If you’re at all interested in stuff going on at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, I wrote up a few stories about what’s happening out there for CNET.

- A new Zelda game is headed to the Nintendo DS – We need this like we need another, well, Zelda game for the DS.

- Motion control for the Xbox 360 – PDP gives Xbox 360 the motion control nobody asked for.

- A storage solution for the Nintendo Wii is finally here - Nothing snarky to say here, this is actually kind of awesome.

- Some brand spankin’ new info on DSiWare – Don’t worry, you’ll probably be rebuying old Game Boy games before you know it.

Check out my CNET First Look video at the Nintendo DSi.

With estimated unit sales approaching 100 million worldwide, Nintendo has proven itself time and time again as the industry ruler of the portable console market. With the DSi–the second refresh of the Nintendo DS–we’re starting to see the company move in an evolutionary direction with its flagship handheld.

The DSi takes with it most of the features the DS Lite had to offer, but adds new multimedia capabilities. The DSi has been on sale in Japan since November 1 of last year and has already sold well over an astonishing 1 million units. Now that Nintendo has announced that the DSi will go on sale April 5 in North America, it certainly leaves everyone asking one big question, “Should I buy one?”

First, let’s look at what exactly separates the new DSi from the DS Lite. In terms of actual form-factor, the difference between the two portables is negligible. The DSi is slightly slimmer, but you’re not going to see the massive change in size like we saw when Nintendo upgraded the original DS to the DS Lite. What you may notice is that both screens are a quarter of an inch larger. The DSi hardware also actually eliminates the Game Boy Advance slot found on the Lite, so you won’t be able to play older Game Boy Advance games or DS titles that make use of the port, such as “Guitar Hero: On Tour.”

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