The Nintendo DSi

by **Norikoxkun** Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:07 pm

DSi features you probably hadn't heard of before

The DSi has boggled the minds of many gamers since it was introduced. It seemed like a simple DS Lite upgrade, but these features might just change your mind. Amongst the features named you will find DSi Sound. This application will let you play music on you DS as well as edit your music. The father of modern videogames, Shigeru Miyamoto, worked on it, so don't be surprised to find Wii Music-like features in it. Now, without further ado:

You can swap game carts with the Nintendo DSi without having to turn the system off.
The
power button does not only turn the DSi on or off, but will also
activate a menu in DSWare applications. It's similar to the Wii's Home button.
You
can listen to music while the DSi’s top is closed and headphones are
plugged in. The DSi’s music played is called ‘DSi Sound’. The music
player also will feature visualizations. Examples of such
visualizations are: Excitebikes, hatching eggs, tapping feet and a wire
frame globe.
While
playing music you can use four ‘sound filters’. These are sounds such
as drums or barking dogs and are played by pressing the shoulder
buttons.
Playlists can be made for your favorite songs.
You can adjust the pitch and speed of your songs.
The DSi has five brightness settings, whereas the DS Lite has four.
The DSi charges its battery up completely in 2,5 hours. This is a half an hour shorter than the DS Lite. The charge time is compromised by the DSi’s battery life though; it’s one hour less.
North
Americans can expect the DSi some time “after April” next year, as said
by Reggie Fils-Aime. Europeans may expect the handheld in spring 2009.
Australians are the most unlucky; they won’t see the DSi in stores
until fall 2009.
The DSi will have better sound quality and a higher maximum volume.
You can record sounds with the DSi, but only for 10 seconds.
You can edit pictures you’ve taken with the DSi’s camera. Expect things such as deforming faces and adding frames or hats.
Pictochat now has colors available to draw with.
You can use the DSi’s camera to make a photo album. These pictures can be displayed on the calendar.
Satoru
Iwata came up with the idea of applications that can be downloaded via
DSWare. Satoru Iwata names examples of applications: "a Zelda calculator, an Animal Crossing clock, street maps for various large cities, or possibly a simple Tetris."
Another
important feature is the DSi’s ability to connect to wireless networks
that are encrypted with WPA. Satoru Iwata said the following about the
DSi and WPA encryption:“Though the new browser and those programs designed exclusively for the DSi will use a high level of security, existing DS software will use existing encryption.” WPA2 is also supported.
“Moving
Notebook” software allows you to make short animations of drawings you
made and create memos. You can also use the DSi’s microphone to record
sounds to play alongside the animations.

That’s all that there is to know about the handheld up to now. Expect more
information soon as the DSi will release in Japan in two weeks.

by UltimaKeyMaster Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:26 pm

Well, i guess that did improve upon my initial thoughts of it. But, im still probably not gonna get it though. I'm happy with my normal DS, lol.

by Toonstreamer Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:47 am

Is that for real Noriko? In this past months/year I never heard of that "DSi" but I think it's going to be really cool if this is real I would pick up one right away I have the first DS and a DS Lite if this is real I'm going to add this "DSi" to my collection then lol! but I would REALLY want something like this. See ya thanks for the info.

by **Norikoxkun** Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:47 pm

yeah I got the info from a nintendo website so I doubt it is not true

by **sulsull** Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:27 pm

Nintendo always lies to it's customers take e3 for example

by Toonstreamer Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:52 pm

This is real! I've seen a video it looks awesome it does have camera and everything! I SWEAR!

by **sulsull** Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:33 pm

Toonstreamer wrote:This is real! I've seen a video it looks awesome it does have camera and everything! I SWEAR!

I was Kidding

by atokad432 Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:58 pm

speaking of e3, nintendos conference sucked this year especially with the wii music performance. i think the playstation conference actually had the best announcments this year. Xbox conference was good too

by **sulsull** Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:11 pm

atokad432 wrote:speaking of e3, nintendos conference sucked this year especially with the wii music performance. i think the playstation conference actually had the best announcments this year. Xbox conference was good too

Dude have you even tried any of the games that suck

by Toonstreamer Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:14 am

I agree with you sulsull totally agreed never judge if you don't have enough info.

by Midna Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:44 pm

What is DSi? Never heard of it. BTW, correct me if I'm wrong but I thought I had a post here, why did it get deleted?

by **sulsull** Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:01 am

Lost Soul wrote:What is DSi? Never heard of it. BTW, correct me if I'm wrong but I thought I had a post here, why did it get deleted?

There IS two Dsi Posts
I think Norik got rid of the other one

by mjridiculous Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:25 am

Dude Thats awesome, But i doubt i will get the DSi When i have a DS,

by **Ninja Boy** Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:53 pm

So I noticed that the post didn't mention that there will be no GBA slot on the GSI but it makes up for that with the homebrew channel the SD card slot and the fact it can play music and videos

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