DS Lite or DSI - Which One is Best ?

[JushinLiger]

No GBA support is what has put me off of this. I still play Final Fire Pro Wrestling and wouldn't dream of going back to playing the ROM on my laptop.

[Jeric]

Maybe down the road I'll snag one, but right now there's nothing to justify shelling out for it.

[havoc_012]

Damnit people! Who cares? So the DSi doesn't have GBA support! WHO CARES! ITS NOT A GBA ITS A DSi! The DSi doesn't support GC or Wii games! I don't hear you getting pissed over that! I say the DSi is great and so is the DSL so just get both if you can!

Why would anyone be pissed that the DS doesn't play GC or Wii games? Those games are not within the DS' technical capabilities.

The DS Lite could play GBA games, so why does the more expensive, "upgraded" system lose that feature?

Should we be content that it's only a DSi and therefore shouldn't play older games? I don't understand that logic.

[darkriku2000]

I don't think nintendo actually wanted to remove the gba slot, I think then just did because they had to make room for the other things

[Eyedunno]

The GBA slot is so much better than cameras or an SD slot.

[gumgod]

They need to make a DSi+ which will be a DSI with a GBA slot. Or at least some way to add an external device such as the guitar hero controller. But then again I was disappointed that the DS didn't come with built in GB and GBC compatibility lol. It would have made that copy of Metroid II in my basement useful again. :-P

I guess at some point we have to stop looking back and accept the changes. In exchange we should get better games.

[ethd]

The DS Phat is marginally better than the DS lite IMHO, but it's miles ahead of the DSi. The DSi has better hardware, sure, but the DS Phat/lite has hundreds of games for both the GBA and NDS.
Plus, homebrew rocks. I don't want some system update to knock out my homebrew.