Since I have an extended warranty on my DS at Best Buy, I will just go and swap it when and if a new model is released. All I will need to do most likely is pay another $20 or so to get a new warranty. As for the GBA slot, I'm not that upset about its departure. I still use a GBA to play GBA games since the image is a tad bigger than on the DS. It seems like a good move for Nintendo to continually improve upon their products. Now where's that Wii 2.0?

Why would it need to be a next gen DS? Nintendo always does 3 versions of their handhelds and there are only 2 DS models so far.

Everyone who is crying about a GBA slot needs to STFU because they have one already. Hell even my toaster has a GBA slot. EVERYTHING HAS A GBA SLOT. Jesus christ stop living in the past. Nintendo wants to push foward and I applaud them for doing so. So instead of "Whaaaaaa DS3 wont have Virtual Boy support. IM OUTRAGED!" how about thinking of the possibilities that the new revision could bring?
My DS phat is faded and withering away with a loose stylus slot, my DS Lite also has a loose stylus slot and is cracked in 3 places as well as a broken L button and a broken microphone(which completely stops me from being able to play just about 99% of games). Cooking Mama? Aww I have to blow into the mic to play? NEXT! Dementium requires feverish use of the L button for weapons/items? CRAP! Legend of Zelda:Phantom Hourglass requires you to yell like a lunatic into the mic? Now I'm pissed! A new DS would be awesome. If I can't get my hands on one of the Golden Zelda DS Lites that is. Forgive what seems to have to turned into me ranting. --Ramm

no GBA slot?
NO WAY!

Internal memory?! could upload emulators possibly! Could load media on it! O da baby!

god damn! i now have to buy another ds.

Here's what I predict: Take out GBA slot, but with new internal memory GB, GBC and GBA games can be downloaded via Wii marketplace and put onto DS3. This way everyone is kept happy (and I get to play classic Gameboy games on the move again!)