American Nintendo DSi will appear on April 5

Today, Nintendo has announced the release of their new DSi handheld game console, which will be on the shelves in the US on April 5 of this year, and which should be a real breakthrough in the portable console industry.

DSi, which will have two cameras, is the third version of the DS model, sales of which reach 90 million from the start of production in 2004. It will be sold for $ 169.99 and will be available in two colors: blue and black.


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The updated DSi is more a response to the iPhone than a blow to Sony, whose PSP (PlayStation Portable) has sold more than 40 million. It should be noted that DSi sales started last fall in Japan, where the console was in great demand.

New features are called Nintendo DSi Camera, Nintendo DSi Sound and Nintendo DSi Shop. The cameras are arranged so that the owner will be able to photograph something ahead of himself and himself at the same time. DSi Sound will allow you to play high quality music in AAC format, and with the help of DSi Shop users will be able to buy electronic goods directly via the Internet using WiFi.

These new features should give developers more creative ideas for using the console. You can listen to your own music while playing the game, or even change the pitch and speed of the voices or music recorded through the voice recorder. Games purchased via WiFi, which will receive the general name DSiWare (similar to WiiWare), can be bought for as little as 200 Wii points or a couple of dollars.

To date, there are more than 850 items for DS. An adaptation is also being prepared specifically for the DSi game Rhythm Heaven, which has been sold over 1.6 million times in Japan.

Because of the crisis, timing is very important this year - the gaming industry may suffer a lot, but the launch of DSi sales should help boost sales.

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[UPD] Today, the date was set for Europe - April 3, two days before the release of the "American" in the UK will be the European version, which will be sold for £ 149. Judging by the pictures on one of the news sites, the console will be available in white.