Nintendo DSi XL coming to America in Q1 2010
By Ross Miller 
posted Oct 29th 2009 8:04PM
posted Oct 29th 2009 8:04PM
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I kinda want one.. Is that wrong?
I think so dude, why would anyone need this? Has anyone actually ever thought "damn i wish my ds was slightly larger so i could look like more of a douche"? I dont think so.
My ds lite became the corner stone of my dust collection a long long time ago :)
Golden Sun. Nuff said.
Damn, I wish my DS was slightly larger so I could look like more of a douche.
i take it Gamecube games go in the top and SNES games go in the bottom?
Don't forget HeartGold/SoulSilver =3
Have they actually upped the resolution or is it just the same but larger screen?
I'll stick with my DS Lite for now... at least i can still run the OLD Golden Suns!
@The Young
If all your DS lite is doing is collecting dust, why don't you send it my way. I'd love to have one, even if it would make me look like a douche.
I'd consider the PSP to take the crown for most Douchetacular device. Sold my DS for a PSP a while ago and am regretting it every day, the DS has a much better library of games.
You're crazy duggy expecting your gaming device to have good games. What good is a portable device if it's doesn't make you look cool?
JESUS FREAKING CHRIST!!!!! THAT THING IS HUGE!!! no way am i getting that unless they add a gba slot
I think the smaller one will still sell better. I'd rather have a pocket-sized game than a purse-sized one. Then again, I'd rather not spend $200 on somethings I'll never use either. I could just buy a Wii for the same price, or more realistically a few 360 games.
Or an iPhone!
or you know...you could just get that purse you've always wanted
How did you know!
Exactly, since when is a larger portable device a good thing?
Now that I know what portable games are going to be out in the near future I can firmly support my purchase of the PSP GO.
Quiet, Straw-me.
iPhone. meh. at least with a DS you get real games with buttons and you dont have to pay out the ass every month.
Hmm.. somewhat ironic considering
a) iPod touch exists for.. you know.. people who don't want ATT
b) Nintendo DS games cost 5-10X what OS X iPhone games cost
How many DS games do you buy every month?
My favorite game is Acekard 2i. It's the only one I want.
@mike, any sensible person just downloads roms, having any game they want at their disposal, and the ipod touch isnt necessarily for people who dont want ATT. It's for people who want... you know an ipod.
@mike
You keep buying games each month cuz none of them are worth playing for more than a week.
Regular blog readers are ACTUALLY comparing games from the DS to the likes of those in an iPhone?
And I thought fanboyism couldn't get any worse. Where is the logic?!
iPhone sans expensive contract = iPod Touch, there goes that argument, yawn. Atleast with the iPhone you have almost unlimited access to fun, fresh and creative indie games almost anywhere, anytime for a fraction of a DS game and without a crappy DSiware points system. Oh a new DS game, oh wait its only the 3000th installment of Mario. Oh here's one, oops nope Zelda #182, dang it. Well I guess it's between Quick Brain, Train Your Brain, Hand Eye Exercise 3, Barbie's Ultimate Fun Land 48, Pop Princess Sing Your Heart Out, or Pokemon Gold or Diamond. Besides if I wanted to play a 50hr game I will play it on my ginormous HD screen with a proper controller, not some tiny hand cramping, eye straining portable. I want something fun and quick to pick up and put down when I'm on the go.
@High:
You must really be high if you think any games on the iPhone scratch the surface of a great Pokémon, Mario, Zelda, OR EVEN Brain Age.
It's called HANDHELD, or PORTABLE GAMING SYSTEM, to, you know, take it with you somewhere so you don't get bored. They've been popular since the Game&Watch times, since you can't play your precious Blu-Ray PS3 in the middle of a train ride, or go on your XBOX Live to kick some ass while waiting in your doctor appointment.
I think congress should take a look at this, it is a money printing machine after all.
Printing money doesn't magically solve a trillion-dollar debt. It reduces the value of the dollar, and then you can't travel anywhere cuz it's too expensive.
^ Hahaha, He doesn't know the image reference Angelofwar is referring to (:
Lumberjack, all you have to do is put your wealth into real assets or currencies that aren't being devalued. Buy a house and some stock.
Inflation is just a huge tax on poor people, which is a way to make up for progressive taxation that soaks the rich. Big spenders are actually hurting the 'disadvantaged' far more than they are helping them... it's those who own major assets and investments that will be far richer ten years from now.
Oh, and I think smaller DS = Better. Same for PSP. Always thought the PSP was too big and the DS was the right size.
http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/thumb/0/0d/Prints_money.gif/120px-Prints_money.gif
^
For the ignorant.
Actually, I think the DSi is too big as it is.
Shit sucks.
The future of the Nintendo DS...Nintendo DSiaeou XXXL Ultra Slim HD Super Deluxe.
You forgto Chrome Edition. That's the latest model.
Lite.
What in the world is that stylus? It had better come with a couple colors of pens inside.
What's the point? Sony makes a smaller overpriced PSP so Nintendo's rebuttal is an oversized overpriced DSi?
hehe, adorable, you think this is about the abysmal PSP?
*ahem Cupertino? 30,000 title library?
Mike:
Ahem, Cupertino, 30 000 title library.
Around 40 of which aren't crappy tetris clones.
And herein lies the craft..
For $221 you could get a Dell Mini or an eeepc, and it wouldn't be that much larger than the DSi XL.
But You can't play pokemans .. well actually might be able to through emulation.
I don't think its processor would be able to handle that emulation.
XL is not phat enough for me
am i the ONLY one who notices the grotesque size of the stylus?!
Nope, not the only one.
The PSP Go gets gets flak for being the same old thing repackaged....
How big compared to my huge original DS?
I dont understand releasing this so soon after the DSi either. the DS lite is perfect. fits in the pocket, isnt too small, great battery life...this looks like a monstrosity.
And its sort of ironic that the new big screen will be even more obscured by the new big stylus isnt it? is that supposed to be a pocket rocket?
I dont think this is intended for the "gaming on the go" crowd.
all nintendo's adverts for the ds in the uk focus on non-gamers..e.g. women , older men, and grandma/grandad.
my guess is this is aimed towards the older market who have poorer eyesight
DSi Jitterbug
haha. Future of the DS
haha. The future of the DS
That new stylus looks like it could pass for a sex toy...
not so much against the bigger screen and consequently bigger overall size as I am against the increased price. Honestly, sucess has made Nintendo greedy and lazy. I love my ds lite but its been a long time, release an actually new system rather than an update to an older system. C'mon stop milking it already.
also, why is the new stylus friggin enormous??
Grubby fat American hands.
great
Yeah why is the new stylus friggin enormous??
This is meant for the older crowd. A group of people that may not have great eyesight and may also have issues dealing with such a small stylus.
Are the screens higher res then? or are they the same?
+1 for me too
Well obliviously whole point of this to block flash cards.
Well there's 2 things wrong with your comment.
1. The DSi have updatable firmware.
2. Even the Lite/Phat sevral firmware revisions to stop these piratecarts.
I wouldent be suprised that my Phat old Lite & New Lite each have a different firmware version.
It makes sense since they are trying to appeal to more mature users and their needings.
So this is just a bigger model with no word yet on specs. So... does that mean there could be a GBA slot? *Crosses fingers*
Wonder if this could be the rumored Tegra DSi as well.
Anyone that buys this is gonna be even stupider then those that bought the DSi. I hope everyone realizes the DS is gonna five years old on the 21 of next month. Lets think here what has the normal generation cycle for the last 20 years been like?
If you buy this or the dsi don't get all pissed at Nintendo when their new tegra powered handheld comes out late next year.
It's not really all that constant for portables...
Game Boy to Game Boy Pocket was 7 years - if you don't count Game Boy Pocket as a new model, it was 9 years between Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
It was then 3 years from Game Boy Color to Game Boy Advance.
Game Boy Advance to Game Boy Advance SP, if that counts, was two years. Game Boy Advance SP to Game Boy micro was two years.
Game Boy Advance to Nintendo DS was three years.
Wow, you guys love to bitch just about anything.
This DSi was made for big people, with big hands.
If I was huge, which I once was, i'd feel like a litle bitch holding something small in my hands.
And fuck it'll sell in Texas. Cause here in Texas we like stuff big!
Prepare to enjoy your jaggies.
I'm a Nintendo fan (I own every home console made by them) but this is just a stupid idea to try and capitalize on an over-drawn market some more. They should be releasing a DS2 this coming Christmas. (next generation Tegra anyone?)
Holy fuck-nuts Batman! That DSi is ENORMOUS! Why would anyone want that? It doesn't fit in your pocket! It's hardly portable! What's the point of a handheld without portability?
It's just another option, ala the GBA micro. I don't see anything to complain about. Dell makes bigger laptops than I would ever want too, but some people love them. The main thing for me is the DS collection of games, which is almost mind bogglingly good and continues to grow. Why? Because so many people have the DS and developers feel safe putting a lot of time and money into making substantial games for the platform. It's pretty good all around.
I can skip the first dsi. If I ever end up getting one.
They better put a higher resolution screen.
GBA slot back? Cause they cant really say there is no room since they scaled up...
I bet this is at least partially for experimentation. Nintendo wants to see how a bigger handheld does on the market to see which direction to go for the next generation.
oh and printing money
And yet the resolution is still the same as the original DS that had two midget screens. Pitiful, bigger isn't always better, Nintendo!
I think this was all so Nintendo could say to Sony
*lowers shades*
"Mine's bigger."
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Wow are the iphone fanbois still trying to pitch that their "gaming console" is superior to DS and PSP?
Obviously if you join the cult, they supply you with a large stash of shrooms. I'd like to get my hands on some of that without joining please!
Well Cow, I'm sorry but since I have my iPhone 3GS, I didn't touch my PSP or my DSi anymore.
Even not my Xbox 360 or my Wii.
And I tell ya, I was one of those iPhone haters......
I am wondering what's the point of re-releasing the DSi again in a bigger edition? Is Nintendo responding to their less than stellar sales this quarter? The value proposition doesn't seem all that appealing to me...A smaller DSi or a bigger one....It feels too late to release it now. It feels like something that should have been available at the launch of the DSi not later on.... Just me though... There's probably someone with a tiger paw that wants their Phoenix Wright action....
If they add an e-book reader to this, I'd buy it over a Kindle. Maybe.
wow.... Nintendo really needs to lay off the crack....
Seriously, I'll take a PSP Go over that piece of scrap metal any day of the week...
Isn't it obvious!
1. bigger screen
2. longer battery life
3. cheap japaneese wifi
They want to watch porn on the DSi Browser and be able to see what's happening!
Would they sell the pen alone?
JESUS FREAKING CHRIST ITS HUGE!!! no way am i gettin it unless it has a GBA slot and maybe 5000 free DSi Shop points hahaha