Nintendo planning huge DSi marketing campaign, giving away 1,000 DSi Points

Nintendo is like the Apple of the gaming world. This is a guaranteed huge success.

I'm not complaining though. The DS is the best handheld system on the market. If the Wii got a tenth of the support the DS gets from some developers it would be a brilliant console.

hmm......Interesting.

might pick one up.....when TeamCyclops have done their job :D

Hey....be nice to those of us who actually own a gameboy micro


all 4 of us

I really want to get a DSi, but no GBA-games compatibility makes me a sad panda.

Heh, October 5th is my birthday

lol...i wonder if it will sell or not.

Why do they never release nice colors in NA? I would really consider replacing my broken hinge Lite if they were going to sell the Metallic Blue DSi.

my thing is what can we get for the points
so far all i have seen is mini games useing the cam.
as some one that is looking to get a DS
show me WHY i need to spend the $40 extra bucks

I wish you guys would use a different DSi pic. That color looks so damn ugly. It looks like something that would be in some old lady's bathroom.

October 5th? That's 5 days before my birthday. I guess that cements me not getting a DSi.

As much as I want one as to not be locked out of the new games, I'm not going to just because the DSI is a peice of crap. More of a downgrade than an upgrade, seeing as how you're losing a GBA port and any and all things added to the DSi could easily be done on the DS-Lite.

Let's see:
0.3 Megapixel Cameras (I don't even think cell phones go that low): The DS-Lite has it's own Camera/Webcam in Japan
Storage Solution: Hombrew Artists beat them to the punch

I don't think there's anything else, aside from Software. In which case, what do you lose?

-Gba Slot
-$40

Let's value the GBA-slot at $40. That's $80 total difference from the Lite for 2, let's say $5 cameras (Even though that's exagurrating it a bit) and an SD slot (Let's say another 5, just guessing).

Where'd the other $65 go?

Now let's talk about the necessity. Is there -ANYTHING- about the DSi that makes it mandatory to buy instead of just changing your Lite a bit?

The camera bit was already taken care of. As for the SD slot, they could just go with microSD and do the same thing as Flashcarts.
I think I've also heard it has added RAM, so..

What was stopping Nintendo from releasing a GBA slot with a Micro-SD slot, RAM, and the software that's included with the DSi? Then you've got pretty much the same exact thing in a different design, plus the option to use that GBA cart, and an extra $40 in your pocket (Unless you already had a Lite, in which case it's $170 more).

Now, I wouldn't be complaining if this was $130 like the Lite, but you have to admit, Nintendo is just being greedy when it comes to the pricing of the DSi. But that's fine, I'd love to see people waste their money on it.

But what I have a problem with is that they're planning on releasing games that are DSi-exclusive even though the DS-Lite is more than capable of playing them (The 'apps' on the DSiStore are hardly memory draining). But that's fine too. The apps on the DSiStore hardly seem like they're worth paying for. But God, DSi Carts? That's crap.

Now let's talk pricing. According to my guess, the DSi should be around $35 cheaper to make. If that's the case, why is it $170?
You could argue that my guesses aren't necessarily accurate, but then you have to admit: The DSi costs no more to produce than the DS-Lite, if not less.

In which case, let's look at the PSP. The Madden 09 bundle was $170.

The bundle included: a $40 Madden 09 Game ($130 for the PSP now), a UMD movie ($120 for the PSP now), and a 1GB Memory Stick, dropping the cost of a PSP-Slim to $110. Do you seriously think the DSi is worth $170, when you could buy a PSP for only $110?

You could say "But you have to get the extras!". Well, when it was $170, the game was easily traded-in for $40 (I know this first hand because I -did- it). So it's $130 for a PSP, Memory Stick, and a UMD. And you'd be out of your mind if you think the DSi costs more to produce.

DSi = Suck

Aww hell, I was SO planning to hold out. But 1,000 free points? That may be too much to resist...

I'm really not sure if I should buy the Blue DSi. I'm really sick and tired of the plain Black and I really want to get the Blue one but Every Picutre and video I see is different. Some show it a dark Blue and others are just to bright.

Anyway I might just buy the Blue one just to have a different color FINALLY.

...I'd still rather have an Orange DS.

I know that some of my friends are looking forward to the release of the DSi cause well.... they're hoping that the price of the DS Lite will go down a bit when DSi is out XD

DSi is crap indeed. What some people forget is that the DSi is primarily a gaming handheld. Regarding gaming, it is 99.9% the same as the DS lite. That 0.1% would be for games that use the camera. From what I saw in the ads, they felt like they came from the 80's, early 90's... when touchscreens were first made commercial. "Make funny effects on your image"... crap.

Best investment: Get an $80-$90 almost-new DS lite on ebay, buy an Acekard 2.1 + MicroSD for $23, and... you know the rest.

Can't wait to see what ads they cooked up this time. I found the "Wii would like to play" ads somewhat amusing.

Tony The Tiger

Yes, Orange DS - Yes.

It might actually happen at some point too, orange is a colour that that is gaining in popularity. More and more things are orange - there is even a orange ipod.

Though, the issue with orange is that there are so many crappy shades of it, and rarely does anyone just pick up a orange (The fruit) and say "This!"

Also, I'll have to wait and see what my money supply is like at that point - when it comes out. No promises or anything, but if I have disposable income - I'll probably buy it.

On other words:
"I'm not getting a DSi because I cannot easily pirate games on it."

That was meant to be a reply to Tarex.

Someone needs to go tell Nintendo that having Wii points and DSi point be two separate and non-compatible currencies is stupid.

Ds lite retails at $10.00 more here in Canada. The DSi will be retailing at $30.00 more here in Canada. Hopefully the price comes down.

One more week for this system to come out, sure glad they are giving away 1000 points and Opera Browser!

Yay! I can't wait to download my free points. At first I thought the Dsi $170 price tag was a bit steep for me, but after $10 of free points and paying no tax (from amazon.com), it is almost like paying $150. :P
I am getting the blue one. I really like the color and I don't like the color black anyways. ^^