VIDEO: Nintendo Demos the DSi XL

[JMcEntegart]

The DSi XL packs two displays that are 93 percent bigger than the screens on the current DSi. It also comes with a handy-dandy XL stylus that's easier to hold.

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[livingsacrifice]

Dang, Nintendo sure is milking the DS for all its worth...

 

[decepticon]

Wait, 93% larger? So the DSlite display is 3.25" diagonal, so the new one is 6.43". Is that accurate?

 

[triplanetary]

Actually, it's 93% larger than the DS Lite's screen, not 93% larger than the DSi's screen.

[citation][nom]decepticon[/nom]Wait, 93% larger? So the DSlite display is 3.25" diagonal, so the new one is 6.43". Is that accurate?[/citation]

Yes. Small changes in diagonal size lead to proportionally large changes in area.

 

[triplanetary]

Sorry, let me correct myself. No, the DSi XL's screen is 4.2", not 6.43". The "93% larger" figure refers to display area, not diagonal size. As I said, you get larger gains in display area, so that's the figure they'll quote for comparison, just for the sake of having impressive numbers to show off.

 

[kyzar]

Bladdy hell - another reason for my daughter to fleece me dry...

 

[sliem]

[citation][nom]kyzar[/nom]Bladdy hell - another reason for my daughter to fleece me dry...[/citation]
Exactly what Nintendo wanted when they design this.

 

[hakesterman]

Actually, it's 93% larger than the DS Lite's screen, not 93% larger than the DSi's screen.

You are correct!

 

[lamorpa]

Maybe if they included the increased thickness of the larger glass they could have said it was 184% larger (by volume!)

 

[agnickolov]

Well, assuming the same aspect ratio, and the smaller diagonal being 3.25" (as somebody else posted), the new diagonal would be 39% larger or ~4.5"

 

[drip50291]

TONS of that's what she saids... "The first thing we notice is that..its huge..."

 

[Guest]

Does any one know the original DPI of the DSi screen vs what this new one will be? I assume it is the same pixel resolution as previous or is the DSi XL have more (and then the question is will the current games run in a small window or be scaled)?

 

[MrF430]

Does the guy behind the camera need to say: Uh huh, uh hum, mmm hmmm, ah haa, every two seconds!!

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]edelgiud[/nom]Does any one know the original DPI of the DSi screen vs what this new one will be? I assume it is the same pixel resolution as previous or is the DSi XL have more (and then the question is will the current games run in a small window or be scaled)?[/citation]

I would imaging that they would keep it the same resolution.

 

[ordcestus]

[citation][nom]edelgiud[/nom]Does any one know the original DPI of the DSi screen vs what this new one will be? I assume it is the same pixel resolution as previous or is the DSi XL have more (and then the question is will the current games run in a small window or be scaled)?[/citation]
You'll probably have a choice. I remember on my game boy advance SP which had a widescreen, you could play original game boy games either stretched or centered

 

[nottheking]

[citation][nom]edelgiud[/nom]or is the DSi XL have more[/citation]
As far as I can tell, the DSi XL is basically just a size change; the internals are 100% identical. The same CPUs, (ARM7 @33MHz & ARM9 @133MHz) same RAM quantity, (16MB) same integrated flash storage. (256MB) (and likewise, same single SDHC slot, and same lack of a GBA slot)

The only differences this will get is a bigger screen, a bigger stylus, and apparently a bigger battery, too, as Nintendo appears to be claiming a longer battery life than the DSi on equal brightness settings.

 

[donaldduck]

Wow, those are nice, big screens!
If it only had more ram it would probably be better than the iPad

 

[Guest]

strangely along the time of the Ipad?

 

[nottheking]

[citation][nom]donaldduck[/nom]Wow, those are nice, big screens!If it only had more ram it would probably be better than the iPad[/citation]
On that line of thought, I've been wondering what the MSRP of this thing will be; obviously, it's gonna be bigger than the base DSi, since this appears to basically just be a "deluxe" version of the handheld.

'course, I would've also liked to, say, perhaps see a bump-up in the size of the embedded flash, or a second SDHC slot... Though I figure that the single one it has is probably enough anyway.