This is my story and my collection!

Hi everyone! I'm an Italian guy living in Germany, and I'm 20 years old (as of the day before yesterday).

13 years ago (I was 7), I broke my Nintendo DS Lite (the hinge broke, making the top screen non-functional), and since then, my parents haven't bought me a Nintendo console.

Not because they didn't have the money, but because my father, meanwhile, had developed a sort of belief in himself that ALL consoles (even a simple cell phone) were absolute EVIL, like Satan living in your house (having become a Catholic Christian, perhaps overly religious), and so he refused to buy a console (be it a Nintendo, a PlayStation, or whatever), and even forbade me from buying one with my own money!

But the some time ago I said to myself: "Wait a minute… …I want to buy, and play, a 3DS!"

Yes, because, you know, it's easy to hide a 3DS from my parents (since I still live in my parents house, because I'm still studying). It's not, for example, a Nintendo Switch, which is a bit cumbersome to hide anyway, or a PlayStation/Xbox console (which I wouldn't have wanted to buy anyway) that you have to mount to a TV to play. A Nintendo 3DS is a portable console.

And this time I didn't give a damn about my dad, since this time I had my own bank account with my own money and could do whatever I wanted with it.

Anyway, I looked for them for weeks, and months, but after a long wait, here they are!

First of all, we have my NEW Nintendo 3DS! I bought it in a thrift store for 220 euros (equivalent to 250 dollars). But deep down I knew I wasn't (completely) satisfied; even though this NEW 3DS was already fantastic, I wanted more! I wanted what is called the "definitive version of the Nintendo 3DS"! And I managed to find it! Because a few weeks later, the same store that had sold me the NEW 3DS put up for sale two NEW 3DS XLs. I wasted no time and bought one of the two for €270 (equivalent to $310).

Both of them have a one-year warranty included.

I'm super happy with my purchase!

The only flaw with my New 3DS is that the cover is missing on the "bottom." (I'll buy a cover for the NEW 3DS when I find one).

But on both consoles, the screens are immaculate, the buttons are in perfect condition, and the styluses are the original ones.

And today, after 13 years, I can finally hold two Nintendo 3DS consoles!

I can't wait to play them! I bought a LOT of games (which I'm showing you in the photo) that I want to enjoy while I put myself in the shoes of a 12-year-old who longed to play these video game masterpieces.

What do you think of my purchase (and my story)?