AU Diary: Are You Picking Up A DSi Today?

21 responses to “AU Diary: Are You Picking Up A DSi Today?”

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   Nicholas Sarkozy

   April 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm

   The black DSi looks stealthier than the DS Lite. I quite like that. The screen also looks bigger and you can make crazy sticker photo-looking things using the cameras. That’s also neat. HOWEVER, I don’t see a point in upgrading just for those features. With the extra $100, I could pick up two awesome DS games, or I could go buy myself tonnes of cake.

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   Brent`

   April 2, 2009 at 2:27 pm

   $100 AUD more for the DSi is a ripoff.
   Especially for features that should have been in the console since its first launch.

   Ill be sticking with my regualr DS for now.

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3. 

   Daniel

   April 2, 2009 at 2:35 pm

   I picked up Wario Ware Snapped again, but I’m saving my points for more stuff as I’ve already bought all the stuff up their on my Japanese DSi.

   Where is the Moving Memo 🙁

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4. 

   Crono

   April 2, 2009 at 2:46 pm

   I picked mine up at JB Hi-Fi first thing this morning. Why? Because my DS Lite died on me last week. So far I haven’t had much time to mess around with seeing as I’m at work…. Not that I check Kotaku at work…. >.>;;; *ahem* as I was saying, I grabbed a black one to contrast my deathly white corpse of a DS Lite. If my old DS hadn’t died on me however, no. I wouldn’t have bothered buying a DSi. What helped me go for it was the free 4 gig SD card at JB and the promise of some GB, GBC and GBA games to download at a later date. Was it worth it? Probably not… But it might be some day…..

   Crono

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5. 

   hmm

   April 2, 2009 at 3:13 pm

   Nope… although I don’t condone piracy I love my r4 as I can try before buying this is especially relevant for a gaming platform that is 99% awful games.

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6. 

   Grim

   April 2, 2009 at 3:59 pm

   Why would I buy a DSi when there’s no games that use the extra features in an interesting way? I’ve still got lots of games I haven’t finished with on the regular old DS too

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7. 

   Ben

   April 2, 2009 at 4:35 pm

   I think the DSi is a complete waste of money at the moment. I love my white DS Lite as it is. a $2 chinese camera and a slightly larger screen for an extra $100? No thanks. Also no GBA slot is a bummer.. sure you got the store, but i prefer hard copies.

   Also you can’t use an R4 on the DSI rendering it useless for me!

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8. 

   Nate

   April 2, 2009 at 5:09 pm

   I sold my lite to a mate and picked up my DSi today. I’m rather impressed its a beautiful piece of hardware. I buy every Nintendo console so this was a no brainer for me. And Ben don’t be a tightass and go buy a game instead of downloading them. Support the industry!

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9. 

   DerangedStoat

   April 2, 2009 at 5:27 pm

   I wouldn’t get a DSi unless my current DS died on me, and even then it would really only be for the larger screens and any downloadable content.

   As I see it, with the huge market share that the old DS and DS Lite have, I greatly doubt any publisher is going to release a game that doesn’t support those platforms. Sure they may have DSi versions that have some minigame/feature that makes use of the camera or whatever, but as long as the normal gameplay is solid, I have no problem missing out on whatever gimmiky minigames they add for the DSi’s features.

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10. 

    Pirate

    April 2, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Funny how it’s all the pirates who don’t like the DSi. Waaa waa can’t use my R4 must buy games wahhhh.

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11. 

    cracker

    April 2, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    “Ace card i” works with the dsi for all your home brew needs, but I agree with the general sentiment. Nintendo is taking the piss with the dsi, but they’ll get away with it……… spectacularly!

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12. 

    Steven

    April 2, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    Region locking = nothankyou.jpg

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13. 

    RJG

    April 2, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    I got mine this morning (a black one, I had a white Lite). Bought a bunch of games in EB’s 2 for $50 sale as well.

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14. 

    taiko1983

    April 2, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    I will wait until some good Dsi exclusive software is out before I consider upgrading to Dsi from my crimson red Ds that is still serving me well. The Dsi’s region lock feature is also another reason that stops me from upgrading on day one.

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15. 

    OzHuski

    April 3, 2009 at 12:04 am

    Hrmm dunno why people are not getting it for the region lock? Its only for the DSi online market.. not actual DS games..

    Anyways I got mine today (black) pretty impressed so far but have had little chance to play it.

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16. 

    philomglol

    April 3, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    Agree that the region locking is a tad silly here.

    But definitely looking to replace the aging Lite in the next week (not yesterday, EB claims all the launch day DSi’s were allocated).

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17. 

    Sofie

    November 23, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Can anyone confirm is DSi is infact region locked and if I buy one from Japan if I will be able to use it(the only reason I want one from Japan is I want the lime green which isnt avaible in Aus yet)

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    1. 

       David Wildgoose

       November 23, 2009 at 2:07 pm

       Yes it is.

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          Sofie

          November 23, 2009 at 11:22 pm

          So if it is locked what does that mean. Can I use games in it that aren’t made by Nintendo….will it only talk Japanese….I’ve heard of something called an R4 card what is this and could it work…

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             David Wildgoose

             November 23, 2009 at 11:26 pm

             Region locking means you will only be able to play games released in Australia. You will not be able to play games imported from overseas. It shouldn’t make a difference if you do all your shopping here in Australia.

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                Sofie

                November 23, 2009 at 11:33 pm

                But there are no lime green dsi available in AUS….why havent they released one then we wouldnt have to go overseas….from what I have read and most of it was posted at the time of release before anyone knew what it was all about, it appears that other companies write games that Ds uses…these ones may still work only the nintendo ones won’t