computeractive.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-02 08:08:45
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Not one to rest on its laurels, Nintendo has a habit of regularly redesigning its gaming hardware and the DSi XL is the latest version of its 130-million-selling portable console.The DSi XL is not intended to replace the ‘normal’ DSi, however. Instead...
Larger screens; pen stylus is more comfortable to hold; web browser included...
More expensive than the regular DSi; display resolution unchanged...
This grown-up version of the DSi is much easier on the eye and easily justifies the extra cost...
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v3.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-02 08:08:45
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Not one to rest on its laurels, Nintendo has a habit of regularly redesigning its gaming hardware and the DSi XL is the latest version of its 130-million-selling portable console.The DSi XL is not intended to replace the ‘normal’ DSi, however. Instead...
Larger screens; pen stylus is more comfortable to hold; web browser included...
More expensive than the regular DSi; display resolution unchanged...
This grown-up version of the DSi is much easier on the eye and easily justifies the extra cost Good points Larger screens; pen stylus is more comfortable to hold; web browser included Bad points More expensive than the regular DSi; display resolution...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2011-08-02 08:08:45
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The newly expanded DSi is clearly targeted at older users with its sober colours, much larger screen, fatter stylus and wider viewing angle, but even youngsters won't mind the extra bulk in exchange for a bigger and brighter playing surface. Nintendo...
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Product Code: 1870690 Nintendo's super-sized Nintendo DSi XL gaming console makes images bigger and text easier to read, but loses out on handheld comfort and visual fidelity. If Nintendo's standard-issue DSi doesn't make you cross-eyed scanning tin...
Should you buy the Nintendo DSi XL? Probably not, if you already own an original DS, DS Lite, or DSi. Not unless you have trouble making things out on any of those models' screens. Is Nintendo targeting the XL at a market - an older and/or visually ch...
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If you've ever felt that the Nintendo DSi is too small then good news: Nintendo has released the Nintendo DSi XL, a larger version to quench your gaming thirst. But is it worth the bother? We got playing to find out. Think Arnold Schwarzenegger and Da...
Bigger screens, Wi-Fi, cameras, easier to use...
Size and weight could be an issue...
The DSi XL will make gaming easier and certainly more interactive with the screen really making this something to shout about. It's more in your face and packs a better punch...
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Nintendo releases the new Nintendo DSi XL in the UK this month, featuring a notably bigger screen and a wider viewing angle than 2009's version of its popular handheld gaming console, the DSi. The Japanese gaming giant's top brass – CEO Satoru Iwata an...
Easier to use, Bigger screen, Larger stylus...
Fiddly Wi-Fi, Less portable, The colour!...
Nintendo releases the new Nintendo DSi XL in the UK this month, featuring a notably bigger screen and a wider viewing angle than 2009's version of its popular handheld gaming console, the DSi. The Japanese gaming giant's top brass – CEO Sato...
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wired.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-02 08:08:46
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Another month, another new generation of Nintendo's DS console. Nintendo bring to market the fourth yes, the fourth generation of its dual screen gizmo since the arrival of the original DS in 2004. And it's not a huge draw on the memory banks to recall...
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Nintendo’s latest DS console might not be available in the UK until March but that hasn’t stopped us getting our hands on a Nintendo DSi XL and putting it through its paces. Read on for our hardware review of the shiny new Nintendo DSi XL.When you...
The massive screens make games like Zelda: Spirit Tracks and New Super Mario Bros. look better than they’ve ever done before...
Portability is sacrificed for comfort...
Nintendo’s attempt to crack the older end of the gaming spectrum is a queer beast, but on the whole we’d certainly recommend the DSi XL to anyone who is thinking of picking up their first DS console...
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T3.com Updated:
2011-08-02 08:08:46
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We'll admit our first response to the news and initial pictures of the DSi XL was less than positive. We had fat DS units, we spent a mint getting smaller ones like the , so why would we want to spend cash buying a bigger one again? And then we got...
Larger screen, Bigger stylus...
Same resolution as the DSi, Small buttons, Bulky...
A fair punt from Ninty for the grey pound, but if you're more of a gamer on the move stick to the DSi...
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When it comes to electronics, smaller is usually better. Everything, from refrigerators to hard drives, have gradually shrunk as time went on -- the two main benefits being increased efficiency and reduced cost. Think about the first computer: it literally filled an entire room and offered a fraction of the computing power found in current systems. Nintendo is an expert in the area of miniaturisation, especially when it comes to their handhelds. They resized and shrunk the original Game Boy...
Superior audio quality, sleek yet hefty design, larger screen size benefits both graphics and DS touch gameplay...
High price for a late redesign, despite larger dimensions there’s no GBA support, camera resolution hasn’t been improved from the original DSi whatsoever.
Nintendo’s extra large handheld bucks its predecessors’ smaller, sleeker designs in light of a heftier frame and wider screen, but is it worth its equally sizable price tag -- especially with the newly announced 3DS on the horizon?...
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“Some players want to play their games on larger screens.” That was Nintendo of Canada spokesperson Matt Ryan’s response when I asked him why his company engineered the $199.99 DSi XL, a super-sized version of the Nintendo DSi, the camera-equipped edit...
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Nintendo has gone against the grain again with the DSi XL, binning 30 years of progress in shrinking gadgets and making wider, deeper and heavier.The end result is a DS that feels like a solid, prestigious gadget, rather than the plasticky models of o...
Great build quality. Solid case and stiff hinge. Great matt sandpaper-effect body finish. Battery life is also improved...
Slow browser – modern smartphones destroy the DSi XL for online use. Low-res text looks rough on the big screens...
Big-handed, short-sighted gamers of the world rejoice. Everyone else – shrug and stick with your old DS...
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You would have thought that with all of the millions of DS owners worldwide already enjoying the delights that a Nintendo DS brings, and the relatively recent launch of the third hand-held revision, the DSi, that Nintendo would now focus solely on a su...
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