Sunday, November 20, 2011

What are some of the things that you can do with a Nintendo DSi?

By John Klein


The Nintendo DS has been around for quite a while now and has made a lot of sales since then. It has able to sell 149 million unit compared to the Sony PSP which is just 71 million units worldwide. It goes to show that Nintendo is still king when it comes to handheld games. Now with the Nintendo DSi, which is the second refresh of the Nintendo DS, the company is making quite some improvements since the first version.

The Nintendo DSi has a plenty of common with the DS Lite from size and form factor to the size of the screen. But the largest enhancements are in the inside. The software has been improved with more multimedia enhancements. It has front and back 0.3 megapixel cameras and also an expansion slot for extra memory. The RAM has been increased to 4 times the power of the original which means faster times for loading and smoother graphics. Most of all, a larger version is also released and it is named the Nintendo DSi XL.

The Nintendo DSi XL is almost the same as its previous version except that the screens are much larger which means better viewing angles. It also boasts better battery life and also sports newer software Flipnote Studio and Nintendo DSi Browser for surfing the net. Whatever unit you choose to buy, you need to know that there are plenty of things that you can with the Nintendo DSi aside from playing games like Mario and Pokemon.

You can use a Nintendo DSi to listen to music. It has a 3.5 mm audio jack so nearly every headphone can be used and the music player supports plenty of audio formats like AAC and MP3. Even if the lid is closed, you can still listen to music. The Nintendo DSi cannot be a replacement for you iPod, but it has a very interesting feature where you can somehow alter the "texture" of the song. You can make it sound like a radio, echo and even remove the lyrics and listen to the song as an instrumental. You can even listen to a song as an 80's video game sounds.

If you have the Nintendo DSi XL, you also surf the net with the unit. Although it may not be as vibrant and as full-on internet experience, the surfing the net with the DSi is quite smooth and also loads quickly even if you use third-party browsers.

All these new enhancements are a welcome addition by many fans of the handheld. Despite some take away like the inability to play older gameboy advance games. However, it is not a total lost except for the most extreme fans, but the game library of the Nintendo DSi is quite impressive in itself. So yet again, Nintendo is strengthening itself as king of the portable handhelds.




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