idk, i may just wake up to a fried DS. I'm more of a risk taker than a Mr. Safety. Hopefully nothing else thats weird happens.

Also, why do i strangely feel that something big is about to come up? IDK, i get this feeling sometimes and something ends up coming up out of nowhere in the future.

Unfortunately, Mr. Risk Taker is probably going to be spending cash on another DS after the last one bursts into flame. What Mr. Safety would do is take out the battery, screw the cover back on, and send it in to Ninty for a check up. Considering the status of the DS, they'll probably ship a brand new one your way instead of trying to fix all the possible crap that could have gone wrong.

Pros: Probably new DS, security, not having stuff explode (mind that you'll probably have to rebuy the game inside the DS as well), no need to shell out another $130
Cons: 2-3 weeks without DS, $5-10 dollars for shipping

[DededeCloneChris]

Couldn't have put it better.

[Cornwad]

Make sure you take a picture and share it with us if it explodes.

[Chris8492]

Firsts i highly doubt it'll explode. Are the batteries inside a DS Li-Po batteries, because if they are, im gonna have to get a new one. Li-Po's do explode and i know it from experience. Im going to get it looked at tomorrow probably.

I've saved way over enough money for a new DS, but that will be for the 3DS when it comes out, and other games and stuff i want to get this year.

[Mikoyan]

Firsts i highly doubt it'll explode. Are the batteries inside a DS Li-Po batteries, because if they are, im gonna have to get a new one. Li-Po's do explode and i know it from experience. Im going to get it looked at tomorrow probably.

Yes, DS Lite batteries are lithium-ion batteries; however, that's not the only thing that should be preventing you from getting it checked out. Who knows what kind of electronics the lighting scrambled? At this point, it's not just the battery that may give. Science can't even explain half the crap lightning does to electrical systems.

[Chris8492]

Eh, well i went to Best Buy, and they made me try out a test battery there, there was no blue glow after it. Looks like it was the battery, but i'm still concerned what the lightning bolt did to it.

Everything is fine now, but i kept the old battery just incase. (It doesn't run out of battery, and for some reason hasn't been need to be charged for a while).

EDIT: I told the person at the store about the lightning strike. He told me he read a story on FanFic about some DS getting struck by lightning and a strange phenomenon happening about 3 days ago. Strange and ironic in a way is it?

[DededeCloneChris]

...So you're going to trust fiction?

[jnfs2014]

I seem to recall a "glowing DS" in your story too, WiiChris.

[Chris8492]

...So you're going to trust fiction?

Yes and no. Well, i'm kinda in between that answer. A lot has happened in the past two years since i turned 15 that has been strangly unrealistic, but has become realistic. For example.

I still remember this since last year. The night of February 12, 2009. I had this really wierd dream about being on this small plane carrying 40-50 people. We were coming in for landing and it was snowing pretty hard outside. The plane suddenly pitched upward sharply and then tilted right, nose diving right toward this house. I woke up right before it hit the ground. Just went back to sleep after i woke up. Next morning i wake up, there it is. A Continental flight crashed right into a house somewhere outside of Buffalo, New York, killing 49 on the plane and 1 on the ground. I freaked out because i remember my dream like it actually happened, and then this.

(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/nyregion/13crash.html) 3407

Flying is one of my greatest fears, and to have a dream about it, and see the real thing the very next day scared the crap out of me.

Not to Mention i had another wierd dream last night, except there was an earthquake, and i was in a house and everything inside began to rattle around and fall off. Pretty scary but it  felt soo real

I don't trust fiction completely, but there are some things out there that science and anything else cannot explain. I can't explain how many times Irony has just slapped me in the face and events (Maybe not as catastrophic as this one above) has happened.

[DededeCloneChris]

I seem to recall a "glowing DS" in your story too, WiiChris.

Then you have to wonder why I didn't say anything about it. Oh, wait, I know why I didn't. I'm not childish.

Like you.

[Chris8492]

Not to Mention i had another wierd dream last night, except there was an earthquake, and i was in a house and everything inside began to rattle around and fall off. Pretty scary but it  felt soo real

Good God, there was an earthquake today. >_< what the hell is happening. This is starting to scare me.

[Chris8492]

This was not childish at all. I had no idea what was going on with my DS. Litteraly, i thought i was going to wake up dead the next morning because the fear it would explode, but the tech said it's safe but be careful using it.

[DededeCloneChris]

This was not childish at all. I had no idea what was going on with my DS. Litteraly, i thought i was going to wake up dead the next morning because the fear it would explode, but the tech said it's safe but be careful using it.

I didn't say you were childish.

[Chris8492]

The memory glitched. But i have this random save really far ahead in the game that i don't recall having.

[dawnwolfNxhoj]

Well, I can certainly confirm that lighting is indeed bad for electronics...
I know that topic passed awhile ago, but considering I've passed by this, needed to share, so here are...
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/six-ways-to-kill-your-console/1395852
to be a spoiler, lightning is one of them