The DS has changed a lot since it first came out hasn't it... I remember when I first bought my original DS, and a day later, I read online that a new DS was rumoured to be released. As you could probably imagine, I was gutted. After about 8 months of fun with my original DS, I found it one day, under the bed... Switched it on and the top screen was knackered...
Later that year, I bought 2 DS Lite's, a black and a white one, for me and the missus.... Few months later we sold em.
The day that the new colours came out (Red, Turquoise and Green) I loved the look of them and spent about an hour deciding which one to buy... I chose red (best one :P)
My Mum called me selling her silver DSL for £50 with 5 games...Bargain!!!
Since then I've used the red, the missus the silver and we've played cracking titles like Super Mario 64 DS, New Super Mario Brothers, Pokemon Diamond, GTA Chinatown Wars, and many more to keep the faith in the DS, so when the DSi was announced. I knew it was for me.
Today (after a whole load of moaning to the missus) the missus bought me a black DSi and it's awesome. It feels nicer in your hand than the DSL and it's noticably thinner. The matt finish looks gorgeous and the interface looks fresh and user friendly (like all things nintendo) and the screens are bigger and brighter... The battery and charging lights are now on the left of the device and a new wireless light has been added. In between the two screens is a VGA camera which is well integrated in games such as WarioWare Snapped. The power switch is now at the bottom left of the device next to the touch screen and the front camera is in the upper right corner when open and bottom left when closed... The volume switch is no longer a slider but is now buttons, and the Gameboy Advance cartridge slot is gone...
When I first logged into the DSi store I was welcomed with 1000 DSi points which have been spent on WarioWare Snapped and Paper Plane costing 500 and 200 points.
I also downloaded the web browser from the store which was free.
I think the new shoulder buttons will take some getting used to though over the DS Lite ones.
The charger is different to the DS & DS Lite charger. Why do nintendo do this?
The browser was a lot faster than I'd imagined it being and I have tested my blog on it and it works, you should also try it...
If you were a fan of the DS, the DSi is for you... It's what would happen if the PSP and the DS had a baby. It's a great little handheld with huge potential. Lets hope it uses that potential in the very near future.
