

Like the DSi, GBA backwards compatibility was dropped. It is the heaviest, longest, and brightest of the four models. It had the same capabilities of a normal Nintendo DSi, but with a much larger screen, thus making the screen almost as large as the PlayStation Portable's screen. DS games that require the use of the GBA slot would also not play.Ī larger version of the DSi called the Nintendo DSi XL (called Nintendo DSi LL in Japan) was released in 2009. However, unlike the previous DS models, the DSi did not have a Game Boy Advance slot. This third iteration featured two interactive digital cameras, an SD card slot, internal memory, and an online store as well as an internet browser built-in. The Nintendo DSi, released in 2008, was an even slimmer and brighter model than the DS Lite. The Nintendo DS Lite, released in 2006, was a smaller, brighter, slimmer, more lightweight redesign of the earlier Nintendo DS model with a backlit screen aesthetically sleeker to complement Nintendo's Wii, and to appeal to broader commercial audiences. Early models were backward-compatible with Game Boy Advance games (though multiplayer is not supported), but not earlier Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, like the Game Boy Micro. First released in 2004, DS units had a clamshell design akin to the Game Boy Advance SP and enclosed within each unit were two separate LCD screens that give the handheld its name, the lower of which was a touchscreen that used a stylus for control and input.
