" Always keep in mind HD, there are 4 of us in the home and so it is a collective, not an individual with the 5.  They get used a lot and especially for 4 player games.  I do have a good income, but I also have no vices to use up that money.
 
If Nintendo are Starship Troopers then they are the most awesome company in the history of man.  I can just imagine a DS ad like the bug squishing one in that movie  ^-^
 
I really don't see a difference between your Samsung example and Nintendo.  Very few parents throw out a couple of hundred dollars to shut their kids up.  I am give most the credit for buying something they consider worthwhile.  They are the same customers who buy that Samsung television.  Exploiting consumers is a big call.  If we are talking exploiting consumers, then we need to discuss mobile phone companies, not Nintendo.  Even then, I have had a grand total of 3 phones in 15 years of owning.  Their sales pitch does not get to me, but it sure as hell gets to many others who upgrade yearly. "

" @oldschool said:

" Always keep in mind HD, there are 4 of us in the home and so it is a collective, not an individual with the 5.  They get used a lot and especially for 4 player games.  I do have a good income, but I also have no vices to use up that money.
 
If Nintendo are Starship Troopers then they are the most awesome company in the history of man.  I can just imagine a DS ad like the bug squishing one in that movie  ^-^
 
I really don't see a difference between your Samsung example and Nintendo.  Very few parents throw out a couple of hundred dollars to shut their kids up.  I am give most the credit for buying something they consider worthwhile.  They are the same customers who buy that Samsung television.  Exploiting consumers is a big call.  If we are talking exploiting consumers, then we need to discuss mobile phone companies, not Nintendo.  Even then, I have had a grand total of 3 phones in 15 years of owning.  Their sales pitch does not get to me, but it sure as hell gets to many others who upgrade yearly. "

Ah, makes sense then. I assumed when you said you had that many, you were collecting them or something. Even then, if there's 4 of you, why have 5 with an expected total of at least 7 in a few months?
 
I meant Nintendo are basically the people in the adverts. In fct, the advert for Wii Music that aired here a few months back that used a phrase that said something along the lines of 'Use Wii Music to help in your child's development' while showing that same perfect family in the creepily tidy open plan house. Made me want to get my ass to Mars.
 
At Christmas time, there's pretty much always at least one 'big' gift and it seems that Nintendo have something there every year and rarely is it something that could justify the spending. And yeah, phone companies are hell for that, but they're going for a similar target as Nintendo are so it's another plan which relies on the fashionability of the phone moreso than the product itself. "

It's glossy, unlike the DSi ,and it will feature three "screen snap positions", the DSi only has two. 
 

" It's glossy, unlike the DSi ,and it will feature three "screen snap positions", the DSi only has two. 
 

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hmmm?  My DS Lite's hinge is so cracked I'm afraid the top screen might just fall off any minute.  I like the ide of having the large screens...hmmmm?

That is huge. Period.
 
@Mourne said:

" While this does look like a nice upgrade to the hardware, I can't help but question if this is another miscalculation on Nintendo's part. "

Yeah, seeing alongside a PSP really gives you a sense of scale.

So ugly and unneeded.

" So ugly and unneeded. "

Im waiting for the DS thats about the size of a netbook, so lets say..... 3 months until we'll start hearing about?

I'm sorry, but calling your handheld "ill" is not a good selling point to me.  

" I'm sorry, but calling your handheld "ill" is not a good selling point to me.   "

" Make a much bigger and bulkier version of your handheld for more money isn't really a step forward, in my book.  "

People who've been following the rule of handhelds, "don't upgrade the next thing, wait for the thing after the next thing" will be in good shape to pick this up. And if you picked up a DSi, well, bro, rule of handhelds bro cmon. Skip fat, get lite, skip i, get fat i.

I'm tempted to skip the DSi and wait for the XL to come to america. The bigger screens are a plus, especially since it looks that the games don't lose any fidelity 

Why not make a DS with better hardware?  Nintendo at this point is polishing the turd for the third time.  A smart move would be to take ideas from both the iPhone and the PSP and improve them.  Better graphics, a multi-touch screen, way more DSi Ware content, and video support would make it the supreme king of handhelds.

This new piece of hardware looks to be a sidestep rather than an improvement. If anything at all, this gives the consumer more an option on what type of DS they want. 

Japanese site Impress Watch have took a look at the new handhelds innards. As you would expect it's practically the same as the DSi's, except for a few things: 
 

•  The DSi LL has a larger capacity battery, which is no surprise as it lists a longer battery life.
• The LL has a unique board. This is because the button switches are on the board and thus the board would have to match the system's larger size.
• The circuit board for the D-pad has been made sturdier, now held in place by seven screws.
• The wireless LAN module is also different from DSi. It's made by Mitsumi and has model number DWM-W024    

" I'm sorry, but calling your handheld "ill" is not a good selling point to me.   "

" Why not make a DS with better hardware?  Nintendo at this point is polishing the turd for the third time.  A smart move would be to take ideas from both the iPhone and the PSP and improve them.  Better graphics, a multi-touch screen, way more DSi Ware content, and video support would make it the supreme king of handhelds. "

I want to play Chinatown Wars on that giant screen.

I want to play the following on the new machine, as I think the graphics will look better and gameplay slightly improved in two cases".  
 
Final Fantasy Warriors of Light 
Okamiden *
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks *
Fantasy Life