New DSi XL revelead!

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

There was a shmup that is DSi only, but it probably will never see the light of day outside of Japan.

Wasn't that DSi-Ware?

I'm talking about retail DSi ONLY games.

[MrPopo]

DSi ONLY games can utilize the DSi's extra ram, Camera's and other features such as the SD-Card slot for added functionality over the original DS and DS Lite, but I don't honestly see the DSi ONLY genre expanding outward much as developers would have to lose a significant amount of revenue by making the game accessible to only DSi owners which represent only a tiny percentage of actual DS system owners.

Yay for the Game Boy Color reference!

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

DSi ONLY games can utilize the DSi's extra ram, Camera's and other features such as the SD-Card slot for added functionality over the original DS and DS Lite, but I don't honestly see the DSi ONLY genre expanding outward much as developers would have to lose a significant amount of revenue by making the game accessible to only DSi owners which represent only a tiny percentage of actual DS system owners.

Yay for the Game Boy Color reference!

Wait, what?

[MrPopo]

The DSi is just the Game Boy Color. Don't forget that the devs have the option of making DSi enhanced games that can use the features but will still play on old DS's, just like the Black cart GBC games. Then when the GBC got enough penetration they started releasing GBC only games.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

The DSi is just the Game Boy Color. Don't forget that the devs have the option of making DSi enhanced games that can use the features but will still play on old DS's, just like the Black cart GBC games. Then when the GBC got enough penetration they started releasing GBC only games.

Ohhh, I see what you're saying. I was actually thinking that same thing, but I had no idea if that was what you were meaning when you said I referenced the GameBoy Color.

[lisalover1]

The DSi is just the Game Boy Color. Don't forget that the devs have the option of making DSi enhanced games that can use the features but will still play on old DS's, just like the Black cart GBC games. Then when the GBC got enough penetration they started releasing GBC only games.

I always treated the GBC as the next Game Boy, instead of just an upgrade; the addition of color to a handheld, extra ram, and an IR port is enough to call it a new console, in my opinion.

[NeoTechni]

I don't see this happening, as it wouldnt be able to play DS games

That and DSi JUST came out. It doesnt even have games for it yet!

[Yukima]

I just heard the announcement on this on the news about 3 hours ago, and I was thinking, "what's Nintendo doing, releasing another DSi when THE DSi just came out like 6 months ago?" If Nintendo was going to release another DSi in such a short time, maybe they should have waited until NOW to release the DSi in the first place? I wonder where they're going with this.

The news report I heard also said that there's no word yet on when this new DSi will be released in the US. Maybe there will be a delay of several months or a year, maybe to ensure that the original DSi won't lose sales too quickly? (Is the DSi even selling that well? Most people I know have long decided to stick with their Lites - me included, because I still need the GBA port!)

[Gnashvar]

If I were Nintendo I would sell GB and GBC games as downloads for the DSi. A release of games like Zelda and Metroid 2 would have good sales.

[MrPopo]

(Is the DSi even selling that well? Most people I know have long decided to stick with their Lites - me included, because I still need the GBA port!)

If wikipedia is to be believed DSi consoles make up about 5% of the total, which isn't bad considering it's been out less than a year and has no games that utilize its features aside from a series of downloadable titles that are mostly not worth getting.