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Now Hamamura denies 'redesigned DS at E3' report photo

Alright, what's going on here? First we told you of a rumor, apparently started by Enterbrain/Famitsu's Hirokazu Hamamura, that a new Nintendo DS redesign may show up at this year's E3. Then, a few days later, Nintendo PR denied the rumor. Now Hamamura claims that he never said anything of the sort!

It all started last week when Bloomberg Japan reported on a seminar hosted by Hamamura. They reported that it was possible that Nintendo would announce a new version of the DS hardware at E3 2008. After Nintendo shot that rumor down, Enterbrain has followed up with a statement.

According to IGN, the statement says that Hamamura did mention that we should pay attention to the DS in the future, and that he was looking forward to E3. But they claim that he didn't mention a new model. In fact, Hamamura thinks its unlikely that Nintendo would release a new model.

Wouldn't it be funny to actually see some kind of redesign at E3 after all of this? 


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Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 04/17/2008 10:12
bollucks!
FreedomToast's Avatar
FreedomToast at 04/17/2008 10:13
im hoping for 4 screens this time
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 04/17/2008 10:16
8 Screens or I don't want it.
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Shalashaska at 04/17/2008 10:18
I highly doubt there will be any major hardware announcements at e3. If anything, I might expect some sort of preliminary announcement of the DS 2 or whatever it might be called, but this is probably less likely to happen the another DS redesign.
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bloggersmosaic at 04/17/2008 10:18
pssst koool blog

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BlackSheep's Avatar
BlackSheep at 04/17/2008 10:23
newb troll fails with html.

double touch screens
FreedomToast's Avatar
FreedomToast at 04/17/2008 10:27
"8 Screens or I don't want it."
sir i take your 8 screens and raise you 12
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 04/17/2008 10:44
20 SCREENS!
animateria's Avatar
animateria at 04/17/2008 10:48
Double touch screens ftw!

I hope they are just lying about a new design, or its lack of existence.
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CJSchmidt at 04/17/2008 11:06
Im not sure if I'm ready for a DS2 yet, but a redesign of the current system would be welcome. The DSLite was really sleek when it was released, but compared to the iPod Touch, the PSP refresh, and new gizmos in general, it is beginning to look a little clunky. They could always add an SD card reader for media and downloadable games.
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masamunecyrus at 04/17/2008 11:32
I want a bigger screen that is the full 256x224 of a standard SNES game. And then let the VC on the DS commence!!
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brainderailment at 04/17/2008 12:24
If they mess with the form factor, they'll be screwing up big time. I hated that damn SP, I couldn't hold it.
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Necros at 04/20/2008 05:10
Not surprised, sounds like misplaced speculation.
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