Nintendo DSi LL to Debut in Japan Soon

Nintendo announced today that it will release a new version of the DS about a month from now on the 21st of November. Features of the device will include:

A bigger touch screen

A bigger pen to match (the old one is still included)

New internal software, including a Japanese-only version of the Rakubiki
Dictionary (a useful title I have accessed almost every day for the last three years [Amazon Japan link]) and some Brain Age-esque games.

New case colors

As Kotaku took the time to list out, the hardware will be harder, better, faster, stronger, etc. as happened with the jump to the DSi last year. If you don’t mind flash and Japanese writing, you can see some of the features here.
[via Getnews.jp]

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helical

Holy crap that screen is ridiculously huge!
Marcello

If I can convince 20 of my friends to give me 1000yen each, I’m going to buy this thing for my birthday! (11/18)

I have a PayPal account too!

Look at the size comparisons, the DSiLL (shouldn’t that be XL) is huge!
http://dailydvddeals.com Andy

I don’t see much of a point to the new DS, but it’s not meant for me.

Whether it’ll actually draw in older players I don’t know, but it’s a good way to try and expand the market even more than it already is.

Ryry

I totally agree. For me, the DS Lite was different enough from the original DS to justify a new hardware release.
This “LL” version should really have been released instead of the DSi last year (if it even needed to be released at all that is), since it seems like Nintendo are just bringing out an updated system every year or so.

http://ezinearticles.com/ FV

So they’re just gonna keep adding letters? I can’t wait for the Nintendo DSi LL XS OMG WTF BBQ IV
Luke

The Rakubiki link doesn’t work, which is a shame because I was interested.

http://surrealu.blogspot.com Claytonian

should be fixed. Though it may be cheaper to just import from Amazon Japan.

http://www.zdwonline.de Haf

i own that Rakubiki but I haven’s used it since I bought an electronic dictionary, which was about three weeks after I bought my DS Lite. Yeah.
In my opinion, compared to a real electronic dictionary Rakubiki offers only rudimentary features.

Nintendo DSi LL to Debut in Japan Soon

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