23 March 2009
Ben Parfitt
GameStop
Ahead of the release of Nintendo’s third iteration of its popular dual screen handheld the DSi next month, GameStop’s senior VP of merchandising Bob McKenzie has said that the global games retailer has seen pre-orders for the device trump those seen for the original DS. More on pre-ordering a DSi

March 19 2009
Michael French
Develop
Format-holder tells studios to make small-scale handheld applications, Develop understands
Nintendo may publicly claim that it doesn’t consider the likes of Apple’s App Store and iPhone, or even the Google G1 phone and Android Marketplace, as competitors - but Develop understands the format holder is very much working on its own ‘app strategy’. More on the Nintendo DSi ‘app strategy’

13 March 2009
Damien McFerran
Pocket Gamer
Ever since the iPhone’s App Store made its debut we’ve seen various industry experts assure us that the ‘old guard’ of Sony and Nintendo would find themselves on the sharp end of a particularly sound thrashing thanks to the impressively diverse capabilities of Apple’s device and the seamless delivery method afforded by the platform’s gloriously streamlined download service. Read more on the iPhone v the DSi

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3 March 2009
Brian Leahy
G4TV
Nintendo UK is urging consumers to purchase DSi units early as shortages are expected by the holidays. Nintendo’s UK general manager David Yarnton clarifies that Nintendo doesn’t hold stock back as it has been accused of in the past, saying:

“One of the things that people don’t seem to understand is that factories are producing constantly; they don’t peak and trough. So we’re producing product all the time, but then everyone wants it all at the one end of the year. It’s just so hard to try and keep up.” More on the potential DSi shortage

2 March 2009
Claudine Beaumont
Daily Telegraph
Satoru Iwata, president of Japanese gaming giant Nintendo, has said that the company’s new hand-held games console, the DSi, is not designed to compete with Apple’s iPod or iPhone.More on the competition between the iPhone and DSi

February 26 2009
Mark Langshaw
Digital Spy
GAME is offering the Nintendo DSi at half price to customers who trade in an old console or handheld system. The part-exchange promotion, launched in conjunction with Nintendo, puts the device at a reduced price of £74.99. More on the GAME and DSi trade-in deal

19 February 2009
Tom Hoggins
Daily Telegraph
The new Nintendo DSi handheld console is coming to Europe in April. Expected to retail at £149.99 in the UK, the DSi is the second upgrade to the hugely popular DS console. Featuring larger, brighter screens, an SD card slot and two motion sensing cameras, the new console is, nevertheless, thinner than the previous version of the console, the DS Lite. More on the DSi UK launch

November 3 2008
Sydney Morning Herald
Hundreds of people queued to be among the first to buy Nintendo’s latest games console on Saturday, as the Japanese electronic giant unveiled the DSi, featuring a built-in camera and enhanced sound.

Around 300 video game fans queued before opening hours at an electronics store in Tokyo’s shipping district of Yurakucho to buy the third and latest model in Nintendo’s DS line. Click here for more on the DSi Japanese launch