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Nintendo Explains the 'i' in DSi
Nintendo Explains the 'i' in DSi
No, it's not an attempt to cash in on the iPod or iPhone. Here's Nintendo's quirky answer for what the "i" stands for.
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The meaning of "i' in DSi
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... "i" in DSi stood for. The representative explained it is symbolic of the "subject "I" and its personal aspect," also the "two cameras gives the system its own eye on things." No matter how ridiculous that answer sounds, considering Nintendo took a word like Wii -- previously associated with male genitalia and urine -- and turned it into the best-selling console of this generation, we're totally not going to question its logic in naming things. [Via GameDaily] The meaning of "i' in DSi originally appeared on Joystiq ...

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