Nintendo DSi

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Nintendo DSi
Official logo The black Nintendo DSi
Generation	Seventh generation
Release dates	Nintendo DSi: November 1, 2008^[1] April 2, 2009^[?] April 3, 2009^[1] April 5, 2009^[2] December 15, 2009^[?] April 15, 2010^[3] July 26, 2011^[4] Nintendo DSi XL: November 21, 2009 (as Nintendo DSi LL)^[?] March 5, 2010^[?] March 28, 2010^[?] April 15, 2010^[?] October 8, 2010^[5] July 26, 2011^[6]
Discontinued	2013^[?]
Predecessors	Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS (concurrent)
Successor	Nintendo 3DS

“What will you and I do?”

—Advertisement slogan for the Nintendo DSi

TheNintendo DSi, or simply theDSi, is the third model of theNintendo DS family, announced on October 2, 2008. It is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, theNintendo DS Lite, with theGame Boy Advance slot being removed. However, this means that the Nintendo DSRumble Pak, which was used with titles such asMario & Luigi: Partners in Time, cannot be used. Two cameras, music playback functions, Wi-Fi, internet browser, larger screens, and a Wii-like channel interface were added. The Nintendo DSi has sold 28.44 million units, while the DSi XL sold 12.93 million units as of September 2014.^[7] The DSi is also able to download games from the Nintendo DSi Shop (DSiWare), stored on anSD Card or in internal memory. As with theWii andNintendo 3DS, one block of storage is 128 KB and SD cards are natively supported up to 32 GB SDHC, so a 32 GB SD card at full capacity would be converted internally by the Nintendo DSi as 262,144 blocks. The DSi's front has a camera lens, and another, smaller lens is located where the mic was positioned on the Lite, allowing for photos to be taken with the DSi open.^[8]

A special, limited edition DSi was sold on Black Friday of 2009 (November 27) in the United States only. It was available in Metallic Blue and came preinstalled with fiveSuper Mario software for the system, includingMario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!,WarioWare: Snapped!,Dr. Mario Express,Mario Calculator, andMario Clock.^[9] Two more limited-edition colors were sold on Black Friday of 2010 (November 26) in the United States: orange and green, each bundled withMario Party DS.^[10]

The Nintendo DSi was released in China byiQue, where it is brandediQue DSi.New Super Mario Bros. was a candidate for being a pre-installed game on the system, along withNintendogs, which iQue decided upon instead.^[11]New Super Mario Bros. was released physically for the iQue DS in July 2009, 5 months before the release of the iQue DSi.

Certain games are compatible withNintendo DS, but have enhanced performance if ran on a Nintendo DSi.Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! is the only game of theSuper Mario franchise of this status. Such games can utilizeWPA andWPA2 wireless standards as the original Nintendo DS can utilizeWEP standard only.^[12] One way to tell if a game is DSi-enhanced is the 10-character game ID divided by two dashes on the cartridges, located on the bottom-right of each label. If it has the prefixTWL (codename "Twilight" for DSi)^{[citation needed]} instead ofNTR (codename "Nitro" for DS),^[13] it is DSi-enhanced, which are also region-locked (just like the iQue DS Game Cards and later the3DS andNew 3DS ones).^{[citation needed]}

Nintendo DSi XL[edit]

TheNintendo DSi XL (DSi LL in Japan) is a revision model of the DSi. It includes larger screens with a diagonal of 107 mm (4.2 inches) (93% bigger than the DS Lite and the regular DSi's screen). The size and weight are increased accordingly so that the new model weighs 50% more than the DSi. According to reports, Nintendo wants to aim the new version to older gamers who might have trouble seeing the screen of a regular DS model.^[14]

The handheld console was released in Japan on November 21, 2009,^[15] in Europe on March 5, 2010,^[16] in North America on March 28, 2010,^[17] and in Australia on April 15, 2010.^[18]

In 2010, a red,Super Mario-themed DSi XL was released in Japan on October 28 in honor of the25th anniversary ofSuper Mario Bros.^[19]

Gallery[edit]

Nintendo DSi[edit]

A white and a black Nintendo DSi
A white Nintendo DSi XL
A Nintendo DSi XL in five colors
A Metallic Pink Nintendo DSi XL released on September 18, 2011^[20]
The Matte Blue DSi
A red Nintendo DSi (Japan and Europe only)
A yellow-green Nintendo DSi (Japan only)
A white DSi bundled withMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
A "Metallic Blue" Black Friday-edition DSi bundled with five games/apps
An orange Black Friday-edition DSi bundled withMario Party DS
A green Black Friday-edition DSi bundled withMario Party DS
Commemorative DSi XL for theSuper Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary
Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary original Nintendo DSi LL box art (Japanese)
A Midnight Blue Nintendo DSi XL bundled withMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!^[21]
A Metallic Pink Nintendo DSi XL bundled withMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
7-Eleven exclusiveSuper Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary original Nintendo DSi (Japanese)
Various Nintendo DSi colors
Nintendo DSi XL colors

DSiWare[edit]

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Nintendo DSi enhanced games[edit]

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ニンテンドーDSi^[22] Nintendō Dī Esu Ai	Nintendo DSi

Notes[edit]

Budgy, a parakeet character from the Nintendo DSi, has a phrase aboutPrincess Peach infiltrating a castle in the DSi Sound application.
If the player records a sound and waits, "Ground BGM" starts playing using the recorded sound as instrument.

References[edit]

Nintendo DSi coverage on otherNIWA wikis:

The Cutting Room Floor has an article onNintendo DSi.

Wikipedia has an article onNintendo DSi.

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^Siliconera Staff.MapleStory DS Lives, Launching With DSi In Korea.Siliconera (English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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^Comerciais em português do Nintendo DSi XL!.Nintendo World (Brazilian Portuguese). Archived July 6, 2011, 16:06:12 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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^Newton, James (November 22, 2010).Limited Edition Orange and Green DSis Spice Up Black Friday.Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^June 23, 2016.《记录》第17期：神游中国（下）.Chuapp (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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^ニンテンドーDSi LL.Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^East, Thomas (January 14, 2010).Nintendo DSi XL UK release date announced.CVG. Archived June 22, 2013, 15:22:16 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^Gamespot Staff (February 24, 2010).DSi XL supersizes NA March 28.GameSpot. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^Dickens, Anthony (March 30, 2010).April 15th - Australian DSi XL Retails for AU$299.95.Nintendo Life (English). Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^Newton, James (September 29, 2010).Japan Receives Red DSi XL in Honour of Mario's 25th Anniversary.Nintendo Life. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
^GameSpot Staff (September 9, 2011).Metallic rose DSi XL blooming September 18.GameSpot. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^Newton, James (October 26, 2011).Nintendo America Creates New DSi XL Bundles For You.Nintendo Life (English). Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^2014.ニンテンドーDS.Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Retrieved January 22, 2025.

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