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Besides, I'm tired of Nintendo introducing better hardware in the middle of the system. If you've been with Nintendo as long as I have you'd know new hardware like this NEVER, and I mean NEVER gets used. A couple of new first party games, sure, but 3rd parties don't jump on new hardware for a good reason. To me, this "better hardware" justification means nothing because nobody ever uses these types of upgrades. Oh sure, it's an awesome PR statement saying "POTENTIAL, POTENTIAL, POTENTIAL", but the last time I bought into the "potential" crap was when I bought the Wii and I've been sorely disappointed since then. No, from now on show me the games and I'll come. I could care less about potential if it's never used.
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Yeah, but now it has a scratch prone casing. Is that a worthy trade off? What do you guys think?
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Not entirely true. Now you can exit out of PictoChat without having to turn off the system. And you can draw in a rainbow pen. Still 100% compatable with DS/DSLite (in fact, they even play a different chime when DSi sends messages). With the DSi having upgradable firmware, it's possible for them to add on to PictoChat's functionality at a later point. Not likely, but possible.
And, personally, I found the DSi Browser to be great. Yeah, its lack of multimedia support and low cache sucks (I can't even read Kotaku comments on DSi), but it's to be expected of such a low-powered machine (even PSP has quite a few quirks...).
As far as pictures go... Maybe's it's possible to edit the EXIF data on other images to trick the DSi in thinking they're DSi pictures?
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You mean like how predators have been using XBL and PSN to lure in the kiddies?
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The massive hardware upgrade is why you should be buying it, along with improved Wii integration and the DSiware shop.
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I upgraded, and everything is better on the DSi than on the original DS. I can see how its not a major leap from the DSlite, but if you're coming from the first generation, it is well worth the money.
Your DSfat isn't going to be worth much, so you may as well hang on to it to play your GBA games.
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For me, upgrading was a no brainer. If I -really- feel the need to play GBA games, I still have a GBA player and a GBA, but for me, the time for GBA games is long, long past, I never cared about the rumble cart and didn't care about GH, though for someone with a huge library of GBA games or GH, I can see the issues.
@Legendary Hoamaru:Speakers are louder, not super so, but it's louder then a Phat or Lite for sure.
And last time I checked, flash cards are already working on the DSi, so people don't have to be too upset, but older cards won't work.
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Guess it's to prevent DSis filled with porn. Wait, I can do that still. It just wouldn't be high quality XD
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I've played the Lite, the sound is superior, the screen's color are superior, but I'm a cheapskate, and $180 for the same system with new bells and whistles is not my idea of good planning.
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Touché
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Ok, you lose the GBA slot. But you gain a buttload of other features.
And the D-Pad is MUCH better. That's my biggest plus.
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I'll probably wait until the DSi games come out.
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A better D-Pad and the camera feature (Which I know I'll never use) aren't worth the upgrade. I don't mind the lack of the GBA port on the DSi because Nintendo did the same thing with old GB games with the first version of the DS.
The two things that bother me about the DSi:
Price & Location of the Power Button
What was wrong with the switch?
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Also, my impulse-buy money is totally going to XBLA already, not DSi Ware, though that's a more personal matter.
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You don't want to end up like PS3 owners in 2007, do you?
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Then again, I have 11 consoles laying around the house, so maybe fanboyism just rubs me the wrong way...