DS sure can take a punch O.o Options

[Marley]

My dog ate my first DS. x_o It didn't quite survive that ordeal.
It still turned on and acted like it worked, though. It was like playing DS blindfolded. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif)
My current DS survives living in my purse, which is a horrible fate that involves being thrown about and into everything and covered in sugar and chocolate (I had a bag of pear drops and an Andes mint in there once. Wrappers hate me.)

Speaking of Nintendo Builds Tanks, my Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire cartridges... Ruby was left in my pocket and went through the wash and the dryer. Sapphire got dropped in the street (by my WONDERFUL brother) and we found it three days later.
Both games worked fine afterwards, save files intact.
Well, the clocks didn't work, but that's a problem that happens to all of the early Ruby/Sapphire cartridges eventually.