Nintendo DSi

ニンテンドーDSi Nintendo DSi

Nintendo DSi

Release dates Japan: November 1, 2008 North America: April 5, 2009 Europe: April 3, 2009 Australia: April 2, 2009 South Korea: April 15, 2010 China: December 19, 2009 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: 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: III*, IV, V Console type: Handheld Colors: Black White Lime Green Pink Metallic Blue Blue Red Orange

External links Wikipedia

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 cameras inside and on the back of the system with a maximum resolution of 640×480
• 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, PC and digital cameras
• 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 below D-Pad
• Stylus relocated to below SD card slot
• New user interface similar to that of Wii
• Integrated Photo application 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
• The sound changing button has been moved to the left-hand side.

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. Because of the Generation IV games' use of dual-slot mode, the incompatibility makes it impossible to capture Pokémon of previous generations, and impossible to use Pal Park for migration of Pokémon from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, or FireRed and LeafGreen.

DSi-enhanced features

DSi-enhanced games are DS games that have additional features when played on the Nintendo DSi or 3DS. Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 can utilize the camera when using the Xtransceiver, and they and Pokémon Conquest can connect to WPA and WPA2 protected wireless networks, when played on a DSi or 3DS. However, these five games are also region-locked, though only on DSi and 3DS due the lock being enforced by the system software rather than the game software and no such enforcement existing on previous DS designs.

Pokémon games

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

Title	Genre	Release
Pokémon Dash	Racing game	2004
Pokémon Trozei!	Puzzle game	2005
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team	Dungeon crawler	2005
Pokémon Ranger	Action RPG	2006
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Core series RPG	2006
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness	Dungeon crawler	2007
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Action RPG	2008
Pokémon Platinum	Core series RPG	2008
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky	Dungeon crawler	2009
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver	Core series RPG	2009
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Action RPG	2010
Pokémon Black and White	Core series RPG	2010
Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure	Typing	2011
Pokémon Card Game: How to Play DS	Card game	2011
Pokémon Conquest	Turn-based strategy	2012
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2	Core series RPG	2012

Gallery

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Missing photo of the Pokémon World Championship edition from 2009

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  A Black Nintendo DSi

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  A Pink Nintendo DSi

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  A Metallic Blue Nintendo DSi

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  A Blue Nintendo DSi

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  A Red Nintendo DSi

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  Top view of DSi closed

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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 Nintendo DSi Sound App

Special Pokémon editions

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 the United States in limited edition starting on March 6, 2011.

The Explorers of Sky-themed DSi

Nintendo held a competition in 2010 to give a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky-themed DSi to whoever made the best piece of physical artwork of a Nintendo or Pokémon-themed Christmas landscape. The competition ended on January 10, 2010 and the winner was announced to be Mattis Jensen on January 23, 2010.

See also

• DSi on Nintendo's official site (Japanese)