DSi dated and priced for US!

[Speedy321]

True.I suppose.

 

[Szyslak]

I hope the European DSi one will cost no more than €20 from the DSL €150.

The official Nintendo price of the DSL in USA is $150 or $170?

The DS Lite consistently sells for $129 new here in the US. It has stayed at that price point since soon after launch. There have occasionally been games bundled in at that price, but the $129 has stayed very steady. So announcing the DSi at $169 seems to put a $40 premium on the hardware upgrade. We'll see how that's marketed closer to launch.

 

[weiff]

Honestly... no one noticed the extra "0" in the announce post?

The Nintendo DSi will be released in the U.S. on April 5th, 20009.

With that date we won't have to worry about it for a loooong time.

 

[Speedy321]

Don't try to be funny.Anyway,looking at the dsi's stats i'm keeping my old ds.

 

[alucard77]

This is really useless.

Why does Nintendo continue to release under powered systems. It's not like they are cheaper or anything. When a PSP is cheaper then a NDSi, you know Nintendo is just trying to milk shit.

It would be nice to have a system with some power under the hood. If not for graphics, then for at least better emulators. This is a throw away, kinda like the GBA Micro. So disappointing.

Also, let's not forget that the Touch Screen is totally a gimmick. If you look at the greatest games on the DS, only 2 or so actually use the touch screen (Zelda and Ninja Gaiden). I guess this is more a chriticism of the game makers, but I also believe the touch screen is not the best thing to use for gaming. It's a way to sell more systems. If you can beat Ninja Gaiden without scratching your screen I will be amazed. More $$$ for Nintendo.

I would really like for a game company to make a portable ex generation system. If Nintendo made a portable GC it would be great. First off, existing companies would know how to program for it. Secondly, while everybody won't like this, they can resell their GC games to be played on the portable GC. They already do this anyway, so I can't see how a portable GC could be that big of an issue.

Not to mention we would have better emulators and the sort, and people can catch up on GC games they may have missed and don't have the time to play at home. But maybe have time to play on a commute or so on.

Nintendo did innovate with the DS and the Wii, however, I don't think they show the capabilty to innovate with their next gen systems. If Sony or Microsoft were smart, they would just steal and improve the Wii controls and touch screen. And also realize, release as many perphrials as possible. People eat that shit up. Trust me, people will buy better graphics and similar game play. That is why the N64 and GC flopped in comparison to the PS and PS2. Wii succeeded because of the controls, and for the fact it offered siomething new. Noone will buy a Wii 2.0, like they won't buy this DSi.

 

[skawo96]

No whitey?

But I'd buy the black one anyway

 

[zidane_genome]

Damn, only 18,000 years and about 2 months left!! Hope I can save up enough money!!

 

[taken]

DSI is not going to be the next best handheld.

I rather stay with my DS LITE

 

[Sstew]

Wow.. Blue really? I think it's actually quite ugly. I'd prefer the White, plus you know people would get the white because it coordinates with the Wii, but whatever. I cant drop that much on something that hasn't improved a lot. I still prefer the ""phat" DS.

Off Topic: Anyone bought a replacement shell for a "phat" DS? They sell them on DX but I dont know if its worth it. Wanting black, if someone can find a good quality shell.

 

[zidane_genome]

@Sstew, I got the black phat replacement shell from DX when my hinge broke... it's worked perfectly... I mean, really, the only thing it has to do is hold the guts in, and swing the hinge when I open it... but yea, it's not THAT hard to do, but I suggest if it's your first time, TAKE YOUR TIME... set aside 2 hours, and make sure you make a note of where EVERY screw goes.

 

[science]

oh kick ass that is a nice blue

 

[hey_suburbia]

More Pictures and Details:
http://www.wiinintendo.net/2009/02/18/more...s-nintendo-dsi/

 

[m3rox]

Spoiler

lol

 

[AshuraZro]

I'll have to pass on this model as I DO get much use out of my GBA slot. There's still so many great games for GBA and I'd rather play them on a DS than the SP.

Plus I couldn't give a damn about most the new features anyways. That's probably another part of it.

 

[Trolly]

I'm yet to know someone that really uses his DS to play GBA games

*Raises Hand*
The GBA still lives, right guys? Guys? ...

Anyway yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Hadrian, the only interesting thing is DSiWare, so we gotta hope it can be hacked to work on the DS Phat/DS Lite.

 

[playallday]

I'm not getting. EVER. In fact, I'm trying to get rid of my Nintendo consoles (DS Lite and Gamecube). I haven't played my DS Lite in weeks.

 

[DeadLocked]

Might get it, I'm still stuck with this 4 year old phat. The hinge is almost broken and the top screen is in a right state. Even the paint work is rubbing off and I killed the right speaker ( played a movie on 400% volum by accident on moonshell and now I can hear a rattling sound when i go over half volume)
I think it's time to move on, to DSL or DSi however I don't know. I guess I'll just wait and see, if the price of the DSL drops significatnyl once DSi hits UK I might get DSL (over £30 drop) but if it is still in the same region and the DSi is only £30 > more I will go for DSi since the larger screens and the improved speakers are interesting to a PHAT owner. Plus I like the small camera which could eventually be used for webcam in the homebrew scene.

+ USD --> GBP works out the price of the DSi in UK to around £112 based on $160.
I wonder how nice Ninty will be to UK

 

[Maz7006]

169$, that's a joke, what am i getting extra, some cameras, and a SD slot?!?! I'd really rather blow my money on something else, well that's what i think, but i don't see why people won't buy this, and that blue colour, wow i wasn't expecting that, doesn't look to shabby.

 

[playallday]

i don't see why people won't buy this, and that blue colour, wow i wasn't expecting that, doesn't look to shabby.

You know, you just said, "I think everyone will buy the DSi"!

 

[p1ngpong]

When I first heard about DSi all I thought was "meh"

Now I see the price of it I think "meh" again.

And I really dont understand why people go all loopy over a new colour for a console, like what difference does it make? And people that buy a second and third console just because it has a new colour, are in fact completely retarded and dont deserve to have money!

THERE I SAID IT!!!!