Nintendo has updated the Nintendo DSi console so that owners can now upload photos directly from the handheld console to a user's Facebook profile using a wireless internet connection.
The Nintendo DSi features a camera and photo manipulation software that lets you experiment with different amusing lenses, distortion effects, frames, stamps, kaleidoscopic mirrors and other fun widgets.
The new Facebook integration with the Nintendo DSi allows users to send photos directly to their Facebook stream where they will be shared with friends and stored in a dedicated album on your profile. Each album can contain up to 200 photos.
“Every single image from your DSi Camera Album can be uploaded to Facebook,” according to Nintendo. “The fun image-altering tools available on the Nintendo DSi mean you can now play with them to your heart’s content before uploading them immediately to Facebook to share with friends. With 11 different lenses available on the Nintendo DSi Camera, you’ll never have had so much fun with your pictures.”
Nintendo promise that the Facebook integration is “safe and secure” and that users Facebook passwords will never be revealed.
Australians have already snapped up over 100,000 Nintendo DSi consoles in the machine's first three months on sale. Despite criticism of their new console's price, Nintendo sold over 30,000 units of the DSi in just the first 10 days on store shelves.
Nintendo has now sold around 2 million Nintendo DS consoles in Australia, enjoying a significant sales lead over Sony's PSP, which has sold 500,000 units. The DS has been Australia's biggest selling console each year since 2006.
The Nintendo DSi costs $299 and includes improvements over its predecessor like slightly larger screens, support for SD memory cards, twin digital cameras and an online DSi Shop for downloading games.