$170 DSi drops in US April 5

Although the DSi has no GBA slot, it dosen't really bother me and it's why I'm going to keep my black and blue DS lite for the GBA games and Guitar Hero. I like the idea with the MP3's and Camera's in there though. However, about Rhythym Heaven doing well here in the US, I don't know, it may be as bad as Wii Music was. A music game competing with the likes of Harmonix's Rock Band and Activision's Guitar Hero.

I'm really looking forward to the DSi. DSiware, built-in browsers etc. It's going to be awesome :D

hmm, maybe I'll buy some variation of the DS so I can play some RPGs

I'm glad my brother buys this crap, he always gives me his old one. When we were kids, he got a gameboy pocket, I got a gameboy. He got a gameboy color, I got a gameboy pocket, when he got a gameboy advance, I got a gameboy color. Then, the good times started with GBA SD... I got a gameboy advance and was able to stay current. THen Nintendo nicely launched the DS lite fairly close to the DS and I got sent a DS, now I get a DS lite. KEEP UP YOUR GIMMIKY CRAP NINTENDO, FREE STUFF HERE I COME! Sometimes I wish my brother had been into PSPs.

Not enough to make me buy it... especially since i dont even play the one i already have

Coming soon: the DS phone, an attachment to the NUNCHUCK that makes it work better, and finally, a remote for the DS! More gimmicks to come!

Man I can't get over on how its only 30 bucks less then a 360.

Dedicated handhelds will soon be extinct.

I'll stick with my GOW PSP, Nintendo has a cool system but I love my PSP.

$169.99 to me really isn't acceptable when a XBOX 360 without a hard drive is only thirty dollars more. I love my DS (fat) but no way am I going to buy this thing unless it is at least $140.

At $170, they are at the core PSP's price point. Should be interesting to see how this does.

No thanks. I'll stick with my original DS.

call me crazy, but the original ds is the sleekest looking of the three.. the two late models look like toys, whereas the NDS looked BA

you know I am kinda gettin sick of all these improvements on the DS where is the new Nintendo hand held? I already bought the original DS and the DS lite I don't think I can physically hand nintendo any more money for the same system just some minor improvements

i hope i can get off with $150 or so by selling my DS lite and Guitar Hero DS...if not than this won't be a day one buy

Where's DS 2? It's comming soon. 2010 I hope. The DS is almost five years old, when is it's predesessor going to come out? We don't need another overpriced redesigned DS Nintendo, we need it's successor.

I would like to have this but the price is somewhat ridiculous I mean a 360 is 200 when is only 30 more then this, it should of been marked cheaper like 140.

Nintendo really needs to go the route of having some sort of Flash memory card and the ability to play SNES and NES games bought of the Wii channels. I would definately buy one of these if i can play SMB3, MM, BoF, Mother, and all the fun 8-16bit games on a portable. I dont know why they dont just release a cartridge and the DLable version at the same time. Having games on the GB, GBA, DS just makes it a pain when a game in on the GBA and you can't buy it for the DS.

not worth updating what I got just months ago, the extra features probably aren't worth the price, so whatever.

this shud have been nintendos first DS! im fed up of upgrading my my handheld stuff like this!

This is getting old, but again Nintendo = gimmicky. And payin 40 extra bucks for firmware and stuff that will feature overpriced games and applications, yeah but no thanks. I'll stick to my current DS.

Thats pretty much Nintendo's strategy now, design a system with all the features it SHOULD have, then strip it down to its bear essential and release it. You then slowly add the features it should have had in the first place through system revisions every year and a half or so. Everything they are adding to the DSI are things that should have been there in the first DS. I would have costed more? Yes, but less than having to purchase the same system 3 times to get them, since a lot of gamers will do just that, and those who don't still paid a similar price for the strip down version, so its a win win for them. The same thing is hapenning with the Wii, the Wiimote add on for better motion sensing? Thats the idea right? The only thing the Wii has over the gamecube is motion sensors, i think that should have been tuned up pretty good to begin with, but i guess its more profitable to sell add-ons. Oh yeah and Wii HD in 2011... Money whoring for basic functions. I sold my DS Lite and will not buy Nintendo Products ever again.

Just in time for the KH DS game and Mario & Luigi RPG 3 Espcially for KH since it has a better screen resolution and sound

So much for the remark about releasing it in Europe before America. Bah.

3 DS revisions and I still don't have one. Ha.

Europe dont get a release date - OH WHAT A SUPRISE

Why are people focusing on the Camera's, those aren't the real update. The real update is the new Firmware and the Application they can now do with the DS, This is honestly a huge update, but people just keep focusing on the gimmick part of it, and not the actual upgrade. do your research peole before you judge the system. The extra 40 dollars comes from the fact that you can now download games, as well all the other stuff. The GBA slot was just a waste of space. And if you love the GBA so much go spend the 20 dollars and go buy a used one. Stop ragging on Nintendo for upgrading their stuff and taking out the old useless stuff. ((Well not completely useless Guitar Hero doesn't work anymore but i'm ok with that.))

Where's DS 2? It's comming soon. 2010 I hope. The DS is almost five years old, when is it's predesessor going to come out?

I see no real reason to get this console over the DSLite. In fact, I fail to see any reason to get this over the original model I have, I don't like small handhelds and that's why I've stuck with the old model since its initial release. The fact that it has no GBA port and gimmicky features means there's very little reason to get the DSi over an older model.

it is very wrong not to launch this in white VERY WRONG

"The DS Lite will continue to be supported at retail alongside the DSi," That's what they said about the GBA and the NDS...

Ill just stick with my DS. I might just buy a PSP as well if I get some money

I'll ask this for my B-day in Augest...

i just bought a ds lite... :( ohwell

I was wondering when they were going to announce this for america. My DSlite is broken with the L and R Button, and my mic doesn't work ((i don't know what i did but damn)) Sooooo, this is really good for me, and because i have a gameboy micro ((and an sp although I don't see the need for it)) I really don't care that i'm loosing the GBA slot, mainly because no new games come out for it anyway. and it's not like it needed it anyway. THe camera's are a cool addition i guess, but what im excited about is the DSiWare shop thing, can't wait to try that out.

I have a DS Lite already. I think this DSi is a waste. I think Nintendo should stop trying to make a conntinuations of the DS. They should make somthing new. $170!!!!!! Just for a continuation of the DS? For the love of god it cost as much as a PSP!!!!!! There are many disadvantages of the DSi. The Cammera. big whom it is worse than a phone's. Battery. With the huge sceen it will suck out all the juice. And finnally the screen. The screen is way to huge think about it a normal DS game is for certain amount of pickcels. the huge screens wil mess it up it will be blurry. bottom line boys and girls do not waste yo money

I'm definitely passing on the DSi, especially now that I know how pricey it is. Amazingly, there's a few new games for the DS I want to get for the first time in a long while, but I still don't think it's worth replacing my old DS over, unless the mushy buttons really start to become a problem, which they HAVE... I'd take backwards compatibility over multimedia functionality, shorter battery life, and application store any day.

The Nintendo DSi could be considered an upgrade. One problem that Nintendo made; however, is that it can't play Game Boy Advance games anymore.

Nintendo hasn't seemed to realize that here in America, almost every girl has a camera. No wait, more like everybody. *not sold in paying fora sleezy 3 MP camera, cellphones get more than that. >_>

finnaly im getting this first day

That's great...I'd like to get one (I have the original DS), but I have other things I'd rather buy with $169.99...

I agree wuth ultraredm

this is stupid, releasing the same console over and over with just some added features.. develop a new console already with better hardware specifications instead!

$169.99 is actually lower than I expected. Even though I already own a DS Lite, I still want one of these, too.

Um wow Nintendo. That price may as well own a PSP, has more featuers but only thing it doesn't have is a camera (which will prolly rarely get used) and Touch screen. To think Nintendo was competative with price wise when it came to the other consoles. For about little more ya can own a Wii which is alot of fun anyways. To me seems like reinventing the wheel just adding more spokes.

Who the hell cares about this "DSi"? It doesn't even play Gameboy Advance games. That takes about 25% out of the DS. I really hope no one buys this. What's the point? Camera? WHO CARES! I'd take Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga and Pokemon Firered over some lame camera-attachment anyday.

IT'S ABOUT TIME NINTEDO! the black & blue colors represent nintendo beating our wallets. still, I'm probably gonna get one. I got the original DS near launch, and I never got the DS lite. my DS is starting to have some problems (low battery life, some sprites sometimes not showing)

Holy Christ Nintendo. (I find it humorous that spellcheck marks Christ incorrect unless its capitalized.) How many times can you re-invent dated technology? Please, please, please boycott this new version. It offers nothing but a new pricetag for a camera that will rarely get used by developers. It sickens me that people will pay money for the latest turd attached to this machine. I thought Japan was supposed to be at the forefront of technology. Instead they try to cash in on the idiocy of the consumer. Do NOT pay for this dated machine!

will the DSlites remain on sale or will their production stop? If they stop making them, will their prices initially go up or down?

170$??? omg for what?? 5 cents worth of Flash memory? 2 Cameras that are less Mega Pixal then a Cell Phone? Nintendo what is wrong with you, used to be all about the games now it just seems like how much can we screw the consumer by offering lack luster consoles with half A$$ed games...