Nintendo DSi
It was an impulse buy. Sure, I happened to have my DS Lite neatly prepared for trade-in when I walked into Gamestop, but I was only committed to getting angry at the words “Did you pre-order?”. Instead, the clerk gave me $70 for my old DS Lite and handed me a brand new DSi for only $100. It would’ve been cheaper to just get angry.. and probably more rewarding in the end.
Web Surfing - but no video :(
Cool new features include: Sturdier feel. Nicer matte texture. Two cameras. Internet browser (that actually works decently… except there is NO VIDEO SUPPORT). Buy and download games from DSi Ware Shop. SD card support (meaning hopefully people will find ways to crack the DSi for custom non-Nintendo software). Plays AAC music files. (Kinda) record and edit music files. Faster processor and more Ram than the DS Lite meaning possibly better looking and smoother games.
What’s not so cool: NO VIDEO in internet browser (meaning no starcraft shoutcasts on the go). DSi Ware shop currently has 5 games that look like they all suck. Plays AAC files and not mp3. Has faster processor and more ram which will most likely never be utilized by Nintendo because that’s how they roll.
The browser justified most of my purchase, because the thought of checking email in a hotel or cafe is sadly exciting to me. However, an iPhone/iPod Touch can do the same thing and probably much better… plus has a whole realm of applications that don’t have to be approved by the backwards heads at Nintendo. But you can’t buy and never get around to playing Dragon Quest on an Apple device (yet), so the DSi, for the time-being, wins out.
DSi Takes Pictures you can edit and morph.. Fun for an hour
that’s totally worth $100. i’m sure it’ll be hacked and there will be a bunch of apps that make it do everything soon. though you might have bought yours just early enough that by the time that happens it’ll be broken, but that’s the price you might have to pay for living in the future.
nintendo will at least have to make a game where you can put your head on mario’s body, right? that’s worth the money. i’m not kidding.
That’s kinda what I was thinking (especially the “I just bought first edition hardware that will break before something cool happens”). I heard something that they made the SD card cracks much more difficult, but I’m sure someone will figure something out.
I’m pretty sure the main “added functionality” to dsi games will be just that.. putting your picture into games.
I like this, think I need to set up my own blog sometime.