New DS confirmed

[yuyuyup]

DSI what a stupid name, why would they use the name of the worst culprit of wii shovelware

 

[Lord Toon]

The SD slot could backfire on them and open the floodgates to piracy but im guessing if it is hacked it will be a back and forth fight like with the PSP and the constant firmware updates.

If Nintendo has a store for Download Content, then expect Firmware...I'm thinking this because of the Wii. I could be wrong though.//

 

[LoneSyn]

Is engadget a trustworthy site? It still claims that the DS has two touchscreens.

 

[Another World]

lets all hope the sd is sdhc.
lets hope the camera is useful and of good quality.
lets hope the smaller case isn't plagued with problems.

i use my ds now for so much. homebrew lets me browse the web, get directions, check my email, talk online, take notes, make music, etc. adding a camera when on the go is a great idea but it needs to be of good quality. if i can get a better image off my shitty cell phone, then whats the point. also i hope for some type of lens protection, not just a plastic cover but something to protect the plastic over the lens. i carry my ds in my pocket most of the time. i would be interesting to see if the new generation of hacks let us run roms right off of the sd slot. as long as it supports my old flash kits right out of the box i'm sure i'll grab when on release day.

-another world

 

[Deadmon]

As posted in the other thread, Mario & Luigi 3, Warioware Touched! 2!
And upscaling!

 

[beedog19]

Seriously, would it have killed Nintendo to do a proper DS upgrade instead of dragging out the DS hardware another 2+ years? The DS's 3D abilities were underpowered at launch, and it's only gotten worse over time. The hardware has nudged developers in to producing RPGs, minigame collections, shovelware, and very little else, because the DS can do very little else. It needs a hardware upgrade to enable new games and bring more variety to the field.

Adding more gimmicks isn't going to encourage new games, it's just going to encourage more crap.

The bigger screen and SD slot are nice, but it's half the handheld it needs to be.

This could mean that Nintendo thinks the DS could be reaching the end of its life cycle and that a full blown redesign in on the way. I'm just wondering how long it'll take if none of their competitors pressure them into it.

 

[jos7960]

Doesnt the SD slot open a possible solution to GBA emulation?

Or maybe the DSware you can download will feature some GBA games. Just like the Wii features NES SNES and N64 games. So maybe we can inject own gba roms into the DSware!

Speculationspeculation
But if happends, then i MIGHT get one.

 

[LoneSyn]

Let's just hope it can surprise us then.

 

[blizzak]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsi.html

Nintendo of Japan already have the specs and features on there site now. I'm very intrigued by this...I personally would like the GBA slot to be on it but we must go forward I guess.//

Looks like a redesign of the home screen aswell. Also, two camera[the black dots next to them seem to be the mic] and the power button is inside. and as far as i can tell only one touchscreen.

The larger screen looks very nice though, moonshell video finally worth it?

 

[Lord Toon]

lets all hope the sd is sdhc.
lets hope the camera is useful and of good quality.
lets hope the smaller case isn't plagued with problems.

i use my ds now for so much. homebrew lets me browse the web, get directions, check my email, talk online, take notes, make music, etc. adding a camera when on the go is a great idea but it needs to be of good quality. if i can get a better image off my shitty cell phone, then whats the point. also i hope for some type of lens protection, not just a plastic cover but something to protect the plastic over the lens. i carry my ds in my pocket most of the time. i would be interesting to see if the new generation of hacks let us run roms right off of the sd slot. as long as it supports my old flash kits right out of the box i'm sure i'll grab when on release day.

-another world

Amen brother...//

Lots of people thought that the DS was supposed to be made for kids...But with the different possibilities of homebrew applications, I'm hoping for lots of designs and applications for the camera and SD slot. *crosses fingers*//

 

[Doggy124]

just found this

 

[Torrunt]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsi.html

Official site, if you can't read it well... you can look at the pictures

The camera quality doesn't look that bad, I don't like it how they brought back a button for the power D:

 

[HeatMan Advance]

As far as I'm concerned, this is just a preview for what the next handheld successor will have.

I'm not even going to buy this since I'm sure the next evolution in handhelds from Nintendo will be out by 2010 with all of these features and possibly downloadable gba and DS games.

For me it's just the GBA micro all over again.

 

[blizzak]

Is engadget a trustworthy site? It still claims that the DS has two touchscreens.

Nothing you read on the internet is truly reliable.


Yes, I realize the paradox I created by writing that.

 

[Another World]

no ds card slot, just msd slot? =(

-another world

 

[MistahJelly]

http://www.gamekyo.com/images9_4_29157.html

A PSP based menu...?

 

[beedog19]

As far as I'm concerned, this is just a preview for what the next handheld successor will have.

I'm not even going to buy this since I'm sure the next evolution in handhelds from Nintendo will be out by 2010 with all of these features and possibly downloadable gba and DS games.

For me it's just the GBA micro all over again.

That's how I'm taking this too. I'm excited for the possibilities that this thing opens up more than the actual device itself. Let's see what they have at e3/TGS 09!

 

[LoneSyn]

just found this

That just ensured me to NOT buy the DSi unless something surprising happens that gives DSi a much higher advantage.

Why the flying f*** does it NOT have a DS slot?

 

[Joe88]

no ds card slot, just msd slot? =(

-another world

thats what im wondering

wish there where more pics of the back...

 

[Xuio]

For me its disappointment. No gba slot? Shorter battery life? I mean... WTF?

ps. i love my ds lite even more now

For me it's just the GBA micro all over again.

Yeah, except micro was really smaller...