WOW already! and thats how nintendo makes there money!

Good to see that Nintendo is using all of that RnD money to. . . . .
remake the same system again? DOH!

Next generation please , tired of rehashing.

Isn't anybody tired of the console manufacturers, just remaking their old systems over and over again. I mean, some of this remaking is for the good of it, but the recent DS game piracy outbreak that came with the DSi sd card compatibility cause a little dammage to it. And I bet that somebody somewhere is going to crack thePSPgo very soon. They should just make a new handheld.

that's one big pen! well...when u presume it would be pocket space-friendly that is...

PSPgo will not be cracked because no one really bought it.

^lol +1

That thing is gonna be massive! It weighs more than the first generation psp(check it out on Kotaku). I def won't be gettin one, since it will be the same resolution as the regular dsi screen it might look pretty pixelated. And with two 4in screens its gonna be as big as a netbook!

It's a good thing Nintendo isn't in the restaurant business. They would just take yesterday's septic tank contents, freeze it, paint it pink and call it today's NEW strawberry-flavored ice-cream. With a NEW price!

A DSI for adults. The itty bitty controls, pen and screen hurt my big tendonotis ridden hands and tired-of-looking-at-a-monitor-all-day-long eyes. I sold my launch-day PSP after about a month. My hands ached after playing it.

Ya'll can criticize, but you're missing the point of this thing.

Good, then the DSi and DS and DSLite prices will all go down. Yay.
Also the name should be XL, not LL. What does LL stand for...?

Sweet good thing i skipped the dsi now i can get a ds for my big hands although not too sure how well it fits into my pocket anymore.

They keep making the same thing in a slightly different way. Kind of like the iPhone. Where's the next gen tech, nintendo?

I swear...Nintendo's a bunch of A$$holeS...last I checked here we are in a recession where money is tight and Nintendo is updating their DS line less then a year later after the DSi....sad part is people will go out and buy this too. Like theramman said earlier "that's how they make their money" I remember back in the days when the gameboy would like a hardware refresh about every two years....but less then 12 months later...it's ridiculous!!!

Sony must be learning from the master. How many PSP revisions are there?

Maybe the Ds Lite now go for 100usd, the DSi 140-150, and DSi LL for 170, the same as the normal DSi now.
For me it's sad, i just got a DSi in the beginning of august, and still waiting to see exclusive games that take advantage of the more powerful hardware inside.

Don't understand why everyone is complaining about them releasing another DS. It gives the consumer more options, possibly lowers prices, and there is nothing forcing you to upgrade. If you like your current DS then stick with it. I still have my launch day DS fatty because the Lite and DSi didn't have anything that compelled me to buy them. This new DS would fit my hands much better so I just might bite.

I like bigger screens, but not at the expense of pixel density.

their games already look crap and pixelated, making the screen 4 inches without increasing the hardware performance will definitly make their games look even more crappier than they are now

imho DSi screen is already pixelated enough. I own one and the reason why I bought it was for the larger screen, more features, and it has a better overall quality feel to it much unlike a flimsy cheap feeling DS Lite. I don't need larger screens on Nintendo's portable pixel box. larger screen might be ok on a PSP but one can just purchase a PSP 2000. PSP dominates over Nintendo's console sometimes I wonder why I even own two DS and one DSi. I like the new PSP games such as Motorstorm Arctic Edge and Gran Turismo. Can't say much for 2009 DS titles.

Its odd how Nintendo keeps on making the same devices ( performance, characteristic wise for the consumer ) and yet they sell so much. I have barely bought anything Nintendo since they decided to keep low profile with the hardcore gamer ( even though i still like and respect Nintendo ) and Im bored of just seeing all the remakes. Why is it so hard for them to make something new and they look so scared of moving on? They have the biggest security as in fans ( good natured and not like Sony's ones that will shoot you if you talk shit about their PS2/3 etc ) and they would eitherway make money from big sales and ppl do trust them cause indeed they havent ever let anyone down. Anyhow, its way better than Sony's move to make the PSPGo which has failed already I guess..

I'm sure there are many people with bad eyesight that would appreciate such a console, but that's not to say nintendo's goal is anything more than to rehash the same console and make money.

If it looks pixelated push back less pixel density with a larger screen means you push it futher away from you to produce the same picture games are more then just graphics T_T spoiled people never played anything on the nes or snes hell ds games most of them aren't even sprites if you want to talk about crappy quality they are 3d models hell you act like you never owned a gameboy color or something. Like pokemon was a shitty game on a shitty console because it doesn't perform to your expectations.

all these comments badmouthing the unit. then dont buy it plain and simple. i personally will own one, i like the bigger screen. ive seen one in action and as for looking pixelated, wrong, it looks no better or worse then previous incarnations. though ive heard it has a better battery, though nintendo systems have always been decent on battery life. enjoy kids

Is the hardware still the same basically?
Still an ugly POS.

Livin' Large? Last Legs?

@VioMeTrix

The reason why people are bad-mouthing the unit is because it's blatantly obvious why it exists. It doesn't push any developements, nintendo is just trying to compete with iphone, because it's cut into their market share. Why buy a crappy nintendo game for $15 when you could get a crappy ipod/phone game for .99 cents. That market is where nintendo 'excells' offering a cheap thrill to people with ADD.

What I hate is that companies (aka, Sony) release this hardware, or a product that they expect will make them buttloads of money because they think it's awesome, yet tanks because some people see right through their crappy rehash, or can't even play their library of games pushed down their throat (pspgo..), and then turn arouns and blame it on 'pirates' and that due to piracy they will need more DRM, and then the news writes an article and the sheeple reading it thinks pirating is a much larger concern than they thought, and vote in favor of more anti-piracy laws. It's a whole vicious cycle, perpetuated by some lazy CEO, PR person, etc just trying to make quick cash on old tech.

I'm actually happy they're doing it. My mom has wanted one for a long time but can't see the screen without her glasses. Now I can get her Brain Age and Professor Layton (two games shes been dying to play) and she can enjoy them. This was Nintendo realizing their customer target for the DS with DS cookbooks and such is in the age bracket that needs their reading glasses and who's hands might be hurt by holding a tiny stylus.