Question about the DS

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I got a DS Lite for Christmas and I can't seem to figure out how to soft reset it. The guidebook isn't any help.

 

[Happy Mask Man]

I believe that only certain games have a soft reset feature, but the ones that do seem to have it activated by holding down L, R, Start, and Select. I think it's mentioned in a game's instruction booklet.

 

[Trip]

Yeah, some games don't work with it, so that's rather annoying. I only figured out how to do the soft reset a few days ago myself, despite having the DS Lite for months.

- Trip

 

[XD375]

On GBA games, you can just hold Start, Select, A, and B.

 

[paperfairy]

Or, we can turn off and on the DS....

 

[Argy]

Yeah, it's a spring-loaded power switch, so it's not like you're doing a lot of work.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Well, I'd heard that soft resetting was better for the other systems than turning it off via the power switch.

 

[airo]

Well, I'd heard that soft resetting was better for the other systems than turning it off via the power switch.

ive had my DS (old version), since launch date never used soft reset used hard reset and it works FINE

 

[Zhen Lin]

Ah, but we're talking about such situations where the player keeps on rebooting their game.