Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Nintendo DSi The Five Coolest Features

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
31,655
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Feb 20, 2009

http://www.bit.ly/moviestorrent - download unlimited high speed movies here!

Nintendo DSi: The Five Coolest Features

1. Music!
The DSi has a pretty snazzy audio player and recorder that has some bells and whistles your MP3 player probably doesn't. You can alter the pitch and speed (the latter of which makes lengthy podcasts a bit speedier), as well as add a bunch of neat effects like echoes, reverse play, instrumental only, and 8-bit tunes. You haven't heard "Any Way You Want It" until it's sounded like an NES game. And if you want to just listen to music, the DSi's good for that too. If you're listening to music when you close the DSi, it'll keep playing as long as you've got headphones attached.

Photos!
If you've ever messed around with the iPhoto program on a Macbook, you'll probably dig what Nintendo's doing with the DSi's dual cameras. You can stretch a photo, much like Mario's face in Super Mario 64, as well as play with a bunch of cool picture modes like color mode, wherein you take a black and white picture and reveal colors by tapping on different parts of the pic. Mischief mode adds things like moustaches and glasses to your picture. Merge allows you to morph two different headshots, while frames lets you create custom image templates. One bizarre one was someone else's head with the eyes cut out so we could insert our own peepers! Creepy. And if you've got a weird pic to send to a nearby friend, you can do it over local wireless!

Downloads!
With Wi-Fi and a dedicated memory slot, Nintendo is finally allowing the DSi to enter the wonderful world of downloadable games. We got to try three tiny but tremendous downloadable games that will hopefully head stateside. Puro was based off an old Wario Ware microgame. In Puro, you control a small bird who has to eat falling beans before they hit the ground. Speaking of Wario Ware, that series had its own DSiWare iteration, wherein you have to strike wacky poses. And finally, there's Decode, which is bar none the best math game ever. All you have to do is switch and flip numbers (for example, a 2 into a 5) until you line up a bunch that add up to ten. It's more difficult--and fun--than you'd think.

Design!
Pictures don't do the DSi justice. While it's not the marked improvement of the DS Lite over the original bulky model, the DSi is sleek, the buttons have been moved around for better layout and ergonomics, and best of all, the portable has a matte finish that would make the PSP green with envy. Inside the system, the UI has been made over to look more like the Wii. You can drag and drop games and tools like you would on the Wii or iPhone. It's a definite improvement.

Storage!
With an SD storage slot, the DS's biggest weakness has been remedied. You can store music, movies and games, and, hopefully, can download firmware updates so that the DSi can keep up with the times. With all the improvements the DSi offers over the original, you might be tempted to, too.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 6 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Top Comments

  • Internet browser not worth the download? I disagree...

  • DSi is like a hand-held Wii.

see all

All Comments (110)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • i didnt like the dsi the paint chipped on me and got dents in it and it broke within a year

  • I lay bought one for me and one for my little bro. I'm getting blue and he's getting pink.

    I wanted these for the pokemon black and white features and mario and luigi 3 features i will keep my ds lite for migrating pokemon and gba games while the sp is for gb games!

  • @smokey95dog well it did alraedy at the start when it came out

  • Does anybody know when the 3DS going to have its first update???

  • @masterhand129 The release of The eshop is june 7th

  • lol if you have itunes music folder with the itunes you can drag n drop music from that to the sd card and play it on the dsi

  • i have a question. im in america and i have a 3ds and somebody tell me when the

    e shop is gonna be available? it said through a system update somebody when its gonna be available in ameerica.

  • y is ur jap

  • @JelJam16 don't you mean the 3DS?

  • stupid adds thums up if you agree waste of yoyur life ^^

View all Comments »
Loading...

0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more