by Gary Adamo

While Nintendo’s new DSi, currently available only in Japan, is certainly exciting, there’s a certain sticking point that’s understandably upsetting some gamers.

It’s not backwards compatible with Game Boy Advance.

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime was recently queried about the frustrating move, and as always, the man was super-positive about the situation.

“Consumers always adapt pretty easily to new technology, and I have no doubt they will do the same with Nintendo DSi. Game Boy Advance fans can always fall back on their GBA or older Nintendo DS systems when they want to dip back into their GBA libraries,” he said.

“But it will have lots of interesting features that players will want to experience. As for games like Guitar Hero, I’m sure our third-party partners are thinking about ways to make use of the new, unique capabilities of the DSi.”

Looks like Reggie wants us to upgrade — and let’s face it…a lot of us probably will.