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10-02-2008, 01:08 PM
|  | oPg -> sR-SonicSpeed | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oregon
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 : 70 th | | | Nintendo Announces the DSi
That's right, more watering of the handheld game consoled division. The only thing to see here is a DS Lite, which has to cameras (one on the back, and one between the screens). However it comes at a price, no more GBA slot and it will cost approx ~$179. Also, the screen is a tad larger than the stock DS.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Engadget
As expected, Nintendo has announced the new DSi at its Fall presentation in Japan. The device features a dual touchscreen layout almost identical to the DS Lite, though the company is calling it a "third platform," which means it's complementing the existing system, not necessarily replacing it. Looks-wise there's not much different happening, but it's some 12 percent thinner -- partly because it omits the GBA cartridge slot. The displays are slightly larger, at 3.25 inches apiece, and there's an external three megapixel camera as well as a front-facing camera located on the inside hinge. The DSi has an SD slot and internal storage -- we're not sure how much at the moment -- but photos can be taken directly to the Wii Photo Channel on the card.
Nintendo's also launching an online "DSi Shop," which will sell content directly over WiFi, including a free browser app and "DS Ware" game -- and the company will offer free wireless connectivity at "Nintendo Zone" hotspots located in Japanese McDonalds. The shop will take the newly-renamed Nintendo Points (formerly Wii Points), 1000 of which will come free with the handheld until March 2010, and content will be priced in 200 / 500 / 800 point brackets. The DSi will come in white or black finishes, and will cost ¥18,900 ($178) when it launches in Japan on November 1st -- the rest of us will have to wait until next year.
| Engadget Link Compairison of DSi/PSP3K/iPod Touch
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10-02-2008, 01:28 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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: 78 th | | | free browser app and 'store'... pretty cool. |
10-02-2008, 01:35 PM
|  | You Magnificent Bastard! | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
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| | | still the cheapest gaming system, the largest inventory of games, now with camera and store and browser.
pretty cool.
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10-02-2008, 01:59 PM
| | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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: 78 th | | | i imagine a steam-like wifi store delivering new games to this platform soon. |
10-02-2008, 02:25 PM
| | oPg -> sR-SonicSpeed | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oregon
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Originally Posted by CoffeeShark 
pretty cool.
| Actually this is a tad bit more expensive than the PSP Core pack ($169).
One thing I forgot to mention, is that with the removal of the GBA slot, it breaks several games with peripherals (Guitar Hero, Araknoid, etc).
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10-02-2008, 02:26 PM
| | You Magnificent Bastard! | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
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| | | yeah, too bad on the GBA slot. hopefully you can use all the wireless stuff with the old DS.
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10-02-2008, 04:47 PM
|  | zomg killer klown! | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Redmond
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Originally Posted by SonicSpeed
One thing I forgot to mention, is that with the removal of the GBA slot, it breaks several games with peripherals (Guitar Hero, Araknoid, etc).
| To be fair, when you factor in the cost of a memory stick, if for no other reason than to save your game, it's about the same.
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10-02-2008, 07:54 PM
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: 9 th | | | Dang had I known this was coming out I would have held off buying my DS a few weeks ago.
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10-02-2008, 08:53 PM
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: 65 th | | | needs the gba slot
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10-02-2008, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bacon_x | Maybe for peripherals, but as far as GBA games go...SD cards. 'Nuff said.
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