Nintendo DSi

mnoed · 02-20-2009, 07:29 PM

As some of you have heard, the Nintendo company has done it again! Featuring the newly modified DSi! (This is a new version of the DS)

RELEASE DATE FOR USA: April 5th, 2009

Some of the DSi's new features include,
-A power button on the inside.
-Volume buttons on the side, instead of a slider.
-2 cameras: one on the outside (for your friends), and another on the inside (for self portraits).
-An SD card slot.
-Built in online capabilities. (With no extra charge

)
-12% thinner sides.
-Slighty larger screens.
-Music capability.

One thing I particularly like about the DS is if you accidentaly press the power button, then you can just select to return to your game on the main menu. Plus, if you accidentally take out your game while your on the main menu, you can just put it back in, no freezes :0! I have yet to see the point of having the volume control as buttons instead of a slider, though. Making it thinner, with larger screens is what they should've done in the first place :P. (No offense Nintendo)

I have noticed that the most popular (or what Nintendo likes the most) addition to the DS is the camera. You can edit your photos to make them silly or serious, send them to numerous people from your DS wirelessly, or upload them to your computer using something capable with an SD card. Although, what I'm really looking forward to is seeing what kind of games Nintendo can come up with using the camera. I am also looking forward to using the internet too! I mean it must be faster than my 1998 piece of crap.

It's interesting, (although I have never used it) that there is already a music player for the DS for $20, yet they add it to the DSi. But, I'm just going to guess that thing doesn't have the ability to change the pitch, rate, and record like the DSi.

If there's anything that I haven't already posted go ahead and post it :]

**StormKlowd61** · 02-20-2009, 07:43 PM

It's going to fail. A music player and camera won't save the fact that there's no GBA port whcih means no GBA games, and (MUCH more importantly) no Guitar Hero: On Tour. I'll stick with my DS Lite. At least Nintendo's trying though.

EDIT: If you try to put in an SD Card with doenloaded games on, the system perma-freezes... kinda smart.

supersonicpwns · 02-20-2009, 07:47 PM

isn't it going to be in HD? and i agree storm, its going to fail. but im going to get it just to see if it does or doesn't fail.

SkySeal · 02-20-2009, 07:50 PM

hopefully the camera is well used in some games
im not very interested in taking leisure pictures with a game system
also the music capability is nice im curious as to how well that concept will work (player interface etc)
thinner is cool i guess, although i didn't mind the size of the ds lite
not sure about the SD card slot tho

NFD · 02-20-2009, 08:31 PM

Yay.

$170, D:

**argo15** · 02-20-2009, 09:41 PM

SD slot, mabey someone will make a DS homebrew.

Izzy · 02-20-2009, 10:30 PM

sounds interesting.

**TheRapingDragon** · 02-21-2009, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by argo15

SD slot, mabey someone will make a DS homebrew.

You're a bit behind the times.

Also, no GBA slot pretty much ruins it. I don't care about a camera. I don't care about a music player. I want to play games, not music and pictures.

kylehaas · 02-21-2009, 11:18 AM

I think it's a sick attempt to get a few more pennies out of the DS.
I've hacked both my DS's, I'm not going to bother with a DSi. I've already got EVERYTHING.
Plus, it really pisses me off that Nintendo had to act all cool and put an "i" in the title.
Seriously, what the hell!?
I hate 99.99% of electronic products with an abnormally lower-cased "i."

Gah.
No, I will not praise this thing.

mnoed · 02-22-2009, 03:43 PM

It's interesting how nobody talks about it's free online capabilities. Either nobody cares about it, or it's one of the good things about the DS¡

**TheRapingDragon** · 02-22-2009, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mnoed

It's interesting how nobody talks about it's free online capabilities. Either nobody cares about it, or it's one of the good things about the DS¡

Again - who cares. DS already had wifi and I could play against people around the world so what's the difference?

tsugomaru · 02-22-2009, 09:30 PM

I don't see how the lack of a GBA slot will cause this system to fail. People didn't buy the DS to play GBA games and people didn't buy the DSLite to play GBA games. When the Gameboy Color was still popular, there were plenty of great games that you could play on it. When the Gameboy Advance came out, I still played plenty of GBC games, but I eventually switched to all GBA games. When the DS came out, I still played several GBA games, but that eventually switched to DS games. I still have all three consoles like most people and if I ever wanted to play an older game, I could just use one of my older consoles.

People who buy a DS nowadays aren't going to be looking for GBA games to play on them, they will be looking for DS games to play on them. There are plenty of good DS games out there and because of the new hardware capabilities of the DSi, I have no doubt that a few developers will manage to come up with some brilliant game that works perfectly with that console in specific. There will most definitely be another Pokemon game released where it has extra features if used on the DSi through the improved online capabilities, improved graphics, and although it may be a far stretch, the cameras. This will further motivate people to buy the DSi.

Not only that, I have plenty of friends who were planning to get a DS Lite over a year ago, but after hearing the possibility of another iteration of the DS, they decided to wait until the DSi comes up before they decided to purchase one. Undoubtedly, they are not the only people in the world who has made this decision.

The console has already proven to be a relative success in Japan without any strong hardware support, I see no reason why it wouldn't succeed in America. Buying the console immediately may not make sense to you, it sure doesn't for me. I'd wait until several good DSi exclusives come out before I would start consider getting it. However, just because you don't think it's a good idea to buy it off from the start or you don't think many people would doesn't mean the console is going to fail.

~Tsugomaru

JPjuice23 · 02-23-2009, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mnoed

-2 cameras: one on the outside (for your friends), and another on the inside (for self portraits).

Its 0.3 megapixels. My crappy Razr is better then this.

Nintendo is trying to catch up to the PSP, which is dumb because they won the handheld wars due to the amount of games and its simplicity.

tsugomaru · 02-23-2009, 10:48 PM

Catch up?

~Tsugomaru

**Chromer** · 02-23-2009, 10:51 PM

Let me rephrase that. The DSi is trying to be the next iPod Touch and not doing a very good job at it. Nintendo should stick to making games and stop trying to copy off of Apple.

tsugomaru · 02-23-2009, 10:54 PM

And how is it doing poorly? It's dominated in sales in Japan so far.

~Tsugomaru

JPjuice23 · 02-23-2009, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsugomaru

Catch up?

~Tsugomaru

Not in sells but tech wise yes. A lot of people complained that the DS didn't have the features the PSP had, hence them trying to catch up. Which again, they don't need to do.

tsugomaru · 02-24-2009, 03:23 AM

Catch up?

You can say the same thing for the PSP hardware wise. The two consoles are completely different. PSP is centered around nice looking graphics while the DS is centered around the touch screen. Although the DS doesn't have as strong graphic capabilities as the PSP, it can still play many similar type of games found on the PSP such as an RPG or a racing game.

~Tsugomaru

**Chromer** · 02-24-2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsugomaru

Catch up?

You can say the same thing for the PSP hardware wise. The two consoles are completely different. PSP is centered around nice looking graphics while the DS is centered around the touch screen. Although the DS doesn't have as strong graphic capabilities as the PSP, it can still play many similar type of games found on the PSP such as an RPG or a racing game.

~Tsugomaru

Yet, most of these games are graphic intensive and can only be played on the PSP. By no means am I saying that the DSi is a bad handheld, I'm just saying that it's an obvious gimmick attached to a gimmick that has sold well. They should stick to making good games for the DS and stop trying to be a mulitmedia jack-of-all-trade like the PSP or iTouch.

kommisar[os] · 02-24-2009, 02:12 PM

only thing i don't really agree with nintendo on. usually they would follow their own trends but now it seems like they're trying to get on the music player market...

however the nintendo DS has sold 96.22 million units worldwide, which is almost equal to gameboy color and gameboy classic sales combined (118.69 million). They're not exactly worried about making a profit off of these things.

psp since its release has about 50 million iirc but its audience is mostly american so it's kinda hard to compare since ds is huge in japan

02-20-2009, 07:29 PM	#1
mnoed FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Not in you closet, if thats what ur thinking..... Posts: 86	Nintendo DSi As some of you have heard, the Nintendo company has done it again! Featuring the newly modified DSi! (This is a new version of the DS) RELEASE DATE FOR USA: April 5th, 2009 Some of the DSi's new features include, -A power button on the inside. -Volume buttons on the side, instead of a slider. -2 cameras: one on the outside (for your friends), and another on the inside (for self portraits). -An SD card slot. -Built in online capabilities. (With no extra charge ) -12% thinner sides. -Slighty larger screens. -Music capability. One thing I particularly like about the DS is if you accidentaly press the power button, then you can just select to return to your game on the main menu. Plus, if you accidentally take out your game while your on the main menu, you can just put it back in, no freezes :0! I have yet to see the point of having the volume control as buttons instead of a slider, though. Making it thinner, with larger screens is what they should've done in the first place :P. (No offense Nintendo) I have noticed that the most popular (or what Nintendo likes the most) addition to the DS is the camera. You can edit your photos to make them silly or serious, send them to numerous people from your DS wirelessly, or upload them to your computer using something capable with an SD card. Although, what I'm really looking forward to is seeing what kind of games Nintendo can come up with using the camera. I am also looking forward to using the internet too! I mean it must be faster than my 1998 piece of crap. It's interesting, (although I have never used it) that there is already a music player for the DS for $20, yet they add it to the DSi. But, I'm just going to guess that thing doesn't have the ability to change the pitch, rate, and record like the DSi. If there's anything that I haven't already posted go ahead and post it :] __________________ •Θ¤§¤Θ• Last edited by mnoed; 02-20-2009 at 07:34 PM.. Reason: forgot a little somthing

02-20-2009, 07:43 PM	#2
StormKlowd61 Is Cold Kitten? T-Force? Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tennessee, USA, and British Columbia, Canada Age: 32 Posts: 489	Re: Nintendo DSi It's going to fail. A music player and camera won't save the fact that there's no GBA port whcih means no GBA games, and (MUCH more importantly) no Guitar Hero: On Tour. I'll stick with my DS Lite. At least Nintendo's trying though. EDIT: If you try to put in an SD Card with doenloaded games on, the system perma-freezes... kinda smart. __________________ I am either Cold Kitten or T-Force. You will never be able to tell which being I am. In fact, which one am I now? Last edited by StormKlowd61; 02-20-2009 at 07:45 PM..

02-20-2009, 07:50 PM	#4
SkySeal FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,353	Re: Nintendo DSi hopefully the camera is well used in some games im not very interested in taking leisure pictures with a game system also the music capability is nice im curious as to how well that concept will work (player interface etc) thinner is cool i guess, although i didn't mind the size of the ds lite not sure about the SD card slot tho

02-20-2009, 08:31 PM	#5
NFD FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: I see us on a beach down in, Mexico Age: 31 Posts: 4,715	Re: Nintendo DSi Yay. $170, D: __________________

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argo15 FFR Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Age: 33 Posts: 1,863	Re: Nintendo DSi SD slot, mabey someone will make a DS homebrew.

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02-21-2009, 11:18 AM	#9
kylehaas FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Age: 32 Posts: 368	Re: Nintendo DSi I think it's a sick attempt to get a few more pennies out of the DS. I've hacked both my DS's, I'm not going to bother with a DSi. I've already got EVERYTHING. Plus, it really pisses me off that Nintendo had to act all cool and put an "i" in the title. Seriously, what the hell!? I hate 99.99% of electronic products with an abnormally lower-cased "i." Gah. No, I will not praise this thing. __________________ Sincerely, Kyle 92% of the teenage population has switched to rap. If you are the 8% who ROCKS, copy & paste this in your signature. ~~80's Rules!~~ <a href="http://www.iobit.com? aff=auto"><img border="0" alt="IObit Freeware - Care For Your PC" title="IObit Freeware" src="http://www.iobit.com/aff/Images/468x60.png"/></a>

02-22-2009, 03:43 PM	#10
mnoed FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Not in you closet, if thats what ur thinking..... Posts: 86	Re: Nintendo DSi It's interesting how nobody talks about it's free online capabilities. Either nobody cares about it, or it's one of the good things about the DS¡ __________________ •Θ¤§¤Θ•

02-23-2009, 10:51 PM	#15
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 34 Posts: 4,981	Re: Nintendo DSi Let me rephrase that. The DSi is trying to be the next iPod Touch and not doing a very good job at it. Nintendo should stick to making games and stop trying to copy off of Apple. __________________

02-24-2009, 02:12 PM	#20
kommisar[os] Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moncton, NB, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 4,097	Re: Nintendo DSi only thing i don't really agree with nintendo on. usually they would follow their own trends but now it seems like they're trying to get on the music player market... however the nintendo DS has sold 96.22 million units worldwide, which is almost equal to gameboy color and gameboy classic sales combined (118.69 million). They're not exactly worried about making a profit off of these things. psp since its release has about 50 million iirc but its audience is mostly american so it's kinda hard to compare since ds is huge in japan

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