Nintendo DSi Handheld Console (Light Blue)

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Packed with features and thinner than ever: 12% thinner than the Nintendo DS Lite with a bigger, brighter 3. Scratching the surface is probably the last thing you want to do though, because Nintendo has changed the finish on the DS’ clamshell as well as tinkering with the innards. The DSi supports WEP, WPA ( AES/ TKIP), and WPA2 (AES/TKIP) wireless encryption; [130] only software with built-in support can use the latter two encryption types, as they were not supported by the DS and DS Lite. Average weekly sales of the Wii and Nintendo DS declined slightly in March; Nintendo DS hardware sales stabilized at over 200,000 units for seven months after the DSi's April launch, while Wii sales diminished.

Ehara hoped the DSi's added features would not interfere with his desired iconic image of the Nintendo DS product line: two rectangles, one on top of the other, with each half containing another rectangle inside. Comparing 2008 life-to-date DS and DS Lite sales to the best-selling game console, Sony's PlayStation 2, [57] showed potential in further expanding the Nintendo DS gaming population—particularly in Europe and the United States.The most important button alteration however is the power button, which has been moved to below the D-pad.

Consumer demand convinced Nintendo to produce a slimmer handheld with larger screens than the DS Lite. It is also great as when you finish a game you can go back to the main menu rather than having to switch the whole console off and start again. He argued that this introduces a new method of playing portable video games, wherein those "surrounding the game player can also join in one way or the other to the gameplay. Parental Controls: Select "SETTINGS" to enter Parental Controls, or select "QUIT" to end the initial setup with Parental Controls disabled.

The "i" in DSi symbolizes both an individual person (I) and the handheld's cameras (eyes); the former meaning contrasts with the "i"'s in Wii, which represent players gathering together. Once opened on Christmas day we soon realised that the microphone didn't work making the brain training game useless.

The Nintendo DSi is Nintendo's first region-locked handheld; it prevents using certain software released for another region, [9] [10] unlike original Nintendo DS models.

units were sold according to sales tracking service Enterbrain; [49] or 100,553 units according to Media Create. Here's what you need to know about it, including its games and compatibility, and how it differs from other Nintendo DS versions. It was the first time Masato Kuwahara of Nintendo's Development Engineering Department served as a hardware project leader. The former two colors were available for its European launch on March 5, 2010, [44] and its North American launch on March 28.