New DS confirmed

[Leonick]

probably no... i think the processor would still be a limit, just look at emulators on pc, projekt64 have the comment high system requirements on some games

 

[Heatguyred]

Um, so is this even gonna be worth it?????

I mean we already have memory on our ds's, the downloadable games will probably de dumped too.
So the only real new feature are the 2 cameras (IMO)

But does that make up for no slot-2??????
no guitar hero?
no paddle controller?
no gba games? (i was already pissed of enough for not being able to play gb catridges on my ds)

 

[redact]

aw fuckberries, i just bought my dsl ~two weeks ago because i missed playing after i sold my last one. if i'd have known that these rumors were true then i'd have gladly waitedd till mid-2009 to buy one.


[ignore this part] maybe since the internal hardware is the same (processor and stuff) the firmware could be hacked to work with dsl (and use a flashcart as the inbuilt storage) [/ignore this part]

 

[amptor]

N64? no. the ds isn't powerful enough to emulate n64. they have to port the games.

 

[Isaiah]

I dont think he meas slot 2, just slot 1...


where is the SD slot?!?!?!?

sorry if someone has already answered this but i think its on the side of the dsi if you look at the pictures.

 

[Kira Yamato]

I wonder what will happen with games like pokemon or other games that need gba slot to get some bonuses...

 

[falcon64z8]

I wonder what will happen with games like pokemon or other games that need gba slot to get some bonuses...

You just don't play those games anymore... I think the DSI is not for everyone, if you want just games then stick with a lite, but if you wanna do more than gaming like me, I will be getting this system when it hits America.

 

[elfsander]

You're the first to comment the truth, the DSi won't be replacing the DS Lite like the DS Lite did with the DS (aka DS Phat). All retail DS games will still be playable on all DS-es. They won't require you to use the hardware upgrade from the DSi. Those hardware upgrades will be used in the downloadable "DSiWare" games. Those games won't work with the normal DS-es. (I am certain that Nintendo is smart enough to make them require the DSi).

 

[Issac]

Oh god please help me I just bought a NDSL a few months ago and now they are releasing a new system I wonder what I shall do I hate you nintendo I hope everyone from nintendo dies a horrible death for doing this to me!!!! Even though unless I can get a japanese version I probably will not be able to get the system till mid 2009. Woah is me I might cry myself to sleep now.

Well, first of all it's spelled 'woe' not 'woah', two totally different words.

Meh oh wellz. And Really people are acting as if they are being forced to buy it when obviously they are not, It is like crying over someone elses spilled milk. Who cares if you do not like it. Do not buy it then. Simple as that.

Well, we kind of are, if we want to experience all those new "exclusive" features (like the downloads).
And why people may get pissed is like in my case...
nintendo: "hey there, buy this ultra new color, it's so awesome"
me: "okay, i've longed for that color so long"
nintendo: "okay good! nooow..... Here's our new DSi which will have more stuffs than the ds you just bought... buy it too!!"

 

[nephdj]

You're the first to comment the truth, the DSi won't be replacing the DS Lite like the DS Lite did with the DS (aka DS Phat). All retail DS games will still be playable on all DS-es. They won't require you to use the hardware upgrade from the DSi. Those hardware upgrades will be used in the downloadable "DSiWare" games. Those games won't work with the normal DS-es. (I am certain that Nintendo is smart enough to make them require the DSi).

well people kept buying the orginal GBA when SP was out for about a year, then SP took all the market share.

 

[Lord Kanti]

wow nearly 50 pages and a lot of posts similar to what i compare to chickens with they're heads cut off.

So nintendo releases a DS lite1.5, who cares!? well appearantly a lot of you do. I've had my original gameboy from day one and didnt upgrade till gameboy color, a huge step up, it was color! and then gba came out right after and i felt betrayed, i waited a decade only to be stabed in the back with new technology. well folks join the club, but let me let you in on a little secret, just because nintendo releases it doesnt mean you have to buy it! Youre not lemmings, youre not headless chickens, snap out of it! most of us here are either hackers or are able to use hacks and after market mods with our current DS's

with the DSL and a flash cart you should be able to be hold your horses till the next real portable console comes out, who knows maybe it will come with a back scratcher. Seriously, take a chill pill, the thing isnt even out and so many are lined up to buy one.

I'll admit a wii like menu with channels and wii sound effects sounds appealing, but for 200 bucks I could:

pay half my monthly bills:
feed a small village in africa:
buy a haitian child (it was on 20/20):
pimp my ride:
buy a new guitar:
add to the get a big screen tv fund:

seriously, it's buying habits like this that send a superpower into 700billion dollars debt.

maybe I sound like a nazi, or your dad, but hopefully some of this advice will help you in the long run.

Good things happen to those who wait, remember how i said i felt betrayed whenthe gba came out? well about a year ago i found a DSL at a restaurant that had gone unclaimed for sometime with a mario kart cart in it. it was lost i found it and no one cared enough to claim to be its rightful owner. call it kharma, call it cheap, either way the universe/God has been good to me.

 

[Toni Plutonij]

well about a year ago i found a DSL at a restaurant that had gone unclaimed for sometime with a mario kart cart in it. it was lost i found it and no one cared enough to claim to be its rightful owner. call it kharma, call it cheap, either way the universe/God has been good to me.

That is a good karma, indeed..

I just want to say (I completely agree), but you must understand that many of the posters in this thread are kids....many of those kids have a habit of asking (and getting) everything they want, so it's natural that many of them are already lined to buy it, and it's perfectly natural that they complaint over something that isn't actually turned out in the way they wanted it to be..

 

[Noobix]

Replying to The New DS will be at the 2008 "E for All Expo" Oct 3rd - Oct

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=107478&st=0

"Kid Icarus and Mother 3 US will also be unveiled shortly after, followed by nintendo demonstrating how pigs can fly."

Awesome news, but I was really hoping to see some video's of the flying pig!!!

 

[DjoeN]

Some (not kids) do work hard to buy it!

My wife is very reasonable in such things, as long as i pay it from my own money and keep enough to support the kids and get clothes/food in the house.
I grew up with getting nothing, if i wanted something i had to ask and the answer was, "when you're old enough to work, you can work for it, then you can buy it yourself, That is when you're end school and start working, vacationjobs money goes on your account that is locked till ur 18, till then you life with what you get from us if it's needed and usefull for you future"

I'm not gonna say it's a good thing, i know the value of money, but the back side is (not always, but i feel it that way), you tend to buy stuff faster, stuff you know you wouldn't get when you would still live with you're parents.

Anyway, at 38, working, having wife and 3 kids, i can say, if i can afford it, and i really want it, i buy it.
I'm not raising my kids the same way, but the also don't get everything, the gotta learn how to have fun
without stuff to and playing outside is still the best you can get.

 

[fgghjjkll]

i asked my question 3 times and i dont get a straight answer. is this how gbatemp treat their members?

 

[Neobeo]

tl;dr (not past page 20 anyway)

but today's xkcd comic got me thinking about the long-forgotten head tracking. not exactly a new concept, but would be interesting if the internal camera were used for head tracking in addition to the external camera being used for motion sensing. granted, it'd have to be a DSi-specific cart, but it would be pretty revolutionary if they managed to pull off a game like that.

if there's one thing I know about nintendo, it's that we know nothing about them. people were skeptical when they introduced the touch screen on the DS, but looking back we see an array of must-have games which exist solely for the touch screen. likewise for the camera, hopefully. here's to hoping.

 

[stormwolf18]

Hope not! i dont wanna see Eye toy's games on ds., anyway, more milking by Nintendo, im sure ppl will rush to buy that pos.

 

[imgod22222]

Seems a bit impractical, with the cameras anyway, and keeping it a DS... unless they release like DSi Games. Other than that, I'd like to see how long it takes 1) to get homebrew running on it 2) for people to complain about how slow it is 3) flash support?

I'd like to see a hardware revision list. (if any)

EDIT: is the SD slot full-size or micro? SDHC?

 

[pasc]

Full size SD like in the wii which is good so I can finally use that SD for something else too !

I just hope Rockstargames and EA will utilize that SD Card for additional user content like custom tracks and stuff, that'd be awesome.

 

[Jax]

Could the SD card also be used for game updates?