GBA and Gameboy virtual console unofficially confirmed for the DSi.
Nintendo will give out the details tomorrow at their press note check out the source for more details>

source: http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2009/03/rejoice_the_dsi_gets_a_virtual_console_after_all

A bit unrelated to the topic but upon purchase of a DSi you will get 1000 free DSi points (10 dollar), DSiware currently are priced either 0, 500 or 800 points.

Oh, non-softmod DS users can play Gameboy games now. That's nice.

Will you be able to link it to play the games you have on your Wii? if the same games are available but you can't, fail.

But, if it's done for portable past systems like GB and GBA, and maybe obscure stuff like Neo Geo Pocket and Wonder Swan, that's cool too.

I still want my Wii VC games on my DS, but that's never going to happen.

"Will you be able to link it to play the games you have on your Wii? if the same games are available but you can't, fail.But, if it's done for portable past systems like GB and GBA, and maybe obscure stuff like Neo Geo Pocket and Wonder Swan, that's cool too."

This is making me very happy.  Although I have over 100 GBA titles in my collection, there were many more that I never had the chance to play.  I look forward to the announcements.

Who cares? If I wanted to play GBA games on my DS, which I don't, I'd play them on my DS lite. If they were putting up Genesis and SNES games on the DSVC? I might even buy myself a DSi.

Too bad it seems worthless just like the Wii VC maybe if they had released more games more often then the paltry amounts they did before then it would be good but really 5-10 dollars for some of the games just wasn't worth it when i could have gotten the entire snes lineup at my local game store for about 10 bux.

So, do that, not everyone has a game store that still has snes games, even less for the more obscure or older systems. Most stores tend to get rid of old stuff FAST in many areas, when the generation is just barely over with at times. Not to mention having a bunch of systems hooked up isn't everyone's cup of tea. Convenience is all these services offer after all, access to the games from wherever you may be, etc. Good Old Games on PC also offers old pc games in the 5-10 price range, if you can bother searching you can find all but the rarest cheap, or you know, what most douches do, pirate them for free. Most people don't like searching and on top of that waiting instead of have immediate access. So, for them, it's not worthless. Nice you say it "seems" worthless when all we know is it has VC and absolutely nothing else about it, lol.

Sorry bout that all, I had ment to say I could have gotten the entire SNES lineup represented on the virtual store for 10 dollars, What it looked like i said was the entire lineup.

As for that Alexander how smart does one have to be to use common sense?
Its completely logical that if you look at the Wii's virtual console it will be exactly the same way except it will likely have GBA and GB/GBC games and it might have SNES and nes games as well, so you saying that we can't say its lame cause we don't know whats gonna be on it is very illogical since it doesn't take a genius to figure out whats gonna be on it.

Hell to the yes.

I wasn't all that hyped for the DSi until today.  Probably will end up trading my DSlite, GBA SP for one of these puppies.

Wow, that's pretty awesome. I might just consider getting a DS now.

Awesome news!  Now give me Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and I will be in heaven.

Okay, just another reason I really need to get a DSi. There's been quite a handful of Game Boy games I never played and years later couldn't seem to find anywhere. Now I'll finally be able to hands on games like Zelda: Ocacle of Ages/Seasons, Mario Superstar Saga, and others. Sounds cool. Some playable demos would be totally great, Nintendo... don't hold out on us. My biggest problem with handheld games is I can't rent them, and considering how expensive they've gotten, I'm reluctant to try new and original games. For instance, all the Advance War and Castlevania games have always received great reviews, but I'm not really sure if they'd be my cup of tea and I'm not very willing to flat out buy one of the games to find out. Hopefully Nintendo can help me with this dilemma by giving us some demos. I do like how they give us 1000 Nintendo points when we buy the DSi. I always thought they should have bundled in 500 or 1000 points with the Wii. It would have been a good way to introduce every Wii owner to the Virtual Console, provided that they could take their Wii online. And if they couldn't, it might just give them enough encouragement to get all it set up online.

"Who cares? If I wanted to play GBA games on my DS, which I don't, I'd play them on my DS lite. If they were putting up Genesis and SNES games on the DSVC? I might even buy myself a DSi.

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"Okay, just another reason I really need to get a DSi. There's been quite a handful of Game Boy games I never played and years later couldn't seem to find anywhere. Now I'll finally be able to hands on games like Zelda: Ocacle of Ages/Seasons, Mario Superstar Saga, and others. Sounds cool. Some playable demos would be totally great, Nintendo... don't hold out on us. My biggest problem with handheld games is I can't rent them, and considering how expensive they've gotten, I'm reluctant to try new and original games. For instance, all the Advance War and Castlevania games have always received great reviews, but I'm not really sure if they'd be my cup of tea and I'm not very willing to flat out buy one of the games to find out. Hopefully Nintendo can help me with this dilemma by giving us some demos. I do like how they give us 1000 Nintendo points when we buy the DSi. I always thought they should have bundled in 500 or 1000 points with the Wii. It would have been a good way to introduce every Wii owner to the Virtual Console, provided that they could take their Wii online. And if they couldn't, it might just give them enough encouragement to get all it set up online. "