DSi XL [LL]

[Chris_Skylock]

Electronic dictionaries and language / brain training games are much more popular in Japan. The DSi LL appeals to this specific market segment - it comes preloaded with dictionary and educational software, while the screens as more suited to electronic dictionary use and reading. The design uses more classy/professional colors and won't stand out in a classroom.

I guess no one on the board who bothered posting is from Japan or that familiar with the culture but the case/screen/stylus design, preloaded software, and "LL" aren't just a coincidence.

I'll buy that DSi LL even though I have 3 Nintendo DSi already. I want a portable dictionary with me

 

[ProtoKun7]

jap is bettter

Why is it better?

More/Better DSiWare, etc...

Yeah, but you won't be able to access the Japanese shop outside Japan will you?

 

[devmas]

I hane an original DS, a Lite, and a DSi. Since getting the DSi, using its big, beautiful screens (especially with homebrew from the DSi flash cart I got yesterday), I actually have trouble going back to the old DSes. I've actually been enjoying games more than I have on the old DSes.

I'm considering getting an XL, because, well, the screens will be bigger, and I'll probably like that a lot.

 

[_Burai_]

 

[rockstar99]

jap is bettter

Why is it better?

More/Better DSiWare, etc...

Yeah, but you won't be able to access the Japanese shop outside Japan will you?

you can

 

[Sstew]

I'm not getting one. I still own the Original DS (Phatty) and I prefer it over all the others.
I'd buy a Lite before I ever get a DSi

 

[ProtoKun7]

jap is bettter

Why is it better?

More/Better DSiWare, etc...

Yeah, but you won't be able to access the Japanese shop outside Japan will you?

you can

Even before I posted I thought you probably could

Have you always been able to? I'm probably just thinking about how you can't access the shop from your region.

 

[rockstar99]

yup its always been working

 

[Egonny]

Portable gaming devices have to be portable IMO.
The DSi XL is NOT portable, it won't even fit in my pocket.

 

[zuron7]

No it's a waste of money and it's for old people

 

[Leo Cantus]

no cos i dont like the colours - wine red and brown

 

[luke_c]

jap is bettter

Why is it better?

More/Better DSiWare, etc...

Yeah, but you won't be able to access the Japanese shop outside Japan will you?

you can

Yes, it's better because we can't buy any English DSWare and only Japanese which we can't understand, that's why it's better.

 

[Whipple]

No it's a waste of money and it's for old people

It was designed for the gray gamer market.
Just because a person has survived past their prime doesn't mean they don't like to continue to game.
The XL with its' larger screens allows us with old, aging eyes to enjoy the games as much as the young puppies.
Some day, if you survive long enough, even you will become old.

I can't wait until it is released in North America.

 

[Nimbus]

Heck no...

I love my two DS Lites too much, even though my old red one has a cracked hinge (Got it a clear case to use as a prosthetic though

), to ever warrant getting a DSi XL, let alone a normal DSi period.

Bigger screen....oh whoop de freaking do. Now we can play Final Fantasy VI, Phantasy Star 0, Mario Kart, Super Mario 64 DS, etc with twice the blurriness!

Again, no backwards compatibility. I still tell you people, the GBA is not entirely dead yet. I still see customers at my work playing on em quite frequently!

I also have no use for a wimpy 3 megapixel camera.

I have 2...no wait... I have 4 working DS's.

-Two electric blue DS Phats both of which I still have the chargers, styli, accessories, for. Both have perfectly intact hinges, and keep in mind I really didn't treat these two as well as I treat my DS Lites.

-I also have 2 DS lites as stated above, one Crimson/Black with a prosthetic hinge/case, and one Cobalt/Black which has no issues at all. I need to get some hori screen protectors for them sometime. Legit ones of course.

I have a ton of game boy advance games, many of them being imports. In addition many of those imports are no longer available widely, or even hardly at all.

So, no I guess I won't be getting a DSi XL [LL] I haven't the use for a system that claims to be superior just because it has..

-Bigger screens
-A bigger stylus, and so help me if you take this out of context I'll smack you with my hells tomohawk
-Colored pictochat (Who in their right mind ever uses this!?)
-A pathetic little 3 megapixel camera (I have a 12 Megapixel olympus digital camera)
-Downloadable games/DSiWare (In all seriousness, I see nothing in the entire collection of DSiWare that even minutely entices or interests me, this is my Wii's purpose)
-The ability to play music (I have an Ipod Touch for this)
-The ability to manipulate and view photos (I have built in viewers for my 3 operating systems on my Mac (OSX/Win7-32 bit/Ubuntu Linux 9.04 32-bit), and Gimp serves its purpose well as a photo manipulator, as does F-Spot in Linux. I also have Moonshell and a flashcart for this reason
-The ability to browse the web (I have a Macbook with 3 operating systems on it, as well as two spare desktop computer towers, if I'm going out I am generally not going to be browsing the web. If I am going somewhere where I need web access (Such as college), then thats what I will bring my Mac for
-SD Card Slot (Oh wow Nintendo you think you're so awesome and all that because you implemented SD card support on your system! Guess what, most devices already had this way before you did, so it's nothing special, and worth overlooking IMO
-A load of other features I may not be aware of, but could probably honestly care less about.
-Flashcart blocks (Let me ask you this, I have an M3DS Real, and an Acekard2 on the way. Why would I want something that could potentially block them?)

In my opinion it's inferior to me.

Ninty should have called this the DSi XF [LF], or the DSi Xtra Fail [Lotsa Fail]. It fails even moreso than the normal DSi, which to me was failure to begin with.

So, yeah all of you out there getting a DSi XL [LL], you may have the advantage of being future-proof in terms of the DSi's hardware (If the DSL is ever discontinued), however you also have the incredibly annoying inconvenience of having to wait for fixes around flashcart blocks implemented by Nintendo, while GBATemp is assaulted with millions of posts such as Fix 4 DSi system menu V9001.MOREFAIL, and literally dragged to it's knees in terms of accesability and stability. OH NOEZ!

Us who stick with the DS Lites and DS Phats may at some time be left unsupported in terms of the DS's hardware, but at least most of us don't have to worry about flashcart blocks, as the DS Lite and DS Phat were never intended or designed to receive OS updates from Nintendo via Wifi. So we can enjoy our ability to play pi......

..I mean wonderful, delightful, awesome, and feature-packed homebrew programs without interuption!

 

[Bladexdsl]

great now you can play your horse and imagine games on a bigger screen!

 

[FestusArrestUs]

I've actually played an import model. I liked it a lot. Especially the big stylus. Its great for adult sized hands. I'll probably buy one but just for playing games at home. This thing is too big to be a true portable. But its still really nice.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

If this came out a year or two ago, yeah, I'd consider getting one, depending on the price range. Nowadays, Nintendo is already abandoning the DS and starting to push towards the newest model. Buying this now would be a waste compared to just saving the cash up for the next DS model (which will, odds are, be debuted officially this year).

 

[Jamstruth]

A completely unnecessary addition nto the DS lineup. The DSi I can understand as it changed a lot of hardware and introduced a faster processor etc., this thing has nothing like that, the screens are huge but they're running the exact same resolution as the DS/i so you just get pixels and blurriness rather than a nice screen.

 

[Rayder]

If I had any interest in the DSi at all, I would get the XL over the standard DSi. I almost never take my DSlite out of the house anyway, so the fact that the XL isn't really portable doesn't bother me. What bothers me (and I know many don't care, but I do) is the lack of a GBA port, which effectively halves the total library of games and homebrew on the DSi systems. That's a showstopper for me. Another reason I won't bother with DSi is flashcarts.....the ones I have won't work in the DSi, which makes my flashcarts and the DSi useless to me. I'll stick with my trusty DSlite, thank you very much. I don't have to buy squat for it to continue serving me.

I'll not be upgrading to ANY future Ninty handheld because I've been severely disappointed with the lack of consideration given to old-school gamers like me, and that gap is only increasing with any of the systems on the market currently, and I don't see that trend changing anytime soon, if ever. Games that I consider fun are very far-and-few-between on the DS.....or they put them on DSiWare and screw regular DS owners. The amount of shovelware is appalling and shows no sign of letting up anytime soon. I expected a lot more shmups and good (as in cool, not cutesy) action platformers than we've actually gotten. 1 in 50 ratios on good games is not what I expected. Now, I know when I bought a Ninty system that I was gonna see a lot cutesy fluffy-foo-foo sissy games, but I at least expected a 1 in 10 ratio of good games that someone like me could get into. That never happened. I will not be burned again.

 

[SPH73]

I'll not be upgrading to ANY future Ninty handheld because I've been severely disappointed with the lack of consideration given to old-school gamers like me,

You've grown out of Nintendo. Quit complaining and move on with your life.