[Golden Legacy]

I kid you not.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2009/news/10/dsill_comparison2.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2009/news/10/dsiLL-trio2.jpg

[Moonear]

Ugh, why? You can't even keep that behemoth in your pocket anymore.

[Caael]

What a stupidly large stylus.

[Nosferatu]

And then people understood what others mean by Nintendo punishing people for buying their stuff early.

[Someone Else]

I can see this being preferable for two reasons:

1. Bigger screen

2. More comfortable for people like me who have hands much bigger than Japanese people's.

I might get this model of the DSi when/if I get one for the latter alone, if the price isn't much steeper. Not sure about bigger (again) screens though... I don't think Nintendo adjusts their game's resolution to the bigger screens.

[My Best Wishes]

Someone Else, on Oct 30 2009, 05:23 PM, said:

I can see this being preferable for two reasons:

1. Bigger screen

2. More comfortable for people like me who have hands much bigger than Japanese people's.

I might get this model of the DSi when/if I get one for the latter alone, if the price isn't much steeper. Not sure about bigger (again) screens though... I don't think Nintendo adjusts their game's resolution to the bigger screens.

Your point 2 is fair, but why bump up the size, as ihk hinted at, it wouldn't fit in your pocket. It's a handheld console, not a Wii.

Why can't they just focus on the next handheld instead of milking parents money.

[Someone Else]

Is it about the same size as the DS Phat? If so it'd fit in my pocket at least. Not sure about people with shorter pants size but they wouldn't be the one's buying this version anyway.

[My Best Wishes]

The phat was a bit of a stretch even with nothing else in that pocket irrc, it's been awhile since I owned one.

[Someone Else]

To be honest I rarely carry any of my handheld game systems in my pockets. The only reason I would do that would be if I were to leave home with them. And... I don't do that.

[Mallick]

I should start posting news on GSSF. v_v

I dunno, it's not a huge different. 4 inch screen from 3.25. It's just a money grab.

[Split Infinity]

http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/12571_large_dsi_LL.jpg

The key market here is elder gamers and people with fashion blindness. :0

I'm not sold on the idea. The face looks awkward the way it's been spaced out, and there's something weird about those rounded corners. Though that's all just nitpicking; I just prefer my devices to be crampingly tiny. In its favor, however...

- Extended battery life
-> Minimum brightness: 13-17 hrs (DSi 9-14 hrs, Lite 15-19 hrs)
-> Maximum brightness: 4-5 hrs (DSi 3-5 hrs, Lite 5-8 hrs)
- Two styluses, one short and one chunky
- Preinstalled (!) with three apps; DS Easy Dictionary and two Brain Training titles
- Gameboy Advance slot

[I'm Always BROKE]

Fuck this shit. Im still staying with my old Nintendo DS.

[Caael]

I'm just gonna go ahead and post it...

http://wiki.urbandead.com/images/4/45/Beat_Dead_Horse.jpg

But not forgetting...

http://www.jayperoni.com/cash-cow.jpg

[Someone Else]

I don't understand what everyone's moaning about. It's JUST a re-design that's bigger. It has no new features, it's just an alternative model for people who don't like the smaller size of the original. Meaning, old people who need a bigger screen (shrug) and people with bigger hands. Think of it this way, it's like having different shirt sizes.

If you were to have bought the original DSi the only worthwhile thing you're missing out on is the improved battery life. If there were some new, nifty feature that was made with this model then you'd have some decent basis to complain. This is exactly the kind of thing Apple does with the iPod and nobody seems to complain about that anymore. Nintendo deserves some hate, but not over this soo stop being pricks.

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I'm not sold on the idea. The face looks awkward the way it's been spaced out, and there's something weird about those rounded corners. Though that's all just nitpicking; I just prefer my devices to be crampingly tiny.

It the same thing as the DSi's design just a little bit bigger.

[Split Infinity]

Yeah I was talking about the button placement. At least they didn't make them bigger as well, it'd end up looking like some sort of toy.

I don't know why they changed back the speakers though.

[Golden Legacy]

Can't have this topic without:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n297/TerraSeraphim/nintendodsmoney.gif


Now, after thinking about it more, I agree with Wind Dude. Yes, Nintendo may be "milking the cash cow", but in the end this is just another option for the DS. It's not meant to replace the previous models but to exist alongside them for people who might be interested.

If you already have a DS Lite or DSi, then this shouldn't make a difference.
If you don't have a DS and have been thinking about getting one, now you have one more version to consider.

[Someone Else]

Nintendo would probably be more likely to lose money with this decision, because now they have even more DSi's to push out of warehouses that people may or may not buy...