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Now this is just silly. I mean, I was kind of okay with the DSi mainly because it added a few new features like a brighter screen, more streamlined controls, and the ability to take photos. But this doesn't seem to provide enough new benefits to justify getting it. And the fact that it can't play GBA games doesn't help. | |
I'll just stick with my "two-models old" DS Lite for now. It has yet to fail me. Also, wouldn't the screen be a bit fuzzy, being that the screen resolution is the same? | |
Good lord! I don't even think the DSi has even been out for a year and they all ready have another one out!!! (correct me if I'm wrong) Oh well it's the same thing just bigger. No need for me to sell my DSi just to get this...... | |
Why make a portable platformer big screen? Doesn't that sort of... go against the whole thing about portable platformers being easy to take with you and such? | |
Yeah, ok, bigger screens, nice, but they didn't raise the resolution, kinda defeats the purpose to me. Still at least they are attempting to improve upon those people that can't see very well. | |
i heard about this throgh the IGN Daily Fix last month. Nintendo made it for people with eye problems, but its still stupid that they didnt include GBA compability. i would also believe that the power feed for the bigger screen will drain the power faster. | |
Damn! That is a bigger screen. I wonder if they are going to make more games to cope with that new area. | |
I'm happy with my current DSi. | |
Well that has to be the most pointless upgrade ever. I mean, what's the point? The DS original DS screen was fine. | |
Now I need this one. | |
Nintendo's cocaine pile must of been getting low. They are turning into Apple with the speed they let off products that only have a slight upgrade. | |
Doesn't a bigger screen defeat the point of a PORTABLE console...? Would be like having a laptop with a 22' screen and a separate "tower"... | |
I still use my original grey slab DS. Just thought I'd throw that out there. | |
Glad to see they have a black version. I can't stand electronics with fruity colors. | |
My girlfriend who loves video games, but has vision problems, wouldn't mind one of these when her DS Lite dies. | |
I watched the Japanese commercial for the DSi LL with the grandmother using it. She doesn't hold it, rather has it set on a table; it looks like it'd be a bit much to wield. Guessing the scale by her hand-size it looks about the same as a palm-top computer; and seems big enough to not as likely to get lost in the depths of a purse or backpack like a DSi or DS Lite. I'd really like to see what games look like on it in-person, or see a side-by-side-by-side comparison/review between the DS Lite, DSi, and DSi LL. I like the larger stylus, though it doesn't look like it can dock in the DSi LL itself, assuming DSi LL holders will have some sort of pen holder on them, like a journal cover would. At any rate, this seems an odd move retail-wise with no added features other than bulk. | |
it's for elderly people who vannot see the small screen right you don't have to buy it geez | |
Your not alone. I still use the blue slab. | |
Think I'm gonna stick with my first gen DS... I'm not really at all interested in this. | |
Like I expected, people complaining about a product that wasn't aiming at them anyway. Geez... | |
I think they're trying to tell us Americans something about our children... | |
next they're going to make DS widescreen. actually, now that I think about it, I would have welcomed a DS widescreen/i | |
I dont know what the 'i' stands for, but they seem to tape it to everything today since the ipod became such a hit. | |
I still use the first gen DS. I just find the DS Lite and DSi too small and fiddly, I'd rather have something thicker and easier to grip. That sounds somewhat Freudian... | |
darn i was ninjad | |
If it has a TV out I'll get it, PERIOD!!!!!! | |
20,000 yen? TO WIKIPEDIA! | |
Meh, I'm happy with the original Nintendo DS.
That's about 200 USD. | |
God damn, and I thought the regular DSi was a pointless upgrade. I really cannot say I have ever been playing my DS Lite and thought "You know what would make this system a whole lot better? If I could take fucking pictures with it of course!" Not to mention it lacks a GBA slot which is a huge problem...I'll be damned if I'm going to go back to struggling to find a light source for my piece of shit GBA. | |
Why is everyone so pissed that the DSi lost the GBA slot? I don't understand that whatsoever... Am I the only one who isn't upset over the lose of the GBA slot? Just pull out your old GBA SP and play your games on that (of course I still have mine)... ...and if you bought a DS to play GBA games, you are a moron... As for the larger DSi...I really don't care. I just got a DSi (after years of sticking with my old DS) and i'm very happy with it. Frankly, that thing seems way too big in my opinion. I can't imagine myself sitting at a bus stop and playing this beast of a handheld. I thought the idea was to make things smaller like with the Xbox Duke controller and the S-controller. Never did I think i'd see the day when someone would make something bigger... It kinda depletes the purpose of a handheld... | |
It's for people with bad eyesight (i.e. old people). | |
Maybe it's for those who didn't think that DSi wasn't a big enough improvement over original/Lite. Though this certainly seems like a very little update of DSi. | |
The arguement (far as I understand it) is DSi XL not an upgrade model, but a sibling that acts purely as an option for "older audiences" (You know, what Sony and Microsoft stupidly tried to do 12 times with their consoles). It's just DSi with a bigger screen. As for the lack of a GBA slot, that was a feature with the "normal" DSi. Nintendo "made up for it" with the DSWare and "enough" onboard and SD card memory. Basically, Nintendo is cutting the cord to the GB dynasty. It's not like we didn't see it coming. | |
I didn't care about that. The GBA is dead. 4 going on 5 years dead. I have a lot of GBA games but I didn't by a DSi to play them. Hell, my DS and DS lite have no GBA games in them.
I gotta admit. He's right. Buying a Nintendo DS just to play Gameboy Advance games is pretty foolish.
I'm still going to get it just for the hell of it. | |
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Big Screen DSi Released in Japan
It went from rumour to fact in less than a month, but the new large-screen DSi has been released in Japan this week end.
The first we heard about a bigger DSi came from a scan of a Japanese newspaper, and it was dismissed as speculation and rumour by Nintendo. Now, less than a month later, the DSi LL has gone from rumour to bona fide product and has been released in Japanese stores.
The LL boasts two 4.2inch screens, but otherwise has the same specifications as its smaller-screened sibling. The western launch of the DSi LL, or DSi XL, is set for the first quarter of 2010, sadly too late for Christmas.
The DSi LL retails for slightly more than the old DSi, at 20,000 yen.
Source: Engadget
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