UPDATED: Nintendo to Release iDS?
New version of Nintendo with camera, music playback rumoured
Update: Responding to SPOnG's request for comment on this rumour, a Nintendo rep has said, "Nintendo has made no such announcement and will not comment on rumour and speculation."
It's Monday morning, so maybe your brain's still feeling a bit soft and ready for a fat, juicy rumour. According to the latest produce of the hardware rumour mill, a new DS is on the way. This one will, apparently, feature music playback and a camera.
It comes from Japanese newspaper, the Nikkei, with a translation provided over on NeoGAF. According to said translation, the new DS will also feature a larger screen, an enhanced wireless connection and some kind of new functionality involving the exchange of data between the Wii and DS and an "SD card". Whether this means an SD card will be included is as unclear as the rest of the piece (you've got to assume that an SD card slot will be included though). Additionally, there's talk of games that will make use of the rumoured camera.
The device is said to be due in Japan before the end of the year for under ¥20,000 (£104, or €131). The DS currently retails at around ¥16,800 (£88, or €110) over there.
It's not been specified whether this supposed new DS is an upgrade to the current DS Lite (as the current version was to the original) or whether this will be the DS 2.
While a more multimedia DS would make sense in light of the success of devices like the iPhone, Nintendo has stuck to a no frills, game-centred approach for its handheld so far. Similarly, the Wii lacks the multimedia bells and whistles of the PS3 and the Xbox 360. It's uncertain Whether Nintendo would want to deviate from this approach by introducing a more expensive stock keeping unit (SKU) into the mix.
This isn't the only hardware update rumoured for the DS. Late last month a report emerged suggesting that a dual touch screen DS will be announced in the new year.
Source: Nikkei via NeoGAF
It's Monday morning, so maybe your brain's still feeling a bit soft and ready for a fat, juicy rumour. According to the latest produce of the hardware rumour mill, a new DS is on the way. This one will, apparently, feature music playback and a camera.
It comes from Japanese newspaper, the Nikkei, with a translation provided over on NeoGAF. According to said translation, the new DS will also feature a larger screen, an enhanced wireless connection and some kind of new functionality involving the exchange of data between the Wii and DS and an "SD card". Whether this means an SD card will be included is as unclear as the rest of the piece (you've got to assume that an SD card slot will be included though). Additionally, there's talk of games that will make use of the rumoured camera.
The device is said to be due in Japan before the end of the year for under ¥20,000 (£104, or €131). The DS currently retails at around ¥16,800 (£88, or €110) over there.
It's not been specified whether this supposed new DS is an upgrade to the current DS Lite (as the current version was to the original) or whether this will be the DS 2.
While a more multimedia DS would make sense in light of the success of devices like the iPhone, Nintendo has stuck to a no frills, game-centred approach for its handheld so far. Similarly, the Wii lacks the multimedia bells and whistles of the PS3 and the Xbox 360. It's uncertain Whether Nintendo would want to deviate from this approach by introducing a more expensive stock keeping unit (SKU) into the mix.
This isn't the only hardware update rumoured for the DS. Late last month a report emerged suggesting that a dual touch screen DS will be announced in the new year.
Source: Nikkei via NeoGAF
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deleted 29 Sep 2008 09:56
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well the DS being well overdue a revision, a camera and SD slot would be a good idea, esp for thoise non gmaing types that have a DS (Casuals!), but a Dual Touch Screen is stupid you couldnt touch both at once and i cant see any reason for both having touch display?
Tee 1 Oct 2008 05:25
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yes nintendo it's time to abandon the 3rd pillow ds or just combin it with the so called portible game cube graphic at lease make it if u want to try to keep it backwards compadible to the ds or gameboy at lease make em download able to connect to the wii channel and let u transfer all game to the sd or micro sd slot this way you're have a large backward combatible collection
nes,gameboy,super nes,color gameboy-gameboy advance, nintendo 64 ,genesis, turbo graphic 16 , gamegear, and gamecube put all em up on the will channel and let u use to down load em to the sd or micro sd to be better put dont make the unit no larger the the tmoble side kick slide put all that 3D power in the unit and make it multimedia compadible and also dont forget to keep it touch screen if u want to add the ds exsiing to the unit the make it slide up behind the unit and keep it portible as much as possible and make it at lease the gamecube power to it can compete with the psp and yeh also make it have the same fuction's as the iphone and ipod touch and then you will have the ultimate portible nintendo system to forget about anything that sony can make if not then nintendo just wrap it up and just quit the protible game business and leave it to sony if you're really want to make a move make it an internet phone and all the instant messager connect to all the young and older generation will forget about the sony psp and the ipod touch u need to go after the younger crowd and yeh make it like the next generation of sidekick and you will have won the war
nes,gameboy,super nes,color gameboy-gameboy advance, nintendo 64 ,genesis, turbo graphic 16 , gamegear, and gamecube put all em up on the will channel and let u use to down load em to the sd or micro sd to be better put dont make the unit no larger the the tmoble side kick slide put all that 3D power in the unit and make it multimedia compadible and also dont forget to keep it touch screen if u want to add the ds exsiing to the unit the make it slide up behind the unit and keep it portible as much as possible and make it at lease the gamecube power to it can compete with the psp and yeh also make it have the same fuction's as the iphone and ipod touch and then you will have the ultimate portible nintendo system to forget about anything that sony can make if not then nintendo just wrap it up and just quit the protible game business and leave it to sony if you're really want to make a move make it an internet phone and all the instant messager connect to all the young and older generation will forget about the sony psp and the ipod touch u need to go after the younger crowd and yeh make it like the next generation of sidekick and you will have won the war