DSi dated and priced for US!

[Zenith94]

Wow, our price is lower then Japans, and we get a new/better color. And we get a new game on the same date. What more could you ask for.

WE GET WORSE COLOURS! The black gets finger prints and smudges on it to easily and the blue one looks gay. I mean really, who is going to get the blue one?

 

[Uruha]

me... :'(
yea i kinda want a white one :-/

 

[DrYHeLL]

Not going to lie, that blue is horribly ugly. At least they could have made electric blue for nostalgia's sake.

If I even want to consider getting one I'd most definitely go black.

blue=

also on a related note... y no white?

 

[Rock Raiyu]

Wow, our price is lower then Japans, and we get a new/better color. And we get a new game on the same date. What more could you ask for.

WE GET WORSE COLOURS! The black gets finger prints and smudges on it to easily and the blue one looks gay. I mean really, who is going to get the blue one?

It was sarcasm..and the black one doesn't get smudges as easily as the white one. >_>

 

[Trolly]

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!!!! smileipb2.png

Totally agree, I know someone who has 3 colours of DS Lite. He was talking to me the other day about getting a new one that was yellow or something. It's just a ridiculous waste of money, and besides, the original black and white look far superior if you're actually going to consider which colours look the best.

 

[thieves like us]

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.
based on the current pricing for the japanese model, it's pretty much in line. and while I'm not too big of fan of the blue coloured system, at least we get the black one. (basic black will never go out of style

QUOTE(RecklessReaperr @ Feb 18 2009, 05:11 PM) WE GET WORSE COLOURS! The black gets finger prints and smudges on it to easily and the blue one looks gay. I mean really, who is going to get the blue one?

wrong. all of the DSi systems sport a matte finish (like the insides of the current ds lites). no more oily smudges against a high-gloss finish.

to all of the nay sayers, nintendo will continue to dominate and laugh all the way to the bank. and while the DSi may not represent the huge step forward (aka DS 2) that we'd all like, it's a simple way for nintendo to add some new functionality and test the waters without spending a ton of time and money on R&D for something in a completely new direction that could possibly fail (like the virtual boy).

ds lites pretty much completely sold out over the holiday season here in the states for the 3rd year in a row, and nintendo didn't have to lower their price point one time during the life of the ds lite, so my money's on the initial batches selling out as well as ebay resellers making a pretty penny against the impatient.


what I would really like to see is either nintendo or some officially licensed 3rd party company offer the ability to imprint your DSi with multi-colour graphic images (like the FFCC echoes of time model) for a reasonable price. that's a market that's just waiting to be tapped.

 

[Deadmon]

Good to hear the release date. It'll probably be $200+ here in Canada...which means I'll probably stay away from a first day purchase and wait until there's a promotion for it or something.

I'm surprised for the lack of white, but the blue might be there to appeal to females...my girlfriend instantly told me she liked the blue one when I showed her it.

 

[Psyfira]

Awesomesauce

Hopefully we'll get a UK price/release date soon. I'm not getting one, but I've got a relative who was looking at getting a DS at the time it was announced and decided to wait. Depends on the price difference between this and the Lite though, it might put him off! But we'll see.

 

[fst312]

I was really going to get one of these until I found out that WPA encryption still isn't going to work for the wi-fi in DS games.

The only reason I'm still considering getting one at launch is because of the update-able firmware. It may turn out down the road that the launch firmware is hackable, but future firmwares aren't, etc, etc. Not really the type of thing we've had to deal with on the DS yet, but still a possibility.

Plus, I sorta want a black DS. I just don't want to pay $40 extra for it.

that is true to get one because firmware is able to get updated.but still everyone may be getting one for no reason so far all these new flash carts only allow you to play games you are able to play on your other ds/lite.and we don't know if dsi has auto updates.

 

[haringtonl]

Ew that blue looks so UGLY!

 

[Rayder]

To those saying there won't be any DSi exclusive stuff......there already IS such stuff, it's called DSiWare.

I won't be buying a DSi. I see absolutely NOTHING appealing about it beyond the larger screens and that's not enough to warrant a purchase to me. I already bought a launch DSphat and then a black DSlite. That's enough for me. I'm not willing to let go of the GBA port so quickly. I only got into handhelds about a year before the DS came out, so there is a lot of GBA games I've yet to play.

Also, I don't think there has EVER been a game system with as many totally crap-ass games as the DS has. Why in the hell would I buy into it some more? Don't get me wrong, there are SOME decent games on the DS, but oh-so few in a comparison ratio to the noobware/shovelware that's out for it. By my perspective, it's something like 50 crap games to 1 halfway decent game, and more like 100 to 1 for really good games.....and I'm being VERY conservative with those estimates.

In fact, gaming in general seems to have gone sour for me. All the most popular styles of gaming now are the kinds I don't care for, like FPS's, strategy games, MMO's and RPG's. I never did like FPS's. Strategy games are boring as hell to me and RPGs.........I burnt myself out on RPGs way back in the Commodore 64 days, so you can imagine how long ago that was. As far as MMO's, let's just say that I prefer single player games and leave it at that. I just anti-social that way.

Nope, no DSi for me. In fact, after the DS finally runs its course, I think I'm done with gaming. I'm not even kidding. I mean NONE of the games I was hoping for on the DS ever materialized; 2D Metroid, Gradius, Punch-Out, F-Zero and the list goes on. I won't even get into how pathetic gaming on the PC has become. I want the 80's and early to mid 90's back.

DSi, pfft.

 

[ball2012003]

they changed the day by one just to prove ign wrong

 

[Advi]

doesn't the new DSi have enough built-in RAM (wwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy more than original) to emulate GBA?

 

[ball2012003]

doesn't the new DSi have enough built-in RAM (wwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy more than original) to emulate GBA?

yes we need one
my ez flash will be useless without the gba slot

 

[akuchan]

I thought the price was 'OK' but then i read this on the news, "Australians will have to pay $299 for a Nintendo DSi" so go to hell... i'd rather get a psp...

 

[Rock Raiyu]

doesn't the new DSi have enough built-in RAM (wwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy more than original) to emulate GBA?

yes we need one
my ez flash will be useless without the gba slot

CPU isn't strong enough. No GBA emulation.

 

[DeMoN]

Hopefully the DSi won't sell too well in the U.S like it did in Japan. Otherwise Nintendo will continue to pull stupid stunts like this instead of spearheading some real advancement.

 

[KingBlank]

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS FINNALLLLYYYYYY!!!!!
I have been waiting for this for so long
I dont care if it dosent have a gba slot for my EZ flash 3 in 1 and my M3 perfect
Its only a small price to pay for 2 cameras and More ram
But i hope that my m3 ds real will work on the dsi by the time it arrives at my house

 

[Jordan10la]

I'm yet to know someone that really uses his DS to play GBA games.. only problem I see here are the Guitar Hero games. Really, complaining about the GBA slot is just nitpicking.. if you want to play GBA games, stick to your current DS or GBA.. you don't have to throw it out just to get a DSi.
I do, a lot. But now my Phat's hinge is broken making it annoying to play games on it.

If my current CycloDS works with it, Ill get it, it looks/sounds pretty cool

If it doesn't (which it won't) I won't even consider the DSi.


I really don't know what to do. I would like an upgrade now since my hinge broke.

QUOTE(Sstew @ Feb 18 2009, 01:15 PM)

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.

Link? I could always just do that...

 

[CockroachMan]

Hopefully the DSi won't sell too well in the U.S like it did in Japan. Otherwise Nintendo will continue to pull stupid stunts like this instead of spearheading some real advancement.

Considering all the overpriced crap americans buy from Apple.. I doubt this won't sell