Nov 05 2008
The New DS - Nintendo DSi
Last Saturday the new Nintendo DS was released in Japan. It is called the Nintendo DSi. It sounds kind of interesting, but kind of bad like the Game Boy Advance Micro in my opinion. It is expected to be released in the United States next summer.
The good about the new Nintendo DSi is that it is thinner, although not a big plus in my opinion. The screen size is now larger, which is kind of nice. It has a 3 megapixel camera, which does sound kind of cool. The only really cool feature in my opinion is that it now has a built in browser and you can download games and store them on the DSi kind of like the virtual games on the Wii. Oh, and the DSi comes with 1,000 points to spend in the DSi Shop.
The big downside in my opinion is the lack of the Game Boy Advance slot. I really liked the backwards capability of the Game Boy Advance being able to use Game Boy Color and Game Boy Original games. I dislike the DS for no longer working with those games and now the new DS does not even play Game Boy Advance games. It even excludes some DS games that use the slot, such as Guitar Hero.
Overall it does sound interesting, however at the price of US$180 and the lack of the Game Boy Advance slot makes this something I highly doubt I will ever waste my money on.
