Fans of the Nintendo DS, and those waiting on the edge of their seats for the April release of the new Nintendo DSi, can breathe a sigh of relief--there's even more information about the long-awaited game device. Nintendo announced today a new online series of "Iwata Asks" sessions, in which Ninento's Global President Satoru Iwata speaks to the team who created the Nintendo DSi.

Today's installment features a discussion with the hardware development team. Yes, the proverbial "Nintendo nerd" will find this very interesting, but non-Nintendo geeks will too. I wouldn't say I'm the type of person who's intrigued by the technical side of gaming systems, I just like to turn it on, play it, and have it work. But I was enthralled by the interview, and I ended up reading the entire thing. The interview is transcribed right from the discussion. It even points out when there was laughter, which makes it feel more personal.

The discussion posted today starts with the development of the DSi, and in four easy-to-read sections, goes through the entire process. The developers explain specific elements of the DSi in layman's terms. For example, Iwata brought up the point of the cameras' pixels:

Makers of digital cameras and cell phones have been competing with each other in recent years, resulting in ever higher pixel counts, so some people may think that 0.3 megapixels isn't much for this day in age, but that's 640 × 480. In other words, you can capture images at a resolution 2.5 times that of the length and width of the DS screen.

The discussion also has photos to accompany some of the points the developers were making in their discussion. Below is a photo used to explain why the developers chose to make the DSi with a 0.3-megapixel camera.

Make sure to read today's discussion, and stay tuned for more volumes, which are scheduled to be released in the next few weeks.