Can I play any games online with my DSi?

I am about to buy my two sons age 9 and 7 their first Nintendo ds. I was told to by the dsi instead. I know it can't play GBA games. What is a GBA game. Can you play the Pokemon game on the dsi?

• Answer:

  first off a gba game is just short for game boy advance games, which means that if u get the dsi u cant play those games on the dsi, so if you have older games, such as older Pokemon games, that u would want to play on the dsi, i would stick ith the ds, but if that doesnt really matter to u its no biggie. They would never create a new system and make the game generation below it unplayable, so just like the wii plays gamecube games the dsi will play ds games, and yes that includes Pokemon ;)! Personally i like the ds but ive had it for a while, you cant go wrong with either. See the related links for a side-by-side comparison. GOOD LUCK