DSi Console

The DSi boasts the first truly interactive digital camera in a video game system.  In addition to its sense of touch (via the touch screen) , the  new DSi has ‘ears’ in the form of a microphone and two built-in cameras for the ‘eyes’!

As well as recording yourself and your friends via the built-in microphone, you can even edit your recordings by changing the speed and pitch! All your favourite tracks can be stored on SD cards and be carried wherever you wish to go. The sound is much louder and the sound quality much better than previous DS models, and the speakers have been redesigned to look neater and also to make the DSi look more distinctive. There is also a stereo headphone output that can be used with the screen shut.

The outer camera functions as a digital camera, to take pictures of the world around you, and the inner camera can take pictures of the person playing the DSi.

The cameras are 0.3 mega-pixels, which means images can be captured at a resolution 2.5 times greater than the actual DS screen. This enables fast sequential viewing of photos on the screen. You can take photos, save them to the internal memory or an external SD card, as well as edit them and use the 11 photo ‘lenses’ and face recognition technology to have some fun!

Distortion Lens

Use the stylus to bend your pictures out of shape…

Graffiti Lens

…then write or stamp pictures on them.

Frame Lens

Make your own photo frames or use our ready-made ones.

Merge Lens

Take two photos with the camera, of two people and then you can merge the photos together so you can see what a cross-version of you and a best friend (or worst enemy) looks like.

Resemblance Lens

This mode will check two people against each other to try and work out how much of a resemberlance they have to each other.  Why not test the DSi with family members with this mode?

Emoter Lens

Change someone’s facial expression.

Mischief Lens

Doodle on a face! Add funny eyes, beards, glasses, funny mouths and more.

Colour Lens

With this mode you can add touches of black and white to your photo.

Mirror Lens

With this mode you can add a mirror type effect.  The outcome is your photos look like you’re looking through a kaleidoscope.

Color Pad Lens

With this mode you’ll be able to change the colour of something  in your picture just by tapping the screen

Sound

Along with the video functionality, the DSi also allows for audio to be recorded and music files to be played.  Currently the DSi will only support the AAC format and not mp3.  The file can have a .m4a, .mp4, or .3gp file extension.

DJ Tool

The DSi allows the user to record up to 18 short, 10 second snipits of sound which can be from which you can edit the sound’s pitch, octaves and add sound effects.