
If you predicted that the DSi would be a failure in Japan - that it would somehow fail to capture Japan's DS-mad buying attention - turns out you were wrong. So wrong.

If you predicted that the DSi would be a failure in Japan - that it would somehow fail to capture Japan's DS-mad buying attention - turns out you were wrong. So wrong.
For many gamers, this year's Jump Festa was about more than Dragon Quest IX — it was about experiencing the Dragon Quest IX Slime DS Stand / Speaker that Hori announced last week.

In November, Square Enix announced a special limited edition Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles DSi. And didn't post any pictures! Sloppy, Square. Shouldn't take until Christmas to get those pictures.
Famitsu Dot Com reports today that Nintendo has decided that today is the day to allow Famitsu Dot Com and only Famitsu Dot Com to reveal the release date of the first batch of DSi Ware titles.
Remember that video we showed you of the work-in-progress DSi flash cart? Yeah, well, work has progressed.
Japanese people are buying the DSi. Lots of them. Nintendo sold over 500,000 DSi units (535,379 units by Enterbrain's numbers) during November, it's first month on sale. For comparison's sake, the DS Lite sold 550,000 units during its first month on sale in Japan.
If this were 2006, and you asked Capcom whether they'd be developing games for a new version of the DS, they'd have said "You bet your bottom dollar we will". Pity this isn't 2006, then.
Besides the limited edition Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days DSi, Square Enix is planning to release another limited edition DSi — one for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.