New Nintendo DSi Has Camera and Music Capabilities
20 Comments By Uzair on October 3rd, 2008 in Gaming
Nintendo, The Japanese Gaming giant had started production of their Nintendo DS handheld gaming consoles in 2004. It changed the way people play games and revolutionized the whole gaming industry. Two years after, Nintendo updated the DS consoles with some new features and a touchscreen display calling it The Nintendo DS Lite. Now, in 2008, two additional years later, the world saw the Light of Nintendo DS Lite; Nintendo has surprised us yet again with their new, soon to be launched, handheld Gaming Console called the Nintendo DSi.
Reuters reports that the The Nintendo DSi will hit the UK markets on November 1st and will cost $189 once it hits the Markets. Besides features listed below, a major change was Nintendo’s removal of the Game Boy Advance Slot from the Nintendo DSi making it lose the capability of backward compatiblity with the previous GameBoy Games.
The Nintendo DSi will have a bigger screen than its predecessor and will be a bit slimmer too. The Screen size of the New DSi is 3.25″ while that of the Nintendo DS was 3.0″. In addition, the new DSi model will be sporting a 0.3MP (640×480) camera as well. We know that it isn’t that good for Nintendo to put a Traditional Camera in their New Product, but this is just the beginning, and we can expect they will follow the suite of cellphones with bigger and smarter Cameras (Smarter as in featuring Auto-Focus, etc.) in the New Nintendo DSi.
The DSi also has SD memory card slot allowing you to take Photos on the Nintendo handheld to share them on the go with the Nintendo Wii or any other Gadgets that has the SD Slot. This new portable gaming console also sees a few neat Audio Improvements and Enhancements such as: the ability to change the Speed of the Audio Playing on your Handheld. This feature comes in handy when attempting to learn a Foreign language and slowing down the audio to listen closer. Moreover, you can also distort the Music Playing on the DSi and make it go faster at the Same time (Good for the DJs among you).
A great thing about this Nintendo portable gaming console is its Built-in browser. Now you can download games directly on the DSi and keep them using the SD memory.
To compete with the rumored PSN coming to PSP 5.0 Firmware, Nintendo is planning to add a DSi Shop to the Console for direct downloads of DSiWare you purchase online using your Points. The Price categories for the DSiWare are: Free, 200 points, 500 points and 800 points (or Premium). Customers of the Nintendo DSi will get 1000 free points to spend at the DSi Shop which are valid until March 2010; this means you have enough time on your hands to spend them accordingly.
Lastly, the Nintendo DSi will be available in two separate colors at launch time – Black and White.
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October 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
[...] the recent announcement of Nintendo DSi coming on the first day of next month, it seems like the News has pissed Sony off. Sony’s [...]
December 14th, 2008 at 4:06 am
is dsi coming at Walmart at January,1 2008
December 14th, 2008 at 4:09 am
is it January or December
December 27th, 2008 at 3:17 am
is it january?
March 5th, 2009 at 1:32 am
It would be much better if the cam was on the inside. X
March 7th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
It is going to be April 5 at Walmart for Americans.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
There is one on the inside, the person who wrote this article just didn’t state that. I also don’t think it said anything about it having the Opera Browser, like the Wii.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
it does have the Opera Browser, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Aw.. isnt it cute.. i really want one..
he he … im getting one!!!!!!:D
March 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
i really want a dsi i cant wait toi get one woop woop …x
come ooooonnnnnnnn
March 10th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
He he .. chartlotte and sara in ICT… In erith school kent.. whopp whoppp.. ILY..:D LAUREN MARUEL IS A GAY BAG!
March 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
CharlOtte GOlding.. Erith SchOol =) – She Is Bugsy Hahaha.x
March 16th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
april 3rd 2009 for UK, and will you be able to go on the web and google etc. and download msn then use it on your dsi?
and can you put your pictures on your dsi to go on the internet (optinal) or msn? and will we be able to playonline like the xbox 360?
April 5th, 2009 at 9:53 am
the dsi is coming in north america today – april 5,09
April 9th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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April 11th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
[...] Nintendo DSi handheld was released just a few days ago, and for the launch, a 7 foot huge Lego replica was made [...]
April 11th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
OMG!!!!! I want one so bad!!!! My B-Day is 11-18-09
July 24th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
dont buy it the japon is very smart later they gona created another ds and thes ds i think well have a 2 mega pixel or up so be smarrrrrrrrrrrrrt
July 30th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
wow! i want to buy that..i only have DS Lite but not DSi !!! i’ll ask my father to buy that…
October 24th, 2009 at 12:54 am
i have a dsi too!!!!! =D