The GBC (which was pretty much a successor to the GB since it had games the GB couldn't play) lasted 3 years, the GBA lasted three years, the DS is about to finish it's fourth year. It's long over due for a successor.

And if the DSi actually is Nintendo idea of a successor, the last foot of mine still on the Nintendo train will finally hop off with the rest of me.


I don't care how many features they add on to the DSi, it'll only make it less of a game system and more of a Frankenstein of tech.

Is that what most consoles and portable are?

Afriad of a little progress Rawr? Thats ok if you are. But the DSi has all what takes to be successful. Lucky for us, it'll prolly never reach us for another year, NoA is still rollign on the coatails of the DSlite. While most peopel will import, try to understand the instructions and find out that importign was a waste because the cool DSi only games ares till in Japan for another year.


this is frustrating me.

Oh yeah when was GA announced? Now when did it end? GBA/SP/Micro are the longest lasting portable run for NIntendo thus far. What makes you think that DS/DSlite/DSi wouldnt go the distance as well?

2.5 years left. im pretty sure of it.

This post was last modified: 10-08-2008 05:58 PM by JuniorMints.

Tacking on a bunch of old tech all onto one device is not progress.
*Glares at iPhone*

And I don't *think* it won't be successful, but I pray to God it won't.


Lets see what the DSi has to offer...
-MP3 player that can only play select file types: Who in this word does not have a MP3 player? If you're one of the 3 people in the world without one, you can go grab a 1GB MP3 for 25$.
-3MP camera: ... Ok, I have no idea what anybody can do with a camera with less then 6MP. Some people like they're 2MP camera phones.. I like being able to tell what I took a picture of when I go back and look at it again.
-0.3MP camera: ... yeah... as if 3 wasn't bad enough.
-Internet browser: I have no idea how functional this will be.. first of all, you'd need to be within a wireless signal, and if you're within a wireless signal, there's defiantly a computer on hand. Computer web browser > browser on anything else.
-No GBA slot: No backwards compatibility? And what about all those games that required a GBA slot to activate certain aspects of the game? (Pokemon is a big one, as is GH:OT, and other games like HM, etc)
-Bigger screens: not as good as you'd think. Current games aren't made at that resolution so you'd only get black borders, or a stretched image.. which would look horrid; And suck your battery dry.
-Duel touch screen: finally something good!
-+80$

With all these energy sucking leeches Nintendo better have installed a bigger battery pack.

Again, this is why I'm disappointed. I'm sure that most people would eat it right up so long as an actual successor isn't announced.
After all, people shove money at "old" technology with an apple sticker on it.

Its not about the how they use the tech its about Nintendo moving on to another medium. Name another product that utilizes all of this stuff, that isnt the GCN Panasonic Q?

This is more then just "OMG IT HAZ A CAMERA!"

this is progress for Nintendo and its fan base. This is just the first step. all those things YOU pointed out, you could say the same thing for any other gaming system portable adn home console. Then we all would be disappointed right?

The people love features, no one wants a item that does a single thing. If that were the case iPod would never be what it is today. PS3 woould still be garbage and the DSLite will just play games.

if you want to just play games, Nintendo obviously isnt goign to shove this down your throwat because reggie was like, HEY NDSlite is still kicking ass, and taking names... SAY NO TO THE DSi!

And I think the computer browser rules all is just stupid IMO. Ive seen the PS3 web browser and its darn right almost just like a computer, if you have the PS3 chat pad [similiar to the 360 chat pad] then BAM you have a awesoem web browser with NO FAULTS.

BLAh