Should we buy DSi or should we not

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Estimated unit sales of Nintendo are very close to 100 million all around the world. This gaming instrument has prove to be the leading in the industry of the portable console market every time. Nintendo DSi, the second refresh of it, is starting to see the developers move in an evolutionary direction with its flagship handheld.

The Nintendo DSi has taken most of the features, which the Lite had to offer. It also adds new multimedia capabilities in the console. Nintendo DSi is now on sale in Japan. The sale started in November 1 last year. Already one million has been sold. Now the company has announced that DSi will start its sale in North America from April 5. Everyone asks the same and simple question, “Should I buy one?”

Let us take a look what exactly separates this new DSi from the DS Lite. The difference between the two portables is negligible if we talk in terms of actual form-factor. It is slightly slimmer, but we will not find massive change in size like we saw when Nintendo upgraded the actual DS to DS Lite. Both screens are a quarter of an inch larger.

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Nintendo DS Lite will be discontinued

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

No more you will get the black version of the Nintendo DS Lite. Nintendo has discontinued this model, which is officially known as the “DS Lite Onyx.” This news will go right if we go according to the newsletter issued to GamaStop employees.

This newsletter alerts all the employees to Nintendo’s choice to end up the sale of this product. It reminds the employees that after the stock of this model finishes up, the company will remove all advertisements that feature the black color from the store’s display area.

Kotaku, which has a copy of this newsletter, points out that Nintendo has already discontinued the white DS Lite favoring the silver. Hence before the launch of the black DSi it is not shocking that the company will remove this model.

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Four new Hello Kitty Nintendo DS Lite covers

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Max Co. has released four new official Hello Kity covers for the Nintendo DS Lite. The first two covers are hard covers, which are actually cases that protect your Nintendo DS Lite from shocks and cracks caused by vibrations while carrying your Nintendo DS Lite with you. The other two covers are cheaper and are really soft. These two look a lot cuter but aren’t as protective as the hard covers.

Hello Kitty Nintendo DS Lite Hard Covers ($12.90)

Hello Kitty Nintendo DS Lite Soft Covers ($7.90)

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Final Fantasy IV protector kit for Nintendo DS Lite

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Since a couple of days Final Fantasy IV, a remake of the original FF IV game with 3D graphics, is available for the Nintendo DS Lite. So far it has been getting great reviews and many gamers are picking the game up. If you’re a real Final Fantasy-fan, then you definitely need to check out this awesome Hori Final Fantasy IV protector kit only for the Nintendo DS Lite. This pack contains a crystal clear protector case with a nice Final Fantasy IV print, and it comes with a nice stylus. It’s available at Play-Asia for only $12.99.

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Fancy Nintendo DS Lite stylus with stand

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Toytech has a new Yatterman-themed stylus ready for the Nintendo DS Lite. This ain’t no ordinary touch pen, but a fancy one that comes with a stand for the stylus. Yatterman is an anime remake of a late-70’s Japanese show, but that doesn’t matter because it’s just a nice stylus. There’s two sets of this stylus, both cost only $5.99:

Yatterman Touch Pen & Stand (Omocchama)
Yatterman Touch Pen & Stand (Doronjo)

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Neat Nintendo DS Lite for G8 ministers

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Well here’s an exclusive Nintendo DS Lite! This Japanese-lacquered DS Lite is one of the things the G8 ministers, the ministers of the 8 richest countries in the world, received for participating in last week’s talks in Kyoto. They also got a scented perfume ball and manga-styled stickers. Pretty nice!

Source: BeNintendo

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Some cool Nintendo DS Lite accessories now cheaper

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Play-Asia has dropped the price of a few handy accessories. First up is a hard crystal protect box that protects your Nintendo DS Lite from scratches and dust and it’s easy to put in your bag or luggage. Second is a cleaning cloth for the screens of your DS Lite. Last but not least is an extremely blue and shiny pouch for storing your DS Lite and it comes with a nice blue touch pen as well.

Source: GameShoppers

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Lightsabers for your Nintendo DS Lite

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Nerd alert! Lucas Arts and Nintendo are releasing lightsaber Nintendo DS styli for the Nintendo DS Lite. There’s a pack of two styli that contains pretty big lightsabers with an LED to resemble the glowing of a real lightsaber. The other pack contains three replicas of lightsabers carried by Yoda, Darth Vader, and the Jedi. These don’t contain an LED and they are smaller.

Pack with two LED lightsabers and pack with three lightsaber styli available at Amazon.

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Behold the new Nintendo DS Lite Air!

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Rumors say Nintendo will announce a new Nintendo DS at this year’s E3 Media and Business Summit. Since Nintendo is trying to match with the design of Apple’s product, why wouldn’t they announce some sort of Nintendo DS Lite Air! A fan with too much time on his hands made a really nice mock-up for the Nintendo DS Lite Air.

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Unboxing Guitar Hero: On Tour for Nintendo DS Lite

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Reviews for Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS Lite have been really positive so far. The current Gamerankings score for this guitar game is 80%, not bad for a portable version of an extremely popular gameseries! Most media outlets are really positive and like the mini-guitarcontroller that comes with the game. Want to learn more about the game? Check out some of the unboxing video’s to see what the game is about! (more…)

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