Nintendo DSi LITE – NDSi

[Following his analysis of 2010's first-quarter U.S. retail game sales, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews looks at hardware -- from normalizing Wii volume to the effect of price cuts and beyond.] We recently looked back at the best-selling videogame software at U.S. retail for the first quarter of 2010, according to the estimates reported by the NPD Group. While Nintendo’s software continues to …

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Exclusive: Q1 Sales Analysis Illuminates Hardware

Handheld gaming has come a long way since I bought my first Game Boy in 1989, and was amazed by Tetris and Super Mario Bros. on a tiny black and white screen.

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WITH VIDEO: Nintendo DSi XL is a step up for handheld gaming

Sure, it’s been available in Japan for quite some time, but this is the first chance we’ve gotten to really sit down and play with Nintendo’s “more communal” (as we overheard one PR rep describe it, given it’s propensity for more eyes comfortably viewing the screens) portable gaming experience, the DSi XL . So let’s get the comparisons out of the way: obvious volumetric differences aside, the …

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Nintendo DSi XL hands-on (Engadget)

Nintendo announced its lineup for the first half of 2010 at a press event in San Francisco today, finally sharing release dates for new products revealed over the last year.

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Nintendo reveals 2010 plans: Big DS March 28, new Mario and a mini Kindle (Seattle Times)

It’s big. It’s badass. It’s, uh, bodacious

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Nintendo DSi XL gets first western release date (The Inquisitr)