Nintendo DSi

ニンテンドーDSi Nintendo DSi

Nintendo DSi

Release dates Japan: November 1, 2008 N. America: April 5, 2009 Europe: April 3, 2009 Australia: April 2, 2009

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: 3 to 14 hours of play on a three-hour charge; power-saving sleep mode; AC adapter. Battery life depends on the brightness setting. RAM: 16 MB Cameras: Two 0.3 megapixel digital cameras

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

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The Nintendo DSi (Japanese: ニンテンドーDSi 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. Initially, the white was replaced with blue in the Americas, however currently the white as well as pink are available. An upgraded version, the Nintendo 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
  • In later models this software, along with Flipnote Studio is already installed
• 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
• Certain DS game-card games are region-locked on the DSi and later models, such as the Japanese versions of Pokémon Black and White
• The startup tone no longer differs on the owner's birthday

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.

Pokémon games

All releases listed are the year in which the Japanese version was released.

Gallery

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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

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  DSi partially folded

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  Blue DSi box

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  DSi running the Sound Channel

Pokémon specials

Both of the DSi bundles

A special DSi bundle featuring Pokémon Black and White was announced by The Pokémon Company. The bundle includes a copy of either Pokémon Black or Pokémon White as well as a special DSi with Reshiram and Zekrom on it. The DSi will be colored black or white, depending on which Pokémon game is chosen. It was released in Japan on November 20, 2010. A similar bundle was also announced for Europe and was released on March 4, 2011. The bundle was also available in America in limited edition starting on March 6, 2011.

See also

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

Nintendo announces worldwide DSi release dates

• DSi on Nintendo's official site (Japanese)