The newly released Nintendo DSi Console has been well received amongst the die-hard/loyal Nintendo gamer fans. With its sleek/classy Matte Black or White finish, the DSi looks like it is aimed more towards the ‘grown up’ market. In fact, most of the TV adverts have been showing an older generation of gamer, so Nintendo has really spread their marketing net a lot wider now.

But for those who have played with the older DS Games and the more recent DS lite, is there really good reason to upgrade to the new DSi? Well for a start, the DSi has a larger screen. And of course the bigger the screen the brighter it’s likley to be, which the DSi is, and the longer you can get to play your favorite games without getting eye strain. But, the screen is not ‘massively’ bigger so I’m not convinced that the ‘increased’ screen size is a good enough reason to upgrade.

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This week Nintendo is giving it’s faithful Wii owners two releases for WiiWare & Virtual Conosle. WiiWare will be getting Crystal Defenders R1, while the VC will be getting Wonder Boy 3: Monster Lair.

Crystal Defenders is a game made by Square Enix that was successful on mobile platforms. In the one player title you are in charge of placing soldiers at strategic places on your map in order to keep the on-coming hordes of monsters from leaving with your crystals. There are a variety of units that all offer different attack skills. Crystal Defenders R1 is available today for 800 points.

See More Crystal Defenders R1 Various at IGN.com

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WiiWare is getting Party Fun Pirate, a game that in all honestly looks kinda lame. I’m not trying to be a Negative Nancy or anything, but this game just doesn’t sound fun. Players take turns putting sword into a barrel, which is holding your captain, until someone gets it in the wrong hole and El Capitan goes flying, I’m assuming this is from him being stabbed. You can also substitute your Mii’s for your captain which, according to Nintendo, provides some real laughs. Party Fun Pirate can be played by up to 4 players and is available now for 500 points.

Virtual Console is being thrust into dangerous territory with, “Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure”. Ok, that may be an overly dramatic introduction but, after Pirate Fun, I thought it was necessary. I was always a fan of the Pitfall series. It reminded me of the Indiana Jones flicks. This was the one where Harry Jr. had to go and rescue is dad from Zakeula, the Lord of Evil. You cannot make this stuff up. The Sega Genesis title is a 1 player only game and will cost you 800 points.

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Fresh off its success in Japan, the new camera- and browser-enabled handheld sells 300,000 units in each territory during its first two days on the market.

When it went on sale in Japan last November, the DSi proved quite popular. In its first two days at retail, the dual-camera- and Web-browser-equipped portable sold more than 170,000 units. In its first month on sale in the island nation–where DS ownership rates are even higher than in the US–more than 535,000 units of the handheld were purchased.

Today comes word that the DSi has proved as popular in the West. Speaking at a Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan lunch in Tokyo, attended by NPR, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that the handheld sold more than 600,000 units in 48 hours in North America and Europe. The device went on sale in the EU on April 3 and in the US on April 5 and sold 300,000 units in its first two days on the market in each territory.

Unveiled last October, the DSi is 12 percent thinner than the DS Lite, with screens 17 percent larger than those of its predecessor. Though it doesn’t have a Game Boy Advance slot, it boasts two cameras–an outward-facing 0.3 megapixel one and a lower-resolution one for self-portraits–and an SD card slot for multimedia storage. The third redesign of the 100-million-unit handheld also sports a built-in Internet browser, which will let users directly download games from a new online store. The DSi retails for $169.99 in the US and for £149.99 in the UK.

For a closer look at the DSi, check out GameSpot’s unboxing video feature below:

Check out the source at GameSpot

Remember the telephone game? How about Eat Poop You Cat? Can’t say I’m all that familiar with the latter, but Mixed Messages is an upcoming DSi Ware game that is essentially telephone on paper (which is also known as Eat Poop You Cat.) Thankfully, it has nothing to do with poop or cats–not unless you want it to be. The first player jots down a complete sentence (anything you want, so go nuts) and it’s up to the next player to illustrate what the sentence represents. The following player will then write a sentence based on the picture and so on. When there’s an even number of players, the program will generate its own sentence. See below for an example.

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