For the first time, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has openly discussed a Nintendo DS successor and some of the features that will be included in this two-screened behemoth. While the last DS was a humble system based on a number of gimmicks that served it very well, the next DS will be bringing some real horsepower to the table ... along with motion control.
"[It will have] highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing," Iwata tells Japanese newspaper Asashi Shimbun. Until now, motion tracking devices have been available for the DS in peripheral form. The next generation of DS will include such input as standard.
The prospect of a new DS is exciting, although I hope the motion control isn't over-the-top. It's bad enough expecting us to blow into a microphone while on the bus -- waving our arms around in public is just asking for trouble. In any case, are you excited for a more powerful DS, or are you still happy with the old one ... sorry, old four.
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6:30 AM on 01.06.2010
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As for the DS², one thing springs to mind.
[It will have] highly detailed graphics
Nintendo, you better have the Tegra 2 chip in that baby like everyone says you're going to.
Maybe they mean tilting and such, though, like what they did way back with Kirby's Tilt'n'Tumble on GBA.
If the DS2 does in fact include the Tegra 2 chip, it will be capable of broadcasting in 1080p, higher than their main console, the Wii can do.
I have a Nintendo Wii, thank you.
Sometimes I wonder why they're doing this needless PSP SKU style of upgrades.
Who's scoffing now, hmmmm?
Oh, it's still you. Sorry.
Wii remotes are slightly more replaceable than a DS when they accidentally get hucked across a room.
Just like the microphone, this is something that just does NOT fit with a handheld console!
I play my DS on the bus and such, games requiring motion won't work.
Damnable motion controls getting in everything...if it works, great. But I'm exceptionally skeptical.
I was expecting them to unveil a new DS at E3 this year. Hope they don't let me down.
LOL! that's assuming there will even be a PSP2.
Are people breaking their iPhones? Just because its motion controls doesn't mean its wave your arms around wildly. Its a handheld, so you have to at least see the screen to play it.
OH FUCK THIS SHIT, WHO WANTS TO BE FUCKING WAVING THEIR ARMS AROUND IN FRONT OF A FUCKING PORTABLE? AM I GOING TO BE DOING A STEERING MOTION WHEN PLAYING A FUCKING RACING GAME ON A FUCKING BUS? FUCK YOU NINTENDO, FUCK YOU AND YOUR STUPID FUCKING GIMMICKS.
Glad I got that out of my system.
That's what happens if you don't vent your anger properly...
FUCK ME :(