Who's picking up a DSi tomorrow?

[Dangerboy]

coldbeer:

My store is the only in the district having a midnight opening. THAT I'M NOT WORKING FOR ONCE!

YAY!

[GrandAmChandler]

No DSi for me at that price.

Zelda Gold Triforce DS Lite FTW

GBA Slot or GTFO.

[Dangerboy]

Official first 5 minutes with the DSi: this is going to be nifty.

Next 11 hours of DSi happiness will have to wait...found out at the midnight launch I work...today. I also have no wireless internet right now, so I can't partake in the free 1000
points.

-___-;

[Cobra Commander]

It's my understanding that everything is locked.

So it is.
I'm normally one of Nintendo's biggest fans, but I wouldn't touch this system with a 10 foot pole.

[walrusmonger]

So it is.
I'm normally one of Nintendo's biggest fans, but I wouldn't touch this system with a 10 foot pole.

The system plays DS games from every region, it's the DSi download shop that's locked.

[RPG_Fanatic]

I'll be picking my black one up today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NytroSkull7]

Damnit, Nintendo could shit in a bag and I would buy it

Did someone say GameCube?

JK! Picking my black DSi later but must visit the bank first.

[Eternal Tune]

Just got mine! Hurray!

[deltoidsteep]

just picked mine up. it almost feels like a completely new system. the menus are great and the dsiware games are pretty cheap, i got aquia and wario ware with with the 1000 free points. being seriously into photography, i was pretty skeptical about the resolution and functionality of these cameras, but they actually are a nice touch. this is by far the best ds.

[c0ldb33r]

I just got mine!

I had to go to work this morning to finish some paperwork. I told myself that I couldn't get the DSi until I was finished work, so it gave me some good incentive to get into work early and finish early.

I just got home with it. I opened it and turned it on to check for dead pixels and there are none. So, I turned it right off and am now fully charging it. The matte finish looks great and it feels really silky smooth too. The screens are nice and bright (brighter than the Lite) and you can actually tell that they're bigger than the Lite. I think the stylus is a little longer, but I'll check later. The d-pad seems awesome and I'll check it out more when it's charged. Finally I'll be able to play Contra 4!

I'm looking forward to checking out the DSi shop.

edit: One thing that I absolutely adore is that you can take out and insert a DS game without freezing the DS. That always pissed me off.

I've taken a few pics of my DSi:







Some of the pics make the screen look blurry or have odd vertical lines, these are just interference with my camera and not noticeable in real life.

[Ed Oscuro]

The d-pad seems awesome and I'll check it out more when it's charged. Finally I'll be able to play Contra 4!

Groovy!

Thanks for the side-by-side pics. I'll wait for your hands-on about the d-pad because I'm a bit suspicious of any crosspad-shaped d-pad design.

[c0ldb33r]

I'll wait for your hands-on about the d-pad because I'm a bit suspicious of any crosspad-shaped d-pad design.

The d-pad is great. Contra 4 is actually fun now. It's a little more flush to the DS than the DS Lite's was. As a result, it feels a lot like the the d-pad on the GBA SP. If you liked the SP's d-pad, you should like this one. I really liked the SP's d-pad, so I'm pleased with it.

Here's a side-by-side with the DS Lite and GBA SP. The difference doesn't look like much, but the DSi feels a lot better than the Lite. (DSi on the left, Lite in the middle, GBA SP2 on the right)

[Chemdawg]

my ds lite still works perfectly, and the camara really doesn't matter to me at all. so really i see don't see a slightly larger screen being worth $180, when i only play my ds a couples a week at best anyway.

[Ed Oscuro]

The d-pad is great. Contra 4 is actually fun now.

I take it diagonals are much easier to hit now, then?

[c0ldb33r]

I take it diagonals are much easier to hit now, then?

Well, they are for me. The diagonals on my Lite sucked. This is much better. I understand that there are some Lites that had better diagonals, I don't know how this compares to those. But yeah, it seems to me that diagonals are much better.

Also, while I've never used the original DS browser, I read that it was absolutely terrible. This one works pretty well. I checked out DP, checked my gmail, it was alright. It was pretty quick at loading pages and is easier to use than the PSP one.

PROTIP: You can now adjust the screen brightness mid-game. Hold select and then press vol + to increase brightness and vol - to reduce it. I love being able to do this mid-game.

[Sonicwolf]

I actually bought a DSlite a few days ago because I wanted the brighter screen and GBA compatability. It was an act of desperation... I wasnt expecting the DSlite to disappear so soon..

[c0ldb33r]

I'm typing this on the DSi. The web browser seems to work fine. It can view websites, images and animated gifs. It cannot, however, use youtube videos.

[glorfindel]

picked up my dsi at one of those lame midnight release "party's" it was a bunch of 10 year olds screaming the time from 11:55-12:01 and some very scary looking adults. but i was working all day and didnt have a chance to drive across town and pick it up today. been playing pokemon alot i love it

[kupomogli]

The system plays DS games from every region, it's the DSi download shop that's locked.

Well. I'll go and pick a DSi if my DS breaks. I don't buy data so I don't care if the DSiWare is region locked. I doubt I'll have another problem with my DS unless I spill another drink on it, means I probably won't get a DSi.

[c0ldb33r]

Hmmm... I've noticed, you can't transfer images from your PC onto the SD card and then view them on the DSi. Weird. I even tried renaming the files to the DSi's naming convention and it didn't work.

Also, I don't think it's possible to download stuff from the internet to the DSi.