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Next Nintendo DS: Camera, Music Playback and confirmed by Nikkei
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Vilix
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Camera? Larger screen? More resolutions? I say "Pfft" to all that. Once I was able to use my DS to order beers and nachos at a Mariners game I knew I had the ultimate handheld. ;p
Diablohead
Member
I'll wait for pics before I decide to skip the lite or not.
DefectiveReject
Banned
as for new hardware i suppose why not.
Apple update their hardware every year with next to no changes. Maybe Iwata thinks he can do the same (Aluminium case on my DS please)
Also if there is a new DS with new features i expect a slew of games from Nintendo for it
Apple update their hardware every year with next to no changes. Maybe Iwata thinks he can do the same (Aluminium case on my DS please)
Also if there is a new DS with new features i expect a slew of games from Nintendo for it
Death_Born
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Hcoregamer00 said:
Phew! That was close! For a moment there, I thought they weren't going to implement Gamecube-level graphics and DLC games!
They won't ever, will they...
WiiRevolution1
Member
I have no idea who that site is but seeing everyones reaction all I can say is this:neo2046 said:
Yay.
No really...YAY!!!
I am excited for this. I usually take both my DS and PSP with me but now with pictures and music I can take one system with me most of the time.
And well...I'm a sucker for redisigns :lol
And bigger screen sounds really nice.
Hopefully by some odd chance it comes in NA this year aswell.
rollingstart
Banned
I wonder if this DS will have some anti-flash card system in it.
Eteric Rice
Member
OH FUCK, BOTH PSP AND DS GETTING NEW DESIGNS?!
FUCK, WE'RE DEAD!
WE'RE ALL DEAD!
KISS YOUR ASSES GOODBYE GUYS! THE END IS NEAR!
But seriously, now I won't have to buy an Ipod.
FUCK, WE'RE DEAD!
WE'RE ALL DEAD!
KISS YOUR ASSES GOODBYE GUYS! THE END IS NEAR!
But seriously, now I won't have to buy an Ipod.
Rancid Mildew
Banned
I can't say I find these additions appealing or useful but if the form factor improves and if it uses higher quality screens, day one.
edit: Though I should add that I don't think Nintendo can improve much on either fronts. The DSLite is near perfect as is in my opinion. The only thing I'd change is to make the shell anodized aluminum.
edit: Though I should add that I don't think Nintendo can improve much on either fronts. The DSLite is near perfect as is in my opinion. The only thing I'd change is to make the shell anodized aluminum.
Portable VC games and not having to turn the damn thing off when I want to change a game would be nice. Plus an operating system that wasn't completely bare bones.
The PSP sells as a portable media device/monster hunter player and doesn't really move software. DS moves software... make it a media player and squash the PSP. That's how I would think of it anyway.
The PSP sells as a portable media device/monster hunter player and doesn't really move software. DS moves software... make it a media player and squash the PSP. That's how I would think of it anyway.
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Deleted member 284
Unconfirmed Member
Perfect timing. My DS Lite broke (Hinge) and was relegated to using my wife's. Not a fun time. I was going to purchase a new one, but something told me to wait until the Oct 2 conference was complete. Glad I did so.
This is kinda crazy, why does this news appear now? Four days before Nintendos conference?
I mean when the DS was first shown to the public at E3 2004 there was a leak by USAToday a few hours earlier, but those were just a few hours. This here is a different story, four days!
Are Yamauchis ninjas on vacation?
I mean when the DS was first shown to the public at E3 2004 there was a leak by USAToday a few hours earlier, but those were just a few hours. This here is a different story, four days!
Are Yamauchis ninjas on vacation?
A Link to the Past
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-nk- said:
Exactly - four days before the conference. Leaks like this happen.
TheGreatDave
Banned
Yeah, I'll buy. Please make the camera more than 2 MP though.
JohnTinker
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Is there a translation available of the Nikkei news article?
comedy bomb
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I'm so curious to see what this looks like. 
I also can't wait to see what type of games Nintendo dreams up with any camera compatibility.
I also can't wait to see what type of games Nintendo dreams up with any camera compatibility.
JohnTinker
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I know that there's a lot of Gaffers who are able to translate Japanese pretty easily, just a matter if they're online or not-nk- said:
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Deleted member 284
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<insert hyper-winking smiley>neoanarch said:
Kobun Heat
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Just for you.JohnTinker said:
The version that's up now:
Nintendo will release a new model of the Nintendo DS portable game machine this year. For the first time, it will include a camera and music playback functionality. The wireless functionality of the machine will also be strengthened, allowing it to connect to "information terminals."* Since the DS was released 4 years ago, it has sold 77,000,000 units worldwide. It seems as if the new model will go outside the boundaries of the "game business" to compete with devices like cell phones.
Images that you take with the camera could be used by games. The music playback function will be able to take music from CDs and other sources and play it back.
The print version in the photograph adds this paragraph:
The price of the new model, like the current 16,800 yen [DS Lite], will be under 20,000 yen. It will first be released in Japan, and overseas releases are under consideration.
*The other version of the article, which is only available as a screencap in the OP apparently, says that these terminals will allow users to find nearby train stations or restaurants, or download news and other such content.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Well I skipped the DS Lite so perhaps I'll pick this one up instead. But still, larger screen? How is that a plus?
WiiRevolution1
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.....WOWKobun Heat said:
This is sounding really good.
comedy bomb
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Thread title needs to be changed to semi-confirmed.
Kobun Heat
Member
It's on the front page of Nikkei; I'd say it's 100% at this point.comedy bomb said:
Shockgamer
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Once again, not surprising. People don't want singular function portable devices anymore; they want their all in one computer in a pocket. With the PSP's functionality and Apple sneaking into the gaming space through the back door, Nintendo had no choice but to turn their attention to expanding their portable's feature set. Dragged kicking and screaming, no doubt. :lol
I was wondering how we'd see and mock the 90s once we built enough distance from it; how the old men of 2050 would reminisce about their good old days. Undoubtedly, both will reflect on a time when a calculator was a calculator, a phone was a phone, a map was an unwieldy piece of paper, a camera was a camera and a Game Boy was a Game Boy.
I was wondering how we'd see and mock the 90s once we built enough distance from it; how the old men of 2050 would reminisce about their good old days. Undoubtedly, both will reflect on a time when a calculator was a calculator, a phone was a phone, a map was an unwieldy piece of paper, a camera was a camera and a Game Boy was a Game Boy.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
So is the "larger screen" confirmed too? Or could that still be fluff attached to a true rumor? It still seems really strange to me....
ViperVisor
Member
No mock up pics?
Wired has the Nikkei story with a little more information, not sure if much of it is NEW but this bit caught my eye:
So apparently the larger screen may or may not be in, and the price may or may not be certain.
So apparently the larger screen may or may not be in, and the price may or may not be certain.
Kobun Heat
Member
That is actually in the version of the story that somebody screencapped off of Monex -- it's in the last paragraph of the second photo in the OP.grandjedi6 said:
But since the versions that are actually online don't corroborate it, I'm not willing to say for sure that it's in there. Seems very likely though.
charlequin
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Kobun Heat said:
What about that SD card/download games from the Wii business in the OP?
rollingstart
Banned
Polari said:
Making it as thing as the Macbook Air would be terrible. The ergonomics of the DS Lite are already messy as is, just making it even more thin would make actually using it to play games worse, especially those that require holding it with one hand.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Doesn't make much sense to release a new one... but I hope it has good quality buttons. I skipped the Lite because of its subpar controls.
Kobun Heat
Member
Like the bit about larger screens, it's only in the version on Monex.charlequin said:
The Monex story *is* the Nikkei story, it's just got an extra paragraph.
There's a very logical explanation for all this, by the way -- newspaper stories are written in inverted pyramid style, with all the most important information at the top, so that they can be easily trimmed for length by cutting off as many paragraphs as the outlet needs to. So it's more than likely that the fourth paragraph in the Monex version of the story is totally legit -- I'd just be careful until a version of the story with that information is actually live.
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
Fix the Lite D-Pad please