$170 DSi drops in US April 5

Both my daughters have a DS Lite. My wife had one until we gave it to a friend to give to her son for Christmas 2007. We've been debating on getting another one. I don't know about paying $170 for a DSi. If I was to get a DS for myself, this would be the one I get. Although Nintendo is probably preparing for the next generation Nintendo handheld to be released in the next couple years, so I might just wait for that... _

hmmm i wonder what the camera is for

Wow, 170$? really? I could get a new PSP for that amount or an Xbox 360 on ebay.

wait its coming out in blue i thought it was black and white ?

Glad to hear this coming out so soon. Though I wish Nintendo was releasing some DSi with Pokemon Platinum. I'll get over that.

When it drops to the current price of the Lite, I just might consider it.

Just in time! I don't think my DS lite will last till april...

Great! My DS Light's 'L' button hasn't worked in almost a year, and I recently had to crazy glue a big crack in the hinge. I didn't want to have to pay $75 to get it fixed when there was a new one on the way, but I didn't know if it would hold together long enough.

I think I'll wait on seeing if any of the apps are worth it. I like the slimmer design, larger screens, and the new look and feel of the buttons, but I'm not quite sold yet. The Lite is already pretty good for $50 less, so time will tell.

well, I still have the original DS. Might not hurt to upgrade since the lighting on my current one sucks.... but I don't know, I really don't play it enough to dish out $170. Plus no backwards compatibility? Bah! Bah I say!

I might actually grab this one.

It's a dumb gimmick, too little too late.

Im not looking forward to this. None of the features appeals to me, especially at that RIDICULOUSLY high price point. But with all Nintendo products the fanboys will jump on board with the quickness.

I want a DSi but am frustrated that they are taking away the backwards compatibility. I really wanted to get the DSi not just for DS games but also some of the games that I missed on the Gameboy Advance, which I never bought. I hope maybe they port some of there finer games to the DS, such as MAL: Superstar Saga and few others. However, I'm glad to hear that the pricing of the DSi is slightly less than what most people had assumed it to be.

This almost cost the price of a 360...whoa!

Why doesn't anyone make a decent handheld for the grownups? You know, two analog sticks and some cool online shooters? Microsoft, care to give us a hand, here?

Oh fun, same price as the PSP. No thanks Nintendo. I'll keep the regular DSlite. I already have the PSP for multimedia capabilities.

Awesome!

meh ill stick with psp for now. if i have extra cash i will buy DSi for the castlevania games.

does anyone that already has a ds lite really want to spend $170 on whats basically the same hardware?

I lost my fat DS long ago, planning on getting a black DSi to match my new piano black PSP 3000.

I thought about selling my Lite on eBay, there only selling for about $90...*sigh* DSi or PSP?

look niiiiiice :D

i think ill stick to my ds, i need to play some gba games

im probably going to trade in my ds lite... and not get this.

well my psp's been collecting dust. so what the hell. this'll be my 3rd nintendo purchase in a row.

Now I know the date, just gotta figure out if I'm really gettin' it, or not. My original DS works fine, except for the shoulder buttons, & the half busted hinge for the top screen, where I dropped it a few, hasn't bothered me in terms of gameplay, or anything. The shoulders are my only issues. Also, yes the DS is good for gaming, but I have a feeling N is gonna do what they did, the same thing they did, when the GBA SP(Nes edition) came out: an entirely new handheld will soon be born about a year after release.

Guess I shouldn't have said that lol!

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okey dokey

I have to be honest, when I heard about the DSi not having the GBA slot, my interest for it died down really fast. However, if DSiWare ends up as a quality service with some good games, Nintendo may end up forcing my hand here. Heck, my original DS could use a partner in crime, anyway. :P

emptycow: Why so hard on Nintendo, what did they ever do to you? They had an idea and decided to market it, it's what business is all about. Sure about 90% of games released on the ds and wii are total crap, but people are buying them. Nintendo knows how to run a profitable business and that's why they have been around longer than any game company. And as far as your comment about releasing the dsi only to stop people from bootlegging games, don't worry, you will still be able to use your r4ds in this new dsi.

No thanks, I'm perfectly happy with my ds lite.

Since I own all of 3 GBA titles..I'll consider getting this as an upgrade to my phatty gray DS

Puppiemaster: "My birthday is in May, but I will just buy it on launch day like I have every other console for the last 24 years" Yea and I bet you never learned that launch date hardware always has major issues either...

I don't own a PSP or DS but i've held both. DS feels like trash and the games look terrible compared to the PSP games. And I enjoy holding the PSP. I played NFS and Raw 2008 on the DS, just a waste of cash.

Wow the Nintendo haters are out in force, and they are calling others "fanboys"???

RIP OFF. Straight up copying of everything the PSP has yet it won't be nearly as good at any of it.

1. It is not backward compatible. 2. The screen, although larger, is not any higher resolution so games will not look any better. In fact, they will look slightly worse due to pixelation. 3.The cameras are only around 0.3 megapixel. The camera on my phone is better than that and the camera on my phone sucks. 4. The battery will not last as long due to the larger screens. 5. It costs $40 more for some reason. I really don't understand how this is better than a DS Lite. I guess it has an SD card slot now but the only thing I can see that being used for is to sell you old GBA games since it isn't backward compatible or for saving your cool 0.3 megapixel pictures to it. This definitely looks like a slight milking Nintendo is doing here. I will definitely be keeping my DS Lite.

Finally, a release date :lol: Can't wait for this to arrive in April :)

I honestly don't care for this. I have 2 DS, Black and Silver, and both are perfectly fine for me, I don't see the point with this DSi. I mean, it doesn't even play GBA games, which is sad.

i might have to pick one up just to see what all the fuss is about.

Preorder mine. Can't wait.

dont buy this the dsi is just another way of nintendo showing how little they think of there fans

this is crap nintendo is so weak the only reason there puting this out is to stop people from hacking and copying there games ..............$170 lol for $20 hardware and they took off the gba slot lol this is the worst ds they have put out

Nice!!! Time to upgrade my DS phat :) Oh and to the complainers, just don't buy it. Some of us buy systems for the games, not for hardware specs.

it looks interesting.. but I'm still waiting for a hand held that resembles a console controles including duel analog sticks. hurry up microsoft !

Eh all fluff for more money. Even if new DS games attempt to make it DSi specific they would be insane not to make sure it runs just as good on an older DS...