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Kris
10/29/09

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Alright, I like Nintendo, and I love my DS. But this business practice of theirs, where they release "revised" versions of their products like...6 months after the original (or "original") came out is really ridiculous. And it's a huge slap in the face to consumers.

Surely these requests for a larger screen were floating around well before the DSi came out. #top
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Qui-GonJim
10/31/09

@Kris: Good thing no other company, such as Apple, has found similar success. #top
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Kris
11/02/09

@Qui-GonJim:
Yeah, but I'm not tech-whorish enough to bother with Apple. I don't have, nor do I ever plan to have, and Apple product. #top
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MetalOverlord0001
10/29/09

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It is a good thing I waited because this is both cool and complete bullshit. It's neat that they made the screen bigger and a much bigger stylus but it would be bullshit to those people who bought the first generation DSi. #top
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NeoAkira
10/29/09

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"The redesign comes at the request of customers who said they wanted a larger screen"

How about the customers who said they wanted a DS2? #top
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Tim Brady
10/29/09

In reply to Nintendo Announces Big Screen DSi
three words.

gameboy advanced micro.
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kjmori
10/29/09

In reply to Nintendo Announces Big Screen DSi
Many of the US articles are failing to note that, while a touch expensive at $200, the DSi LL has 2 brain games and a dictionary embedded within it. I can understand the brain games, as they are popular with the elderly, but not sure about the dictionary, because, well, most old people I know have a really good vocabulary which one can only assume is proportional to the number of years they've lived.

Plus, the DSi LL has DS Lite-like battery life. For example, at "high" contrast, the Lite was 7-11 hours vs the DSi at 4-6 hours. The DSi LL is 6-8 hours.
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NeoAkira
10/29/09

@kjmori:

Unless you know every word imaginable, your vocabulary will never put you beyond needing a dictionary. #top
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robpe36
10/29/09

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Won't games look crappy on this big of a screen since they were designed for a smaller one? #top
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bondspy
10/29/09

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Give Nintendo a break. They heard the cries of the people and gave them what they wanted, without going all out with a whole new successor to the DS. It's too early for a new DS, anything above a bigger screen would count as new DS-material, and it will gain them profit from those who have yet to pick up the DSi. Deal. #top
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Tim Brady
10/29/09

@bondspy: how is it too early? 5 years seems like a long enough run for the DS. it's gettin' to be time to move on. #top
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ph15h
10/29/09

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$220... only thing that's an improvement is the size, and not the resolution. Count me out. :(

Hit me up when DS2 or a new GB comes out. #top
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andrewwyatt
10/29/09

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Hey look, it even comes in old-people colors. #top
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kyoshizen
10/29/09

@andrewwyatt: I was liking the colors. But now you made me sad... #top
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andrewwyatt
10/29/09

@kyoshizen: Oh... um... there, there. I'm sure Natural White will be okay. And maybe you could get Dark Brown to match your suitcase. #top
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ArtemusWolfwood
10/29/09

@andrewwyatt: I believe the word you're looking for is "sophisticated". They are sophisticated colors. #top
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andrewwyatt
10/29/09

@ArtemusWolfwood: Right, right. Sophisticated. Or... "Advanced". "Experienced". "Wise". #top
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tazfan5040
10/29/09

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So they're just gonna keep adding letters? I can't wait for the Nintendo DSi LL XS OMG WTF BBQ IV. #top
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Sonira - Kojima-san doesn't have to make Metal Gear any more.
10/29/09

@tazfan5040: Exactly my thoughts. #top
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BrainBubble
10/29/09

In reply to Nintendo Announces Big Screen DSi
So hang on a sec. There was:

The DS
The DS Lite
The DSi
The DS LL

Have I missed any? Anyone else think this is a cynical business model from Nintendo? I'm all for refining and enhancing a product but I think it might be nice to have something new that's actually, y'know, new...

I really wish I'd held onto my old DS fats but I sold them both on. Maybe nows the time to think about getting a new big screen one. #top
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shouryuuken
10/29/09

@BrainBubble: welcome to this generation..

psp 1000, psp 2000, psp 3000, psp go

xbox 360 core (wired contr, no hdmi) xbox 360 arcade (wireless contr, hdmi port), xbox 360 premium (no hdmi), xbox 360 pro (hdmi), xbox 360 elite (120 gig, hdmi cable), elite without hdmi..

ps3s with thier 7 skus, soon to be 8.. slim systems, no backwards compat, backwards compat hardware or software only, wifi, card readers, 4 usb on the front...

and if you want to include the ipod touch... that thing has numerous models as well.

its just how things are man.. they try to be all things to everybody due to a larger audience.. but it sure is annoying.

even the gameboy was crazy.. but it was out for over a decade.. #top
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chrisgordon
10/29/09

@shouryuuken:
The XBOX 360 is a completely different issue. They are esentially the same systems, just bundled with different things. The DS are vastly different shapes and sizes from one another. #top
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shouryuuken
10/29/09

@chrisgordon: 720p and 1080p is a bundle issue? i think not. i was mad when i had to sell my first 360 pro for one with an hdmi slot. #top
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BrainBubble
10/29/09

@shouryuuken: Hell, I remember having the same concerns over the Commodore 64, the Commodore 128 and the Commodore Amiga...

At least these things are constantly improving, I guess. #top
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bobtheduck in Korea
10/29/09

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The fact that it's 2 toads instead of one of them being the princess sort of diminishes any excitement I would have had for this. #newsupermariobroswii
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dicesukeinuzuka
10/29/09

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Will it have the same pixel count? #top
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Brian Ashcraft
10/29/09

@dicesukeinuzuka: Yes. #top
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Sloopydrew
10/29/09

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To those who bought a DSi and are feeling very ripped off right now: Remember those of us who bought a GameBoy Advance when it didn't have a backlight and was literally next to unplayable. Then Nintendo "discovered" a way to make battery life "possible" even with a light (GASP!) and we all had to buy another GBA - or risk going blind straining our eyes to see the action taking place on a dark black screen. It gets to the point where I start wondering why people (myself included) don't just give up on corporations like Nintendo and Apple who can't stop with the constant revisions they planned in the first place but held off on for extra dollars.
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ThisCharmingMan
10/29/09

@Sloopydrew: Early adoption always comes with a heavy price tag in that, you know you're only going to be on top of the world for 6 months to a year with your gadgets. By now as a fan of both Apple and Nintendo I can make a more educated decision on when to buy. #top
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chamoo232
10/29/09

@Sloopydrew: it remind me of the ram expension for the n64 and the rumble pack. if those thing were not planned from the start when the console was designed there wouldnt have been slots on the console and controler for them to fit in so it was obliously a way to make people buy some big nintendo games (donkeykong and starfox) to get the addons. #top
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Sloopydrew
10/29/09

@chamoo232: I may be remembering wrong, but I think Donkey Kong came with the memory expansion at no extra charge. It was people who bought it early for games like Turok that ended up getting screwed. Wow ... that's starting to seem like a long time ago now.

Since we're speaking of RAM in a DS thread, I'm going to ask again if anyone knows if the extra RAM in the DSi is going to be put toward games? A new Mario or something with a boost in graphics on the DS would finally get me to move past the DS Phat. And where's a new, side-scrolling Donkey Kong Country, already?!? #top
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Demonbird
10/29/09

@Sloopydrew:
I got burned on that, but I made do with it and I LOVED my sp. This DS thing is ridiculous to me, and it just makes me believe more and more that Nintendo is focusing on hardware rather than software, and that is horrible. #top
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thewafflecult
10/29/09

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This is starting to get a little, dare I say it, fucking stupid. #top
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Antiterra
10/29/09

@thewafflecult: Go ahead, dare away, son, dare away - nobody here will clip your wings... #top
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Demonbird
10/29/09

@thewafflecult:
I laughed. Well put. #top
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