Nintendo Announces New DS with Camera and Media Functionality

Paul Lilly — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:39:04 -0500

If you just unloaded your original DS on Ebay and replaced it with a DS Lite, you'll soon be outdated again. During their Fall Press Conference in Japan, Nintendo announced its new DSi, the "third platform" in the DS handheld gaming hardware series.

The new version comes a little thinner than the model it's replacing while offering 17 percent larger screens at 3.25 inches each. Certain "audio enhancements" have been made, but arguably the biggest addition is the inclusion of a .3 megapixel camera capable of 640x480 resolution.

Old school gamers won't have any place to put their Gameboy Advance cartridges, as the GBA slot has been removed. Instead the DSi comes with an SD memory card slot. The DSi also features a built-in browser, and gamers will be able to download games and other DSiWare from Nintendo's DSi Shop. As is sadly the trend, pricing is based on a points scale, and customers will start off with 1,000 free points that must be used by March 2010.

Japan will get first crack at the DSi this November for roughly $180 USD, with other markets to follow sometime next year.

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Will Smith — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:23:54 -0500

From beautiful Santa Monica California, Will's your man on the street at E3 2007. Microsoft was last night, today's Nintendo, Sony, and a whole lotta meetings

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Will Smith — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:30:59 -0500

Will Smith loves Nintendo's game console, and he's going to tell you about it. (Mainly because he didn't have time to finish the cool thermal imaging post he started this afternoon)

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