9.0 out of 10

Nintendo DSI

 

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Best Price: $198

  • User Score (2228)
    9.1 9.1 from 2228 reviewers
  • Expert Score (32)
    7.6 7.6 from 32 reviewers
  • Design (134)
    9.0 9.0 from 134 reviewers
  • Value for money (146)
    8.5 8.5 from 146 reviewers
  • Features (21)
    7.5 7.5 from 21 reviewers
  • Ease of use (39)
    9.4 9.4 from 39 reviewers
  • Performance (17)
    8.3 8.3 from 17 reviewers
  • Graphics (71)
    8.1 8.1 from 71 reviewers
  • Sound (48)
    8.6 8.6 from 48 reviewers
  • Control (4)
    10 10 from 4 reviewers
  • Durability (121)
    9.1 9.1 from 121 reviewers
  • Overall quality (14)
    8.5 8.5 from 14 reviewers
  • Playability (11)
    10 10 from 11 reviewers
  • Battery performance (19)
    8.2 8.2 from 19 reviewers
  • Functionality (2)
    8.1 8.1 from 2 reviewers
  • Speed performance (47)
    8.8 8.8 from 47 reviewers
  • Funfactor (103)
    9.5 9.5 from 103 reviewers
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5-6
(3)
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Users:
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7-8
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5-6
(77)
3-4
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1-2
(18)

  • Expert Reviews

  1. CHOICE

    CHOICE
    10/10
    23 June 2009

    CHOICE enlisted the most expert tester available – a 10-year-old schoolboy – to evaluate Nintendo’s latest handheld gaming console and discover what’s new with one of the most popular gaming devices on the planet. Read more

  2. Gizmodo

    Gizmodo
    22 April 2009

    With the Gameboy, Nintendo revolutionised handheld gaming and conquered the world. And with the DS/DS Lite, they pretty much did it again. The DSi is not the next revolution, but it’s an intriguing evolution. Read more

  3. The Age

    26 April 2009

    There is no quantum leap for gamers in the new DSi handheld. No new killer games have been released to flatter its larger screens, and Nintendo has shed its precious backward compatibility with Game Boy Advance to slim the unit down by 12 per cent. Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Nintendo DSi

    CNET
    2.0/10
    Reviewer: Rob, CNET
    6 July 2009

    Nintendo will not repair the unit under warranty because they consider it to be within acceptable tolerance levels. Read more

    • If the screens matched in colour

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The Nintendo DSi is a high-powered handheld video game system in a sleek, folding design-loaded with features designed to create a unique gaming experience. Like the DS and DS Lite before it, the DSi features Nintendo’s trademark stylus-driven touchscreen technology, but determined to make portable gaming simultaneously larger and smaller in all the right places, Nintendo has also created the DSi with significantly larger screens and an even slimmer body design than i…

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