Bad news, folks. We totally missed it in the wake of poor battery life specs, but Nintendo’s new DSi will completely ditch support for GBA titles. That not only means no more playing GBA backups (they only loaded from the now extinct GBA slot), but even if you were to load some sort of GBA emulation through the DS slot, chances are that the DS’s processor wouldn’t be fast enough to handle it (integrated GBA hardware processed these games before). Also, no GBA slot means that the lightly supported but excellent DS rumble pack and similar accessories are dead too. I can’t speak for everyone here, but the DSi is becoming a bigger disappointment by the second. [Kotaku]
kawaiipikachu
October 3, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Wow the first DS with no surport for Guitar Hero on Tour .
The only good thing ds DS ware .
And i was hopeing for Nintendo to reveal the DS’S successor .
This sucks
Report PermalinkThe only good thing is DS ware which is purchasable by Nintendo Points (formally Wii Points).
I allready got a DS lite GBA SP Tec Tot/Atgames pocket Megadrive in my portable console travel bag & if i add my guitar grip it bulk things as well but a DSI as well oh boy & girl = baby .