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Nov 06 2008
So this package came in the mail yesterday, and I’ve been messing around with the contents since. Joey should be swinging by in a few days to give ‘er a whirl, and then we’ll ship her off to Matt. Eventually, we’ll do a whole review/podcast/videocast sharing our thoughts on this little gizmo later this month, but for now, you can read some tidbits and check out some pics after the break!
Nov 03 2008
Unfortunate news for home brewers: currently existing DS Lite flash cards don’t work with the DSi. Cards that normally boot automatically fail to do so on the new handheld, while cards that normally boot manually will show up in the DS menu, but cause an error when they attempt to load.
No news yet on whether a work around will be possible, either with existing flash carts of future models. Only time will tell.
Oct 31 2008
The DSi will be getting lots of WarioWare love, with several new WarioWare games and programs announced for DSiWare.
Firstly, Nintendo plans to make individual mini games (not micro games, but mini games) from the original WarioWare game available for download for 200 Nintendo Points each. Nintendo has also announced a whole new game called “Utsuso! Made in Wario,” which basically means “Take a Picture! Made in Wario.” (Made in Wario being the Japanese name for WarioWare.) This new game will, predictably, take advantage of the DSi’s built-in camera for micro games, much like Smooth Moves made use of the pointer and motion sensor in the Wii remote, and Touched took advantage of the DS touch screen and microphone.
Got all that? Good, because there’s more.
Oct 02 2008
Looks like the rumors were spot on at this point. Fresh out of Nintendo’s briefing in Japan, Iwata has lifted the sheet off of the newest Nintendo hardware. Dubbed the DSi, the new unit drops the GBA slot, gets 12 percent thinner, adds larger screens, and two cameras (one of which is VGA resolution). Click over for all the juicy details.
[Update: The DSi will only use the bottom screen as a touch screen. Some sites were reporting dual touchable goodness, but it looks like it was just wishful thinking.]
