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The Legendary Saviour

The Legendary Saviour

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It has quite a lot of things in common with the PSP o_O

- lighter than DS Lite
- Both Screens Bigger
- Wider than the DS Lite
- XMB-like bar
- No GBA slot.
- Two Cameras; 0.3 megapixel camera (in w/ mic) and 3 megapixel camera (out)
- SD card slot
- Speakers larger and have improved sound quality
- MP3 player
- Downloadable software (DS Ware). Wii Points renamed to Nintendo Points. Software price brackets -will be Free/200/500/800 points.
- Built in web browser.
- Built in Photo Warper
- Will release in Japan November 1 for 18900 yen (about $180), two colors: White and flat grey.
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It's been made. Just not released yet. I might check into getting one on the first. So If I do. I'll let everyone know what its like.
 
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Nintendo DSi

Info on the DSi from Yesterday:

Chris Kohler of Blog Wired.com said:
New 'Nintendo DSi' Can Download Games, Take Pics, Play Music
By Chris Kohler October 02, 2008 | 2:25:43 AMCategories: Portable Gaming


Nintendo has just fired the latest salvo in the portable gaming wars.

Although the company's Nintendo DS Lite is still selling like gangbusters, even setting sales records, Nintendo said at a press conference Thursday that it will not wait for its popularity to wane. The Kyoto company will introduce a new model of its two-screened handheld, called Nintendo DSi, this November in Japan.

It's got bigger screens. It comes equipped with a small camera to take pictures. It can play music files. It can store all that content on an SD memory card. But most importantly, it's fully equipped for the digital distribution revolution. Just as Nintendo sells Wii games through its own direct-download store, so too will it begin selling Nintendo DS titles directly to consumers.

Some downloadable DSi software will be free, and some will be priced from $2 to $10, Nintendo said. The company is pursuing a gung-ho strategy to get DSi purchasers online with their handhelds and buying games -- it said it would give a free 1000 Nintendo Points (about $10 in online currency) to each DSi owner through the spring of 2010.

One of the first free applications that users can download from the DSi Shop is a web browser.

What the DSi is not is a brand-new gaming platform. It's a Nintendo DS with significant feature upgrades. While Nintendo has said that it will release software that is only playable on the DSi, it mostly just plays the same games as the current DS Lite.

So if you're not into the upgrades, you don't need to buy one.

There are actually two cameras on the device, one that faces outward (shown right) and one that faces inward, like a MacBook's camera. Nintendo says that the images the cameras snap are 300,000 pixels large, which works out to 640X480 resolution.

DSi can also play back audio, and you can alter the pitch and playback speed of the sound files you're playing.

An SD card slot sits on the right side of the machine, storing all the camera photos, music files, and games that you've added on to the system.

The DSi brings Nintendo's product offering closer to what rival Sony has with its PSP portable system, which has an optional camera attachment, robust media playback functionality, and can download games to Memory Stick media.

What it lacks is a Game Boy Advance game slot. So if you still want to play your old Pokemon games, you'll want to stick with the current DS Lite.

DSi will cost more than the DS Lite -- 18,900 yen, or about $185 -- and debut in Japan on November 1. Nintendo will release it outside Japan in 2009.

Nintendo will hold a U.S. media briefing Thursday morning at 9 a.m. Pacific, where it is expected to provide more details on the U.S. launch plans for DSi.
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They didn't list the resolution for the cam anyways... If they're gonna go all out, they should at least have a fairly good top notch camera...

Heck new cell phones have strong camera built in now.
 
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it looks horrible for starters and you can do everything on the old ds if you get the flashcard thing, browse web, remote desktop, download music video , browse online, radio... only thing missing on old one its the camera and the cam on this new one its just horrible no tty
 
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