Do Nintendo DS games work on the DSi?

Why is a mushroom called mushroom? As usual, Bojutsu1.TakeThisOut@webtv.net (David
O'Daniel) got it all completely wrong and wrote:

>As far as I can tell, the DSi doesn't have a USB or whatever port.
>Someone had asked me about that before, thinking that I could maybe just
>plug in the DSi to a computer & I couldn't find any such port in the
>DSi manual listing of parts & what's what.

The DS doesn't have an USB port, but doesn't need it. The USB dongle
goes into a computer, and the DS wirelessly connects to the USB
dongle.

Bojutsu1 DeleteThis @webtv.net (David O'Daniel) writes:
> same or not and the descriptions are limited so no hint of they are
> actually different in any way; such as maybe 1 for Japanese natives
> learning Japanese and one for English speakers learning Japanese.
>
> Now, if anyone can tell what the difference is, if any, with the 250
> Kanji writing games, please let me know.

I've never bought one, so can't offer advice in that sense, but ... the
vast majority of Kanji writing software for the DS seems to be aimed at
Japanese high-school/college students and adults aiming to improve their
writing. So good Kanji reading skill is often a prerequisite.

[On a vaguely similar note, I've wanted to find is a _Korean_ study game
for the DS, but most seems very limited (e.g., only covering Hangul
writing) -- and the only series of software I've found that seems to do
more features that _super_ annoying Korean guy from "Winter Sonata", Bae
Yong Joon. I can put up with a lot, but not staring at his plastic face
and saccharine smile! (Seriously, is that his real face?!)]

-Miles

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