DSi XL hits US & EU Q1 2010, DS sales top 113 million

I'll wait For The 3DS coming out between April 2010 and March 2011! (See article on the right on gamespot home ~^ ^~

all i want is a belmont or alucard in super smash bros.!!! that you for your time

Yeah i would agree with rachkovsky i would definately buy the Wii if the price dropped.

I refused to buy a DSi, but I might buy one of these.. in hopes that they don't release ANOTHER one in a year or so. Either this, or continue saving for a ROOR!

hmmm should i get it?

Nintendo should have a price drop on their Wii and make it available in black.

Also, if NoA is smart, they'll thoroughly consider which part of Q1 of 2010 to release this. For instance, releasing this in Jan will probably tick off those who just got a DSi, or Lite for Christmas. On the other hand, anyone who got money for Christmas may use it on the new DSi. stuff to think about...

Cool, but I have this bad feeling every time N comes out w/ a new design for their hardware, that right around the corner, perhaps a year-year, & 1/2 from said time(in this case, now), a new handheld will be announced, or out completely, & N will abandon w/e I system I just purchased. But I'm tempted to get this, as there's some apps for DSi that I want to d/l. & my original DS has severely damaged shoulder(R/L) buttons.

However, I just won a bet with my friend. He said that the next "DSi" (or, this one) will have more than one Game Card slot, so you can have at least 2 games in there at once (like having Metroid Prime Hunters AND Mario Kart DS in at the same time, etc.), but he was wrong! XD lol

Darn. Now I have to buy $30 to $50 bucks worth of download apps and games! Good thing it comes packaged with a Dictionary and 2 or 3 Brain Age Download games... it's worth it :)

lame

It prints money! XD

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really? wow i feel like the DSi just came out today.. and now there is a new one.. feels poointless to even think about getting one because then they will just bring out a new and better one

@Gmaster01, DevilBorg, PSgeek, and sniperdude87112: Did you not read my comments? The XL's marketed towards people with bad eyesight (like myself) and those with big hands (also kinda like myself)

ohh nintendo what are you doing you just releast the dsi a year ago!!!!

LoL, when this thing gets released and positive reviews, everyone (almost) will be eating their words. Only a matter of times. (Doesn't that always happen?)

*sighs, shakes head, and continues to use DS Lite*

Another dsi nintendo? Oh boy!JK please nintendo I like the ds system and all, but stop with all these minor upgrades of the same thing. Maybe do something new with the dual screens? Also all the graphics (If any) for the DS aren't that crisp/console-like to begin with, i don't see how this helps to much. And finally I'm not to sure that this system will fit in my pocket like my DSI will so sorry I'm going to pass.

Aand another one? Hahah, kinda funny if you ask me. I've imported the Chinese Special Edition model of DSL so I didn't get DSi at all, way too similiar device imo. Before I'd really want to get a new one I would want it to have some more colour than these regular plain one-coloured models. Anyways this XL model is quite tempting, it would size up the pixels and polygons would no doubt look quite much worse on this size of a screen but I've never been that much after graphics anyway.

bigger screen means better but I still prefer lite.

Am I the only one who likes the bigger screens?

kinda stupid of nintendo if you ask me. I guess they're worried the PSP go will take their share of the handheld gaming sales pie

@Manaphydude: @gaming_otaku: Couldn't agree more.

FIrst gen, chunky DS is fine for me. This is slightly tempting (bigger screens is cool), but in the end it just isn't worth the money.

wow.. really?

whats next a DS with a microwave? I mean seriously does a handheld have to be that big? Or what a DS with 15 inch screens? I mean the DSi's already good enough but the DSi XL damn nintendos going to far. I for one think that sony's a better company than nintendo (this is to me it doesn't have to be so to anybody else) i mean the PSP (in my opinion) has better graphics and games than the DS and it's more reasonably priced...

I'm still happy with my first generation DS. And that thing is big enough.

this is seriously getting just as bad as iPods. Before consumers even get a chance to enjoy their new product, a new one comes out. The only upgrade i ever saw for the DS that was worth it, was from the first gen to the DS lite...

If something is this physically large and it can't run Linux or windows and does not have a 3G wireless connection, I don't see the point. ;)

However, it is now more than the Wii, plus I brought the DSi.

@beaner_bimmer well yea, nintendo has always been known to be family friendly.. the non-transferable thing was a measure for piracy, so everyone can't just copy, upload so that everyone can just download, copy... it's a risk nintendo probably took to battle piracy, they probably knew that there'll be a downside to it.. and every legal gamer should just bear with it, since i know all legal gamers hate piracy and their struggle to bypass every security

nintendo sells kids games manaphydude. its their target demographic. and if it werent for that ds would woefully undersell. for a casual nintendo fan, i want to play gba games. the original ds had it right. and with the added size nintendo shoulda added a gba slot. but nintendo wont do that cause the gba games market is dead except for used games. companies hate used games. fact. because of that we see dlc. and nintendo wont let you move around the property you bought? what if your system is lost or stolen? -something nintendo has undoubtedly forseen-, kids lose things. fact.

And one more thing: There is a difference between the DSi and DSi XL aside from the system size and stylus size just look at the reference links on the DSi XL's Wikipedia article.

@D3A7TJOK3R: Graphics don't make a better game. Don't make such a big deal out of it.

I find it amusing how people complain about many iterations of the same hardware, in a market that has seen around some 5 different bundles of the Xbox 360 with varying sizes of hard drive space and such; various versions of the PS3 before the Slim, plus the Slim itself; some 200 kinds of iPods and iPhones, and various PSPs. I'll admit it may not have been such a good idea to release the XL so soon after the first DSi, but it seems it's not aimed to people who already own one. I still have my Lite, though, and see little reason to upgrade to either DSi.

bigger screen so the already crap ass graphics look worse! Gosh Nintendo you are as smart as a monkey when it comes to user satisfaction.

#1: There is SIX LEGAL methods of playing GBA games #2: The DSi will top the iPhone in terms of games #3: The DSi XL is for those with big hands. #3: The DSi XL is NOT for kids. Stop saying it is. I mean seriously it has a lot of educational games, yet you say it's for kids/expect them to play that kind of stuff? LMAO #4. If you don't like a certain product because it's continuously remade don't buy it and don't be overreactive about it.

And no GBA port? Here's an idea: If you're going to make it so big, bring back GB, GBC, and GBA support.

For those complaining about price: DSi prices in Japan DSi-----¥18,900 = US$208.00 about DSi LL-¥20,000 = US$220.00 about DSi prices in US DSi------US$169.99 DSi XL-US$200.00 estimate Id have put this up sooner but I had too much fun reading comments from people going nuts over the Japanese price.

"I have yet to see an iPhone game with graphics as good as the best DS games." I personally don't agree, I have seen some games with better graphics. DS graphics are not bad but they aren't amazing either. Have you ever tried to watch a video on a DS? compare that with an Iphone. The main thing the DS has over the iphone is it doesnt cramp up my hands. But for about the same price I can have a music player, camera, gps, ipod (movies and music) and games that (to me) are not always as good but sometimes they are, and they will definitely progress that way.

...back up, let me get this straight: -people complained that the DS was too big, -so you made it smaller with the DS Lite, -then people complained about its lack of feautures, so you put in a camera and made it bigger... -...and now your making it bigger again? Am I the only one who's confused here?

It really doesn't pay to be an early adopter anymore does it? Not as bad as Sega's 32X / Saturn screw up, but it does come close. As far as the hefty price tag, Nintendo should take note of PSP go sales. Never thought i'd see the day of handhelds being more expensive than consles. And with this thing coming out so soon after the holiday season, my heart goes out to all you parents out there who will have to deal with the kids screaming their need for a DSi XL to replace the suddenly unhip DSi you just gave them. Nintendo...you sly devil you....

is this bigger dsi really needed?

dont buy it then there going to make it all over again but the size of a tv

luving that black skin

Wait...another version of the DS? Gee...never seen this before. Why doesn't Nintendo just make a whole new handheld instead of just copying their own ideas over and over again.

The technology contained within the DSi's shell is far too archaic to warrant the astronomical price tag. VGA camera? LAWL. The best DS is the Lite. While it is uncomfortably small for my hands, the screen is perfectly bright, unlike the original.DS Phat, and the console still retains its GBA slot functionality.

It sometimes gets a little irritating with all these constant upgraded hand-held systems. It reminds me of the wacked out cell phone industry. LOL!