Comments on: DSi – Considering the Possibilities

By: tricky11

tricky11 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:38:27 +0000

Let's hope that these possibilities are possible.

By: tricky11

tricky11 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:35:34 +0000

We'll wait and hope that these possibilities are possible.

By: tricky11

tricky11 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:29:58 +0000

What I'm wishing for is for me to be able to play world of warcraft so there's no need for me to make an effort and buy wow gold just to keep up with the game.

By: tricky11

tricky11 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:38:27 +0000

Let's hope that these possibilities are possible.

By: LittleOni

LittleOni — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:53:49 +0000

Another thing with the camera, that I think will happen (simply because the property is a license to print money) is seeing the Pokemon CCG having scanable bar codes that unlock special items/monsters/etc in the next iteration of the series. Or something of the like for any game.

Needless to say, I have high expectations for the DSi. I hope to get mine on launch.

By: Ishaan

Ishaan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:21:01 +0000

Yeah, I really hope they make PS0 DSi-compatible. Really, I can imagine that game working well with the new D-Pad. WPA support would be nice, too, yeah.

I hope they re-release it in Japan with all those added features, too. But we're probably just getting our hopes up for no good reason…

By: jarrod

jarrod — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:27:52 +0000

I expect DSi SD slot support will work like Wii, content can be retrieved directly from the card but apps can't be run from it. That'd mean you can use it for stuff like DLC or custom soundtracks but not DSiWare.

Of course, all that might change with Iwata's magical “SD solution” promised this spring…

By: jarrod

jarrod — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:19:24 +0000

This. No Virtual Game Boy is shameful.

Plus, there's plenty of 3rd party handheld platforms (Wonderswan, Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket) that could be added in time too.

By: jarrod

jarrod — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:17:21 +0000

Yeah it sucks. I kind of expect we'll see Nintendo release enhanced versions of their biggest WFC DS games (Mario Kart, Prime Hunters, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, etc) with added WPA support though (among other things). Similar to many of their early GBC upgraded releases (Tetris DX, Link's Awakening, Wario Land 2, etc) or the New Play Control line.

I also sort of wonder if this is why Sega pushed PS0 back for the west, to implement WPA?

By: Ishaan

Ishaan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:53:19 +0000

Call of Duty: World at War is a blast on DS. Aside from that, there hasn't been much, yea. I'm looking forward to Phantasy Star, Blue Dragon (not Plus, the cool one) and Echoes of Time. Hopefully we'll see more games going the online multiplayer route on DS this year…I love a meaty portable game!

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:01:28 +0000

Well to me the big problem is that WEP is so insecure. I was shocked at how fast my connection was cracked. The sad thing is that every other device, the Wii included, features WPA support. It is nice that the DSi supports WPA but if it don't support it for legacy titles, then its useless as you would have to turn it off on your connection just to play legacy DS games, leaving your connection totally open to anybody that walks past your house. That is why I just don't even use DS online anymore. I refuse to allow others the ability to steal my connection just for the sake of using my DS. Especially since there hasn't been many online DS games that have interested me in the past year or so.

By: Ishaan

Ishaan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:08:40 +0000

Agreed. This is my biggest beef with DS Wi-Fi. It's so clumsy and does everything it possibly can to hinder you from having a fun online experience. They really, really need to make it so finding friends to play with is easier.

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:41:09 +0000

Seriously another thing regarding Wi-Fi that bugs me is that they don't have it set up where you can enable WPA for legacy DS games. This is a big deal to me since I really don't like having to have my wireless network using WEP for the sole purpose of my DS being able to access it.

By: Mr. Mee

Mr. Mee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:03:48 +0000

I personally want GB, GBC, and GBA Virtual Console games. Bring it on Big N!

By: Hugh Isaacs II

Hugh Isaacs II — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:39:03 +0000

There's some great ideas here.

and I agree with the Nintendo Wi-Fi profile thing all of the way (it would be great to have your profile publicly display your Mii character and display your real face for friends).

Two things I've noticed that I've wondered about, the DSi doesn't have a Mii channel despite new DS games getting Mii support (this seriously needs to come in an update).

and it also doesn't have Connect24 support, so there is no built in e-mail system like on the Wii which I find to be a big disappointment since that's a big feature I use on the Wii (especially for news).