ok seriously i will be honest i only read the first page of everyones post, but it seems like no one is talking about the sd card.
dont you realize what this means?
more likely than not, insane hacks for the ds like what you could do with the psp, doom64, old school mario, etc from roms and whatnot.
also, I hate gameboy advance games. the absolute only good ones were super mario bros. games, which you could find on virtual console anyways.
Not to mention, bigger screen, better sound, new buttom scheme, internet surfing, slimmer overall, buttons click instead of having rubber pads, etc etc etc the menu is waaaaay different when you first start up a DS-i its like going on your wii.
Yeah i used to play Contra4 6 hours a day, and my little ds lite couldnt take it. the game is a side-scroller, very similar to the metal slug series. Since I always die and get pissed, I cram my thumbs onto the d-pads right button (It's a side scroller) and now that button is so worn down you would only have to barely tap it and it would work. DS-i has that satisfying computer click noise, not too loud but nice, for D-Pad and ABXY, and of course L and R buttons.
I am getting A DS-i within a month, along with The Conduit. summer break will be the best one ever!