Sometime in 2009, Nintendo of America will bring DSi over to the U.S.

With its dual cameras, larger screens and increased media functions, the revised handheld is primed for the same demographics Apple’s after with the iPhone and iPod Touch.

But that’s not who Nintendo expects will gravitate to the DSi at first.

“Right out of the gate [the DSi audience] is probably the hardcore gamers,” Nintendo of America spokesperson Charlie Scibetta told MTV Multiplayer last week. “They’re usually the early adopters that want to get the latest version of something, and they’ll be the ones that put it through its paces the hardest and give us all kind of feedback and tell us what they like and don’t like. [laughs]”

Right now, Scibetta pointed out, most hardcore gamers have a DS Lite, so Nintendo is mostly selling to expanded audiences this holiday. That cycle begins anew when Nintendo releases the DSi — first appealing to the zealous hardcore (who may just import a DSi, he admitted), then the expanded audience.

Hardcore gamers of MTV Multiplayer, will you be buying a DSi?

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