Nintendo DSi News: Nintendo "confirms" DSi's release date: April 5th Off Nintendo's Site: Nintendo pioneered hand-held entertainment in the ’80s and made it fully mobile with the Game Boy video game system. Now, Nintendo is transforming the way people access, experience, create and share content with the new Nintendo DSi system, the third iteration of the world’s best-selling portable video game system. Nintendo DSi launches in the United States on April 5, 2009, at an MSRP of $169.99. The colors available at launch will be Blue and Black. "Ever since the arrival of the first Game Boy, consumers worldwide have turned to Nintendo for their portable gaming," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Nintendo DSi builds on Nintendo’s commitment to bringing fun and creative entertainment to everyone, and will allow consumers to personalize and share their very own experiences.†Some features that will be built into the system and ready to enjoy upon purchase include the Nintendo DSi Camera, Nintendo DSi Sound and Nintendo DSi Shop. The most noticeable feature of the slim Nintendo DSi system is its two cameras – one camera is on the external body, and the second one points at the user when the device is flipped open. As the first truly interactive digital camera in a video game system with 10 different interactive “lenses†that can manipulate your photos, the Nintendo DSi Camera offers an easy way to take and share your photos with family and friends. The cameras also present people with unprecedented ways to interact with their games while giving developers a new tool to devise creative games and experiences. If the touch screen gave Nintendo DS a sense of feel and the microphone allowed it to hear, the two cameras give Nintendo DSi the sense of sight. Another enhanced feature is the Nintendo DSi Sound application, which serves as both an interactive voice recorder and music player that allows users to play with their music while they listen to it. Users can access different audio filters or control the pitch and speed of recorded voice or music files to alter voices or change the tempo of a song. The mic is located between the two screens when the device is flipped open, and there is also a stereo headphone output that lets users listen to music saved on an SD card, even with the screen shut. In the world of software, Nintendo DSi will be the platform for the most relevant and fun on-the-go games and applications. The Nintendo DSiWare application will populate Nintendo DSi with software that can be downloaded using Nintendo DSi Points directly to the portable system, just as WiiWare has with Nintendo’s Wii console. Developers big and small are invited to create software that makes use of the properties and functions of the hardware. Nintendo DSiWare games and applications will be available at a range of values, starting at 200 points. In addition to downloadable games, Nintendo DSi is able to play games made specifically for the system and sold at retail. The system can also play most Nintendo DS™ games, and will have access to a library of more than 850 titles originally made for that system. Also on April 5, a new Nintendo DS game, Rhythm Heaven, will join this roster of games available for both Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DS owners in the United States. Having sold more than 1.6 million copies since its July 2008 launch in Japan and still increasing sales today, this infectious game challenges players to tap and slide the stylus on the touch screen in time to original music created by legendary Japanese pop-star producer TSUNKU♂. Simple gestures with the stylus combined with fun music and quirky visuals make Rhythm Heaven a completely unique musical experience for players of all ages. Additional features and news of Nintendo DSi will be revealed as April 5 approaches. For more information about Nintendo DSi, visit www.nintendodsi.com. *New DSi News* I don't know if any of you heard about this yet and maybe some of you did, but the Acekard team had made a cartridge that works on the DSi and it's called Acekard 2i. There are some other carts that work with the DSi now also besides the Acekard 2i such as the DSTTi and some others. So getting the DSi is not so bad now with it being able to play commercial roms. I'm really hoping we can get firmwares from our developers so that our carts will work on the DSi. I'm sure I'm not the only one that doesn't want to buy another cart. Below is the link to see the Acekard 2i in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33q1y0UN4cA
wait until a price drop. because rite now the launch price is a bit high for the DSi. the psp is the same price
Don't think there will be a price drop anytime soon. Don't ship it from Japan if you don't live there, because DSi is region locked, and DSWare will not work and it will be a total waste.
It does work, you just have to use the japanese dsiware store and you can only use apps from the japanese store. and japanese DSI games.
anyone heard of ds lite price drops? I would not mind picking up one or two. (I'm still using my ds phat)
At teh vary least, ye should be waitin' for teh NA release, for teh Japany DSi be region locked as far as teh DSi Ware be concerned an' english is nae' offerred on the wee rascal.
Yeah you should the prices are dropping I don't know when is a good time to get a DS but you shouldn't wait to long and you should wait until the DSi is about to come out to get the DS lites. But as of now there is a rumor that the Onyx Black DS Lite is no longer being manufactured so whoever has one cherish it because there will be no more coming out. Also the white DS Lite was knocked off long ago by the silver one so the two original colors Onyx Black and White is special if you have one.
That's what people said about other systems when they were not being made anymore lol. Besides I meant in the long run anyways.
