DSi - SlashGear

‘DSi’ Stories

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 30, 2012

Mark Raby, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Shrug off that case of the Mondays you've had all day and check out what made news in the gadget world today. For starters, there are a couple new developments in mobile data plans in the US. On the Verizon side, the carrier may soon be launching family data plans, making it a bit more affordable to have multiple smartphones on the same account. T-Mobile is playing the restriction card, as it will start imposing data roaming limits on April 5. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Unveils Two Limited Edition Pokemon DSi Bundles

Rue Liu, Feb 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

This generation of Pokemon titles kicks off with a bang as Pokemon Black and Pokemon White land in North America, Europe, and Australia in March. To coincide with the popular titles, Nintendo is bringing out two special limited edition DSi bundles for fans on March 6th. Read The Full Story

Nintendo DSi production axed?

Chris Davies, Jan 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Nintendo has reportedly ceased production of its DSi gaming handheld, with reports from Japanese retailers that the only way to pick up the dual-display device is to find a store with remaining stock. Unconfirmed by Nintendo, the rumors claim that some areas are already sold out of the best-selling console. Read The Full Story

LevelUp debuts Versus Wii storage ottoman and Element DS tray

Shane McGlaun, Oct 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you have a game console in your home you know what a mess things can become with all the controllers, accessories, and games laying around. If you have kids that play games on a console, you know that the mess can get huge really fast. LevelUp has announced a couple new storage products for Nintendo gamers that will help keep things tidy. Read The Full Story

Nintendo DSi and DSi XL price cut coming September 12th

Chris Davies, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Nintendo has announced price cuts for the DSi and DSi XL, with the two portable consoles set to shed $20 apiece. As of September 12th, the Nintendo DSi will be priced at $149.99, while the Nintendo DSi XL will be $169.99; the DS Lit will stay at $129.99 as before. Read The Full Story

Nintendo DSi XL in Midnight Blue Coming to the US on July 11th

Evan Selleck, Jun 9th 2010 Discuss [1]

We're scratching our heads at this one. It's only been a week since Nintendo announced that there would be new colors coming to the DSi XL line-up, and while that was all well and good, there wasn't any announcement saying that the new shades would be seeing release anywhere else other than Japan. And then Nintendo sneaks this one in: Midnight Blue is coming to the States. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Japan announce DS price cuts; new colors for DSi LL

Chris Davies, Jun 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Nintendo have slashed prices on their DS-range of gaming handhelds, together with outing a few new colors for the DSi LL. In Japan, the DS Lite will be cut from 16,800 yen ($183) to "open pricing" (where retailers are free to set their own figures) while the DSi will fall from 18,900 yen ($206) to 15,000 yen ($164). Meanwhile the DSi LL will fall from 20,000 yen ($218) to 18,000 yen ($197). Read The Full Story

Nintendo Wii and DSi sales tumble

Chris Davies, May 6th 2010 Discuss [1]

Nintendo have announced their latest quarterly financial results [PDF link], and it proved a disappointing period for both Wii and DSi sales. Wii demand plummeted, falling 21-percent from the same period a year ago, while DSi sales dropped 13-percent. The company has blamed poor flagship Wii game title releases for middling demand for the console, and are looking to the new 3D-capable Nintendo 3DS to salve further handheld shortfalls. Read The Full Story

Game piracy costs Nintendo 45% of Euro DS game sales

Chris Davies, Apr 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Nintendo are blaming rampant piracy for a 45-percent drop in European DS game sales, pointing to so-called "magicom" or "R4" cartridges - which bypass copy protection and allow downloaded game ROMs to be played on the handheld - as the primary cause. The hacks have previously been a significant issue in Japan, but have more recently spread to Europe; Italy, Spain and France are particular hotspots, apparently. Read The Full Story

iPhone OS grabs US game market share from PSP & DS

Chris Davies, Mar 24th 2010 Discuss [1]

When is a games console not a games console? When it's an iPhone or iPod touch, of course, and while Apple may only list gaming as a partial purpose of their devices, that hasn't stopped iPhone OS from picking up a growing chunk of the market. Software analysts Flurry have stepped up with some new figures that suggest Apple's iPhone OS has seen its US video game software market share increase five-fold between 2008 and 2009. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS confirmed: 3D gaming with no glasses

Chris Davies, Mar 23rd 2010 Discuss [1]

Nintendo Japan have quietly pushed out a press release that confirms the company will launch a 3D version of the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo 3DS - a name which could be changed before it makes its official debut - is set to launch at E3 2010 and go on sale sometime thereafter; most interestingly, it will require no special 3D glasses. Read The Full Story

Nintendo DS2 details leak: bigger, higher-res screens, accelerometer, late-2010 launch?

Chris Davies, Mar 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Nintendo's DSi XL isn't even on US shelves yet, and already gamers are prodding developers to find out details about the next-gen handheld. News on the Nintendo DS2 was top of the list for RPad.TV when they hit up GDC 2010, and they've managed to extract a few choice nuggets in the process. The DS2 - the official name of which nobody would, or could, spill - will apparently keep its dual-displays, but the panels will be larger, higher-resolution and have so minimal a gap between them that titles will be able to in effect use them as a single, big screen. Read The Full Story