Nintendo DS

[Assertn]

Originally posted by: animefreak
The reason why Donkey Kong still exist today, it's because is a popular game.

wow, thats an amazing discovery you got there

[animefreak]

Originally posted by: AssertnFailure

Originally posted by: animefreak
The reason why Donkey Kong still exist today, it's because is a popular game.

wow, thats an amazing discovery you got there

What's that suppose to mean?

[KrayZ33]

translate it with: "no shit,sherlock!"

btw I never understood whats so good about those small things... I always get a headdache if I play with a gameboy or PSP.

[sangai]

well, two things i love about the DS...sometimes its nice to give youa break from the PC, and i have a special card for my DS that lets me put downloaded roms on it so i never pay for a rom again *yes i realize its illegal, but i still do own some of the games.

and the PSP is great cause if its modded i can put all the old school nes,snes,genesis,superfamcom, arcade games on it , use it as a micro dvd player and a few other GREAT purposes, small stereo, radio, internet browser.

[Assertn]

well, two things i love about the DS...sometimes its nice to give youa break from the PC, and i have a special card for my DS that lets me put downloaded roms on it so i never pay for a rom again *yes i realize its illegal, but i still do own some of the games.

and the PSP is great cause if its modded i can put all the old school nes,snes,genesis,superfamcom, arcade games on it , use it as a micro dvd player and a few other GREAT purposes, small stereo, radio, internet browser.

wow, thats an amazing discovery you got there. (sorry, had to)

Nah but really though...my favorite thing about DS is playing wifi mario kart with 5 of my friends in the same room. Aside from that, it's great to have whenever I go traveling, and I usually pick up a new game before I fly out.

[Zachiru-Hirosaki]

Hirokazu Hamamura make us glad
Hirokazu Hamamura, the head of gigantic Japanese gaming mag Famitsu's parent company, made a prediction that Nintendo will unveil the next-generation DS at E3 2008 this summer. Normally we wouldn't think anything of some businessman making predictions, but if anyone knows what's going on with Nintendo, it's Famitsu (the gaming industry and gaming press are really tight over there). Kotaku says it took two years between the transition from DS to DS Lite, so a summer DS Lite to DS EXTREME transition might be possible. Our prediction is that they'll do away with the GBA port altogether, saving space and hardware costs.
us.gizmodo.com

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...ts-ds-open.jpg

i cant wait for th DS Extreme its a rumor but i hope that the rumor is true.
DS with Next Gen graphics, but nintendo will deserve a lot of money if the DS Extreme comes out.
Hirokazu Hamamura please make us glad!
Damn i also must buy the Famitsu!!

[BioAlien]

DS.. Extreme?
Just by the name, you can tell it's fake.
No way in hell Nintendo is ever going to call one of their product "extreme".
And that picture is obviously photo shopped. Badly at that.(Where the fuck are the speakers? On the back?)
Upgrading to "next gen graphic", means profit lost for Nintendo, because new games won't work on older DS. So if something like that ever comes out, it won't be called "DS", just like how DS isn't called Gameboy.

We don't need a new DS redesign, even Reggie said there won't be one coming out.

[Zachiru-Hirosaki]

Dude its a rumor may be they will change the name.
Anf it could be a prototype
And a Rumor can be true and lets hope its true.
And which gamer dont want to have a DS with awesome graphics?

There is also a rumor that its called the TS with Triple Screens.
And that is bullshit.

[BioAlien]

I'm ready to bet anything that this "rumour" of yours, is fake.

(Lol, triple screen )

The DS is doing just fine right now, it doesn't need a new design, maybe a battery that last longer, but there's no need for a design change.



Though a new handheld is possible considering the end of the DS's life cycle is coming to an end next year. (5 or so years, with the GBA it was only 3 years, so it's alway a possibility)

But I doubt that Nintendo will just release an "upgraded" DS handheld. There's no innovation in that, that would be doing the exact same thing Microsoft/Sony have been doing with their home consoles.(Well, Sony did change a little something, their controller, adding Sixaxis to it... But let's not talk about that.) Though it's possible...

(The 2 screens from the DS may need to stay if Nintendo want backward compatibility, unless they pull a stunt like making the upper screen removable(With DS Slot 1 in it). And leave it as an Add On for those who actually want backward compatibility so the price of the handheld itself won't be too high)

[Zachiru-Hirosaki]

I'm ready to bet anything that this "rumour" of yours, is fake.

Actually thats not my rumor, thats a rumor of a Japnese game magazine called Famitsu.
And i aggree there is no need for a new design.
But i think every gamer wants a DS with awesome graphics i expect that there will come a new DS but not that the design is changed but the specifications. That there is possibility to play the DS with high performence.

[Sandldan]

really doubt they would release a new version with better performance, would simply cause too much unnecessary confusion. And going by sales it does not look like it would need anything like a redesign

[Assertn]

triple screens would be........terrible

[Zachiru-Hirosaki]

indeed. Triple Screens is just ugly

[darkshadow]

Ok that picture and the name are complete and utter bullshit, BUT a next-gen DS isn't that farfetched since the DS isn't a gameboy, but a different brand.

The gba was released in 2001 with the last gameboy, the micro, in 2005.
the DS was released in 2004, with the lite revision in 2006, which means that if the DS"Advance" is announced at E3 '08, we could excpect a summer 2009 release, which isn't unreasonble since the ds will be around for 5 years by then.
And really aside from the wii and ds, graphical upgrades where the only "innovations" nintendo made to their consoles.

And just for a timeline reference:
gameboy - 1989
gameboy pocket - 1996
gameboy light - 1997
gameboy color - 1998
gameboy advance - 2001
gameboy advance sp - 2003
Nintendo DS - 2004
gameboy micro - 2005
Nintendo DS Lite - 2006

as you can see aside from the original to pocket, every (major) release was no longer then 3 years from the last one, and by 2009 the NDS will have gone 5 years without a successor, so i deem the possibility of an announcement by E3 '08 entirely possible.

[sangai]

i doubt it, NDS is one of nintendos top selling items, they typically don't upgrade until they're sales have declined dramatically, which they havn't seen happen yet, id give it another 2 years before we even hear about a newer nintendo hand held . TBH they gonna have to do something to somewhat compete with the PSP..

[Animeniax]

I imagine they'll introduce the Wii concept into a handheld, so you can get a workout or at least some physical interaction in the game. Too cumbersome maybe?

[sangai]

unfortunatly as much as i love nintendo and i always will buy there products, the wii is a gimmeck, although demand is high and supply is low at least here in arizona its pretty hard to come by a wii still. but eventually the ps3 and the 360 will over take nintendo in the gamer aspect nintendo is goin for the crowd that xbox and ps3 doesn't really target.

in the end i own all 3 and i play the wii most simply well cause of zelda and brawl..

[Zachiru-Hirosaki]

i doubt it, NDS is one of nintendos top selling items, they typically don't upgrade until they're sales have declined dramatically, which they havn't seen happen yet

So that means that they must start to develope an new DS. Before the sales have declined.

[Assertn]

unfortunatly as much as i love nintendo and i always will buy there products, the wii is a gimmeck

Sorry to break it to you, but the xbox360 and PS3 are also gimmicks....
What other point is there to own them instead of their previous generations besides HD support and prettier graphics?

There's a certain appeal to the relative innocence of the hand-held market, in that graphics do not yet make the game there.

[Animeniax]

I don't think the Wii is a gimmick any more than any other entertainment system. It could be considered that if you are a purist console gamer, but others will see it as a clever way to attract more of an audience than your typical avid gamers who will buy a system regardless just because it is "next-gen" and has cooler graphics and new games. If they could add that sort of appeal to a handheld, it would sell well among non-gamers as well as gamers, making it even more of a success. A major concern would be maintaining portability.