Sales of Nintendo's new handheld, the DSi, have reached over 600,000 units combined in both Europe and North America after only two days of sales at the beginning of the month.  "These early launch results supplant the launch sales of the previous versions of the Nintendo DS," said Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo. "They show us that the DSi has received a warm welcome around the world." Combined, the sales of the three versions of the DS total more than 100 million units since their launch.

Nintendo expanded the new DSi beyond pure gaming with the inclusion of digital cameras and a music player, and more is planned.   For those of you who don't know, the DSi is a new version of the popular Nintendo DS handheld that's been on sale for a couple of years. Major changes:  it's been slimmed down, the GameBoy Advance Cartridge slot is gone, the two screens are slightly larger, two digital cameras have been added, there's a music player function, and you can purchase games through WiFi directly to the DSi using the DSi Ware icon on the handheld.

Nintendo launched the DSi, the third version of the DS product line, as sales of the DS Lite began to drop in Japan, turning around

falling sales and already selling more than 2 million in its first five months on the market.

The DSi costs $199 CDN, the DS Lite $139.

In addition, purchases of the new DSi through October 5, 2009 come with 1000 DSi points to spend on the DSi Ware channel :  You can’t beat free games!  For more information, go to http://dsioffer.nintendo.com.