Enterbrain boss: Nintendo might announce a new DS model at E3 '08

[soul]

Enterbrain (Famitsu's publisher) boss Hirokazu Hamamura expressed himself in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu and said he thinks Nintendo might announce a new DS model during E3.

Nintendo's spokesman: "No comment".

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=agOZDYIoqAOI

[sprsk]

I am a psychic.

[nightside]

nintendo DS liter?

[Mashing]

No, but I bet they lower the price to $99.

[Starchasing]

my bet is :

TV tuner incorporated and bigger screens

same design

[F#A#Oo]

I love you Nintendo but...I hate your philosophy of continually changing your handhelds every couple/few of years...

I'll probably buy it even if it just makes the screen brighter or something stupid like that...

[ICallItFutile]

DS 2 or nothing please.

[SabinFigaro]

Okay, third iteration, let's see here: DS Lite Pocket.

[Visualante]

Hopefully some better anti piracy measures, and standardizing the specifications of the screens.

[ckeur]

nintendo DS liter?

Well, there were rumors about removing GBA support, which would make it ... liter, as you put it. If this is true, very excited I would be. I don't have a DS yet, but would definitely like one. Just a PSP at the moment.

[Davidion]

DS air

/thread

I love you Nintendo but...I hate your philosophy of continually changing your handhelds every couple/few of years... I'll probably buy it even if it just makes the screen brighter or something stupid like that...

That's more like...everyone.

[evilromero]

I certainly wasn't expecting an announcement so early. But it makes sense. We got the GBA in 2000 and the DS in 2004, correct?

[SlayrUK]

DS Micro?

[Smiles and Cries]

can't wait

[fr4nz]

DS macro :p

[Tobor]

Built in flash storage and a DS online store. That's all it needs.

[Stumpokapow]

GBA support removed? I don't think so.

Given that their media conference just hyped Guitar Hero On Tour as a major summer third-party release, I don't think they're going to fucking knife it by making it incompatible with a new product they'll be hyping.

[AniHawk]

I certainly wasn't expecting an announcement so early. But it makes sense. We got the GBA in 2000 and the DS in 2004, correct?

GBA- 2001
GBA SP - 2003
GBA micro - 2005

DS - 2004
DS Lite - 2006
DSNES - 2008

[Nickovic]

Well, there were rumors about removing GBA support, which would make it ... liter, as you put it. If this is true, very excited I would be. I don't have a DS yet, but would definitely like one. Just a PSP at the moment.

Guitar hero and the browser all say no. They would keep the GBA slot.

[Second]

DS Fit?

Good thing I haven't bought the Lite then. I still own the phat DS.

[evilromero]

Built in flash storage and a DS online store. That's all it needs.

They might as well just introduce a new DS altogether if they go this route.

[krypt0nian]

I think Enterbrain (Famitsu's publisher) boss Hirokazu Hamamura will have chicken for dinner.

[Grecco]

DSSlim just in time for DQ9

[nightside]

Built in flash storage and a DS online store. That's all it needs.

this

[U K Narayan]

Why?

I just got a DS.

If anything, it better be the DS's successor.

[AdamBot]

The only reason for these "redesigns" is to put old hardware into a new plastic shell to avoid having to drop the price.

Day 1 purchase! :}

[Ghost]

How well did the Micro do? I always think of the SP as the definitive GBA, Micro didn't really meet a need for me...cant see me feeling differently about a 3rd DS iteration unless they make changes more significant that just slimming it down.

[Fatbot]

Can't have too many versions of the same product, right? Right????

[ethelred]

I think Enterbrain (Famitsu's publisher) boss Hirokazu Hamamura will have chicken for dinner.

Hopefully he'll be eating crow.

[lo zaffo]

DS macro :p

I don't remember where - allegedly here on GAF - I read that a bigger screened DS for the aged peole was under development in Nintendo.

[Oneself]

Do not want. I've bought 2 DS so far and that's enough.

[Shiggie]

photo shoppers, start your engines!

[shaft]

Why? I just got a DS. If anything, it better be the DS's successor.

for reals.

[Azelover]

I certainly wasn't expecting an announcement so early. But it makes sense. We got the GBA in 2000 and the DS in 2004, correct?

I don't think it's a new platform just yet..

[AniHawk]

How well did the Micro do? I always think of the SP as the definitive GBA...cant see me feeling differently about a 3rd DS iteration unless they make changes more significant that just slimming it down.

Micro was a huge bomb. They wrote it off as a holiday-only thing, but I think they wanted to drag it out for a good long while as their cheap alternative to the DS. I think it was half price a year after it was released.

[TheExodu5]

I'll bite if it's compatible with my CycloDS Evolution. I'm enjoying having all my games in one tiny cart way too much to give that up for a smaller DS.

[Azelover]

DS macro :p

Yes.

[Dark Octave]

I'm happy with my DS Lite, unless they show something new that makes me unhappy with my DS Lite, because most of the time, that's always what happens, half of the time.

[Davidion]

Micro was a huge bomb. They wrote it off as a holiday-only thing, but I think they wanted to drag it out for a good long while as their cheap alternative to the DS. I think it was half price a year after it was released.

Quite frankly, anything that teaches the manufacturers to not make their gear so fucking microscopic is fine by me.

[Tobor]

Micro was a huge bomb. They wrote it off as a holiday-only thing, but I think they wanted to drag it out for a good long while as their cheap alternative to the DS. I think it was half price a year after it was released.

I always saw it as Nintendo covering there bases in case the DS ultimately failed. They could stretch out the GBA lifecycle until a new Game Boy could be finished. Of course this wasn't needed in the least.

[Sleeker]

All they need now is a maze and a horny mouse.

[ethelred]

If anything, it better be the DS's successor.

That is a terrible idea.

[F#A#Oo]

The DSLite hasn't even started to sell poorly (some weeks it can even be sold out) and Nintendo are already ready to release a newer edition?

What ever happened to using a new edition to extend the life-cycle...?

[Yoboman]

They should make one that is finally visible in sunlight

[Yes Boss!]

I'll buy, whatever it is.

It would be nice if they made a higher-end model like the Micro and old Game & Watches and used some metal. Do away with the GBA slot and make it compete aesthetics-wise with things like the iPhone.

[RiZ III]

DSLite + better buttons. Minor improvements that gamers go crazy over, the Nintendo way.

[Tobor]

I'll buy, whatever it is. It would be nice if they made a higher-end model like the Micro and old Game & Watches and used some metal. Do away with the GBA slot and make it compete aesthetics-wise with things like the iPhone.

This, in the end, is the truth.

[Dragona Akehi]

DS Micro?

Yes please.

[beelzebozo]

Built in flash storage and a DS online store. That's all it needs.

this would be like some beautiful dream.

[Teetris]

GBA 2 please. I hate how Nintendo went the DS way when they saw it going succesful.