Rumor: New Version Of DS In 2007?

[jnky64]

In more rumor news, it is being reported all over the net that a new DS version is coming to Japan in 2007. Not much is known other than it will have bigger screens.



Rumours are surfacing that Nintendo are planning to release another version of the Nintendo DS system in Japan sometime next year.

Not much is known about this possible new reiteration of the handheld, other than the fact the screens may be increased in size.

Can the system get any smaller? We're not sure. However, we can't wait to find out whether or not there is any substance to this.

We'll bring you more on this as it breaks.

News Source: <a href="http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=9900" target="_blank">n-europe.com</a>

[Retroboy]

well its nintendo, so i wouldnt be supprised if its true, re release the same console slightly different and everyone will go ape and buy it again increasing the sales of the DS.

[xShrimp]

smart move for nintendo, kickin psp's ass on the sales chart. i would buy it if it looked better than a lite

[Retroboy]

smart move for nintendo, kickin psp's ass on the sales chart. i would buy it if it looked better than a lite

yea but thats the problem, it wont look better.

if its true it will either be lighter/brigher bigger battery life same console different shape maybe smaller.

Just like the GBA its easy for nintendo to say its sales are higher than the PSP but how many versions have sony made of the PSP, nintendo do the trick where they know lets release a different shape ect console everyone will disgard the one they own then buy this one thats still the same just slightly changed here or there, doublin the sales again.

Maybe if nintendo didnt make so many different versions and remained at the god dam ugly brick if it would still be beating the PSP as much as it is now with it having 2 versions available.

[{{909}}]

yeah so true, its not like sony re-released the PS1 or PS2 is it. Damn that evil nintendo for improving their products.

[S41N7]

Yes, it would be another great move from nintendo. Nintendos console updates are wiser than sony's firmware updates. Furthermore, despite the fact I play my psp more than I do the DS I would definatly update to the new one if the improvements are as vast as the lite was over the ds phat. I mean games on the lite appear sooooo much better than on the ds phat.

I would love a psp hardware update maybe same size and shape with a right anolouge nub and a small left and right vibration pack (not a dual shock; we dont want to jolt the screen out of place and wreak the umd) a simple soft vibration for added effect.



So from me - GO-ON tendo'

[MadonnaProject]

more junk for nintendork fools to buy. serves you right.

[Retroboy]

yeah so true, its not like sony re-released the PS1 or PS2 is it. Damn that evil nintendo for improving their products.

yea sony improved the house consoles. but they made 2 versions of each console, PSX PSone, PS2 PS2 slim.

But nintendo like god
GBA
GBA SP
GBA Micro

now its
DS
DSlite
NEw DS

nintendo will keep slightly changing the DS just to get people going crazy just to re buy the thin again.

Its ok nintendo doing the lite, but to make a 3rd DS is just stupid money making greedy mo fo's.

[evil_lemming]

Blame people for buying the same thing again and again not Nintendo, I've always seen the revisions as a good thing like if your buying a new DS as a replacement/gift/bribe you can take advantage of new technology improvements instead of paying the same price for dated tech. I was looking to buy a lite and sell my brick like version to my bro but if a new one is coming round the corner then I'll hold back

[{{909}}]

yea sony improved the house consoles. but they made 2 versions of each console, PSX PSone, PS2 PS2 slim.

But nintendo like god
GBA
GBA SP
GBA Micro

now its
DS
DSlite
NEw DS

nintendo will keep slightly changing the DS just to get people going crazy just to re buy the thin again.

Its ok nintendo doing the lite, but to make a 3rd DS is just stupid money making greedy mo fo's.

The pstwo was lacking HDD support and have the worst lasers out of the entire PS2 range, how is that an improvement?

The GBA needed a light, it got one in the SP. The Micro wasnt a product replacement, it was an alternative design, ther was no reason to buy it unless you wanted to.
DSlite have better screens, the newer one is rumoured to have bigger screens, sounds like improvements to me.

[Retroboy]

have you ever played a DS game on a bigger screen, god it looks even worse.

[lobo32332]

HAHAHA....yep, nothing like the expert opinion here....


Alright people, pack it in....No use even putting out a different DS, Retroboy has shot it down. How could any of us argue with his track record of wise, concise, and well thought out posts? I mean, c'mon, its not like he's a pathological liar and simply makes a bunch of stuff up on the spot (and more than likely has really creepy "Crying Game"-esque tea parties with Madonnaproject....were they get together and wank off over bad reviews of anything Nintendo)

[furbyhater]

lol, each time I read one of retroboy's posts I get a huge confidence boost ;-)

[psychospeedster]

You gotta love nintendo, only they can do this kind of **** and not get reemed for it. For everyone shouting it will be better than previous versions, thats because the previous versions were designed to be flawed. This leaves open the door for relaunching the handheld over and over again.

The ps2 slim, it improved by getting smaller, yeah the laser didnt improve and it lost its hdd support that wasnt really used by devs. And the PS1 only had its revision close to the ps2 launch window. Nothing was changed cept size.

In thought, thats how it should be, they design the systems so you cant gripe about anything and not relaunch it in different shapes with 'improvements' that should have been there in the first place. The psp, the only thing you can grip about is the missing of an analog and two shoulder buttons that would make it cramped and oversized. On their next handheld they should place control addon ports strategically for an analog stick or extra button, Sure youd be holding mickymouse's head and have to cary a few small knobs, but its an idea.

[unwanted]

ps2 is on (unless there is another) its 15th revision... same casing slightly different guts... whooops Nintendo obviously forgot there not suposed to change the design, there just supposed to change the internals...

btw: like the idea of Sony releasing a mickymouse's head for a console... that would be so funny... :)

I'd prefer a proper machine, than a friggin firmware update every month (or less) :mad: ...

[daps83777]

people bash nintendo for this kind of thing, but the reason nintendo does so well when they do this kind of thing with the handhelds is because they have always improved them, maybe not the hardware as far as power, but they have improved lcd's, the brightness of the lcd's with gba, the sp added backlighting a pretty big deal.

also compared to sony products nintendo can get away with it because of the price of there hardware, its alot cheaper than everyone else so no one has that big of a deal with it.

and lastly its becuase video game stores will usually cut you a deal. alot of video game stores where giving people $70 for ds phats if they used the money towards a ds light, so it made the price very reasonable.

its smart marketing, and nintendo always makes certain improvements that make it worth the money to get the newer version.

[WalkingTiger]

I don't see Nintendo doing this *Unless* there was a significant reason, such as new features... The DSLite allowed you to modify screen brightness, placed buttons in more sensible locations, placed LEDs in more sensible locations, etc...

I don't really see it happening, I'm thinking it's just a rumor... The DSLite is selling very successfully, and I don't see Nintendo disrupting that flow for some new DS...

~WalkingTiger

[daps83777]

i was just reading about this rumor, and the original place that started this is the same group that revealed news on the ds light a month before nintendo even talked about it. so it could be true.

[11111]

i can totally see the ds getting even smaller just because the hardware is easy to make and not as powerful as other systems.

if they make one much thinner i might be dumb enough again to buy another one but honestly i doubt i will i'm pretty much set on the lites i dont play them anywhere but my house anyways.

[voteforpedro36]

Seriously you can't blame Nintendo for making more money. People are gonna be dumb enough to buy any new improvement they come out with, so don't blame Nintendo for it. Besides I still play my DS "phat" (gay name, I wanna know who thought of it cause they must be a fag), and I didn't even think of buying a Lite.

But you Sony fanboys should just shut up, the sales chart doesn't lie.

[Rockman_Joey]

I don't see Nintendo doing this *Unless* there was a significant reason, such as new features... The DSLite allowed you to modify screen brightness, placed buttons in more sensible locations, placed LEDs in more sensible locations, etc...

I don't really see it happening, I'm thinking it's just a rumor... The DSLite is selling very successfully, and I don't see Nintendo disrupting that flow for some new DS...

~WalkingTiger

I can't see it happening either, I mean the first DS was an exception, it looked terrible and was so bulky and had the tinyest buttons, looked horrible. It needed a makeover coz the screen didnt look as good, the looks didnt look as nice as PSPs and has shoulder buttons like the GBAs lol

But when I saw the DS lite though, I was really impressed. Sweet improvement, it doesnt need a revision or a new DS, it looks nice as it is and goes well with the design of the Wii Console. This sorta re-release talk piss me off unless theres gonna be some huge difference with the new model.

I mean the PSP is expensive, I don't like the idea of a PSP remake, I keep hearing about that rumor.

New DS? No thanks, DS Lite doesnt need any improvements.

[Retroboy]

if sony make a psp remake, they need to do the following to make me buy it:

1) either make it more than a flat brick (give it some kind of palm grips)
2) move the dpad to where the analogue is and vice versa
3) make the analogue a little bigger and not as flat
4) bigger battery capacity
5) louder speakers
6) remove the UMD flap and replace with a push in umd drive (with cover like VCRs) and a eject button to pop it back out
7) different shell (not all shiney a plain colour with replaceable cases)

If sony did the above in the new PSP (if there is one) id definately get it, its not just a slightly changed.

[voteforpedro36]

OMG... Retroboy actually admitted something that Sony made isn't perfectly perfect. So, now we can prepare for the apocolypse.

[GigaClon]

Retroboy does kinda have a point. It seems silly to buy the same handheld over again. I don't really like the DS lite because GBA games stick out the bottom and it requires a new adapter. However, there is no way to tell how many of the sales of DS Lites were first time purchases vs. trade-ups.

[oxxo]

ps2 is on (unless there is another) its 15th revision... same casing slightly different guts... whooops Nintendo obviously forgot there not suposed to change the design, there just supposed to change the internals...

btw: like the idea of Sony releasing a mickymouse's head for a console... that would be so funny... :)

I'd prefer a proper machine, than a friggin firmware update every month (or less) :mad: ...

That's a terrible terrible comparison. Revision is done silently to fix things, you don't see Sony advertising "Revolutionary new PS2!!". They aren't marketing the changes.

Nintendo is marketing a new product, that just happens to run the same software.

[Azariel]

They happen to advertise a new "version" of the same product, the new DS-lite is smaller, lighter, stylish... than the fat one blablabla, etcetc. So nothing wrong about the advertising, is like a new TV, with that uses less space and has better contrast rate, still plays the same movies.. and people buy it.. ;)

[xShrimp]

I find the DSLite to be already perfect compared to the fat one. But it would be even better if the dslite was thinner. nintendo can ask apple on help with how to flatten things

[Retroboy]

OMG... Retroboy actually admitted something that Sony made isn't perfectly perfect. So, now we can prepare for the apocolypse.

ive got to say thats the only flaw for sony, the actuall system is perfect, how the system has improved with new FW updates, the psp even now plays psx games, where are y'all witht he ds, ohh deer, its the lamest handheld of all, it cant play movies, it cant play music, it cant do anything than play ds carts and touchy touchy, wow.

look at a system thats got great power simple controls (no fancy gimmicks) and look how much it has improved, where as the ds hasnt changed at all unless nintendo re make a new system CHASHING!!

Ive had 1 psp, never had to buy another one just because sony have made new features.

The Ds wasnt bright compared to the Dslite, but lets buy a new system coz its smaller, lighter and brighter.

OR

run a FW update on the same system for more features.

[Azariel]

it cant do anything than play ds carts and touchy touchy, wow.


:D :D :D :D Moonshell anyone??? Or rather... read the news ...once in a while is good ... :rolleyes:


Latest Media Create Charts ( Japan )

- DS Lite: 194,526
- Wii: 83,754
- PSP: 35,700
- PS2: 20,995
- PS3: 19,996
- Xbox 360: 7,365
- Game Boy Micro: 1,177
- GBA SP: 1,023
- Gamecube: 347
- DS Phat: 824
- GBA: 34

5 to 1 touchy touchy wow...

This deserves an update on the signature :D

[PSPWAD]

ive got to say thats the only flaw for sony, the actuall system is perfect, how the system has improved with new FW updates, the psp even now plays psx games, where are y'all witht he ds, ohh deer, its the lamest handheld of all, it cant play movies, it cant play music, it cant do anything than play ds carts and touchy touchy, wow.

look at a system thats got great power simple controls (no fancy gimmicks) and look how much it has improved, where as the ds hasnt changed at all unless nintendo re make a new system CHASHING!!

Ive had 1 psp, never had to buy another one just because sony have made new features.

The Ds wasnt bright compared to the Dslite, but lets buy a new system coz its smaller, lighter and brighter.

OR

run a FW update on the same system for more features.
If you think the DS is crap then stay the hell out of this section, your constant flaming to get a rise out of everyone is fucking annoying. This is NOT a PSP vs DS thread so don't fucking post about it!

[Marios_shadow]

There is a word for people like you, retroboy, and that word is fanboy. The ds can play music, movies, and almost all gameboy and nes games made with the use of a flashcart, the only thing the psp has that the ds doesn't are the god-awful games for it, I don't think i've seen more than 10 above-average games for the thing, and if you're thinking about going off on a tangent on the graphics, what nintendo presses is not graphics, but gameplay, live with it.

[bsg]

Need for Speed Carbon and Tomb Raider Legend are actually better on the DS than on the PSP....LMAO