The Nintendo DSi is a dual-screen handheld game console released by Nintendo. It is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS, and its primary market rival is Sony's PlayStation Portable. Development of the DSi began in late 2006, and the handheld was first unveiled during a 2008 Nintendo conference in Tokyo. While the DSi's design is similar to that of the DS Lite, it features two digital cameras and also connects to an online store called the Nintendo DSi Shop. The DSi is approximately 12% shorter than the DS Lite when closed, but it is slightly wider and lighter. The DSi also has a larger RAM and faster CPU. All DS games are compatible with the DSi, except those that require the Game Boy Advance slot. Because of its absence, the DSi is not backward compatible with GBA Game Paks or with accessories that require the GBA slot, such as the DS Rumble Pak and the Guitar Hero: On Tour series guitar grip. The Nintendo DSi received generally positive reviews. Critics praised many of the console's changes to the DS Lite's aesthetics and functionality, but complained that it launched with insufficient exclusive software. A larger version of the DSi, the Nintendo DSi XL, was released in 2009.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1566:
A covenant of nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands presented Governor Margaret of Parma a petition to suspend the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_Nobles
1722:
Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European to land on Easter Island. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island
1862:
American Civil War: Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac engaged Confederate forces led by Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder at the Battle of Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862)
1958:
In one of the first live Canadian national television broadcasts, Ripple Rock, an underwater mountain in Discovery Passage, British Columbia, was destroyed in a planned explosion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_Rock
1998:
Japan's Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (pictured), linking Awaji Island and Kobe, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world to date with a main span length of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi_Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
reptilianness: The quality of the embodiment of reptile characteristics. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reptilianness
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves: For they see their own wit at hand, and other men's at a distance. --Thomas Hobbes https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes