For those of you straining your eyes to see the Nintendo DSi's 3.25" screen, Nintendo hears your cries.
According to Japan's Nikkei post, Nintendo will be releasing a Nintendo DSi with a 4" screen in Japan later this year. The functionality, according to the paper, will remain identical to the current DSi... the screen will just be a bigger. The price will also remain the same, at 18900 yen.
No word on if this will completely replace the current 3.25"-screened model, or if the new version will hit retail outside of Japan.
My take: There may be more we don't know about this new model yet, but isn't a bit soon for this? The Nintendo DSi was released in Japan less than one year ago, and earlier this year in North America. I've yet to hear anyone complain about the size of the screen; it's actually .25" bigger than the original DS, which was 3 inches.
What do you think?
[via NeoGAF]
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3:20 PM on 10.26.2009
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Also clocks.
@WAIW
The real question is 'will this make the clocks uglier'.
Which won't happen.
So, if they want to do 4inches, that better, even better? 10 inches? But I won't be happy until it's well into the 30 something range.
But yeah, seriously, screw portable games.
But y'know, having a 4" screen would be really nice for people that likes to not-watch videos on their DSes using not-flashcarts...
fucking this.
The DS Lite has been sort-of teasing a lower price through various deals over the past few months (like a $100 lime green/cooking game bundle). Assuming it is released over here at all, this could push the price down on the other two SKUs.
Also nintendo's really looking to kick their early adopters in the nuts aren't they?
Hah. I hope they announce larger Clock support so I can go buy my clocks in HD.
And I bet that if Microsoft were on the handheld business it would do the same. And actually, it would only work properly without melting some component on the fourth iteration.
As stated previously, fuck this shit. DS2. NOW! And the Wii successor while you're at it.
THIS COULD EASILY BE RELEASED AS DLC.
BOYCOTT.
IMPERIAL; LIKE BRITAIN SHOULD BE
So have they had 3 models of the portable on sale at the same time?
I agree that if this is true, its better to wait for tech specs, however, I too would rather have Nintendo give us a more technically beefed up DS2/GBDS2, on an even footing with iPhone/touch and Zune HD.
Kind of getting sick of these updates, though. I'm lucky I stuck with my DS Lite (I'd love Flipnote on cart though). Come on, Nintendo, stop messing around and give us DS2, and get yourselves back to creating hot games.
What are you dividing an inch down into anyway? I've seen things measure in eighths of an inch, or thousandths of an inch...
Oh-no-they-dent!
The folks at Nintendo are taking way too many cues from Apple right now.
This!