DSi: To Upgrade, or Not to Upgrade (IGN)
Comments(1) Yesterday morning Nintendo of America announced that the latest evolution of its DS portable, the DSi, was due to hit stateside on April 5 of this year, priced at $169.99 MSRP. The device is the next system upgrade in the line of DS handhelds, and not a successor to the DS itself (much like the GBA SP or Micro releases for Game Boy Advance), though it promises to bring even more technology to the Big N’s innovative pocket platform. Adding in two cameras, internal memory for music, pictures, and downloadable software, a SD port for additional memory, a new front end inspired by the Wii’s channel system, and a pair of slightly larger screens, the DSi hopes to bring new lift into the already impressive DS hardware. –IGN Nintendo Team
[Today my students asked me about how I felt toward Nintendo’s next handheld gaming device called DSi. I remember reading about this product when its Japanese release happened and I believe its new features help the DS become more multimodal like a computer (such as a basic photo editing software), but I fear it might be trying too hard to be like Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP), which fared poorly in comparison with the DS. For me, I’ll be staying with my DS Lite because I need the GameBoy Advance slot to play my Castlevania: Double Pack. BK]
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