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Evan Wilson, a Pacific Crest Securities analyst, has told GameSpot that a new DS redesign has been completed but it will be awhile before we see it. The new DS is thinner, has no GBA slot, has internal memory and larger screens. The rest of the GameSpot report goes on to talk about how well the gaming industry will do this holiday and that sports game did horrible this year compared to last year.
It's not surprising to see that Nintendo is making yet another redesign of one of their handhelds. After all, the Nintendo handhelds usually come in sets of three (GameBoy, GameBoy Pocket, GameBoy Color and GameBoy Advance, SP and Micro). Since the DS Lites are continually dominating in sales, it's more than likely that the DS3 won't be out for quite sometime. It's a shame to see that Nintendo wants to take out GBA support though, (if this turns out to be true that is).
Would you DS owners be willing to upgrade to a better DS? Again?
[Thanks, Electro Lemon!]
[Update: Nintendo denies it but as it turns out, Surfer Girl broke the news weeks ago.]
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12:48 AM on 11.15.2007
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If there is no GBA slot, it's not better.
The key word here is "analyst".
Those of us who haven't bought it... Are we now going to wait further?
The lack of a GBA slot would be painful, but when I stop and think about it I rarely use it nowadays as it is... Even still, I prefer using my SP for GBA games as it is.
Chu Chu Rocket FTW. I bought the GBA version at Target for $5 on clearance when I first got my Game Boy Advance. I still have that same copy, with god knows how many hours sunk into it.
I think the only thing that would get me would be the harddrive, but I can't forsee Nintendo adding one until the next major hardware change.
Well, that depends on what they want to do with it.
I don't mind how think it is, and making it thinner would not be a problem. But, it needs to be taller! it hurts my hands to use the dpad and the right trigger, my hands cramp after about 3 hours!
It needs to be more ergonomic, like the 360 controller.
Another cool thing for them to do, would be to have the stylus have buttons. Like have the ABXY buttons be on the stylus, that way i can use the stylus and the buttons at the same time.
My main gripe with the DS Lite is that the Start and Select buttons are too small. Could they possibly be any smaller? Why couldn't Nintendo leave them where they were, or at least leave the rectangular shape the same. Those little nubs are barely buttons at all, it's really a poor design decision.
It also means people who do use the gba slot can just kep their lites, and if they want another, nice and cheep.
But what about those DS games that use the GBA slot for fancy add-ons? When will the madness end.
But then again, I haven't used my GBA slot on my current DS in an age, so depending on how sexy this new model is, I might actually throw down the cash on one.
My prediction that the real DS2 will be almost as powerful as the Wii, not that that's saying much. All the same, the real DS2 will be a first day purchase for me.
easy, with internal memory plus the wifi that's been in the system since launch they could start a virtual (handheld) console system and make you rebuy the games in a digital format. not necessarily "make" but they could be like "holy shit! ninja five-o, tactics ogre and hay guyz, teh mother 3!1!! (since we don't have to manufacture anything for it)"
"Securities analyst Evan Wilson believes Nintendo has already finished work on its successor."
BUT...
"Our contacts indicate that a refreshed DS is complete,"
so they have a source.
I'd rather get both features, but I guess I'd willingly trade a GBA slot for WPA support.
Although I don't really like the way my GBA games stick out of the DS Lite and my NES GBA SP could use some more lovin'...
However, this makes more sense if this is some sort of enterprise model. If a museum wanted to buy a few hundred DS units for virtual tours, onboard memory would be much easier to deal with than having to get a bunch of blank cards. They could receive the software via wifi. Larger screens would make sense for people trying to read text while walking, and GBA support would be unnecessary. Resolution would be less of an issue with static images.
But I wouldn't be terribly surprised at another iteration. Why not?
It seems that I'll die waiting for a portable GameCube....:(