I have a brother who is two years older, he got a Nintendo DS Lite as a Christmas present when he was 6 and I was 4, he would let me play occasionally but I literally had to beg him, and most of the time were my parents who would forced him to give it to me to keep me quiet
All the kids had an R4(a flashcard) with lots of games inside, even though it was illegal and the police often took them off the stores, they never stopped selling them! Lol
On my brother's flashcard were beautiful games that would leave me with a lifelong input to this day, such as Pokémon, Professor Layton, The Sims, Super Mario 64 DS, Nintendogs and many others... including my first obsession with Animal Crossing: the Wild World version
When I was 7 I also received a beautiful pink Nintendo ds lite of my own, and I spent countless hours on Animal Crossing WW until I broke it
I miss so much my old Nintendo
Fun fact: although I was drawn like a magnet to the game, as a child the general atmosphere of Animal Crossing WW disturbed/scared me a little, today I think it depended by the colors, they were bright but a bit gloomy. Even today it scares me a little