Nintendo DS Lite

[Harsky]

Maybe this new DS version can be used as a Revolution Mobile and can also handle every snes and n64 game!!!

Anyway, I don't realy want it.
only if my old DS get lost or damaged.
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But maybe this small version is very welcome for children hands.
So they can reach the touchscreen much better!

If that's the case then EVERYONE will ditch their old DS for this one.

 

[Dogg Thang]

Well I really like the look of this. With Micro type screens (if that happens), it should be great. But I have to say I was hoping for something a little more radical. Still, I'm sure we'll get another version in a year or so.

 

[AshuraZro]

Maybe this new DS version can be used as a Revolution Mobile and can also handle every snes and n64 game!!!

Anyway, I don't realy want it.
only if my old DS get lost or damaged.
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But maybe this small version is very welcome for children hands.
So they can reach the touchscreen much better!

If that's the case then EVERYONE will ditch their old DS for this one.

There's nothing new in the system that allows that feature any more than the current DS system at the moment. And I highly doubt Nintendo would fuck people over like that even if they did do such a thing, which I would completely doubt. Plus, N64? Judging that they are using emulation and not a specifically remade game, that is next to impossible, if not, isn't it?

 

[greased logic]

Not a fantastic change, but presumably they aren't going to market it as a complete redesign, but rather just quietly start selling these once the current DSes run out of stock. I personally think the D-Pad looks great, it looks just like the original GBA's, which was the best D-Pad ever created. I hope the buttons stick up more than on the original, like the GBA's buttons.
Edit: Yes, they must do, since the bottom screen is raised to allow for higher buttons and D-Pad.
I like the fact that the right shoulder button has the lights in it.

 

[shaunj66]

Wow. That's disapointing!

I was expecting much more than that, not just a reduced size DS in an iPod design. Yawn!

Very disapointing... But I'll still end up buying one just for the clearer screens and any other extras that Nintendo throw in.

It's supposed to be more comfortable than the current DS? I don't see how... There's not much real estate to get a grip on around the d-pad and buttons...

Can't wait to see a REAL picture of the final re-design though...

 

[Hadrian]

I was hoping for some added multimedia functions like a built in Play-Yan. Perhaps a web browser? And maybe a online Picochat or something just to give it the extra edge, I know a few people who went for the PSP mainly for these features and not its games.

Cant say I'll buy another either way, I'm happy with mine, its bright enough and no probs with comfort at all. As for multimedia I got a proper portable one for that.

 

[Nocturno]

I think it looks very good, smaller, lighter, and brighter screens, that's all I wanted, definitely buying one, and the DS logo on the top looks cool, I just hope the battery life doesn't suffer with the brighter screens..

people who were expecting a more powerful system were deaming, come on, if they make a more powerful DS then it wouldn't be a DS, but a whole different system..

 

[5uck3rpunch]

I get the feeling it wont play gba games perfect way to stop every DS flash card on the market :/

Yeah, I got a feeling that this will put a stop to Flash Cards....look what they did with the latter released DS's. Let's hope not & keep our fingers crossed.

 

[Nocturno]

1UP asked nintendo and they said it will have a GBA slot, so you don't have to worry..

 

[Darkspark]

I think Ill stick to my blue nintendogs DS. I dont understand that people think its ugly. It looks great. Its not too bulky.

I cant imagine how much more the buttons will have to be cramped to fit a design 33% smaller.
I get finger cramps with this DS.

Plus, cant be bothered to have to get a supercard 3 + passme 3 etc.

Nintendo should go one further and let you download games onto your DS through iTUNES. lol.

...somebody is going to say this is part of their plan, i can just see it...

 

[ChaosTheorySD]

It looks nice, but I really don't see any reason to buy one. Maybe if my current DS dies and they release a glossy black we can talk.

I think they're only redesigning it not to be practical, but so it accents the Revoloution.

 

[tshu]

Huh. Well what do you know! And I thought for sure that the rumours were false, I never paid much attention to them. It looks alright. But I'll stick with my old silver DS.

One thing I do really like, is the new mic placement. It makes alot more sense there.

It looks like it has the GBAmicro style D-Pad which is good. micro's d-pad was nice and soft and comfortable. What I don't like though, is the start/select placement. I actually really liked the original DS's placement of start and select. Oh well.

 

[VmprHntrD]

I'm mixed on it.

I say F Nintendo for screwing people who own the DS already, but at the same time it is nice they tweaked the parts they could without honestly screwing DS owners with some new feature put into it either.

As long as they phase it in and the old style out totally I'm ok by it I supposed ,but still a bit aggravating.

 

[rippon]

Ahh don't let it get you down VHD, when I get it it will be my sixth DS

One silver lost
One blue broken
One blue stolen by girlfriend
One devkit
One Mario Kart DS that I still use
- One DS Lite!

So all totalled I've spent $2690 on DSes

Although most of that was the dev kit.

 

[m_babble]

I'm right with Vampire Hunter D on this.

 

[Elrinth]

new design? i like it.. the silver one i have is sooo bulky.. i don't like that.. i'm definatly getting a lite

 

[tshu]

I'm mixed on it.

I say F Nintendo for screwing people who own the DS already, but at the same time it is nice they tweaked the parts they could without honestly screwing DS owners with some new feature put into it either.

As long as they phase it in and the old style out totally I'm ok by it I supposed ,but still a bit aggravating.

How are they "screwing" you? Nobody is forcing you to buy it. It's another option that they are providing. It does all the same things. The only way Nintendo would be "screwing" us, was if they added in more features beyond cosmetic changes(like so many people wanted - which was a stupid thought in my opinion).

 

[Dirtie]

If they made some connectivity for this for use with their Revolution "Virtual Console" - similar to what you see in Animal Crossing on GC when you play a NES game using "Advance Play" - except for this it would be NES, SNES and possibly even N64 or GB/GBC games (hey you never know) - then you have a portable virtual console

 

[tshu]

If they made some connectivity for this for use with their Revolution "Virtual Console" - similar to what you see in Animal Crossing on GC when you play a NES game using "Advance Play" - except for this it would be NES, SNES and possibly even N64 or GB/GBC games (hey you never know) - then you have a portable virtual console

I wouldn't be surprised if you could transer NES and possible SNES games over to the DS via wireless link with Revolution. And they wouldn't need a "redesign" to do this, it can all be coded on the Revolution end.

 

[Reserver X]

I like it alot, but im not realy sure i like it enough to sell my Ds (again) and buy a new one (again).