It just the usual trend of adding minor features in that should been in the original.
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DSi. What do you think?
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That's totally the case. Though the new features are somewhat irrelevant I'd probably get one since my DS Phat seems to be withering away..
Ok #3 just totally killed the deal for me. Half of my games are jap/american from ebay so there's no way I'll be getting one of these now.
Huh? I thought there were going to be DSi exclusive games coming out. Hate to say it, but unless it's JUST online store games, that's a pretty big reason to buy one right there, even though region coding is stupid. Right now my DS lite's top screen is messed up so I was probably just going to wait for the DSi's release so I could have the latest system.
I'm pretty sure the region locking only applies to the online store, not DS game cards.
Posting from my DS lite btw.
Posting from my DS lite btw.
Same here but I use r4 for most of my games and if it's not compatible with that there is a 0% chance I'll buy it lol
No GBA slot means I can't play my old Zelda, Fire Emblem, or Pokemon games. That is enough to turn me away from the DSi. I also just got a DS Lite yesterday anyway.
Uh, where have people read that retail carts are region-locked? Nintendo has never region locked any of their handheld systems. I can see it being region-locked for the digitally distributed titles, but that's about it.
Fishin, only downloaded games will be exclusive as far as I can tell. Or games that use the camera. Inside it should still be the same as the DS and DS Lite.
$180 is the price you can find the Xbox 360 Arcade at any given month. I'm sorry, but unless they suddenly announce a Zelda game that's only available on the download service, I'll be sticking with my DS Lite.
Fishin, only downloaded games will be exclusive as far as I can tell. Or games that use the camera. Inside it should still be the same as the DS and DS Lite.
$180 is the price you can find the Xbox 360 Arcade at any given month. I'm sorry, but unless they suddenly announce a Zelda game that's only available on the download service, I'll be sticking with my DS Lite.
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Banned deucer.
You know when I saw this thread I was thinking of some things Nintendo said.
3 years is awful long for a piece of tech to not be upgraded, and now the DSi is out with further improvements.
Then I was like, what? no gba slot? your fucking kidding me. First on the regular DS you couldnt even play original and gameboy color games. Now no GBA games too. DS games are pretty suck.
And then I laughed at the thread having good feelings that the general response would be negative and so Im off to say...
3 years is awful long for a piece of tech to not be upgraded, and now the DSi is out with further improvements.
Then I was like, what? no gba slot? your fucking kidding me. First on the regular DS you couldnt even play original and gameboy color games. Now no GBA games too. DS games are pretty suck.
And then I laughed at the thread having good feelings that the general response would be negative and so Im off to say...
I hope that the DSI is compatible with the r4, even though Nintendo has fucked a lot of AR stuff and flash carts as stated above. I practically play all my games on the r4, and if the DSI isn't compatible, this is just going to turn me off, which sucks. My DS phat's microphone doesn't work, and it looks like shit now.
The DSi sounds cool, especially since you could access internet. The camera seems largely useless to me but whatever. No GBA slot sucks. I never got the DS-chunky but got Lite. It's in good condition but my screen got screwed. The large difference in pricing is another issue. Might get one. Then again, might not. Probably not.
They're in no rush to come out with a new system after the DS lite sold as well as it did. I see this as the first of multiple upgrades on it. I don't know what they were thinking taking away the GBA slot though.
Same with the wii, they're still selling as good as they were when they first came out
Same with the wii, they're still selling as good as they were when they first came out
Sounds kind of dumb. I mean, I love playing GBA games, and without the GBA insertion, I'l never be able to catch those Pokemon that only show up with the GBA games inserted.
Like everyone else said, a shitty camera and browser are already on my phone. Put a phone on it, and I'll buy it.
Like everyone else said, a shitty camera and browser are already on my phone. Put a phone on it, and I'll buy it.
Uh, this was announced on October 10th.
I think that everyone was expecting a third DS system for most of the summer. (The Gameboy and GBA both came in three different iterations.)
Is anyone kind of disappointed that Nintendo didn't try to make a mobile phone? I personally think that this is the kind of unconventional and radical thing that people have come to expect from Nintendo after they brought the DS and Wii to the market, and I think that there's real market potential for such a device (especially in Japan). And unlike Nokia, I think that Nintendo actually has the engineers that it would take to make the device attractive to buyers. While it certainly wouldn't be as widespread in appeal as the DS lite, I really think that it would have drawn more interest than a new DS whose main function is to access an online store and double as a low-resolution camera.
Is anyone kind of disappointed that Nintendo didn't try to make a mobile phone? I personally think that this is the kind of unconventional and radical thing that people have come to expect from Nintendo after they brought the DS and Wii to the market, and I think that there's real market potential for such a device (especially in Japan). And unlike Nokia, I think that Nintendo actually has the engineers that it would take to make the device attractive to buyers. While it certainly wouldn't be as widespread in appeal as the DS lite, I really think that it would have drawn more interest than a new DS whose main function is to access an online store and double as a low-resolution camera.
If they had produced a version of this with GBA compatibility, I would have purchased one to replace my DS when it wore out. However, the DSi seems to be telling pokemon to screw itself without GBA compatibility...
They need a really excellent exclusive game to help sell this guy that is purchasable with the free online store credit to offset the cost.
They need a really excellent exclusive game to help sell this guy that is purchasable with the free online store credit to offset the cost.
Ah, thanks, that's good to know. I'll most likely just go for another Lite then, the new features (like the browser) don't really seem worth 50$ and the wait. Of course, if something really good comes from the online store...hmm.
