As Nintendo gets ready to launch their new hand held, the Nintendo 3DS, they are slashing prices on the Nintendo DSi. Nintendo has been the reigning champ with the highest hardware sales, but I bet you didn't know that they also hold the title for longest rock steady pricing. But as NDS sales drop, Nintendo Japan hoped that with this price cut it will revive the sales of the hand held giant. The price dropped from 189,000 yen to 150,000 yen, which is equivalent to 21%. Nintendo also said that they want to put a NDS in every household; which isn't that far fetched considering that they have 130 million sales and 30 million are in Japan alone. So for Nintendo to put a DS in every household in Japan, they just have 17 million more to go.

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The Nintendo 3DS that will be showing at E3 this year might come with widescreen displays! How do I know? well here is a picture of a prototype board of the Nintendo 3DS. Although it is a prototype you can definitely point out the screens and the speakers. You notice that the bottom screen is of course the squishy looking matte screen, which is most likely the touch screen, and look above it! Behold, the widescreen! What I am guessing is that since the top screen is a wide screen, most likely Nintendo will make the bottom screen wide as well. They probably just used the old touch screen from the older models just for now until they develop the new widescreen touch display. Also Nintendo has requested with the FCC to not release any of the N3DS's internals for a period of 10 months, which started in April and will end RIGHT before the Christmas season rush.

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Playstation 2 has been the king of all video game consoles of all time in units sold, but it will soon be knocked out by a little guy you guys all know and probably have. The Nintendo DS will become the all-time best selling console later this year. Analysts that have been following the sales of the NDS predict that by October this year, the NDS's sales will surpass the current record holder (PS2). As Nintendo climbs, it just proves to show that Sony needs to step up the game with their PSP. Luckily they have already announced the PSP2 that will be shown at E3 this year!

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We all know that Nintendo is developing a new 3-D Nintendo DS called the Nintendo 3DS (well for now). The news is making a lot of people excited about the new handheld. Watch this video on someone who made a concept cardboard version of how he thinks the 3DS will work. Well it might be a little farfetched but, hey who know, because Nintendo STILL has not let anyone know how the 3D will actually work.

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Well last month we talked about the Nintendo DSi XL coming out in March, well it finally hit the retail shelves yesterday (March 28^th). What’s is different between the XL and the DSi? Well its…extra large, and that’s about it. With the huge increase in size, the NDSi XL also has a screen size that is 93% bigger than the DSi’s screen. The huge screen is to attract and encourage “social” gaming, where kids don’t have to squish onto each other’s shoulders to watch the screen. The slant viewing angle on the XL increased as well as the brightness of the LCD. The screen makes it easier to read text but it causes a problem; the DSi’s screen resolution is 256 x 192, blowing up the screen “93%” will make the images even more pixelated. DSi XL comes with a pair of preloaded puzzle-games, Brain Age Express: Math and Brain Age Express: Arts and Letters. It's also packing the downloadable DSiWare Photo Clock app, which lets you put a digital clock onto your pictures that you took with one of the XL’s twin cameras. The system costs $189.99 (regular DSi - $169.99) and comes in "Bronze" or "Burgundy" colors. Inside the box you will find the DSi XL, instruction manuals, XL stylus pen, AC adapter, and of course the integrated stylus pen. I personally think this size upgrade is nothing to exciting. In my opinion I think that the size increase was to target the older users. I mentioned above that the XL’s makes it easier to read text but pixelates the images. I would definitely not want to give up higher res images, especially because the DSi doesn’t necessarily have the best graphics. All in all, I wouldn’t get this DSi XL; I would just wait for the Nintendo 3DS, whenever that comes out. It just seems like more of a technological advance from the previous versions.

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This is a fashionable stand that works as a charger, stand, and a game storage holder. Instead of having just a cord charging your NDS, you can now have a neat little stand to charge, hold your games, and your NDS all in one. It can hold up to ten games and has a light indicator that glows red when charging. It has a contemporary design to fit any house or office environment and is perfect for placing your NDS in one designated area. This stand provides a quick and easy way to grab your NDS and games with its open design. Check it out here for $9.99.

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• The new N3DS might have an accelerometer system like the iPhones and iPod Touches.
• The LCD screen might be a Sharp Parallax Barrier LCD and it might have a higher resolution than all the other DS’s, maybe up to 720p.
• The N3DS might have a Tegra chip powering it.
• Nintendo might implement a 3G network chip inside for over-the-air downloads for things such as eBooks; the NDSi-XL already has this function.
• The N3DS will have a 3-D joystick function and also might come with a rumble feature.

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