Nintendo DSi LL set loose in Japan

Feels nice when a company keeps its promises, doesn't it? Nintendo said it'd have the newly bulked up DSi LL out in Japan for November 21, and shockingly enough that's exactly what's happened. Eager Japanese upgraders have today gotten their mitts on the 4.2-inch (both screens, of course) device, while similarly inclined European and American Nintendo lovers are once again left to envy from afar. Their helping of jumbo DSi, to be known as the XL, will be showing up some time in the first quarter of 2010, long after bragging rights and gift-giving holiday occasions have passed. We're not sure whether to consider it consolation or cruelty, but you'll find a gallery containing close-ups of the new machine at the read link.

[Thanks, Craig]

[tastypotato Posted Nov 21st 2009 7:47PM]

Thanks, I'll just keep my first gen DS.. It works fine, no need to upgrade especially when the guts aren't even really changing all that much.

[Hiro Posted Nov 21st 2009 8:03PM]

Oddly enough, I actually kinda like it now. The silver sides on it were definitely unexpected, and it's so shiny!
I'd like to get that burgundy one.

[Chefgon Posted Nov 21st 2009 8:30PM]

My DS Lite broke a few months back and I was thinking about replacing it with a DSi. I might as well wait for this thing to come out, since I consider the regular DS Lite to be too large to carry around town anyway. If I'm just playing it around the house, I might as well have a big screen, right?

[DirkDickbutt Posted Nov 21st 2009 8:47PM]

>El Gigante DS
>No GBA slot
Yeah, fuck this shit.

[Yatesey Posted Nov 21st 2009 9:10PM]

Just to remind people, it's not glossy, that's just a stupid plastic film that hasn't been peeled off!

[YpoCaramel Posted Nov 22nd 2009 11:56AM]

Back in the old days, I knew people who'd never take it off XD Nowadays we have a nice, developed screen protector industry though...

[jellotime91 Posted Nov 21st 2009 9:47PM]

I love it! I fucking want it.

[Fox318 Posted Nov 21st 2009 10:10PM]

Looks nice. I just wish it had the GBA slot.

[SaintAndrew Posted Nov 21st 2009 10:46PM]

how is 'Want To Write For Engadget' related to this post? lmao.

[Loonie Posted Nov 22nd 2009 12:47AM]

Interesting read, the originating link. "DS Lite Hi up 93 percent and sing the big screen, and produced a sense of luxury body treatment baking sheet mirror"? I'm sold!

Oh... and Engadget, Times New Roman? Seriously?

[Ende Posted Nov 22nd 2009 2:01AM]

Times New Roman in italics... eek!

[JS Posted Nov 22nd 2009 2:52AM]

What's the resolution on the big 4.2 inch screens .. if they kept the same resolution or it wasn't WVGA or better it would look horrible.

[SuperNES Posted Nov 22nd 2009 3:52AM]

QVGA, right? At any rate, I agree. The resolution on the Lite looked bad enough. I guess people are just going to have to put up with lego-for-pixels.

[steverl22 Posted Nov 22nd 2009 3:36AM]

I'll get one.....looks sweet

[danw635 Posted Nov 22nd 2009 5:46AM]

If the language can be changed on this, Ill just have my friends in Japan hook me up. Does anyone know if it can?

[richardeworrall Posted Nov 22nd 2009 6:54AM]

Ask your friends in Japan and report back! ^^

[TheDoctah Posted Nov 22nd 2009 10:31AM]

It's an awesome moment in a company's history when they can release a BIGGER version of handheld device and generate such a stir from it. Normally, everything gets smaller. Kudos to Nintendo!

[JustThatNerdyGuyD Posted Nov 22nd 2009 11:28AM]

Well thats just Nintendo laughing at their loyal customers by making their dsi seem worse, by making a regular update reminds me of someone iwonder who that is.

[YpoCaramel Posted Nov 22nd 2009 11:59AM]

Some people would take the bigger screen and not care about the pixels. But for me, objectively the DS Lite is already pretty low pixel density so a bigger screen wouldn't help; plus for a mobile device small size counts.

[chestnu1 Posted Nov 22nd 2009 3:24PM]

well I am on the fence about this I want it but there is probably a ds 2 coming out in a year or two.

[xor24 Posted Nov 22nd 2009 4:25PM]

I want to a few things:
*Can I change the language and if so will US games work on it.
*Will my old games look horrible
*specs
*why didn't nintendo put the GBA slot back

[xor24 Posted Nov 22nd 2009 4:27PM]

pardon my grammar I missed a know.

[Kev LG Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:48AM]

Ooooh that is a tasty piece of kit ... maybe a bigger screen will help me get past that "L Block Trash puzzle" in Professor Layton!

[Prasand J Posted Nov 24th 2009 10:52AM]

They really should've went with DS-L, I so would've enjoyed that.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2009 2:12PM]

Same resolution on a bigger screen?

Prepare for a blockier Zelda Choo choo train