No way! (the ravings of a pissed Nintendo fan)
By thordain 3 Comments
Really Nintendo? This is your trump card? That was my reaction when I heard about the new DSi. I am not even considering buying one. It has no GBA slot, which means I won't be interested in it. Thst was one of the main charms for me as a longtime GBA user. Whatever features Nintendo may add, they can't improve upon the DS Lite's perfection. Making the DS slimmer and giving it a camera does not sell games Nintendo.
Also, how will this sell on the market. Ninty really picked the right time to unveil this, at the very beginning of an economic recession. How will the public react to this? Nintendo has barely added enough features for this to be "an upgrade". The gaming public is very savy these days, I think they are smart enough to recognize a scam here. With a recession starting and a very uninspired improvement being made, I don't think the DSi will sell like the original and the Lite did. Then again, that would be almost impossible for any system. Will a $180 price tag encourage people to buy this? Or will the market's collapse lead to low sales of the DSi? Will Gamestop start a deal where you can trade in your Lite and $180 bucks for a DSi? Why have I asked four questions in a row? To lengthen this blog to make it seem more professional? Probably, but I'm also trying to make an economic point.
What really annoys me about the whole DSi thing and my main reason for not buying it is because it has no GBA slot. Think about that. The original versions of the DS had full GBA support. They had access to the largest library of games ever. The DSi throws that all away. This seems odd to me because there are some true classics on the GBA. There are games like Drill Dozer, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, The Minish Cap, some absolutely
