Nintendo DSi

An extra inch of screen real estate takes Nintendo's newest portable from mere novelty to drool inducing "must have."

Short version: Nintendo’s new DSi XL is aimed squarely at the older generation of casual gamers. People that appreciate something that’s a little easier to read. The people who wear their reading glasses while they sit down for their morning glass of fiber and read their copy of the AARP Journal. And heaven help me, […]

Nintendo's next-gen handheld offers a welcome upgrade for fans, though it's no mandatory purchase.

The DSi proves once again that Nintendo are still at the top of their game when it comes to the handheld market

Meet Nintendo's refresh of the hugely popular DS Lite, but with downloadable content

The DSi is full of potential, but at present it's mostly untapped. Given some forward-thinking software applications and the inevitable growth of DSiWare it won't remain that way for long. Above all, the DSi is a few levels ahead of the Lite in terms of both e...

The DS Lite was the perfect evolution of the original DS, but does the DSi do enough to justify its price?

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When Nintendo first released the DS handheld system in November 2004, its two screens, touch-screen capabilities, and built-in microphone made it a c

When I first held a Nintendo DSi in my hands, I was impressed – it's a cute little system,

Nintendo's next-gen handheld offers a welcome upgrade for fans, though it's no mandatory purchase.

With over 100 million units sold since it was introduced in 2004, the Nintendo DS has become the highest selling handheld platform of its generation. With a veritable plethora of games marketed toward a broad cross-section of users both young and old, the Nintendo DS in undeniably appealing platform. But as is typically the case, only a portion of a console's success (or failure) can be attributed to software alone, and it is often carefully timed hardware revisions that can make or break a system, and in this regard, Nintendo has shown incredible aptitude. The platform has only existed in three principal hardware configurations – the original DS, the DS Lite, and now the DSi – with a number of special and limited edition aesthetic variations therein. While the original DS laid the groundwork for the handheld, it was the DS Lite that trimmed some of the device's fat and delivered a much-needed aesthetic upgrade. Now, with the DSi, Nintendo has tweaked the system once again with some stylistic and functional upgrades, but are they enough to garner your hard earned cash? We render our verdict below.

The question on everyone’s mind since October 2, 2008, has been whether it will be worth upgrading to the DSi from the DS Lite, right? We’ve all seen the countless videos coming out of Japan about the DSi’s new features and I’m sure most of you have already made up your mind…