$170 DSi drops in US April 5

I'm sorely tempted to buy it.

I'm in between of wanting a DSi and not. Give me some good games to buy a DSi that supports new games or supports DS games. Otherwise I'll stick to my DS Lite, but I'll probably crack and buy one in the end at launch. -_-

Enemy, I've always hated the stereotype that gamers are "nerds". What makes you a nerd by being a gamer? Do you have to carry a pocket protector? Be a hardcore geek that uses words like l33t? There are a lot of gamers who aren't nerds, and it is a respectable hobby. If people keep considering themselves nerds, it'll gaming will continue to be looked down upon. Anyway, to get back to the matter at hand, I'm not interested in a DS Lite. Why would I want a couple crappy cameras attached to my DS? I'll stick with the old one and wait for a NEW portable.

Handheld systems hurt my fingers and eyes!!!!

Europe is gagging for more Nintendo hardware! Why Nintendo, why? I want a DSi and I want it now!... or at least at the same time as the US.

April!?!?!?!?!??! noooo not in time for Pokemon Platinum :(

it has a 0.3 pixel camera

DSi is going to be great! :D

Still want to play my GBA games.

Good, I just pre ordered mine :)

Evilman97: I am not to sure if you know this, but people that play video games are considered nerds. Technically you are one too, so to call another person a nerd when you are one, just seems a bit silly, does it not?

Hooray!

little pricey

Yay! Can't wait to get one.

Evilman97, your age and maturity is truly showing in what you just did. Adel4 just agreed with you, and, you thinking you're somehow cool, said "shut the **** up". Maybe you guys know each other and are joking around, but if you're not, please leave. You're ruining GameSpot.

Evilman97 you need to clam down, It's only a DSi

"Also the DS and DSI are more of child/girl handheld.The wii is more of a child/girl system and the psp , ps3, and 360 are more for older kids / boys. " Wow, what century do you live in? As a female 360 player, I'm quite offended that you would stick me in with children. You don't get dates often, do you?

cayne phoenix, your DS games will still work. However, Game Boy Advance games won't be supported anymore. Also, I don't think this is worth $170; might as well just wait for the Nintendo Pii or whatever to come out in about two years.

dude, the dsi all it has is a camera, and music and its the same price as the psp slim WHICH IN MY OPINION IS BETTER because it plays music, videos, and has games from the very beginning

PSP is way better then the Ds and DSI . Also the DS and DSI are more of child/girl handheld.The wii is more of a child/girl system and the psp , ps3, and 360 are more for older kids / boys. oh yeah over priced sorry for getting the other consels in this mess .

It doesn't have a GBA slot, therefore its useless to me, unless Nintendo releases a Gameboy Player for the Wii, but I don't see that happening ever.

Way overpriced.

I got rid of my ds a few months ago., but that is a VERY good deal on the price

Too EXPENSIVE... I will be happy with my normal DS.

hold a sec, wat about my DS games, will they continue to work on this?

Yawwnnnn.......how about some good game Nintendo...my Wii is getting really dusty....and I think that my DS has turned to dust. Oh and just so you know Wii (insert general name or activity) does not count as a game.

Oh, that's good. At first I thought that this was a failure of an upgrade for the DS but now I realize, This is a totally new handheld.

Nice! I will most likely be getting one. :)

I hope that this console will be worth the money that I will pay.

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Some of you idiots aren't realizing this isn't a SMALL upgrade. There are so many hardware upgrade and new features. I could easily name 5 of each but you could just look them up. And don't BASH nintendo for making two upgrades over a period of time when sony made two upgrades in a more compacted time. And yeah its been 5 years. Maybe they should make a new system. Who says this isn't? When the DS Lites sales die out, they could easily turn this into a new system by manufacturing games specifically for the DSi. It can maintain better graphics, they could use some of those new features in the games. Why not? Its a definite "maybe".

Why are some of you people complaining? Nobody is making you get it, If you dont like it dont get it simple. Fact of the matter its gonna sell like crazy.

For me, its not the right time, hardware or price. I've gone through 2 DS Lites (broken due to heavy use). So there should be no question how much of a fan of the DS I am. But I've gotten the iPhone since and it when that happened, there was a revalation that showed me how outdated the DS Lite hardware is. Having played (and finished) dozens and dozens of DS games, I'm sure even the developers would agree, some games would definitely be much better with solid 3D acceleration and video playback. 2D games look great, but 3D games look very outdated. Should they not come out at all? Its hard to say. Why can't we have both? Nintendo had a chance to improve things with the DSi. Unfortunately they didn't. And they want to charge us 30% more for this? Hmmmm....

I was hoping it would come out in June =/

Seems sort of like PSP 2000 to PSP 3000. In other words, only worth getting if you don't already have a dslite. Personally, I'm just waiting for Sony or Nintendo to release a new handheld system, not just a modified version of an old design.

wait all this thing has is a camera and they are jacking the price up 40 dollars, wow, even if it can also play mp3s , you could already do this anyway with a micro yan attachment anyway - i dont think nintendo got the memo of recession

Great, more Nintendo garbage. (I don't have anything against Nintendo, but I don't like it how they don't sell anything fun for the children and teenagers anymore.)

this seems pretty stupid if you ask me,even tough i KNOW this is coming out soon i want a DS lite,really this just seems rediculous an upgrade that can't play its predecessors? Camera and MP3? this is a mix of a psp a cellphone a rip-off and japanese geniuses with too much free time

No get if no VC :)

I don't get what all the moaning is about this? How often do you upgrade your phones when they have only incremental upgrades? DSi isn't just a dslite with a camera on! it also has an 2x overclocked cpu, more operating ram, 2 cameras, bigger screens both of which are even brighter the the dslite, music playback, an hcsd slot for storage, a very basic web browser, wpa support (finally!) an online store, firmware updates, a much better user interface and you can switch games without powering off and on again! ok so taking the gba slot out is a sacrifice but really how often do you use that anyway? my money is on gba games being downloaded from the online store anyway ala virtual console. all that for only a small amount more then the lite! count me in! i just really hope the euro launch includes white

If Nintendo uses the DSiWare well, releasing GB, GBC, and GBA games on there, I'll definitely check this out. That would definitely make up for the lack of GBA port, and then some IMO. And on top of that, it seems like Nintendo will be using these new features, not just as extra features outside of the games, but as a way to expand on gameplay in some cases (like in that DSiWare WarioWare game), so hopefully it will be implemented well in some games. If, however, they don't use the DSiWare to release games from the older Gameboys, then I'll just get a DSLight for the GBA port, and the cheaper price.

i dunno unless they do virtual console on that i dont want it

Wow, that's pretty damn quick US release--frankly I wouldn't thought it would have made it here this early in 2009....:shock: I'm absolutely glad I waited to get a DS--or even import this one from Japan--now I can at least save on spending more than what's the retail value. I'm curious though how the blue one is gonna look? I saw the black and white one that are the Japanese versions. I'd like to see them to a red one.

this is kinda getting riduclous of what Nintendo is doing, theres what, 3 improvements for 169.00$? you gotta be sh.iting me, like really? come on Nintendo, these improvements, are worth like 5$, you should just make it 5$ more then the DS lite, like come on, is the Economic crisis THAT bad these days?

Yay! Were's the white color, though :(?

I dont see the point in this the DSI ware i admit looks like a good idea but why culd they not have adapted the gba slot on the lite to function as an SD or compact flash reader? i mean lets face it gba slots are just a compact flash reader as it is

I'm still playing on the original phatty-- I've been thinking of getting the lite, but now I'm ecstatic that I waited!