While many of you were sleeping last night, Nintendo had it's Media Summit in Japan. The highlights of what were announced are below, which include a new Nintendo DS, AAA Wii games, AAA DS games, and a storage solution.

• Nintendo DSi

       
         - larger 3.25 inch screens
         - Two cameras (outside and inside on hinge)
              - Photos can be synced with Wii Photo Channel
              - Photos can be edited on the DS
         
         - Internal memory
         - No GBA slot
         - 12% thinner than DS Lite
         - Music playback
              - Pitch and playback speed can be adjusted
              - Music is selected on the top screen while Nintendo themed screensavers play on the bottom
         
         - SD card slot
         - Built in web browser
         - Game downloads with Nintendo Points
         - DSi Shop (aka DSWare)
         - Nintendo will give gamers 1000 points for free if they visit the store by March 2010 -- games will feature four price structures: Free, 200 Points, 500 Points and Premium (800 Points).
         - Considered a complement or "third pillar" to the regular DS and is not a replacement.
         - Official Japanese page: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsi.html (7th tab shows DS Lite / DSi comparisons)
       

• Storage Solution

         - Download games directly to SD cards
         - Faster transfers
         - Spring 2009

• Play On Wii line of games

         - GCN games remastered for Wii

• Punch-Out!! (Wii)
• Sin & Punishment 2 (Wii)
• Another Code (aka Trace Memory Wii)
• Endless Ocean 2
• Samurai Warrior 3 (Wii)
• New "Tales of...." mother-ship game (Wii)
• Mii's come to the DS!
• New DS exercise game using pedometer
• New WarioWare (DS - presumably for DSi)
• New Mario and Luigi game (DS)
• Stage Debut DS??
• Many, many other Wii and DS games. Watch the videos to see them

• http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2008fall/mov/wii.html?n10 Wii Game Lineup
• http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2008fall/mov/wii.html?n10 Nintendo DS Game Lineup

That's it for the Japanese Media Summit. The US one is tomorrow. We'll have to see if anything new is revealed tomorrow or if it mostly a presentation of what was shown tonight. However, IGN reports that Madword and The Conduit will be playable tomorrow and many other sources have confirmed the demonstration of new WiiWare games (which were not shown tonight).[/list]


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Today was the US Media Summit. Most of the info was the same as what was revealed last night with a few exceptions. Also of interest are some release dates.

• DSi coming mid-late 2009
• CLUB NINTENDO USA

          - Coming by the end of the year
          - Save up points and trade them for cool Nintendo stuff

• WiiSpeak Channel

          - Chat with up to three other users at once
          - Downloadable for free with special ticket that comes with WiiSpeak

• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS) w/ online play

          - Story of Marth
          - Based on an NES FE game with new prologue chapters and updated visuals and gameplay mechanics
          - Six different difficulty levels
          - Full voice chat when playing with friends online
          - "Shop online feature. Through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, you connect to an online version of the armory, which is where you buy weapons and items. This allows for a dynamic shop."

• Punch-Out (Q1 2009)
• Sin & Punishment 2 (2009)

          - "After we saw how many people downloaded it on Virtual Console, we got the message that North America wants Sin and Punishment as well. You're not going to have to import it"

• Mad World demosntrated (March 2009)
• The Conduit demonstrated ()
• Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (2009)

          - Bowser joins the party
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No problem!

I actually updated it with a bunch more things since you replied. Info about the Nintendo points structure for the DSi Store and a few new DS games (WarioWare, Stage Debut, Mario and Luigi, an exercise game w/ pedometer). Oh, and Mii's are coming to the DS!

I saw some Taiko Drum Master kind of game in there. Lots of rhythm/music titles.

Now I just need people to play all these multiplayer party games with.

I sure hope they're putting attention into their online play. Voice chat is good but how reliable will the connection to other players be, especially during actual gaming?

The DSi is more like the Game Boy Color. It's not quite the next generation platform, but it is a big step up from the current system. Most games will likely work on either the DSi or regular DS just fine, but there will definitely be some exclusives (especially if they use the camera or other new features). Downloadable games will definitely be exclusive unless Nintendo reveals someway to transfer them the regular DS.

Two of the first DSi downloadable games are Brain Age remakes. No word yet if Game Boy games will be downloadable.

The DSi doesn't look like something I really want, just because it isn't a "true" next gen console. I'll probably hold off on getting a new handheld for a long while.

Those are a lot of new features that you're removing in order to make your point that it is slightly backwards.

On the highest brightness level, the DSi only loses 1-2 hours of battery life.

Via Gizmodo:
"Battery life bites it big time.

On low brightness, the DS Lite was rated at 15-19 hours of life. The DSi gets only 9-14 in the same conditions. That's a loss of 5-6 hours. Higher brightnesses show less battery loss for the DSi, ranging from 1-5 hours less on "high brightness" and stabilizing to a 1-2 hour reduction on 'highest brightness.'"

How are we losing battery life as we upgrade? That's one to six hours lost, based on your brightness.

The DSi looks to be in the same boat with me as the DS Lite.  Slap a Triforce on it or I'm not buying it.    Seriously, my original DS works just fine. 

Unless there's issue with the games being changed to only play on the DSi, which I highly doubt, I don't really plan on buying one.  Yet, at the same time I don't have a problem with it.  If it means more DS owners then I say the more the merrier. 

As for the rest of the conference I'm glad it happened and it's neat to see new games, but it wasn't mind blowing for me.  I'm still waiting for Zelda or Kid Icarus to pop up.    Could be awhile though.