[nightez]

Iwata just confirmed the next generation DS will output high resolution graphics. It will also use a motion sensor.

http://www.asahi.com/digital/pc/OSK201001050110.html
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/01/05...-in-the-works/

[Shadowlink]

OH SHIT! Wii HD confirmation soon guys! :D

[Nirolak]

Excellent find.

I'd like to make a side note that one of the main features of Tegra is outputting high resolution video from handheld devices, so it seems quite likely that the DS Tegra rumors are true.

[LINK.AGE76]

Oh shit :D :D :D

I predicted Wii HD by fall this year, but the numbers we got today say otherwise. Who knows, but confirming DS HD might be a sign.

[Raistlin]

What are the chances the DS is HD before the Wii?

Gaf would implode :lol

[nextgeneration]

holy shit! didn't expect this at all! wii hd next!

[Hellraizah]

September 2010. A little bird confirmed this to me. Mark my words.

[grandjedi6]

Oh my, those DS rumors are starting to turn out true.

[Hero of Legend]

This is actually real?!

How crazy that we hear of the DS's successor being HD before the Wii's, you would've though an HD Nintendo handheld would've been like, oh I don't know, two gens later at least. :O

Edit:

What are the chances the DS is HD before the Wii? Gaf would implode :lol

Beaten.

Edit 2: I more meant that it's releasing far closer to the Wii's successor than I would've ever imagined. You get the idea. Crazy.

[EmCeeGramr]

He doesn't give a date, since he notes that the DS's American sales in 2009 were amazing.

Oh, and the Vitality Sensor and Zelda Wii are both 2010 releases.

[Man God]

What are the chances the DS is HD before the Wii? Gaf would implode :lol

They confirmed the next Nintendo home console would be HD years ago.

[Shiggie]

Yeahhh!! Why is my heart beating so fast?:lol :lol :lol :D

[Shadowlink]

He doesn't give a date, since he notes that the DS's American sales in 2009 were amazing. Oh, and the Vitality Sensor and Zelda Wii are both 2010 releases.

FUCK YEAH!

[Linkhero1]

Can not wait!! :D

[GCX]

I guess that means an E3 2010 revelation.

[grandjedi6]

September 2010. A little bird confirmed this to me. Mark my words.

teehee; quoting for future mocking or redemption

[Medalion]

Oh shit! :O :O :O

GAF AMPLODE!!!

[LINK.AGE76]

He doesn't give a date, since he notes that the DS's American sales in 2009 were amazing. Oh, and the Vitality Sensor and Zelda Wii are both 2010 releases.

OMG ZELLLLLLLLLDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *cries manly tears*

[GhaleonQ]

Hopefully, buttons are still the primary input, followed by the stylus, followed by motion sensing.

Also: !

[ShockingAlberto]

Makes sense. The Tegra is pretty much made for that.

[Magypsy23]

I think "high resolution display" would be a safer translation for 「高精細な映像表示」.

[Azure Dream]

Somewhere out there, there's someone who was out at a late night shop that has just come home with his or her brand new DSi, opened the box, then saw this topic.

Now imagine their expression.

[gerg]

Oh, and the Vitality Sensor and Zelda Wii are both 2010 releases.

Where's the "I called it!" GIF when you need it?

:lol

I think "high resolution display" would be a safer translation for 「高精細な映像表示」.

Shh...

Let the people have their fun, and then we can all blame Nintendo later for lying to us and not fulfilling our unrealistic expectations.

[LINK.AGE76]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NteN19qdHw I had to :D :D :D

[GaimeGuy]

*explodes*

[Gamer @ Heart]

My heart tells me it will interact heavily with the next Wii.

[Nirolak]

I think "high resolution display" would be a safer translation for 「高精細な映像表示」.

Yeah I doubt the handheld's screen would be 720p. That doesn't make much sense.

It might be able to upscale the DS2's natural resolution and output it at 720p though like the Tegra phones.

[ShockingAlberto]

Somewhere out there, there's someone who was out at a late night shop that has just come home with his or her brand new DSi, opened the box, then saw this topic. Now imagine their expression. :lol

They get to own the best gaming system out right now for X amount of time until this comes out.

Sounds like a good value to me.

[VegaShinra]

So the DS successor will have HD graphics and motion control! What kind of graphical leap is thing going to have? Xbox graphics? The next home console better have a huge graphical leap like the N64 to GCN was. None of that GCN-Wii shit.

[KAP151]

Wow, nice!

[Hellraizah]

teehee; quoting for future mocking or redemption

Well, everything can change in this crazy videogame world. I know some people working for game developpers and they've been asked to ready their games for the next DS if they want to be able to get them out at launch and the window is September 2010. So I guess E3 this year is gonna be interesting.

[Nirolak]

Well, everything can change in this crazy videogame world. I know some people working for game developpers and they've been asked to ready their games for the next DS if they want to be able to get them out at launch and the window is September 2010. So I guess E3 this year is gonna be interesting.

Nice tag. :lol

[Jet Grind Radio!]

Wow. Seems like quite a jump from N64/DC graphics to HD. I cannot wait.

[Forkball]

So is this DS2 or some sort of crazy, HD version of the current DS?

[jvalioli]

I think "high resolution display" would be a safer translation for 「高精細な映像表示」.

Well yeah, an HD handheld makes no sense.

[grandjedi6]

Oh, and the Vitality Sensor and Zelda Wii are both 2010 releases.

Did he actually say that or is that just speculation from the article writer? I think we should wait for an actual translation before confirming anything

[J-Rock]

He doesn't give a date, since he notes that the DS's American sales in 2009 were amazing. Oh, and the Vitality Sensor and Zelda Wii are both 2010 releases.

HOLY FUCKING COWS.

[ShockingAlberto]

Well yeah, an HD handheld makes no sense.

A handheld that OUTPUTS high definition pictures isn't entirely outrageous.

But I think Iwata just meant the DS2 will have a higher resolution

[Kobun Heat]

Yeah, my read on this is that he's just saying that any successor to the DS would definitely have to have high-res graphics and a motion sensor -- not that he's actually saying that an announcement is imminent.

The real scoop from this piece would seem to be Zelda in 2010.

[elektrixx]

I'm sorry, but I can't find the bit where they actually say "High Definition". Iwata could be talking about a 640x480 DS here. "High resolution" doesn't mean anything to me coming from Nintendo.

[xrich]

Wow. Seems like quite a jump from N64/DC graphics to HD. I cannot wait.

N64 graphics =/= DC graphics

[FootNinja]

If this is out soon, doesn't it kind of prove that the dsi was just a GB micro kind of useless middle ground :\

[Angry Grimace]

Wow, that sounds interesting. How would a motion sensor really work in a handheld?

[GCX]

Looks like Zelda's development is going smoothly. Good.

[Grampa Simpson]

Awesomesauce. Also, this announcement seems right for a 2010 release, and I do believe that it's probably High Resolution as opposed to High Definition. High Resolution like the iPhone or the PSP.

[Allan Holdsworth]

No reason to release it before 2011.
Zelda in 2010 is surprising... I thought it was going to be 2011 for sure.

[DJ_Lae]

Fuck, and I just bought a DSi for my girlfriend and one for me too. Thanks, Nintendo.

(then again, maybe this one won't be backwards compatible)

[Gamer @ Heart]

SO what do you guys think the motion sensing will be?

I can imagine a gyro like in Wario ware twisted and thats it. Its bad enough to shake the screen your looking at enough around so i think tilting will be the extent of it.

[mutsu]

hm.. guys... the article is not that well translated by siliconera....

[AniHawk]

Zelda Wii are both 2010 releases.

This is probably a definite thing for Japan only.