Nintendo DSi Console

As time goes by, handheld consoles are being recreated to perfection, often having many modifications to suit the needs of its users. The Nintendo DSi console has been one of the company’s pride and been positively embraced by the public. Revisions are all the rage in handhelds these days, but with all of the neat features, there is something that needs to be sacrificed.

With the release of the DSi console in Japan, its initial sales skyrocketed, even after just two days of being on store shelves; it sold 170,000+ units of the 200,000 units shipped. That’s a pretty feat that is synonymous to a good product.

The Nintendo DSi has been remodeled to have many hardware features. One of which is the addition of another camera. The .3 megapixel cameras found of either side of the console can be used in games and taking pictures. The images can then be manipulated and added with effects directly from the DSi. There is also the option to sync the images on the Wii, making it rich in features.

The size of the Nintendo DSi console has been lessened. It is now 12% smaller compared to previous a mode which translates to 2.6mm.

Another modification is the upgraded sound quality of the speakers. It may still sound less but it is definitely upped in quality because audio playback has been implemented. AAC music tracks can be played from the handheld console, doubling it as a music player.

Next are the bigger screen sizes of the DSi consoles. The size of the screen is noticeably bigger than its past models. The unit has now 3.25 inches of screen size compared to the 3 inches on older models.

There is also a significant relocation of the power switch. The switch also offers an additional feature in which it can be used to soft reset the console and switch games on the fly, making it better to swap games without powering it off.

Ram has now been upgraded to 16 MB. This figure is four times bigger than the previous models. There is also the storage of 256mb to store downloaded content, images, and firmware update which is anew to this model of Nintendo’s DS handhelds.

Although not a good feature in itself, all of the added enhancements can lead to more power drain, the battery life is not significantly lesser. The normal DS Lite battery life is 15-19 hours of gameplay but the new Nintendo DSi only plays 9-14 hours. This may be a bad aftertaste of good features but it can be negligible enough considering its rival, the Sony PSP only has a miniscule battery endurance of about 5 hours.

Great things can come at the right time. Although you can purchase a Japanese DSi consoles, the rest of the world still doesn’t have official regional versions which means you need to purchase the games specified for its region, in this case, you can only play Japanese games. All of these great features can be had in just a few months away. The worldwide launch of the Nintendo DSi will be on April 2-5, 2009.