Nintendo DSi

The Nintendo DSi is the second redesign of the Nintendo DS, after the DS Lite. The system was released in Japan on November 1, 2008 in the colors matte black and white. It will be released in Europe in Spring 2009 and in the United States sometime after April 2009.

Changes from Nintendo DS Lite

• 12% thinner than DS Lite
• Screens are 3.25 inches, an increase of .25 from DS Lite
• 0.3-megapixel camera inside the system with a maximum resolution of 640x480
• 0.3-megapixel camera on the back of the system
• Game Boy Advance slot has been removed
• SD card slot added to transfer photos and music between DSi, Wii and PC
• Music playback for AAC music files
• Enhanced speakers and audio
• DSi online store from which DSi applications can be bought using Nintendo Points
• Free-to-download Opera internet browser available at launch
• Power button relocated to below D-Pad
• Stylus relocated to below SD card slot
• New user interface similar to that of Wii
• Integrated Photo Channel and music playback
• Applications from the DSi store will be region-locked

Game Boy Advance incompatibility?

A change on the DSi is the removal of the port for Game Boy Advance-games. This causes the console to be incompatible with the Generation III Pokémon-games, Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, and Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire. It also, ironically, affects the Generation IV Pokémon-games as this causes the dual-slot mode and Pal Park migrating mode to become impossible, and uneeded, to use. Also, playing the game on a different system, like the DSi, makes the game needed to synchronize the clocks on both the Generation III-game and the Generation Generation IV-game, which makes migrating imposible to do for 24 hours. It shall be noted however, that migrating and dual-slot will still work perfectly on the arlier DS and DS Lite models.

Trivia

• Much like the second redesign of the Game Boy Advance did not support Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, the DSi will not support Game Boy Advance games due to the removal of the GBA slot on the system.

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  Top view of DSi closed

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  Black DSi opened

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  SD slot on the DSi