New DS confirmed

[Opium]

Power button will be accidentally used. :/

Particularly by a lefty like me. I can see myself hitting it while resting my hand near the screen. Why Miyamoto didn't pick up on it I don't know.

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

since i cant afford something like this, im going to make it most horrible Console as possible

1. most likely they copied some of the flashcard code to play music and possibly FLICKBOOK DS home bew source code!
2. the features are nice..but there a cop out..something to make you dump your flashcard for this
3. a ACC to Mp3 "converter" will "appear" on the "Store" once the DSi gets Released...
5. people should NOT have to PAY for GBA GAMES ( which is why the Slot 2 card is gone)
6. MORE MONEY..MORE POINTS...MORE RICHER NINTNEDO
7. I HOPE the SD Slot Gets hacked..that way we can dont have to buy flashcards and make Nintendo mad

7. half of these features will not be implemented in US...look at PSP!...PSP TV ? *JAPAN*..PSP Spot?...*JAPAN* DS TV? *JAPAN*
8. Guitar Hero 2 DS and tony Hawks Motion DS is comming XD! They cut off activisions balls of with nintendo by doing this..EXPECT TEHM TO CUT TEH CONTRACT!! XD
9. I DEFINITELY HOPE the DSWare Gets hacked the F*** out of so that Nintendo will know That Us hackers are nothing to F*** with!! and retaliation for the R4 Shutdown!!
9. they probably can update with and WITHOUT your consent..so if flashcards work..they might find out WHO YOU ARE and cut you off...(diagasso DX ring a bell??)
10. its just Nintendos immature "answer" to the UNHACKABLE PSP-3000
11. Picture quality suks ass
12. probably ACC format to stop people downloading illegal Mp3's straight from [Censored..Nintendo is looking!]
13. I hope that the DSi Is like the Atari 5600..it dies..so that way we can get back to Reality with the DS and the NDSL

14. Its (ONCE AGAIN) Priced for the people with money. 200 bucks is something I CANT AFFORD.
15 hopefully DSi Games will get on Nintendos ass for using the DSi Name (but nintendo i bet allready "purchased" the name from the company of *shitware*
16. THE BATTERY LIFE IS SHITTIER!!
17. MORE SECURITY WILL BE PUT IN THIS.
18..you bet your sweet ass flashcards will be blocked...
19. OMG Mii Support!! (for a monthly Price \._./)

But there is always going to be somebody with money that is going to buy this to show off and say he/she has the "NEW DSi" *look at me* ..so nintendo will profit from this no doubt about that...

If this will be a pirate machine..i might take back what i said..if not....i won't

 

[Satangel]

And I don't like those camera's, that's just stuff for minigames

eyetoy ds?>

can't wait for a good wario game to take advantage og that

Indeed, and the next Fifa will prolly have the same style as the one for the Wii...
With your Mii's head on the players.

 

[shakirmoledina]

I do remember a rumor that a media cart was going to be released by N but they didn't... They thought of a better idea
1.) If people want to store more games and they suggest downloading then like Wiiware this is the solution (Flashcard were very famously defending themselves by saying that we can play many games on one card and thus SD is there to implement it officially)
2.) Media - Flashcarts were very famous for mp3 playing and so on thus they knew music is an integral part to anything and they must be kicking themselves as to why they didn't do anything about it until the media cart or now
3.) Internal Browser shows that with the increase in the need to make everything very interactive in terms of online global community, a browser is necessary! (Firefox would have been better and also there are many people who are pirating opera Browser or even homebrew ones so why not make it easier for us)
4.) Camera - Ha! This shows they wanted to add something completely new but they didn't know exactly what but with i-devices (and also the name DSi) there came 2 cameras and my hopes which i think are confirmed is that one which is internal is for the Game like Eye toy and the external one is for the usual camera footage etc. Not a bad idea considering they wanted to do a camera for which performs both these tasks but then people would complain that they have to open the DS to take a picture . (Note: Whatever anyone says... some people don't have a camera and this is not something a flashcard can do so it's cunning)
5.) Bigger Screens - Goes to show that they are concerned with their act of misjudging the need for a smaller DS at a cost of not acknowledging the screen size. Battery life will be decreased obviously but maybe they will increase the capacity and power of the battery to compensate for it
6.) Placement of power switch and it's mode of function is not very nice since you may just inadvertently press it even if you have to do it for a long time plus the side bar was better but if SD came in it's position, there is always other sides for that like the GBA had it in the center so it would be okay if it were in the top right or something

Overall : Excellent ideas but the camera placement and small issues will not be so impressive if people study it well
BUT for those who may consider buying a flashcart with the DS (lite) may think twice since what they want together with the DS is going to be added in the DSi ... good for new (naive) customers but not for those who actually KNOW the DS capabilities
I think it deserves 7/10

Things to consider ; 1.) Can GBA be played now from Slot-1 or SD?
2.) Will Pictochat be better?
3.) WILL FLASHCARTS WORK?
4.) Will the SD slot prove to be an SD Flashcart?
5.) Will the cameras, L-R and Hinges hold on for a long time in terms of durability and purpose?
6.) Will GBA games now be playable through DSiWare?
7.) Will Game Quality decrease greatly if Screen size is increased at the same resolution?
8.) Will the New DSi increase or decrease piracy with SD slots and DSiWare?

There are more but these are enough for today

 

[Toni Plutonij]

People, you MUST understand that this ISN'T a new DS, it's an upgrade!! Or if you want, new version....It can't have better processor, because games for it must be compatible with Phat and Lite DSs!!

Try to understand that......New console (DS2) will have better processor/more memory and more power overall....This one is just improvement over DS!!

Remember the time when NDS was announced, and you heard about touchscreen for the first time?! Most people hated it, and bitched about it, and in the end, you see how much amazing games we got that use touchscreen (Ninja Gaiden, Zelda, EBA and others!!)..
We still don't know how will cameras affect newer games, and if they maybe make some DSi-only games with camera in use....

I actually think that this is very nice upgrade, because it's just that, an upgrade...not new system!!

 

[ViRGE]

I want better graphics

No.
You want a whole new system.
Releasing a new DS revision that gives us better graphics means that it will exist games that's only playable on the DSi, which means older DS owners feel that they are forced to upgrade their DS. This is always a bad decision.

The DS platform is 4 years old now, it's approaching retirement age and has already exceeded the GBA's 3.5 year lifespan. Sooner or later Nintendo will release a successor to the DS using a new platform, and you're going to have to upgrade. New platforms don't have to be a bad thing, unless you're telling me that you're dissatisfied with anything beyond monochrome GameBoy games.

 

[Raven Darkheart]

since i dont have time to scroll. the important question remains...what can we do about pirating thhis new baby

if its been answered i apologize nd link me to sources
thanks

 

[Forstride]

Seems pretty sweet. I'm all over the cameras, since I don't have a nice Digital Camera or camera phone. The only thing I really don't like about it is the power button. By the time it comes out here (US...Christmas time? Summer? Any idea?), I should have enough to get it.

 

[Hadrian]

Its not as if Nintendo are going to take your old DS away is it? Developers aren't gonna not risk missing out on millions of people who won't have a DSi by releasing game that needs a camera, all they will offer is some sort of additonal thing to use it like they do with the Wii Board.

Sure I'd like to see a new system but that wasn't ever gonna happen this soon down the line. Newer console would mean that Nintendo would have to spend more money on games for it (development on higher end consoles cost more than lower end ones). So why make an all new console when the old one is still shitting money?

 

[ViRGE]

People, you MUST understand that this ISN'T a new DS, it's an upgrade!! Or if you want, new version....It can't have better processor, because games for it must be compatible with Phat and Lite DSs!!

Try to understand that......New console (DS2) will have better processor/more memory and more power overall....This one is just improvement over DS!!

Remember the time when NDS was announced, and you heard about touchscreen for the first time?! Most people hated it, and bitched about it, and in the end, you see how much amazing games we got that use touchscreen (Ninja Gaiden, Zelda, EBA and others!!)..
We still don't know how will cameras affect newer games, and if they maybe make some DSi-only games with camera in use....

I actually think that this is very nice upgrade, because it's just that, an upgrade...not new system!!

For what it's worth, it has already been confirmed that there won't be DSi exclusive cartridge games. DSiWare will be exclusive due to the fact that it's not physically possible to load it on older DSs, so someone may be able to futz around there depending on what Nintendo will allow (Nintendo has yet to clarify this point). But that won't be the case for cartridge games which means you won't see the camera integrated in any major/AAA games (seeing as how DSiWare will impose strict limits on the prices and sizes of games on that service).

 

[lookout]

Top: 3MP Camera (No auto-focus) with a small LED light on the side..
(there is 3 LED at the below of the photo, blue to red: power on and low power, green: charging, yellow:- wifi)

open: new LCD Size, improved speaker (like the new PSP), 0.3MP Camera (idea for video calls 'skype' wifi)
the Power button below left hand, (press to power-on and hold 3sec to turn off) and the start, select buttons Slightly bigger.

top side: new shoulder buttons (notice: L,R also for camera shots) and a new charger slot (not compatible the DS lite charger).
(No re-design on the hinge crack)

bottom side: head-phone slot on the right side and they removed GBA slot (no guitar grip or rubble pack)
look a lot thinner..

left side: new volume 'control buttons' top right..

right side: new SD slot (unsure if it SDHC compatible?) and new Stylus length about 92mm.

 

[Akoji]

Im a little bit confused about the camera, is it 2 camera, 0.3 and 3 mp... or only 0.3 mp... because 0.3 is like... cell phone cam quality... and that sucks.

 

[Sstew]

since i dont have time to scroll. the important question remains...what can we do about pirating thhis new baby

if its been answered i apologize nd link me to sources
thanks

Someone has to get the new DS in their hands before pirating is discussed

 

[da_head]

wow. well i'll be damned. they actually released it O.O

 

[Hadrian]

since i dont have time to scroll. the important question remains...what can we do about pirating thhis new baby

if its been answered i apologize nd link me to sources
thanks

When we get the thing in our hands then we'll know.

My guess, well there is internal memory and a SD slot we might get into to hack or just the traditional slot-1 method, which shouldn't be too hard seeing that its just a DS with a camera on it. All we'll need is to upgrade firmware to make our cards work on a DSi and thats about it.

 

[ViRGE]

Im a little bit confused about the camera, is it 2 camera, 0.3 and 3 mp... or only 0.3 mp... because 0.3 is like... cell phone cam quality... and that sucks.

0.3MP. 3MP was a transcription error, someone didn't notice the decimal point.

 

[Awdofgum]

I was hoping they would add an accelerometer in place of the GBA Slot.

But this is still cool, hopefully it'll be out by early 2009

 

[Deleted member 76381]

I probably won't be getting it. My flashcart is a slot-2 and I'm too stingy to buy a Cyclo+MicroSD card. =P

 

[Deleted User]

Im a little bit confused about the camera, is it 2 camera, 0.3 and 3 mp... or only 0.3 mp... because 0.3 is like... cell phone cam quality... and that sucks.

I have a 5MP quality cam on my phone

It's one 0.3 (the one on the inside) and one 3 (the one on the outside)

 

[kmihalj]

but AAC music > MP3 music. Knowing Nintendo, they will release some software that will help convert your music to .ACC format.

Why, ... there is iTunes