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Losari

I owned the original, and I liked it more than any other portable device.
But I got bored of it very soon, and decided that it was best suited for my mother's friend's five year old daughter. I don't see any reason to purchase a DSi, and I'm surprised at the 6.68 million who do.

Even if it is the first DS you are going to purchase, I'd still go with either the original DS or the DS Lite.

Monodi

The DS is just that god damn good

DinnertimeNinja

Don't see the allure of the DSi at all.

The only thing I'd be interested in is the nicer screen, but overall it's the same system as the Lite but with two (WHY!?) cameras.

I can't imagine pitching the idea of two separate cameras to anyone. It's retarded and a waste of money and space. They should have had a single camera that rotated in or out.

Come to think of it, the DS has an extra SCREEN for some reason as well. I can count the number of games that have actually UTILIZED that second screen for anything worthwhile on one hand. (TWEwY is the only one I can think of off the top of my head) In general, it just adds another "feature" to most games: "Drains battery twice as fast!"

mario actually

Actually I'm thinking about getting a DSi, because Scribblenauts looks so awesome and I'm interested in the Final Fantasy Remakes.

But, we'll see...

JQM78

Love my DSi. Of course, it is my first DS, so this may or may not put me in a different category as far as my opinion is concerned on the subject at hand. At 1st I didnt have much use for the cameras. but I played with them for the 1st time yesterday (after downloading the latest software update) and I found the new facebook app quite useful, convenient and fun. Being able 2 send pics straight from my DS 2 FB is nice......

CocoJambo

Yes, its the piracy thing. I'm glad Nintendo is being more aggressive on this issue.

bobyoko

i bought dsi on day one, and never looked back. i could never convince myself to upgrade from phat to lite, but when dsi came out, it was an easy decision. i thoroughly enjoy the cameras, music functions, better screens, downloads (not great yet, but neither was wiiware), and most of all the very slim size.

dsi is easily the best handheld device yet conceived. if you are on the fence, i'm telling you that it's worth it.

MarlinClock

@Ninja You must not own any ds games, there's plenty where the touch screen is vital and makes for really fun games.

As for the dsi, I do like the sound recording device, it's fun to play around in. I am still gonna need to buy a replacement to play my gba games on, but I'm sure the sp will be dirt cheap eventually.

Steel Brotha

what ever. it's another R4DS compatible machine to me.

DinnertimeNinja

@Marlin,

I didn't say the TOUCH screen, as there are more games that use touch to their advantage (though even that is much less than it should be). I said most often there's no need for a SECOND screen.

99% of the time it just sits there showing stats or a map, even after YEARS of the DS being on the market.

Even one of my favorite games, Elite Beat Agents, doesn't need a second screen. I can't watch it while I'm playing, and the one screen doesn't even DO anything when it's playing the in-song cutscenes.

Zelda didn't need it, none of the Mario's needed it, the Pokemon's didn't need it, and the Castlevania's didn't need it. And all of these games exist as BETTER properties on other platforms (aside from Pokemon) where there's no second screen.

@CocoJambo,

Is piracy the only thing you ever comment on? I'm against it, too, but you seem to have a vendetta.

Chack

Two weeks ago I went to the U.S. and purchased a DSi.

I don't carry it too much outside of my house, because, as any other console, when released, there are not too much games that take advantage of it, so I'm waiting a little more.

Also, I'm expecting Scribblenauts.

Mr Kite

I can't see myself replacing my DS lite, I can't handle the lack of a GBA slot.

flamecondor

I have one, I love it, DSiWare is slowly getting good and I think I've been playing A Little Bit of Doctor Mario on DSiWare more then anything else atm. But as good as DSiWare is becoming theres still not enough to get alot of people on board. And its not just that there is alot of stuff Nintendo could be doing with the DSi that they aren't. What about giving the system a System code so I can send messages to others who have a DSi. What about a Nintendo channel where I can download demos and see Nintendo news. Weather and News stuff on it would be awesome as well. Also where is Flipnote Studio thats without a doubt the most exciting upcoming thing to the DSi.

The DSi is an awesome little system and does alot of stuff right but it could be doing more. Yes the GBA slot is missed, but thats what my micro is for these days anyway. The DSi is a much better system then the DS Lite but I still don't think it justifies the increase in price yet, but it will sooner or later Nintendo just need to start doing more stuff with it and give people a reason for buying it.

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