DSi (D)effinant (S)tep (I)n the right direction.

I recently picked up the new rendition of the DS. Now quickly let me release my praise of the system. It is beautiful, sleek, feels and runs like a newborn baby. With that slight bit of praise released let me get on to the naggers of this system. My biggest problem with people who attempt (In futile attempts might I add) to downsize this system is this; the entire "It has no GBA slot!". Now I am no historian but the last time I checked a calendar it was 2009. The console died in 2006 with the release of the DS. Now the last GBA game was released in 2007, and since then no new games have been released and they are in all intents and purposes, a dead breed. With that down, why do people still insist that Nintendo put a GBA slot in NEW systems? Sure the GBA was a fun system but the fact is that it is gone, the past, outdated. Nintendo NEEDS to move on as a company past the nostalgia and into the bright future of things to come. Once again I do believe the advance was a fun system but it is gone now and with no new games coming out why waste the space/money on something that isn't going to be used by a mass majority of the people getting the system for the first time. Next what I want to point out is something that I have found quite comical in the long run and in need of being noticed. A large amount of people complain about the lack of a GBA slot, and yet the same people complain about rehashes of games that came out for the GBA/GC/PS...etc. What is your problem? You nag and complain about the old games coming back out with such statements as "Why do we need X game again? Give us something new!" and yet five seconds later your post will be seen in something along the lines of "Why did they take out the GBA slot? How am I supposed to play X game?". The bottom line is choose one stance and stop giving us this bull. Now I am going to give you the solutions to these rather simple problems. If you love the GBA so much you should (Just like me.) still own your old GBA. Or if you are even more like me then you still have a DS phat or a lite. In which case play your advance games on there. The DSi is meant to be a step into the future of games and not have lead feet and drag the past along with it. The new features are very sleek and deserve much praise. Not to mention some of the more popular older games are rumored to be coming to DSiware. These simple solutions aren't to hard to come by. But on the last note, if you are so obsessed with what happened in the early 2000's and such then don't buy something from 2009 which doesn't support the past (the DSi). It is that simple. Don't debunk a system that is very visibly the right choice. You HAVE to let go of things sometime, or else you will be the kid in third grade carrying his blankie.

I agree completely with the TC.

I agree also, but I have a few GBA games that I still enjoy so instead of crying about it, I just kept my ds lite. problem solved.

I recently picked up the new rendition of the DS. Now quickly let me release my praise of the system. It is beautiful, sleek, feels and runs like a newborn baby. With that slight bit of praise released let me get on to the naggers of this system. My biggest problem with people who attempt (In futile attempts might I add) to downsize this system is this; the entire "It has no GBA slot!". Now I am no historian but the last time I checked a calendar it was 2009. The console died in 2006 with the release of the DS. Now the last GBA game was released in 2007, and since then no new games have been released and they are in all intents and purposes, a dead breed. With that down, why do people still insist that Nintendo put a GBA slot in NEW systems? Sure the GBA was a fun system but the fact is that it is gone, the past, outdated. Nintendo NEEDS to move on as a company past the nostalgia and into the bright future of things to come. Once again I do believe the advance was a fun system but it is gone now and with no new games coming out why waste the space/money on something that isn't going to be used by a mass majority of the people getting the system for the first time. Next what I want to point out is something that I have found quite comical in the long run and in need of being noticed. A large amount of people complain about the lack of a GBA slot, and yet the same people complain about rehashes of games that came out for the GBA/GC/PS...etc. What is your problem? You nag and complain about the old games coming back out with such statements as "Why do we need X game again? Give us something new!" and yet five seconds later your post will be seen in something along the lines of "Why did they take out the GBA slot? How am I supposed to play X game?". The bottom line is choose one stance and stop giving us this bull. Now I am going to give you the solutions to these rather simple problems. If you love the GBA so much you should (Just like me.) still own your old GBA. Or if you are even more like me then you still have a DS phat or a lite. In which case play your advance games on there. The DSi is meant to be a step into the future of games and not have lead feet and drag the past along with it. The new features are very sleek and deserve much praise. Not to mention some of the more popular older games are rumored to be coming to DSiware. These simple solutions aren't to hard to come by. But on the last note, if you are so obsessed with what happened in the early 2000's and such then don't buy something from 2009 which doesn't support the past (the DSi). It is that simple. Don't debunk a system that is very visibly the right choice. You HAVE to let go of things sometime, or else you will be the kid in third grade carrying his blankie.

xXDante666Xx

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS. I love the DSi. Just because of the lack of GBA slot people have been hating DSis. Seriously, if you wanna play a GBA game, just buy one! Jeez...

i also agree i havent played a gba game since i got my first ds so i dont care at all and with out tyhe gba slot theres more room for better fetures

will gba games be downloadable

With the phat, I just jammed any old GBA game just for the sake of having something there. The GBA on the lite was REALLY bad. The game stuck out and it was really awkward. I whole heartedly support their decision to take out the GBA slot. it's time to make way for the future.

TC, you have my total support in your world domination campaing, err- i mean, opinion.

I completely agree. If you love GBA games so much, you would just keep your GBA and play the games there.

Someone making sense on the Internet? What is this madness?!?

you make a very good point, if you really want to play gba games, buy a gba sp for 40 bucks at gamestop, last I checked, they were having a 75% off sale on gba games

@Wildskirby: NO THIS IS GAMESPOT!! (With that I do apologize. The situation was just set up though.

@Meiaman: Thanks :P