New DS Model

[Fang]

www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

2nd entry

[layze]

yeah, there's no GBA slot, but nintendo has decided to be pricks and make us shell out $200 for it anyway, because there will be games exclusive to that version.

[Kai]

LIEZ

[Fang]

Oct 2, 2008 21:12:11 GMT -5 layze said:

yeah, there's no GBA slot, but nintendo has decided to be pricks and make us shell out $200 for it anyway, because there will be games exclusive to that version.

BUT it has cameras!
And 3 lights instead of 2! whats the third one for?

[Water Dumple]

Man, that sucks. I wish Nintendo wouldn't continue this process of remaking their current-gen systems just to get more casual gamers to buy them, they've made God-knows-how-much off of the DS already.

[layze]

Oct 2, 2008 21:17:02 GMT -5 Fang said:

BUT it has cameras!

yeah, I have this thing that takes pictures, too. IT'S CALLED A GOD DAMNED CAMERA. >___>

[Fang]

more pics.

[Water Dumple]

Oct 2, 2008 21:19:39 GMT -5 layze said:

Oct 2, 2008 21:17:02 GMT -5 Fang said:

BUT it has cameras!

yeah, I have this thing that takes pictures, too. IT'S CALLED A GOD DAMNED CAMERA. >___>

There's something about layze's brand of humor that can make me laugh out loud in a way that most other folks can't manage to do.

[Fang]

Oct 2, 2008 21:19:39 GMT -5 layze said:

Oct 2, 2008 21:17:02 GMT -5 Fang said:

BUT it has cameras!

yeah, I have this thing that takes pictures, too. IT'S CALLED A GOD DAMNED CAMERA. >___>

Well NEH!

[Meowzer]

Even before Nintendo announced it, the DSi had been the talk of the town. According to our Japanese correspondent, the DSi will be 12 percent thinner, and will get rid of the GBA slot entirely. The DSi will also include two built-in cameras (one reportedly VGA resolution) and music playback. It will add an SD card slot and internal storage (we don't yet know how much) to enhance its multimedia capabilities. The screens are now slightly larger at 3.25 inches, photos can be synced to the Wii Photo Channel, and the unit will include a free browser application.

Nintendo is also launching the "DSi Shop" to sell content directly over Wi-Fi. Prices for the store, which are also tied into Wii Nintendo Points, will use 0, 200, 500 and 800-point tiers. Until March 2010, 1000 Nintendo points will come bundled with the device.

Nintendo is calling the DSi a "third platform," implying that it's not competing with the DS -- though as a history lesson, the DS was originally a "third platform" against the now-retired Game Boy Advance.

The DSi will launch November 1 in black and white colors. It will cost ¥189,000 (approx. US $178). We won't fault you for misreading this as "iDS," given the very iPod Touch-esque additions.

Let's go over features:

• Online shop channel like the wii (comes with 1000 points)
  
• 12% thinner
  
• No GBA slot
  
• 2 cameras
  
• Music Playback
  
• SD card and internal memory
  
• Screens now 3.25 inches
  
• free browser application (internet?)
  
• 0, 200, 500, and 800 are the point tiers for the shop channel
  

[Planet9]

Thinner means smaller buttons. The buttons on the DS Lite are already too small for me, not to mention there's not GBA Slot. Which sucks.

[Rocky]

Oct 5, 2008 7:11:10 GMT -5 Meowzer said:

Even before Nintendo announced it, the DSi had been the talk of the town. According to our Japanese correspondent, the DSi will be 12 percent thinner, and will get rid of the GBA slot entirely. The DSi will also include two built-in cameras (one reportedly VGA resolution) and music playback. It will add an SD card slot and internal storage (we don't yet know how much) to enhance its multimedia capabilities. The screens are now slightly larger at 3.25 inches, photos can be synced to the Wii Photo Channel, and the unit will include a free browser application.

Nintendo is also launching the "DSi Shop" to sell content directly over Wi-Fi. Prices for the store, which are also tied into Wii Nintendo Points, will use 0, 200, 500 and 800-point tiers. Until March 2010, 1000 Nintendo points will come bundled with the device.

Nintendo is calling the DSi a "third platform," implying that it's not competing with the DS -- though as a history lesson, the DS was originally a "third platform" against the now-retired Game Boy Advance.

The DSi will launch November 1 in black and white colors. It will cost ¥189,000 (approx. US $178). We won't fault you for misreading this as "iDS," given the very iPod Touch-esque additions.

Let's go over features:

• Online shop channel like the wii (comes with 1000 points)
  
• 12% thinner
  
• No GBA slot
  
• 2 cameras
  
• Music Playback
  
• SD card and internal memory
  
• Screens now 3.25 inches
  
• free browser application (internet?)
  
• 0, 200, 500, and 800 are the point tiers for the shop channel
  

im happy that it will have the internet(?), ill forfeit the GBA slot.

[Rocky]

Oct 2, 2008 21:17:02 GMT -5 Fang said:

Oct 2, 2008 21:12:11 GMT -5 layze said:

yeah, there's no GBA slot, but nintendo has decided to be pricks and make us shell out $200 for it anyway, because there will be games exclusive to that version.

BUT it has cameras!
And 3 lights instead of 2! whats the third one for?

Im guessing a way of measuring signal strength for the servers?

[elishatheman]

Dang it, I love internal memory. Which makes me wonder, why rent a game without internal memory? But still, the DS lite is thin enough, and I don't really care about the camera and playback, I just want to play my video games! What does casual mean to nintendo anyways?