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SanjiX · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:19 am

Problem solved!

It seems that iTunes has a nifty feature that lets you convert mp3 files into aac! Best of all, it works on the DSi! :-D

SanjiX · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:25 am

WaveBoy wrote:

The thing is though is that i don't want to drop $199 for one at the moment....

It's $170, not $199! So far, from what I've seen in the long run it's not at all mandatory to upgrade - yet. The DSi shop channel, the cameras and the SD card slot could help out on several games in the future. If developers use the hardware effectively, the DSi upgrade will eventually be like upgrading from the DS to the DS Lite.

As for the guys who are giving not so nice remarks about it, if you fiddle around with it for a while, I feel that most of your opinions may change about the thing. Just give it a few months... you'll see. ;-)

WaveBoy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:15 am

SanjiX wrote:

WaveBoy wrote:

The thing is though is that i don't want to drop $199 for one at the moment....

It's $170, not $199! So far, from what I've seen in the long run it's not at all mandatory to upgrade - yet. The DSi shop channel, the cameras and the SD card slot could help out on several games in the future. If developers use the hardware effectively, the DSi upgrade will eventually be like upgrading from the DS to the DS Lite.

As for the guys who are giving not so nice remarks about it, if you fiddle around with it for a while, I feel that most of your opinions may change about the thing. Just give it a few months... you'll see. ;-)

It's $199 CAN <_<

Besides I might have to pay for Laser Eye Surgery. Kids, don't snort Ecstasy.

gamedude64 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:38 am

I dont really like the upgrades they have done like the music player, camera, and the fact that they took off the GBA slot. But it's going to have a virtual console to buy Game boy games so that alone makes me want it.

Prinny · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:17 pm

Here I go posting on TGH from my DSi.

The DSi browser is >>>>> psp browser.

And it seems to be > wii browser.

Prinny · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:30 pm

SanjiX wrote:

Problem solved!

It seems that iTunes has a nifty feature that lets you convert mp3 files into aac! Best of all, it works on the DSi! :-D

This was helpful, thanks for investigating!

DJ Powder · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:47 pm

Well at least when I finally buy one of those damn contraptions I'll be able to listen to music, my only question is, why can't it play MP3's? I don't think that would have been too much to ask.

C'mon Nintendo... WTF man?

Prinny · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:03 pm

I thought gb/gbc/gba games were confirmed, now they "haven't talked about it"? WTF?!

Friend codes aren't that bad, they just aren't that good. So keeping them neither solves the problem nor makes it worse...

WaveBoy wrote:

why is there no White DSi?

There is one, for the JPN region. (i'm not sure about Europe)

I like how they threw Mother 3 at him.

Quote:

we've got other priorities right now.

So appeasing the fanbase, nintendo's loyal customers is not a priority...

But I already have a DSi, and i'm satisfied on their improvements.
So this article can't affect my opinion on buying it, because I already have it.

Crono · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:16 pm

DJ Powder wrote:

Well at least when I finally buy one of those damn contraptions I'll be able to listen to music, my only question is, why can't it play MP3's? I don't think that would have been too much to ask.

C'mon Nintendo... WTF man?

When they Wii came out, the originally did support the MP3 codec. Sometime last year, though, they switched, with an update, to make it so it used AAC instead.

Making the Wii and DSi compatible, in this manner, would mean that the DSi would be AAC only too. I'm not entirely sure why they did it, though.

Xylon Lionheart · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:38 pm

Wow... that just seems like terrible marketing strategy on Nintendo's part. I see no reason to get the DSi if one already has a DS. The extras just aren't really worth it.

Beeslo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:53 am

gamedude64 wrote:

I dont really like the...fact that they took off the GBA slot. But it's going to have a virtual console to buy Game boy games so that alone makes me want it.

So you are pissed off that they took off a feature that allowed you to play your GBA games, but are okay with the fact that they'll charge you to play those exact same games on its "Virtual Console?" :zomgz:

Beeslo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:55 am

Xylon Lionheart wrote:

Wow... that just seems like terrible marketing strategy on Nintendo's part. I see no reason to get the DSi if one already has a DS. The extras just aren't really worth it.

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner! :nyor:

Axel · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:28 am

Beeslo wrote:

Xylon Lionheart wrote:

Wow... that just seems like terrible marketing strategy on Nintendo's part. I see no reason to get the DSi if one already has a DS. The extras just aren't really worth it.

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner! :nyor:

Soo I do have a question as well. Why would anyone want a DSi if they have games that use the GBA Port as well as the ds Port? Like the Guitar hero game?

Axel · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:35 am

Beeslo wrote:

gamedude64 wrote:

I dont really like the...fact that they took off the GBA slot. But it's going to have a virtual console to buy Game boy games so that alone makes me want it.

So you are pissed off that they took off a feature that allowed you to play your GBA games, but are okay with the fact that they'll charge you to play those exact same games on its "Virtual Console?" :zomgz:

I agree with beeslo. You have a stack of 40 GBA Games, that you can play on DS or Ds Lite. You can also play most DS games, and those ds games that require the GBA slot as well. You can also play that stack of 40 + GBA Games. Instead of buying them of the DSi Store for 10 bucks apiece. Sure convience is fun and all, but are you going to pay 250 + dollars to play games you already have a copy of, for a digital one. THe only way I would think it would be a good idea is if they had some process to let you renew your GBA Games for a Digital Download. Then it would be a good trade off.

Crono · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:51 am

Axel wrote:

I agree with beeslo. You have a stack of 40 GBA Games, that you can play on DS or Ds Lite. You can also play most DS games, and those ds games that require the GBA slot as well. You can also play that stack of 40 + GBA Games. Instead of buying them of the DSi Store for 10 bucks apiece. Sure convience is fun and all, but are you going to pay 250 + dollars to play games you already have a copy of, for a digital one. THe only way I would think it would be a good idea is if they had some process to let you renew your GBA Games for a Digital Download. Then it would be a good trade off.

God forbid people who have GBA games would still own a GBA, GBA Player, or DS that could still play the games they own.

The service, just like Virtual Console on the Wii, is for, obviously, games you don't already own.

Beeslo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:14 am

Axel wrote:

Beeslo wrote:

Xylon Lionheart wrote:

Wow... that just seems like terrible marketing strategy on Nintendo's part. I see no reason to get the DSi if one already has a DS. The extras just aren't really worth it.

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner! :nyor:

Soo I do have a question as well. Why would anyone want a DSi if they have games that use the GBA Port as well as the ds Port? Like the Guitar hero game?

Whoa. I forgot about that. Yeah, that was a little stupid on their part.

Beeslo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:17 am

Crono wrote:

Axel wrote:

I agree with beeslo. You have a stack of 40 GBA Games, that you can play on DS or Ds Lite. You can also play most DS games, and those ds games that require the GBA slot as well. You can also play that stack of 40 + GBA Games. Instead of buying them of the DSi Store for 10 bucks apiece. Sure convience is fun and all, but are you going to pay 250 + dollars to play games you already have a copy of, for a digital one. THe only way I would think it would be a good idea is if they had some process to let you renew your GBA Games for a Digital Download. Then it would be a good trade off.

God forbid people who have GBA games would still own a GBA, GBA Player, or DS that could still play the games they own.

The service, just like Virtual Console on the Wii, is for, obviously, games you don't already own.

Screw that though. If they really wanted to entice people they would offer SNES games for download. I would jump on that pretty quickly. Super Metroid where ever I go? Sign me up. Wow. I can play GameBoy games that don't really hold up too well these days? Woo hoo?

Prinny · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:03 pm

I could be wrong, but I don't think that mp3 is a free format.
I know OGG is a free format.

That and AAC was designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, because AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at many different bit rates.

Let wikipedia spell out the ways they are different, in aac format's favor...

Spoiler

So we could be seeing the begining of the moving away from mp3s all together and adapting aac as the new main format, like we did with wavs back in the day.

Prinny · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:19 pm

I shall play the devil's advocate here and defend the dsi in an otherwise totally opposing thread...

Backwards compatable vs (music capabilities[with greatest visualization ever], greater use of the microphone, camera capabilities, photo editing capabilities, larger screens, free easy to use internet browser, rainbow pen in pictochat, SD card slot, greater processing power, and an ever growing downloadable library of new applications and games. [they even give ya 1000 points for free to start off with])

"This isn't just a few additions... It's a spoony SMEG LOAD of additions!"

I know you guys are a little peeved about the missing gba slot, but... vs all the new improvements?
Get over it!

Besides if you already have a DS/DSlite what are you complaining about? This isn't women we are talking about... You don't have to only choose one!

If you aren't going to get it, that's fine, and if you are... welcome to the club.
(we don't have jackets but wii will soon) (j/k)

How'd I do?

Axel · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:13 pm

Crono wrote:

Axel wrote:

I agree with beeslo. You have a stack of 40 GBA Games, that you can play on DS or Ds Lite. You can also play most DS games, and those ds games that require the GBA slot as well. You can also play that stack of 40 + GBA Games. Instead of buying them of the DSi Store for 10 bucks apiece. Sure convience is fun and all, but are you going to pay 250 + dollars to play games you already have a copy of, for a digital one. THe only way I would think it would be a good idea is if they had some process to let you renew your GBA Games for a Digital Download. Then it would be a good trade off.

God forbid people who have GBA games would still own a GBA, GBA Player, or DS that could still play the games they own.

The service, just like Virtual Console on the Wii, is for, obviously, games you don't already own.

So Instead of just carrying a DS with some DS games and a few GBA Games, I now have to Carry a GBA/DS with a DSlite some GBA/Ds games. Thats real fun :-?

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