New DS confirmed

[Sonicandtails]

 

[m3rox]

This is hot, real hot. I've got a spare phat psp sitting around, may sell that and my phat DS and get this new DSi (I don't need GBA support, I've already played all of the good games the GBA had to offer).

 

[ragde]

Hopefully they put better ARM processors. That would put it on a higher end hardware

 

[Renegade_R]

The pictures it takes are 640x480...which is 0.3MP...both cameras have that resolution

Edit: It appears to have only one camera.

Edit: But I keep reading everywhere it has two...we shoudl wait for a press release.

 

[ahtin]

Balck and white color at first selling period

 

[LoneSyn]

@ragde: I doubt that will happen. This is more of the "Media" version of a DS, which we already have with flashcarts, except with cameras.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

If flashkarts work, and is actually cheaper than the current ds, I'll sell my lite right now, and get it.....

Bigger screen, built in internet, thinner, no gba slot(Good for me, since I don't play gba games, though it'll suck for lots of others).

I want one....

 

[Doctor Luigi]

It has been confirmed there is only one camera now.
I think it seems a bit interesting this new DSi. Now with some homebrew and Wi-Fi, I can:
Play video games
Listen to music
Take pictures
Call people
That's a lot of gadgets in one...

 

[dinofan01]

If flashkarts work, and is actually cheaper than the current ds, I'll sell my lite right now, and get it.....

why would it be cheaper? Its already confirmed not.

 

[juggernaut911]

may get this and just use VBA...

but seriously, 2 cameras?! big screens are cool, shop is teh lame and we want better online!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


/me senses server crash soon

 

[omatic]

The only thing that frightens me about this thing is that they're almost certain to have better security features against flash carts. That being said, I wonder how long it'll take for someone to get homebrew running from the SD slot...

This is a strange step in my opinion. Surely people aren't going to decide to buy a DSi over other gadgets that perform individual tasks better. If I want a good digital camera, I'll get one, and the same goes for a quality MP3 player.

Finally, I hope they introduce some way for non-DSi owners to get in on that DSware action.

 

[Renegade_R]

It all comes down to whether flashcards work with it.

 

[lilkerv90210]

u can call people with this??????????????????????????/

 

[grubbymitts]

I wonder if publishers will go down the route of the Super Gameboy for the SNES? What I mean is will they release one cartridge that works fine for the DS but if you stick it in the DSi it uses the other functions/enhances. And we all know how well the Super Gameboy did [/sarcasm]

Really, if this doesn't include better graphics what's the point? Two touch screens and a couple of cameras? Who cares about that?

And I wonder if the flash cards have been blocked? I'm thinking maybe not, if backward compatibility is still in order. The flash cards trick the old DS into thinking it is a real cartridge. To maintain that compatibility then flash cards shouldn't be blocked, but you never know.

 

[LoneSyn]

Call people on a DS? Link/PM me.


As for the DSi, anyone can confirm if it has two touchscreens or just one?

 

[Diablo1123]

If it plays DS games, it'll proibably support flashcarts
Then someone writes a firmware dumper and edit that to run from the SD slot

I'll probably stick with my DS lite
I agree with omatic

 

[Hehe Moo]

Man oh man... DSi.


I converted the Yen to Australian Dollars. $225. Not bad.

 

[Joe88]

Ive seen this and just like the psp slim
I will keep current DSL
not worth it for small meaningless hardware updates

 

[Doctor Luigi]

u can call people with this??????????????????????????/

If you have a flash cart with SvSIP downloaded on it (and flash carts still work) you can.

 

[GameDragon]

... Oh hell yeah.

Now, its time for the Wii to get an upgrade.