Comments on: Why I Wont Be Buying a DSi

By: njsykora

njsykora — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:40:08 +0000

Yes it does make Guitar Hero On Tour defunct effectively, though I doubt many people will be shedding tears over that fact given how painful it is to play.

By: StevePhoenix

StevePhoenix — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:11:01 +0000

I don’t understamd why people are needing an upgrade, if your ds is broken then fair enough, as i figure if mine ever broke and i had to get a new one i probably would get a DSi, but to go out and buy a new handheld when you have the same thing already doesn’t make sense.

Also does this now make games like guitar hero defunct as nobody can play it on a DSi due to having no GBA port. I’m sure there are more games that use this similarly, i just havn’t played any.

By: Shakey1245

Shakey1245 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:35:11 +0000

GameStation had a little set up for it last time I went in. A video of people having fun (in the way all people have fun in the advert universe, by sort of swaying back and forth into each other with stupid smiles on thier faces) narrated by a woman with a soothing, reasuring voice who explained the new features.

I had to quickly walk away before the apathy made my knees melt.

By: Pyroph

Pyroph — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:19:19 +0000

It wouldn’t be useful for me to grab a DSi, but my mom was still using a phat, so I had her trade in that for a new one. I do have a GB SP and a few other GBA compatible system so I may end up picking it up if it’s worth it.

By: njsykora

njsykora — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:10:29 +0000

I’m getting one, I’m still running on my launch DS so I’m well overdue an upgrade. Plus the thought of a portable Virtual Console and the potential of DSiWare is just too big for me to ignore.

The loss of the GBA slot isn’t a big deal to me, I bought a new GBA to play Pokemon Yellow so I have that for my GBA games, I’d imagine most of the people who are serious about their GBA games would have already done the same.

Finally, you mention as a plus point that the DS’ firmware has already been cracked to allow piracy. Fucking seriously? I’m constantly frustrated and angered by the way people use the R4 (‘its just for backups’ yeah right you pirating fucktard) and I think that bringing attention to it is extremely irresponsible.

That point also brings an issue to the GBA point, as anyone truly annoyed by the loss of a GBA slot would now buy that new flashcard to hold GBA games.

By: nikmonroe

nikmonroe — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:02:35 +0000

I brought a DSi this weekend and I’m quite happy with my purchase. I still had the orignal DS and needed to upgrade, I don’t own any GBA so for me this is fine. If I do want to want to get involved in some GBA action, i’ll grab a Micro becuase really I want one anyway.

If you’ve already got a DS lite then this would be a pointless upgrade and yes I agree everybody should still go out and get the Resident Evil arcade pack regardless.