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new 4" DSi model to be released within this year in Japan
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JustAnotherOtaku
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And I just bought a Japanese DSi 
Not too fussed though, as long as it's not a major hardware update.
Not too fussed though, as long as it's not a major hardware update.
HUELEN10
Member
Nah.Y2Kev said:
(I think it had to do with talking about GCN controllers no longer being sold through NOA or something like that, I guess I was probably too enthusiastic about it. Just check my post history.)
You forgot one thing that I forgot to mention: Safe Area. Any good game or TV show pays heed to this, due to overscan and whatnot. Most people are playing their Wii on a tube, the chances of cutoff are high. It would make game that use all of the touchscreen virtually unplayable. I guess it technically is possible though, so I retract my statement, I stand corrected. I also know about FFCC and how they pulled it off, but could you imagine Nintendo doing that? It's not quite the ideal solution for most content.Mudkips said:
:lol
Replace black areas with stupid Pokemon borders and such.
Why would you do that?
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Personally, I'd love a large DSi screen. Certain touch screen applications would be great for it, for instance, Moving Memo Pad.
Furthermore, playing DS games on the DSi I felt had a very noticeable difference. Going back to a DS Phat or Lite feels small and cramped after using the DSi so much.
Furthermore, playing DS games on the DSi I felt had a very noticeable difference. Going back to a DS Phat or Lite feels small and cramped after using the DSi so much.
Yeah, I was wondering where he disappeared to...Y2Kev said:
This is such a minor upgrade, it makes me wonder if it's in response to something outside of Nintendo?
Say, their LCD supplier is switching to manufacturing these panels, and so Nintendo is adapting the DS's design to accommodate these new panels instead of maintaining a separate (and more expensive) manufacturing line just for DS screens?
Say, their LCD supplier is switching to manufacturing these panels, and so Nintendo is adapting the DS's design to accommodate these new panels instead of maintaining a separate (and more expensive) manufacturing line just for DS screens?
Grampa Simpson
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What if it's double res, and that extra resolution can be taken advantage of only by special DSWide only software?
jamesinclair
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MGrant said:
I actually hope they release a better DS lite so I can finally upgrade. GBA slot is of utmost importance to me.
Another revision? They be mad, yo. The thing has now gone through, what, four revisions? You betcha ass that 0.75" bonus screen diagonale will be a distinction.
So when I want to infect my dad with DS goodness, I now have to make sure he doesn't get the ugly one, the sexy one without the dots on hinge and cover, or the sexy one with the dots, but the sexy one with the dots and the bigger screens? Good luck with that.
Ugh, the GP32 had a 3.5" 320x240 px display. This one will have 256x192 pixels on an even bigger screen. Eeek. The pixels are cutting my retinas even now.
So when I want to infect my dad with DS goodness, I now have to make sure he doesn't get the ugly one, the sexy one without the dots on hinge and cover, or the sexy one with the dots, but the sexy one with the dots and the bigger screens? Good luck with that.
Ugh, the GP32 had a 3.5" 320x240 px display. This one will have 256x192 pixels on an even bigger screen. Eeek. The pixels are cutting my retinas even now.
jamesinclair
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Subliminal42 said:
Serious question.
I can play GBA games on my 48" TV with no problem.
Why is adding .75" an issue?
Doesn't sound like an upgrade at all, more like an alternate model. I guess this is for the bad vision, giant hands market. I think most people would be more satisfied with the regular DSi because it'll be more portable and the battery life is likely going to suffer.
If this hits the US if might give me an excuse to buy another one since I don't have a US DSi. That, and that Virtual Console Portable that hasn't happened.
Also, 2x 4" screens is an insane amount of screen area for a portable device.
If this hits the US if might give me an excuse to buy another one since I don't have a US DSi. That, and that Virtual Console Portable that hasn't happened.
Also, 2x 4" screens is an insane amount of screen area for a portable device.
XCell9200 said:oh god DAMNIT!
here I was thinking I futureproofed myself by just trading in for a dsi, and already i'm gonna have to get another one.
whatever, new ds for me next year when it releases in NA
I thought i futureproofed myself too when I got a Game Boy Pocket... and then Color... and then Advance... It's the world of Nintendo portables, there is no future proofing.:lol
EDIT: Nevermind. Rage subsided and after thinking it through, I will probably still buy it, sadly enough.
yankee666
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I love everything from Nintendo, and I'm sure ill buy if this ever comes true, but please Nintendo Fix the DSiware issue so i can transfer all my jap dsiware games to this new DSi, this is the only thing that I'm hopping for.
I'm also wondering how bigger the overall console would be console .
I'm also wondering how bigger the overall console would be console .
MikeE21286
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glad I got that warranty at Best Buy. Once the new 4" version comes out I will promptly replace my current one.
HUELEN10
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There sadly isn't, though it's not that many "required" machines. With a GB, GBC, GBA, DS, and DSi (when there are enough exclusives to warrant a purchase from you), you are set. 5 systems in 20 years is not that bad, is it? The one thing I don't get is "4th DS", this is the 2nd DSi, not the 4th DS. The GB had 3 versions, the GBC had 1, the DS had 2, the DSi has 2 now, but the GBA had a total of 5 differnt versions!Squash said:
1. GBA
2. GBA SP
3. GBA SP with Backlight
4. GB Micro
5. Visteon Dockable DVD...
GBA had the most revisions, but I don't really see that much complaining. Yes the DSi is a DS, just as the GBC was a GB, but they aren't they same thing. As soon as the specs change and exclusives are made, they become totally separate, though similar entities. Now if Nintendo wants to make yet another DSi after this, just no...
Allan Holdsworth
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And I haven't got a DSi yet. But in fact, I would probably get the 3.25" model before this one. Or maybe I could get a US DSi and a JP DSiBig... but not before they drop the price to under $150.
Seems pretty unnecesary.
Seems pretty unnecesary.
HUELEN10 said:There sadly isn't, though it's not that many "required" machines. With a GB, GBC, GBA, DS, and DSi (when there are enough exclusives to warrant a purchase from you), you are set. 5 systems in 20 years is not that bad, is it? The one thing I don't get is "4th DS", this is the 2nd DSi, not the 4th DS. The GB had 3 versions, the GBC had 1, the DS had 2, the DSi has 2 now, but the GBA had a total of 5 differnt versions!
1. GBA
2. GBA SP
3. GBA SP with Backlight
4. GB Micro
5. Visteon Dockable DVD...
GBA had the most revisions, but I don't really see that much complaining. Yes the DSi is a DS, just as the GBC was a GB, but they aren't they same thing. As soon as the specs change and exclusives are made, they become totally separate, though similar entities. Now if Nintendo wants to make yet another DSi after this, just no...
The thing that irritates me is how long it took them to get the backlight right. I contemplated for a long time on getting the 60 dollar mod, then the SP came out, but that light wasn't that great either.
They made a big deal back then about how much more expensive it would have made the system, and I felt like they were really milking the system adding features that really should have been standards in the first place, those features being color and light. I skipped the mini and first DS because I was fed up with it all.
Grampa Simpson
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I hate safe frames. The ATSC was the perfect opportunity to do away with them once and for all, and they don't even bother. Fuck.TimeKillr said:
rollingstart
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Nice. I thought Sony was going to be alone in killing my streak of buying every handheld iteration, but now Nintendo was able to match them.
ViperVisor
Member
Squash said:
I got my afterburner mod a month or so before they announced SP.
yankee666 said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=336727
It was around september last year that Nikkei leaked the DSi. Then it was around November that we got confirmation.
EDIT: nvm bttb says October, not November.
Jet Grind Radio!
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D= I was about to buy a DSi here soon. Now I have to wait...
I wonder if the KH DSi is still available.