1.0GameZonehttps://www.gamezone.comkombohttps://www.gamezone.com/author/kombo/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QpwJ9iWoYF"><a href="https://www.gamezone.com/originals/iwata-asks-dsi-my-ds-like-working-on-two-systems-two-ds-slots-and-more/">Iwata Asks: DSi – My DS, Like Working on Two Systems, Two DS Slots, and More</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.gamezone.com/originals/iwata-asks-dsi-my-ds-like-working-on-two-systems-two-ds-slots-and-more/embed/#?secret=QpwJ9iWoYF" width="600" height="338" title="“Iwata Asks: DSi – My DS, Like Working on Two Systems, Two DS Slots, and More” — GameZone" data-secret="QpwJ9iWoYF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Ever wonder how far in advance of its release that a company will develop new hardware? In the case of the Nintendo DSi, it has been in development since before December of 2006, when Masato Kuwahara from the Development Engineering Department had to present a proposal outlining what kind of system he would like to make. And specifications needed to be hammered out by the following February. The latest Iwata Asks follows the journey of designing the DSi from this stage to the product we have seen recently through press releases and videos. After the cut are some highlights.http://ds.kombo.com/images/content/news/blurb_iwataasksdsi_20090220.jpg