Nintendo's next handheld

emirof · Mar 28, 2008

I think the next DS will have some kind of motion sensor like the wii remote. It could add cool features to a lot of handheld games, don't you think?

fischju · Mar 28, 2008

If they release a more "mobile" device late next year, adding support for the chunk of spectrum Verizon bought for internet everywhere would be nice.

cubin' · Mar 29, 2008

A new Gameboy handheld with DS features and +PSP graphics would be epic.

The graphics on the Ds are very aged now and some PSP games are starting too look so awesome

xShinobi · Mar 29, 2008

Does this seem real to you? To me it does but I'm not an expert.

fischju · Mar 29, 2008

firephoenix756 said:
Does this seem real to you? To me it does but I'm not an expert.

That was made for a contest, a long while back.

cracker · Mar 29, 2008

firephoenix756 said:
Does this seem real to you? To me it does but I'm not an expert.

That's just some very good fanmade concept art unfortunately.

Pigwooly · Mar 29, 2008

cruddybuddy said:
Nintendo has always been about better control of games. The NES controller was awesome for it's time, then the SNES controller improved upon it. Even though the Playstation was a little more powerful than the N64, the 64 had a superior controller, the analog controller. The Gamecube gave us a great wireless analog controller, and I don't even need to talk about the Wii's unique controller or the DS' touchscreen.

So yes, the successor will have a touchscreen like the DS, and maybe something else unique.

By the way, if anyone says that the Playstation had the analog controller, or the Xbox had the wireless, remember that they copied Nintendo.

This misconception irritates me every time it is repeated. The N64 was significantly more powerful than the Playstation. The Playstation was 32-bit and the N64 was 64 bit. The Gamecube was more powerful than the PS2. The SNES was more powerful than the Genesis. It's not really until the DS/Wii generation that Nintendo decided to forgo graphical power for the sake of controls.

Kingfield · Mar 29, 2008

@ pigwooly. The PS2 is more powerful than the gamecube. That's common sense.

fischju · Mar 29, 2008

Kingfield said:
@ pigwooly. The PS2 is more powerful than the gamecube. That's common sense.

1. It isn't
2. If that were true, how would it be common sense?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil...yStation_2_port

ZeWarrior · Mar 29, 2008

cruddybuddy said:
Nintendo has always been about better control of games. The NES controller was awesome for it's time, then the SNES controller improved upon it. Even though the Playstation was a little more powerful than the N64, the 64 had a superior controller, the analog controller. The Gamecube gave us a great wireless analog controller, and I don't even need to talk about the Wii's unique controller or the DS' touchscreen.

So yes, the successor will have a touchscreen like the DS, and maybe something else unique.

By the way, if anyone says that the Playstation had the analog controller, or the Xbox had the wireless, remember that they copied Nintendo.

The Gamecube never had a wireless controller lol... the original ( and current ) gamecube controller was wired. They all tied with Wireless. Xbox got it with the 360, Playstation with the PS3, and Nintendo with the Wii.

fischju · Mar 29, 2008

ZeWarriorReturns said:
cruddybuddy said:

Nintendo has always been about better control of games. The NES controller was awesome for it's time, then the SNES controller improved upon it. Even though the Playstation was a little more powerful than the N64, the 64 had a superior controller, the analog controller. The Gamecube gave us a great wireless analog controller, and I don't even need to talk about the Wii's unique controller or the DS' touchscreen.

So yes, the successor will have a touchscreen like the DS, and maybe something else unique.

By the way, if anyone says that the Playstation had the analog controller, or the Xbox had the wireless, remember that they copied Nintendo.

Click to expand...

The Gamecube never had a wireless controller lol... the original ( and current ) gamecube controller was wired. They all tied with Wireless. Xbox got it with the 360, Playstation with the PS3, and Nintendo with the Wii.

Never heard of a Wavebird? It is an official Nintendo wireless GC controller.

ZeWarrior · Mar 29, 2008

offtopic84 said:
ZeWarriorReturns said:

cruddybuddy said:

Nintendo has always been about better control of games. The NES controller was awesome for it's time, then the SNES controller improved upon it. Even though the Playstation was a little more powerful than the N64, the 64 had a superior controller, the analog controller. The Gamecube gave us a great wireless analog controller, and I don't even need to talk about the Wii's unique controller or the DS' touchscreen.

So yes, the successor will have a touchscreen like the DS, and maybe something else unique.

By the way, if anyone says that the Playstation had the analog controller, or the Xbox had the wireless, remember that they copied Nintendo.

Click to expand...

The Gamecube never had a wireless controller lol... the original ( and current ) gamecube controller was wired. They all tied with Wireless. Xbox got it with the 360, Playstation with the PS3, and Nintendo with the Wii.

Click to expand...

Never heard of a Wavebird? It is an official Nintendo wireless GC controller.

The Wavebird was official? My mistake. I thought it was third-party.

The Teej · Mar 29, 2008

Kingfield said:
@ pigwooly. The PS2 is more powerful than the gamecube. That's common sense.

...I.. thought that common misconception died ages ago T__T

Listen, the Gamecube is almost on par with the xbox and is arguably the most powerful console of the 6th generation. How can it be considered lesser then the weakest console of the generation?

Westside · Mar 29, 2008

The Teej said:
Kingfield said:

@ pigwooly. The PS2 is more powerful than the gamecube. That's common sense.

Click to expand...

...I.. thought that common misconception died ages ago T__T

Listen, the Gamecube is almost on par with the xbox and is arguably the most powerful console of the 6th generation. How can it be considered lesser then the weakest console of the generation?

PS2 is not the weakest of it's generation, it is the second weakest, next to the DreamCast. Also Gamecube uses a 486MHz CPU while the Xbox had one that is about 733MHz. In terms of graphics Gamecube used a 162MHz ATI based video card while the Xbox used a 233MHz Nvidia based video card. Now the PS2 is inferior in terms of Central processing power clocled at 299MHz (294 in early versions) which is not that far from 486MHz that was gamecube. PS2 was also not that far off in graphics having a 147MHz GPU.

PS2 was not that far off from Gamecube. The gamecube was about 1.5 times more powerful, but the Xbox was about twice as powerful as the Gamecube. Saying PS2 is not even close to Gamecube, and Gamecube is almost up there with Xbox is just plain ridiculous. Besides, why are you guys fighting over hardware power? That's not what made Gamecube special.

TaMs · Mar 29, 2008

The Teej said:
Kingfield said:

@ pigwooly. The PS2 is more powerful than the gamecube. That's common sense.

Click to expand...

...I.. thought that common misconception died ages ago T__T

Listen, the Gamecube is almost on par with the xbox and is arguably the most powerful console of the 6th generation. How can it be considered lesser then the weakest console of the generation?

Hm.. it's not "almost" par with xbox afaik.
Also you can't judge how powerfull something is just by looking at the MHz.

I don't see why nintendo would go back to gameboy name. If they ever do new handheld, it will probably be like ds but with more powerfull hardware and with some new name (nintendo changes their consoles names alot imo). maybe even some luxuries like built in camera, rumble or motion sensor things. I don't really have no idea what else they could add there.

thebigboss14 · Jul 11, 2009

Maybe Nintendo don't have the handheld in mind yet but they already know what it is going to have, they will just extend the capabilities of the DS in a new handheld like they have always do.

tal32123 · Jul 11, 2009

idk sometimes i call my ds and dsi my gameboys

Satangel · Jul 11, 2009

tal32123 said:
idk sometimes i call my ds and dsi my gameboys

Wow, big news!
You definitely contributed to this topic now!

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