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NMS 2008 Updates: DSi Confirmed, Punch-Out!!, Sin & Punishment 2

By Joel Luther. Thursday, 2. October 2008, 04:47:59

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READ MORE for the transcribed news with pictures! But for a recap:
N+ UPDATE: Official Wii and DSi recap video

I'm half-asleep while I'm typing this, so don't be surprised if the updates stop halfway through. :D

  • Iwata takes the stage and immediately announces the DSi.
  • Slimmer model, GBA slot removed.
  • 2.6 mm thinner than DS Lite.


  • Two camera included, on back of device.
  • Both screens increased to 3.25 inches
  • Audio functionality included
  • Two cameras: external = .3 MP, internal = VGA quality
  • Images can be manipulated through the touch panels
  • Pitch and playback of audio can be adjusted at will.


  • SD Card support
  • Onboard memory included
  • Download applications via internet with Wii Points, now rebranded as "Nintendo Points"
  • Built-in browser
  • DS Ware
  • Titles will be placed into Free, 200, 500, and Premium (800) categories.
  • DSi systems that connect by March, 2010 will receive 1000 Points as a gift.
  • Releases November 1 in Japan
  • 18900 Yen
  • Releases in rest of world next year.
  • Launches in White and Matte Black
  • McDonald's will have "Nintendo Zone"
  • Launch titles: World Food, Phantasy Star Zero, Momotaro Dentetsu, etc.
  • Mario & Luigi 3!!!!!
  • Now showing a demo reel of games that will release before year's end.
  • DSi Presentation over, now on to Wii storage solution!!
  • Aaaaand ... you can download WiiWare/VC titles directly to SD cards. Yay?
  • Software also loads easily off of SD cards.
  • That service starts in Spring 2009
  • 3.5 minute demo movie installed on all Wii consoles: "What You Can Do With Wii"
  • Wi-Fi adapter
  • Helping someone set up Wi-Fi nets you 500 Nintendo Points
  • Re-announcement of Animal Crossing: City Folk and Wii Speak
  • Chatting about Wii Sports Resort and MotionPlus
  • Nintendo is going to re-release GameCube classics like Pikmin under a new "Enjoy With Wii" line
  • Showing demo reel of upcoming Wii games


  • Punch-Out!! Wii confirmed
  • Sin & Punishment 2 for Wii announced
  • Another Code (Trace Memory on the DS) announced for Wii
  • Sengoku Musou 3 on Wii
  • Another installment of the "Tales of" series is headed to Wii
  • Iwata's address is over, Miyamoto is now coming to the stage to demo Wii Music. Uck. And they were doing so well...
  • Official website for DSi is up at http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsi.html
  • Endless Ocean 2 slipped through the cracks somehow, but it's coming, as well as 3D Picross for the DS


And with that, the conference is over. We'll be back tomorrow with news from the North American conference - hopefully we can clarify some things and maybe get some more news out of it. So, I'm off to the sweet embrace of sleep ....... all four hours of it.

Violent MadworldNMS 2008 Updates: North American Conference

Comments

.ed 2. October 2008, 04:55

DSi Happen.

.ed 2. October 2008, 04:58

dude you're updating faster than Kotaku and... joystiq isnt doing anything...

i was just going to add that pic and it's already up ha

Justin 2. October 2008, 05:22

Im texting Anton all of those and he is flipping out! Haha!

Sucks to be on Night crew the day of Nintendo conferences!

Joel Luther 2. October 2008, 05:53

I can take a break now. :D No one really cares about Wii Music, do they? :lol:

Kasper Adolph 2. October 2008, 06:01

DSi! Oh my science! Oh my science! Oh my science! :yikes:

*Dances around in euforic joy* :hat:

But what am I supposed to do wih my rumble pak that I imported all the way from Japan? :cry:

.ed 2. October 2008, 06:06

i think like a cell phone the back cam is 3mp and the front cam is vga

Joel Luther 2. October 2008, 06:26

That's what I thought at first (and put that in the liveblog) but Nintendo just put up the official press release that clearly says the external camera is 300,000 pixels. Which means .3 MP. That's pretty crappy.

seaempty 2. October 2008, 06:41

Awesome news! Superb blogging, sir!

And I and stoked for Punch Out on the Wii

EDIT: And do we know if it's an Opera in-built browser?

Ace Jon 2. October 2008, 07:13

Frigging WIN!

So many possibilities now...

DS Webcam chat GET, for one. If they don't make it it'll be homebrew in 2 months.

Ace Jon 2. October 2008, 09:17

Double post for laziness.

Check out the second-to-last tab on the official DSi site.

First screen shows us the browser is indeed Opera.
Second screen looks uncannily like N+'s Galaxy header design.

Haavard 2. October 2008, 09:21

Yes, it's Opera.

Geoff Girardin 2. October 2008, 11:11

Oh my god. I just woke up and am half asleep and forgot about this conference and saw it in my feeds and peed a little. Greatest handheld device ever confirmed.

Alexis Deveria 2. October 2008, 13:39

Thanks for that confirmation, Haavard. :smile:

I've started a forum topic on the DSi Opera browser, if anyone's interested.

I'm excited! :D

Matt 2. October 2008, 14:12

*sniff* its finally here! the nintendo ds without the unneeded GBA slot!!! yaaaaaay.....**** i dont got money :frown:

Morgan Green 2. October 2008, 22:27

I'm so excited. ^-^ I'm not sure what this will do to Guitar Hero and Pokemon's backwards compatibility though.

Edit: In second tab of the link Ace Jon posted, you can bounce around a DS to see the difference between the Lite and. Awesome.

Pikachu Electron 2. October 2008, 23:10

What !
A new DS NOT a successor .
And its incompatible with Guitar Hero on Tour .

It this was a successor i would buy but this its GameBoy micro again as in a pointless revision that 2 years after launch still have plenty of stocks thats from the first batch in my local Target store .

At least i cheard up a bit about Sin & Punishment 2 yah .

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