I'd expect more DSi only games at Nintendo conference Oct 2nd

I'd imagine with 3rd parties jumping on this fall in japan nintendo will roll out a good amount of DSi enhanced games that still play on DS but have certain DSi features (Spirit Tracks, Pokemon i'm guessing)

but i'm also expecting some DSi only games to boost its already great sales

i think they will start their first party DSi only retail games the smart way, with casual titles, like Brain Age 3, Nintendogs 2 and maybe some core titles

predictiosn?

Hopefully not

I don't want to see more camera games, it's bad enough one dev is already going down that path

DSi games mean they either use the camera or the media player and in either case it's more of a situation where things just feel tacked on rather then actually being worth it.

The last franchise that pulled off this kind of thing off was Monster Ranch a few generations ago

Nintendo needs to kill the lite like the killed the original version of the ds

Nintendo needs to kill the lite like the killed the original version of the ds

Cruse34

i say the "dsi only" games will play on dsL but most features cant be used

I doubt it, As much as Nintendo loves money, they also like to target the biggest audience which are those without the DSi.

i say the "dsi only" games will play on dsL but most features cant be used

bigM10231

I doubt it, As much as Nintendo loves money, they also like to target the biggest audience which are those without the DSi.

SonicBalla

I only bought a Dsi because I thought there were going to be Dsi exclusive games. At least there is the Dsi shop channel. Which has Flip Note Studios and Mario Vs Donkey Kong Minis Marach Again...

Funny how all these Lite owners come into a thread really meant for DSi owners. Its like going into the PS3 forum in 2006 and being upset they will make games for it and not PS2.

And why does everyone keep assuming DSi games will do nothing special but the camera? The improved hardware could be easily applied to produce better online, better graphics, more objects on screen (depending on its video mem), better physics, etc.

Let put it this way, DSi software that uses the camera just uses the camera. WarioWare, Ghostwire for ex. the DS Lite's 67Mhz CPU and 4MB of system RAM couldn't handle this camera gameplay at all. So the DSi's 133Mhz CPU and 16MB system RAM shows off in these camera games by having the camera be a control input.

Ok, make another piece of DSi software and instead of applying a lot of the 133Mhz CPU, 16MB RAM to the Camera (as it would be more difficult to pull of noticeably better than DS Lite graphics, physics AND camera gameplay at the same time i'd think) apply all of that hardware to just making a 3D adventure game, platformer, RPG, whatever.

And seriously to every one who says Nintendo won't make much DSi games, lol. Wow. So they release a product to the market and don't want to sell it?

And yes of course having 100 million customers is good but DSi is already nearing 10 million, and guess what guys nintendo doesn't need that big of userbase to make a game for a platform of theirs, why? Coz Nintendo MAKES USERBASES!

Put out Nintendogs DSi, Brain Age DSi, Mario Kart DSi and DSi user base will easily be a 20-40 million by 2011/2012 or more

But why make DS games when the GBA has 60 million? I mean its not like the DS replaced anything it was the "third" pillar

I can't wait to see what the DSi games dish out

Funny how all these Lite owners come into a thread really meant for DSi owners. Its like going into the PS3 forum in 2006 and being upset they will make games for it and not PS2.

And why does everyone keep assuming DSi games will do nothing special but the camera? The improved hardware could be easily applied to produce better online, better graphics, more objects on screen (depending on its video mem), better physics, etc.

Let put it this way, DSi software that uses the camera just uses the camera. WarioWare, Ghostwire for ex. the DS Lite's 67Mhz CPU and 4MB of system RAM couldn't handle this camera gameplay at all. So the DSi's 133Mhz CPU and 16MB system RAM shows off in these camera games by having the camera be a control input.

Ok, make another piece of DSi software and instead of applying a lot of the 133Mhz CPU, 16MB RAM to the Camera (as it would be more difficult to pull of noticeably better than DS Lite graphics, physics AND camera gameplay at the same time i'd think) apply all of that hardware to just making a 3D adventure game, platformer, RPG, whatever.

And seriously to every one who says Nintendo won't make much DSi games, lol. Wow. So they release a product to the market and don't want to sell it?

And yes of course having 100 million customers is good but DSi is already nearing 10 million, and guess what guys nintendo doesn't need that big of userbase to make a game for a platform of theirs, why? Coz Nintendo MAKES USERBASES!

Put out Nintendogs DSi, Brain Age DSi, Mario Kart DSi and DSi user base will easily be a 20-40 million by 2011/2012 or more

But why make DS games when the GBA has 60 million? I mean its not like the DS replaced anything it was the "third" pillar

I can't wait to see what the DSi games dish out

darth-pyschosis

Exactly. Not all games will be cheap camera games.

And this is what happens in gaming; you can't expect Nintendo to make a brand-new system and not make games exclusive to it. New games will be the reason people will buy it, so they will do what makes them the most money.

DSi games mean they either use the camera or the media player or the improved hardware or the improved WiFi

Jaysonguy

Fixed. Well, part of it anyway. Jayson do you really expect Nintendo to not make some compelling DSi only games after making wave after wave of good DSiware (ArtStyle series, Mario vs DK, Flipnote, etc) and why even let anyone make DSi only games, why make the DSi at all if they're not going to use anything but the camera?

Don't you think theres something else to it? I mean this 3rd party, making Monster Finder (no screens just artwork BTW) is making the first jump we know of, why?

They aren't stupid. They know there are 100 million customers they will exclude and only 7 million DSi customers currently. So why do it if its just a DS with a camera? Unless either A- The DSi dev kit is too far advanced (hardware-wise) to port down to DS lite or they just don't want to take the time, or B-it really uses the camera in a great exclusive way

Honeslty, the only reason you'd ignore the 100 million DS owners for DSi only is for the hardware, the DSi's improved hardware can handle the Camera, if the DS Lite could they would've just made a DSi with a 67Mhz CPU and 4MB of RAM, but guess what they didnt. They need the more power to use the camera in game.

So this dev took the DSi dev kit (which is entirely separate from the Lites of course) and can't get a DS lite to run the game without serious compromises, that has to be the reason to exclude 100 million customers.

And that has me excited, coz i can't wait to see DSi games that are 3D adventure, Platformes, RPGs, etc that don't use the camera and see what the hardware adds. Even if its just more players online, better physics, better graphics, whatever it may be.

I can't imagine Nintendo won't make something killer on it at retail, that'd be plain stupid. If they want to, this thing will keep printing money and be anothe 100 million seller in a few years if they really want to. (I'm not saying it will, but Nintendo can basically do anything they want in handhelds, including making userbases for consoles at whim due to their greatness at making good titles appealing to everyone and good marketing)