Iwata: DSi launching worldwide by summer 2009

I wanna love you too iDS...er, DSi. But my Lite and iPhone are happily married!

D:

Fah. You can't trust Nintendo of America to import anything anymore. Not with Reggie's recent trash-talking of Disaster, as if it were beneath NoA's notice

I wouldn't be surprised to see them go back on that

Meh... without a GBA slot, it's not really worth it. I'm still using my DS Phat, anyway...

No thanks, I bought an ipod 4 years ago with more space.

I hate that I'm actually considering buying this. All the extra features sound stupid, like they did on the Wii, Photo Channels and music options I never use.

But oh God do I use the VC and the absence of the GBA slot does suck, BUT if I can get those same games saved to the internal memory of the DS, then that is a convenience that is worth the money of rebuying the games IMO. I know a lot of people don't agree with that, but I think I might actually have to invest.

Though not on day 1. I want to see what games are offered first. But if Zero Mission and Metroid Fusion are there Day 1 then sadly so will I.

Games are region locked?

No GBA slot?

Costs more then the current Ds lite?

The features for the camera seem cool but a little gimmicky.

The kind that get old real fast.



I dont know if it was just my brothers ds but you cant picto chat with anyone unless their in a 50 foot radius.

Is this the first region-locked Game Boy? Prior to the DSi, I can't remember a Game Boy having region-locked games.

Why does "wanna" have three n's?

By "shipping overseas" I hope that includes England.

Also, the games aren't region locked, just the downloadable content. The games aren't changing, ye ken?

There are still a lot of confused people regarding the DSi...

The DS is not region locked: You will still can play your imported copy of Ouendan or Jump Superstar in your american DSi. The DSWare is the one that is region locked, simple because the network infrastructure.

The price will not be $180 dlls. Yes, in Japan is the equivalent of $180, but the DS Lite is the equivalent of $160 dlls in Japan. That's an increase of only $20.

The DSi does have less battery in the higuest brightness... one less hour... but, the DSi has an extra level of brightness. Five levels instead of four.

The DSi supportsd SDHC cards, and has WPA2 and Wireless G support for faster transfer. It also has increased RAM and processors to use only on the DS Broswer and DSWare titles, but not on regular DS games.

And the camera pics are not meant to be printed. They are only meant for use in the DSi. You can fully customize the DSi. You can download for example, Metroid skins, Zelda calendars, Animal Crossing or Mario clocks, etc. Most of that DLC is free.

Also, there are some interactive music visualizers: for example, there is a Mario visua;izer on the top screen. Mario is running automatically, and a level with a lot of coins and dangers is generated depending on the song. You then use the shoulders buttons to make Mario jump.

You can watch videos of all this information and a lot more here: http://tinycartridge.com/

Is the best site currently so see what the Dsi offers. Btw... the photo editor is great, specially the one to make a grayscale pic but leaving just one color.

Joystiq, is "wanna" now spelled "wannna"?

I might buy it when it drops its price and has some must have games like I did with the DS Lite (my only DS). So maybe in 3 or 4 years... and only if a DS2 doesn't come out in that time.

Im sorry but DSI marriage is illegal in this part of the country.

It might be a good thing, I don't because I find psp awesome!
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Cool!
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Summer 09, perfect, that will be the approximate time my new DS lite breaks down, I'm a horrible person...

Hmmm. That's not too far away. I guess I'll invest in a DSi.

Freaking sweet, lot soon than I though!

Happy.