Nintendo DSi Exclusive Games

I discuss the vast array of Nintendo DSi exclusives.
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[@redaknight]

Honestly love Scott's stash. Like it's obvious these are just topics he wants to talk about but can't really get a full produced video put of. I also really like how it kinda shows that his comedy in his main videos isn't just to appeal to people, it's what he legitimately finds funny.

[@Allison_XypprZ]

Yeah, scotts stash is Scott but real Scott

[@jambi8639]

I might like it more than his main channel since its just ranting on niche topics and thats all I really want lol

[@williepchamp3060]

Given this stance, we *need* an L Button video here.

[@redaknight]

@@williepchamp3060 YES

[@CDubya.82]

The incredible talking and jump cutting hands !! 😂

[@RegiRuler]

I remember for a space of maybe 2-3 years the DSi/3DS was unironically my music player.

[@bemblob]

please tell me the music you listened to was funny as well lololol

[@LordHapa]

Same. I didn't have a smartphone back then so I always carried my DS everywhere to listen to music

[@RegiRuler]

@@bemblob Nah I listened to power metal, predominately DragonForce at the time.

[@bemblob]

@@RegiRuler THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES ON THE DS LET'S GOOOO

[@devinq4605]

Same with the 3DS internet browser for me lol.

[@lilstuartbroh]

About the packaging: The curve on the DS with the indent is supposed to be the back of the OG DS. The DSi one is a straight line because that's the shape of the DSi.

[@toma01001]

In the 3DS manual, it had keyart for DS and DSi cartages while talking about backwards compatibility. I was always perplexed by a "DSi Game Card" because I had never seen one before. The art used black for DS and white for DSi, like the boxes. Odd they felt like they had to mention it. Also the constant reminders that it "Only Works on DSi" are quite amusing. I had an aunt buy Minecraft New 3DS for her son and his "3DS XL" and was confused on why it didnt work. Really shows that it never works... Makes you wonder if that ever happened with a DSi only game to someone.

[@victarr.7428]

I've played through Foto Showdown. Its story mode is very short, maybe 10-15 hours long. The story is pure fluff; it makes the stories of Pokemon games look deep. There's a positioning element to combat. It resembles a turn-based strategy game. The monsters don't level up like in Pokemon. Instead, you keep taking pictures until you randomly get stronger monsters to put on your team. There's no world or dungeons to explore, only a series of monster battles and forgettable, low-budget story scenes. At the time, I thought Foto Showdown was barely worth the $15 I paid for it. Now it auctions for $50 or more, go figure. I guess DSi collectors have money to burn.

[@marcelosandoval4206]

Actually I can find the game for 30 dollars...Wich is ok taking in count that those are complete copies of the game

[@mariokartgamecube]

You know you’re an RPG fan when you call 10-15 hours for a DS game “very short”

[@marcelosandoval4206]

@@mariokartgamecube I know! I'm an RPG GUY

[@jameskozy7254]

​@@mariokartgamecubeThe average length of games I play is 60 hours lol

[@Ninja_4561]

I had a DS lite when I was really little, and I had a bunch of DS games plus 3 GBA games (Super Mario World, LarryBoy and the Bad Apple, and Little Einsteins). I ended up getting it traded for a DSi because my parents must've thought that the new features were worth it. Although I missed being able to play the GBA games (except little einsteins), I do have fond memories with the camera feature and Flipnote, and the previous owner had installed Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, which I played for many hours.

[@LAST_STAND_FAN]

LARRYBOY? RAD.

[@Shmicah1235]

Yo Larryboy and the Bad Apple went HARD

[@cade32X]

Yeah, the idea of playing as an anthropomorphic cucumber with plungers on his head is just genius.

[@coreylineberry8557]

Yeah, Larryboy and the Bad Apple is fun. It's only about half an hour, but it's a fun Mario vs Donkey Kong style game.

[@mrmuck8066]

while not a DSi exclusive, the Sonic Classics Collection for DS runs way smoother on the DSi over the regular DS thanks to the extra horsepower. I'm sure this was the case for some other games too, but that's the most important one for me!

[@lilyyoung1002]

Oh interesting

[@pacomatic9833]

Heh. Another example of a DSi Enhanced game is Hulk. The game runs like absolute garbage on the OG DS; but on DSi it runs real well.

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

Nice to know because I wanted to download it there!

[@HyperHunt621]

Man, the DSi really hits that sweet spot of pure nostalgia for me. 2009...I wasn't even 10 just yet when my mom decided to take me to GameStop on a whim and buy me a new DS. Originally I had wanted a new Lite, since my older brother broke my first one by tripping over the charging cable and literally ripping the system in half, but the DSi was the real new thing, so my mom got me it instead. And I think it must've been a bit more expensive than a Lite at the time, cause we had to hide it from my dad or else he'd get mad that I had gotten yet another new system. Still, from under the covers and whenever he was at work, it was a blast. I took so many pictures just to put the Mario hat and 'stache on, listened to the slides how music all the time, messed around with my voice in the Sound app...I think I even first played Yoshi's Island DS on there. We didn't collectively know how to connect any of our systems to the internet yet, so I missed out on most DSiWare, barring Flipnote. And damn, _Flipnote._ It's a crying shame the 3DS iteration didn't bring back the Flipnote Hatena service. I spent hours watching stuff through there. I say all this and yet I only really used the system for a year, give or take. That's when my sister, like a dope, put it on a shelf as she was helping clean our living room, and it fell off landing top screen-first. Tons of dead pixels. Poor system...but it was in part thanks to that slip up that I was in prime position to get the 3DS in 2011. And sure enough, that holiday season, Flame Red 3DS. 12 year old me cried tears of joy after not having any sort of DS for over a year at that point. And the rest is history, pretty much. Thanks for joining me on this nostalgia slide. Sorry for going on for a while there!

[@joshshrum2764]

Yeah i was around that same age, though i got one 2nd hand, it was still quality though it wasn’t like busted up, or anything, just not brand new.

[@turbochargedfilms]

Had a similar situation with my dad regarding my PSP (Nintendo has no official presence in my country). Ended up clocking him right on the head with it a couple years later. The UMD drive hasn't worked since but I haven't needed it since either lol, all else is fine.

[@jdenton1337]

Scott still does all his editing on a DSi, iconic.

[@superdave3093]

Scott getting a hair salon game and then being upset about lack of content gives me life!! 😂

[@leeartlee915]

No joke, I feel like Scott has emotional scars from not having a WiFi router when he was younger.

[@retronymph]

I think it is very funny that when Scott mentioned DS games with DSi exclusive features I first thought of Pokemon B/W which I think could do like, rudimentary video calls with the DSi camera but instead Scott brings up iCarly because of course he does. Never change Scott

[@madara-mada-mada-go]

Looking back, the DSi was a pretty great upgrade for me as a DS owner. No joke I gamed SO HARD that I had TWO DS Lite systems break on me. It wasn't misuse, I simply used it so much that two times the hinges wore down and eventually broke off. It was amazing waking up on Christmas and getting the DSi, because at that point I was on my second Lite and the hinge was quite literally dangling and was almost unusable. The DSi came in clutch, and only thing that wore down was the L button, which got abused due to heavy Flipnote Studio use. The Lite was a beautiful system, but fell short in durability because of that.

[@Mama-Luigi]

i didn't know the dsi and the l button was a thing, mine has a fucked up l button too but i bought it used

[@killvader1001]

Funnily enough my DS did get abused by me accidentally dropping it down the stairs (no carpet) constantly. But somehow to this day it looks and plays perfectly. Can barely even notice the scratches. My GBA SP is a sadder story though, that thing is scratched to shit although it still plays fine

[@lalas3590]

The DSi XL is still the ultimate way to experience DS games portably.

[@yan-amar]

This goes straight into the L button video.

[@aubreyh1930]

@@lalas3590 why not one of the 3ds systems?

[@bettynomsonbuns2672]

Scott aggressively telling me to wipe my ass made me laugh way too harder than it should have

[@DrKoneko]

Judging by the Foto Showdown trailer it showed that an agressive dog, and a bully both had monsters inside of them because they we're evil or something, but that means that Scott and his plant are also both evil.

[@AlexThePlatypus]

I love the fact that those DSi cases have a GBA game cartridge holder. Ah yes, let me carry around my GBA games inside a game case for a system with no GBA slot!

[@ventilo334]

In Europe, there isn't any official DS (nor DSi box) with a GBA slot, although GBA games were still released until very late (the last being SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis, in 2008).

[@timotheatae]

​@@ventilo334 That... Isn't true at all? The big translucent European region boxes allll have GBA/DS Option Pak slots. I literally just took a game out from one.

[@GrandmaHasDied]

I like how the DSi cases still have a spot to store GBA carts Even though, y’know You can’t play them on the DSi

[@airbo5104]

I just can’t decide if Scott is laying on the floor or if he has a patch of carpet on a desk.

[@striker0614]

It's the latter, he recently revealed his setup on Twitter not too long ago

[@frds_skce]

He is standing on his knees, crouching over to a table with carpet on it

[@duskyfox897]

1:08 Fun fact: the original DS and DS Lite actually had a microphone. It was an addon accessory that used a proprietary port next to the headphone jack. If I recall only a handful of games actually used it, two of them being Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. The DSi also features this port, though not necessary with the in-built mic

[@egon3705]

the original DSs also had built-in mics

[@gerardonavarro3400]

A lot of minigames games used the microphone

[@BugsyFoga]

I recall getting that same exact Dsi for Christmas back in 2010 with a copy of the toy story 3 game, now if that’s not a great gift than I don’t know what is .

[@FigureFarter]

Toy Story 3 for PS3. You can play as Zurg

[@STICKOMEDIA]

I got Toy Story 3 with my ds too, really good game

[@DonutBurger]

That _is_ a great gift.

[@backbonepictures78]

Same

[@suicidalloafofbread2009]

Knowing how Scott records these makes me feel like my world is falling apart

[@brokendrumsticks2112]

HE HAS CARPET ON HIS DESKKKK 😭😭😭

[@Kogami]

Fr I thought he's squatting on the carpet with a tripod all the time like a kid opening their Christmas present

[@REAL.T0AD]

Him doing this on the floor would probably be a bitch to light properly. But I agree, idk why but it’s sad that it’s not on the floor lol

[@eviii1752]

​@@frds_skceit's, comedic. It's a haha funny. They aren't geniunely angry lmao

[@Ninetaled]

Glad Ghostwire was finally able to come out, it was a good idea to go more multiplatform on the new release instead of keeping it for the dsi in 2022

[@Filmedon3DS]

There are actually a few more DSi exclusive cartridges: they made two demo videos (volume 1 and 2) which bypass the DSi Operating System and boot into a video which plays on loop, meant to advertise a available games in store. I might make a video on them because they're really cool, but maybe you should check them out!

[@cesaracosta362]

Same here, but it was annoying that the DSi only read MP4 files, I remember spending entire afternoons converting MP3 files for the sake of listening my music on the go

[@kylefnv]

I would love to see stuff about those

[@Filmedon3DS]

@@cesaracosta362 if you mean through DSi sound, it reads aac files converted to a lower bitrate just fine!

[@Filmedon3DS]

@@kylefnv I certainly can

[@AsteroidBK]

yeah technically there are more then, but they were never meant to be owned by the public I'm guessing

[@scitt1298]

The DSi gave us flipnote, easily the greatest thing that Nintendo has ever put out as a downloadable game

[@Retriku]

I got a cobalt blue Nintendo DS Lite on my birthday back in '08, and it came with New Super Mario Bros., that was the best gift I ever got as a kid. I did have a few GBA games that I could play with it, though I lost them, not to mention that my DS broke from the hinge later on. I actually got a black Nintendo DSi on New Year's Eve of 2012 which was definitely the second best gift from my Godmother. I only had better memories with Flipnote Studio and Hatena, as well as the free Zelda game that coincided with its 25th anniversary. While it didn't break as it did with the DS Lite, I lost it after my visit to the hospital. I only knew about the DSi Shop and its DSiWare games, but was unaware that there were games made for the DSi until later when I got my 3DS XL and read the manual that the system could accept DSi games. Those carts really look exactly like the 3DS carts, if they didn't have the tab on the side. I know I'm gonna have people disagreeing with me when I say this but I think it was for the best that the DSi didn't have a GBA cart slot. I think the DSi was meant to move on from the GBA era after they discontinued the GBA Micro, so it makes sense that the DSi doesn't have the slot right from the get-go. Either way people already have methods of playing GBA games, either on the actual handheld, the Gamecube's GBA Player, or the DS/DS Lite itself, so there's no point in bitching about it when you already have the existing methods right off the bat.

[@novitopoli]

I loved Guitar Hero: On Tour too much to ever consider upgrading. And that game required the GBA slot...

[@Emolgun]

14:26 In actuality, there was a DSiWare game version of this called System Flaw: Recruit. Somehow they stripped down something already barebones.

[@kevinleite6309]

The most beautiful handheld ever released. The design is so clean and simple that continues "modern" even today.

[@moontrasher7023]

My first Nintendo console was the DSi XL 25th Mario anniversary. I had hours of fun on that thing whether on flipnote, picture studio or games !!! A trip back memory lane

[@D3D3D]

This is becoming one of my favorite SECOND channels.

[@STICKOMEDIA]

Ikr

[@JC20XX]

I've still never watched one of Ibx2cat main channel videos.

[@Txkato]

i grew up with the light blue dsi damn i have so many fond memories with this thing. i loved to mess around with flipnote, the camera and this sound recorder tool thing (and of course play games but that should be obvious)

[@ryanm8529]

I just find it funny that the DSi game cases have GBA card holders in them.

[@crazynaut223]

7:35 This made me laugh a lot harder than it should have

[@samcomic_]

Scott's stash is so nice because of how casual he is. Binge watching handheld videos currently

[@samcomic_]

Not unhealthy binge. Healthy binge

[@narrator6091]

love watching scott’s stash every morning, truly a nice start to my day

[@ToxicAtom]

System Flaw is really interesting, because neither the cartridge nor the DSi have a gyroscope. My guess is it uses the camera feed to calculate the relative position of the system based on where it was when it started up

[@shradibop]

This channel is Scott The Woz Lite and I'm all for it

[@AquaLeaderJesse]

Forget Pokémon vs Digimon, the real ones know the Foto Showdown vs Invizimals rivalry of the 7th generation was truly legendary.

[@juicy_berger]

scott thank you so much for these second channel videos! they’re so good! much love!

[@PhilipMarcYT]

DSi had an exclusive, digital-only game: Zelda Four Swords Anniversary Edition

[@kozo213]

All I know is that between a DSi and having a digital camera, I knew I could take pics AND play Pokemon Diamond on a DSi so I was sold

[@jacobserperior]

I like how a DSi exclusice game case has a GBA slot still in it.

[@HardDiskDog]

solatorobo isn't a dsi exclusive yet it's very upfront about an (optional) photo feature before starting a new game (which only if activates you're playing it on dsi) and certain areas have bad slowdown on a regular ds

[@Barceus]

Man I saw your comment before the video so I was hoping Scott would mention or show Solatorobo in the video That would have been wild, like favorite creator meets almost favorite game 😅

[@lilyyoung1002]

Same with Art Academy for the DS

[@chanhjohnnguyen1867]

Weirdly enough some dsi era games are region locked on a console that usually wasn’t

[@AndrewPRoberts]

The "f" on the Picture Perfect Hair Salon boxart violates the Geneva convention

[@DreamcastSoup]

DSi still looks so sleek 😎

[@airbo5104]

Matte>Gloss

[@_-_--_]

the DS Lite and DSi both look incredible, even today

[@no-man_baugh]

I adore how the DSi exclusive cases still have the GBA slot despite the fact that the DSi has almost 0 backwards compatibility with the GBA I mean I know why they kept that in; it was cheaper and simpler to just use the same mold and run a different colored plastic in it than to make a whole new tooling. But it's still pretty funny to see especially after they ended up making a brand new tooling without the GBA slot in later DS games

[@Nazareth69420]

“Almost zero” implies there is a .01% chance someone out there got a DSi with a gba slot. Now I’m curious…

[@no-man_baugh]

@@Nazareth69420 There's a DS/DSi homebrew app called GBArunner2 which pretty much acts as a hypervisor for GBA games (similar to a virtual machine, or how microsoft does backwards compatibility with their xbox consoles) While that is kinda like saying that you can play doom on the wii, that does mean that there are a non-0 amount of DSi's out there capable of playing GBA games (not via cart, tho, that is super totally 0 backwards compatibility)

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

I remember playing Sonic Colors on my new DSi on christmas. I beat it that very day. Still had fun, and it was the first time I remember beating a game.

[@zeen9505]

I’ve been waiting for this video, always wondered what Scott thinks of the dsi exclusive library

[@Kogami]

The DSi is so funny because I saw this same blue one exactly when I bought my DS Lite but I still went with the Lite because I wanted the color red. Not that I regret it though bc I didn't know the DSi didn't have a GBA slot (which I still use at the time) but I really didn't expect there weren't as many exclusives for it.

[@shaolinotter]

I distinctly remember being excited for all of the "smartphone" features on this thing

[@Graygba]

Honestly I'm starting to think this guy may be Scott the Woz.

[@UltraNurture]

I loved using the DSI exclusive features and I still have mine.

[@littletimmythefifth29]

It's funny that the cases for the DSi had GBA slots for the handheld that couldn't play GBA games.

[@Mitsuna]

Picture Perfect Salon actually was available digitally on DSiWare, but renamed as Hair Salon pocket stylist. I still have it digitally on my DSi. I just booted it up whilst watching the video and it's the exact same game.

[@KONKONKONBINI]

one of my favorite games of all time :solatorobo red the hunter; had dsi exclusive features as an optional part of the game. I don't want to spoil it cause it turns into a really cool part of the game's story, but it's kind of how earthbound asks for your name and uses it in surprise ways during the game.

[@JoJo-gq7ki]

Talking about that foto showdown game reminded me of that Scannerz toy and had a very similar concept

[@MegaTaco101]

I love the cases used for DSi exclusive games still have the slot for storing a GBA game, even though the DSi removed the gba slot.

[@DCONightingale]

9:12 Scott brings Picture Perfect Hair Salon into the frame. Scott: “Picture Perfect Nail Salon”

[@7Write4This9Heart7]

Once again, your last line (and 'I have iCarly, as one does") killed me! Perfect! Hahaha! SO good and interesting! Love it! Thanks so much for these!

[@simon_96]

I like the matt finish, bigger screen , clicky buttons instead of membrane , sd card slot and newer UI of the dsi Ndsl have a microphone at the bottom of the top screen btw

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

That’s amazing, Scott!

[@cjtheboi1918]

I went through 3 DSi's: The first one had its power button get stuck, the second one had its microphone stop working, and the third one I donated to GoodWill because I personally didn't use it anymore (I had a 3DS at the time)

[@madisonlewe1057]

The Lite was always my favorite version of the regular DS. I just liked the shiny finish

[@PikaPhantomVG]

Hidden Photo was actually a DSiWare release, at least in the US. Still have it downloaded on my 3DS, actually, even though it's really not that worth keeping around

[@KoenDoesThings]

I thought he wouldn't make this video. Thank you Scott

[@kirbtastic15]

I remember as a kid seeing System Flaw in a Sears clearance bin right next to Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

[@SophieSean33]

absolutely love hearing you ramble about the stuff you love ❤️

[@YeTism]

i had a dsi xl. it was lit

[@victorreis8110]

scott youre always my favorite video to roll & smoke a joint to ❤️

[@ChloeKream]

Love that a dsi exclusive case still has a gba slot despite the console ditching support..

[@YSBunny573]

6:38 TWiLightMenu and nds-bootstrap let you play a select bunch of DSiWare ROMs on a DS via a flashcart now

[@coolj4334]

The ds game with dsi content I always jump to is uhh... Zhu Zhu Pets 2 featuring the Wild Bunch. There was always an exclusive race level that would have your picture as the ground behind the road. I grew up with it, love it to pieces, and for some reason, I own 2 copies.

[@Bigmonto]

One of the first albums I ever had was audioslave by audioslave on my dsi when a friend of my moms put it on there when I asked. And I have heard Chris cornels voice in every octave. Lol rip

[@nchldmn]

That's slicc, thanx Scott

[@paulanderson929]

When I first found this channel I watched one video and thought “dang, this guy likes Scott the woz so much he tries to sound just like him.” Well it is him and that’s great.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Fun Fact: if you just tap the Power Button it acts like a home button. I don’t know if that’s a secret but I never hear people mention it so meh

[@dingusbingus7463]

I just bought my first Ds Lite, I had a dsi XL for the longest time, lately I’ve been working on my collection of games and I’ve realized I have a lot of raresque or hard to find games as well as some software you can’t get anymore that I transferred to my 2DS via the dsiware migration when they released the 3Ds and 2Ds.

[@adummy9664]

I swear at one point I heard it being talked about that Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks was also considered for being a DSi exclusive at one point for better graphics and performance, but then that was moved away from so it would reach a wider audience though I think it's still supposed to be built around the better processing power of the DSi for a more enhanced experience but I don't know of anyone who ever really looked into it. (Sort of like how Majora's Mask 3D was built around the New 3DS but still perfectly playable on a regular 3DS.)

[@LEGENDARYCHANNELforever]

Finally Scott the woz fi happy talked about I carry in a video

[@ParmMannREBORN]

Would not have assumed iCarly on Nintendo DS would have innovated being a ds game with bonus dsi features

[@Drayton226]

I think the DSi is my favorite DS system it just feels so nice!

[@Ddddddddddd381]

3:31 so THATS where the year of clubhouse games comes from

[@GreyFireClover]

The fact that the dsi boxes still had the section to put your gameboy advance games despite the dsi not being able to play gameboy advance games omg

[@BigMitchyD]

thank u scott very cool 😎

[@robertallen2961]

Assassin's Creed 2 Discovery had exclusive DSi features haha

[@snoozy04]

The more creative and innovated exclusive was Looksley's Line Up from the Dsiware.

[@SeabooUsMultimedia]

The DS original and DS lite had a web browser it just was on a game cartridge and it came with something that went in GBA GPA slot to increase the memory so that it could support a web browser

[@Louie_Log]

DSi games existence is like mine. Not necessary by ANY means but cursed to exist.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

God, I loved using my Nintendo DSi to take pictures with that crummy camera. So many memories on that little white system that took a beating. Too bad the camera stopped working in 2010...

[@Vallee152]

There was a Cars (like, the movie series, Cars) racing game on cartridge that I played on my DS Lite, but if I played in on DSi, there was some camera functionality... I forget what it did

[@gauchegoose]

i remember i found picture perfect at khol's once and was like "oh shit, a dsi exclusive" and that was the only time ive seen one in person

[@Vitorio582]

My nephew had a DSi but didn't have any games, we'd play with the camera and sound recorder apps all day

[@videogameobsession]

Korg DS10+ physical copy also has some DSi exclusive content.

[@eksmad]

Im so glad you talked about face training^^

[@toamatoro570]

"It's like Face Raiders but worse" I wasn't aware you could even get worse.

[@zackbelknap7481]

I remember going to my friends crib where he showed me his ds games. I saw flaw and took a closer look. My reaction to a dsi exclusive game was “maybe I’m not fucking useless”.

[@itslikethis1830]

I got my DSi a year later after it's release . My first games was New super Mario bros and Sonic all stars racing. Several years later I got Mario kart .

[@spanishginger]

I used to play foto showdown back in the day. It’s a mid game but it was kinda cool to have a dsi exclusive

[@gio235rulez]

I remember getting System Flaw from my local Kmart for about $5 so many years ago... lol

[@VinceOlson96]

I remember my brother and I both had a DSi. When we discovered you could video chat on Pokemon Black and White it blew our minds

[@aturchomicz821]

2011 Tech was crazy wtf🗿🗿