Nintendo DSi

ニンテンドーDSi Nintendo DSi

File:DSi.JPG Nintendo DSi

Release dates Japan: November 1, 2008 North America: April 5, 2009 Europe: April 3, 2009 Australia: April 2, 2009 South Korea: N/A China: N/A Hong Kong: N/A Taiwan: N/A

Technical specs Dimensions: 74.9 mm long × 137 mm wide × 18.9-mm tall Top Screen: A backlit, 3.25-inch, transmissive TFT color LCD, capable of displaying a total of 260,000 colors. Touch Screen: Same specifications as top screen, but with a transparent analog touch screen. Backlight brightness can be changed, but it cannot be turned off. It has five settings, from dimmest to brightest. Battery: 9 to 14 hours of play on a three-hour charge; power-saving sleep mode; AC adapter. RAM: 16 MB Cameras: Two 0.3 megapixel digital cameras

Related information Console generation: Seventh generation Pokémon generations: IV Console type: Handheld Colors: Black White Lime Green Pink Metallic Blue Blue Red

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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 was released in Australia on April 2, 2009, in Europe on April 3, 2009, and in the United States on April 5, 2009 (per an announcement from IGN.com). Initially, the white was replaced with blue in the Americas, however currently the white as well as pink are available. An upgraded version, the DSi XL, was announced on October 29, 2009.

Changes from Nintendo DS Lite

• 12% thinner than DS Lite
• Screens are 3.25 inches, an increase of .25 from DS Lite
• Two 0.3-megapixel camera inside and on the back of the system with a maximum resolution of 640x480
• Doubled main CPU clock rate (133 MHz in comparison to 67 MHz of the previous systems)
• Four times as much RAM (16 MB in comparison to 4 MB of the previous systems)
• 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
• Record sounds with the microphone
• Enhanced speakers and audio
• Nintendo DSi Shop 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 Nintendo DSi Shop are region-locked (as with previous models, this does not apply to games stored on a DS Game Card)

Game Boy Advance incompatibility

The biggest change, perhaps, between the previous models and the DSi is the removal of the GBA port. This causes the system to be unable to play the Generation III games as well as other Game Boy Advance games. Due to the Generation IV games' use of dual-slot mode to capture Pokémon of previous generations, and Pal Park for migration of Pokémon from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald, this also affects them.

Gallery

• DSi-White-closed.jpg

  Top view of DSi closed

• DSi-Black-open.jpg

  Black DSi opened

• DSi-SDslot.PNG

  SD slot on the DSi

• DSi-fold.png

  DSi partially folded

• DSi-Blue-box.jpg

  Blue DSi box

• DSi-open.jpg

  DSi running the Sound Channel

See also

• DSi on Nintendo's official site (Japanese)

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