Your promises for new DS vs. the reality … revealed!

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There are officially (as of Tuesday, March 10, 2009) 25 days (not counting today and the day of the Nintendo DSi launch) left until the Nintendo DSi is officially available at Canadian and American stores… and everyone is excited!

Well… not everyone. These people think that Nintendo hasn’t listened to them. Or they might think that gaming is bad (boo you, whoever thinks that) Well, I’m here to tell you that your wrong!… both of you (yes I'm talking to you gaming haters!)

… anyways…

Nintendo has listened to you. I will now show a list of all of your requests and, if your request didn’t come out on the DSi, I will try to point out the possible reasons (or real reasons) why it didn’t make the cut.

All right here we go:

Name of request:	Answer:	Reasons (if yes, what are they doing?):
1. Improved speakers	Yes	One of the main features of the DSi are improved speakers.
2. The ability to look at pictures	Yes	Not only can you look at pictures but you can also take pictures with the two built-in cameras included with your DSi.
3. The ability to listen to music	Yes	Yes you can listen to music… like an iPod!… ok well not really… but it’s getting there!
4. The ability to watch videos	Ye… No :(	You can even watch videos!… ok no you can’t but you might be in the future. I guess Nintendo didn’t think about putting it there.
5. Internal memory	Yes	Yes it does. All 256 MB of it.
6. The ability to use some sort of a removable memory digital device	Yes	SD Cards. There i said it.
7. Exclusive games for the console	Yes	Besides DSiWare, there will be DSi-exclusive retail games. THANK YOU NINTENDO!!! Looks like we might see “Mario Kart DSi”… yay!
8. Bigger screens	Yes	The main feature… BIGGER SCREENS!!!… well actually it’s 0.25 in. larger than the 3 in. screens on the DS and DS lite.
9. Online right out of the box	Yes	The only thing that let’s you go online is the DSi Shop… oh well. At least we get online right out of the box!
10. The ability to have two DS slots	No	And good thing too… cuz the final design would have been three millimetres thicker.
11. Better web browser	Yes	And it’s finally useful, faster, and better.
12. Digital Distribution	Yes	Nintendo Zone downloads, Applications, DSiWare… it’s all there!
13. Better games	Yes	Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Pokémon Platinum, and C.O.R.E just to name a few.

Percentage of requests approved by Nintendo: 85%

So there you have it. Nintendo have passed the “Are you listening to us, Nintendo?” test by a long margin. However, I still wish that they could let you watch videos.