As was rumoured, Nintendo has confirmed the existence of a new DS, called the DSi.

The DSi has a built in camera, however the resolution of the camera seems to be causing some confusion… Some sites are reporting 3MP and others .3MP. This may be due to there being two cameras, one front facing, the other on the outside of the lid. If I were to guess, the front facing is .3MP while the one on the lid is 3MP, however this is unconfirmed due to all official details being in Japanese.

Most interesting is the new SD card slot. This will allow you to listen to music on your DS and will be a storage medium for the new DSi Shop. Here you will be able to download DSiWare, similar to WiiWare. Hopefully some NES, SNES, MegaDrive and TurboGrafx Virtual Console will be thrown in there, and allow linking between Wii Shop and DSi Shop accounts so you’re not buying the same Virtual Console games twice. Of course it isn’t even confirmed if there will be Virtual Console, so this is all “what if” scenarios.

Other improvements are bigger screen (17% bigger), enhanced sound options, new look menu, and a built in web browser.

The DSi is due for release on 1st November in Japan and, us non-Japanese have to wait until Sping 2009. Hopefully the Japanese version will have an English option, coz I’m seriously considering importing.