Nintendo DSi Pictures

Pictures Of Nintendo DSi Prototype — Were they Close to the “Real” Nintendo DSi?

Right after the release of Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DSi pictures of the prototype began leaking onto the internet. The first pictures of Nintendo DSi prototype gave the impression that Nintendo was developing an upgrade to the Nintendo DS Lite. Many believed that Nintendo thought an upgrade was necessary to improve the interconnection between the DS, which was to be the DSi, and the Wii. Maybe it is because the DS’ competitor, the Sony PSP, can perfectly synch itself with the Sony PS3.

As time progressed, the leakage of even more pictures of Nintendo DSi prototype were found.

Now, with the recent release of the real Nintendo DSi, we can see how accurate these first pictures of Nintendo DSi prototypes really were.

For example, pictures of Nintendo DSi prototypes revealed that the DSi was originally meant to have 2 card slots – one for the SD game and another for the Gameboy cartridge. This, of course, would’ve made the DSi similar to previous DS models. This design was thrown out in the final release because the prototype would’ve made the finished product bulkier. Other sacrifices were made including backwards compatibility, incompatibility with add-on for the first Guitar Hero on Tour, and incompatibility with the DS Rumble Pack. Yet, the end result is a sleeker, sexier Nintendo DSi.

The first pictures of the Nintendo DSi prototype also revealed wider screens for the unit. This, however, was proven to be a mere rumor as the sizes for the dual screens were always planned to remain untouched.

Nintendo DSi pictures of the prototype also didn’t include the SD card slot as an external storage option. The final product has a SD card slot which will play a big role for many software applications to be released in the future. The developers felt the SD card slot to be necessary because of the new data that the DSi can process. The camera feature, for example, is expected to capture a lot of photos, data which may eventually become too big for the internal memory of the DSi to store.

Here’s something interesting: Nintendo DSi pictures of the prototypes likewise showed the unit to have just one camera. The camera was rumored to be rotatable so that the user doesn’t have to turn the DSi front and back just to take the pictures he wants to capture. Instead of being rotatable, the finished product has 2 cameras to avoid this problem. Having 2 cameras also added more functionality for the DSi, as internet video conferencing is now very much possible, what with the improved WiFi feature as well.

Nintendo DSi pictures of the prototypes turned out to be mostly inaccurate. The finished product turned out to be a thousand times better than what many people every expected!

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