Ladies and gentlemen, here is a perfect example of bad design.Nyko’s Zoom Case, created for the Nintendo DSi, takes a decent idea and runs a little too far with it.
I remember the day I got my first Gameboy Color. I was stoked. That thing was designed right. It was smaller than it’s clunky predecessor, because portability was it’s main concern. My friends and I could easily slip it into our pockets to sneak it out onto the playground for some epic Pokemon battles. I thank the geniuses at Nintendo for making a small gaming system, the folks at Motorola for making the Razr, and the good people at Apple for creating the iPod Nano.
If you haven’t gotten it yet, I REALLY appreciate condensed design. This is why I think this case for the Nintendo DSi is ridiculous.
The guys at Nyko thought it would be clever to attach a zoom camera onto a little toy. Why?! I see people with DSi’s on in public, and they have one thing in common. They’re gamers. Not photographers. Maybe I’m missing something, but Mario never relied on a jumbo camera lens to beat Bowser.
It’s not so much that the idea of a camera enhancement is bad, I’m just having a problem with the cost. When the main selling point is portability, it seems counter-intuitive to lug around that thing. The benefits do not out-weight the cost here. Especially on a weak 0.3 Megapixel camera.
I think Nyko blew their budget on getting a good model rather than decent designers. Way to go.
I agree. I don’t think that DS users need a huge camera on their systems. It was a pretty cool idea, but the final product is ridiculous.
God, that thing looks terrible. My girlfriend’s family all have DSi’s and they’d probably find this thing rather ridiculous. I mean, how is that supposed to fit in your pocket anyway? Gaming handheld are built for there games and not for their peripherals. Scrap this thing and get back to the games!