Today in Joystiq: April 11, 2008

by Ross Miller { Apr 11th 2008 at 11:59PM }

Here's a reader-submitted image (via IGN) from January 2004, brought back to our attention by DS Fanboy in light of today's DS revision rumor. We gotta say, they were oh so close to the final design. (Fingers crossed for the "DS Evn Liter" announcement.) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Ask Joystiq remembers the Dreamcast
DS Fanboy Lite: Apr. 5 - Apr. 11
Joystiq Podcast 045 - Million dollar string edition
This Week in Review joins the Brotherhood of Steel

News
Halo 3 marketing designed to not make Master Chief a 'reckless American cowboy'
Ben Heck assembles the PlayStation 3 Laptop
Renegade Kid calls Moon 'more ambitious' than Dementium
Noob.com has gotten even weirder
Hellgate: London finds success in Korea
Takeuchi talks Resident Evil 5, confirms African setting
PS3 sales pass 2 million in Japan
Mo-capoeira game coming Q4 2008
Lego Indy to have more than 60 playable characters
New Def Leppard single to hit GH3 before retail
No preorder needed, Metal Gear Online beta open in Europe
Dan "Shoe" Hsu ends long career at Ziff Davis
X3F gets all up inside Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack
Rock Band Weekly: Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Police
Mafia II whacking Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC
GTA IV site update reveals all Team & Race multiplayer modes -- and much more
Harmonix dev tackles Rock Band 'euro pricing flamefest'

Rumors & Speculation
Famitsu publisher thinks new DS will be shown at E3

Culture & Community
Gay kissing is slightly worse than severed heads, welcome to America
Newsweek's Croal on RE5: 'Wow, clearly no one black worked on this game'

Gallery: Nintendo DS mockups

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Slayer @ Apr 12th 2008 12:08AM

Wait. Does that say Nintendo BS in the title? Maybe it's just my imagination.

BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ Apr 12th 2008 12:09AM

Nope, it certainly is BS.

Einhanderkiller @ Apr 12th 2008 12:37AM

Your statement that it is BS is BS.

TheOverlord#2(Toon Link FTW)(1461-5875-9923) @ Apr 12th 2008 2:49AM

(Sorry, wrong place, but...)
Will you add me on Brawl, BPM?

mr nimblewick @ Apr 12th 2008 1:16AM

I'm excited for a new ds. I still have my near-launch fat one.

fischju @ Apr 12th 2008 1:40AM

I think they have a newer one out. Your wait is over!

Gewurztraminer says: R.O.B. is the last Cylon! @ Apr 12th 2008 8:55AM

I believe he means to skip over the Lite. As do I.

As long as the next one doesn't resemble this:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/20/gdc08-emotiv-brain-control-headset-shows-its-kinks/

born2kill @ Apr 12th 2008 1:42AM

If there is a new DS in the works, I bet anything its main selling point will be motion sensoring crap and other features to make it more compatible with the cash cow Wii (ala remote play)

Vegnagun bwf @ Apr 12th 2008 1:47AM

They mean a new SKU of DS, not a new Nintendo portable system.

born2kill @ Apr 12th 2008 2:24AM

yes I know its still a DS but nintendo always includes something new into their upgrades, to warrent a repurchase. The lite really has no big design flaws, so that means something entirely new is probably in store. And knowing how they think, its aint going to be multimedia functions or online features; I'm predicting it will be more motion stuff, so they can remake Wiisports and other waggling-shovelware on the DS and make a crap load more money. Thats an easy billion dollars if they time it right and release it when the demand for the Wii starts to die down.

TheOverlord#2(Toon Link FTW)(1461-5875-9923) @ Apr 12th 2008 2:54AM

Opera has a DS game out that can take you online. I hear it's crappy(no Flash player, slow loading times) but Nintendo sells it exclusively on their site...

mr nimblewick @ Apr 12th 2008 10:53AM

I'm just hoping for some flash memory that'll let me take my virtual console games on the go.

Extinction @ Apr 12th 2008 1:31PM

"but nintendo always includes something new into their upgrades"

No they don't. They never do in terms of input devices, they only improve the screen/brightness and the size of the unit itself. NOTHING ELSE.

born2kill @ Apr 12th 2008 2:16PM

Okay, so what the hell could they possibly upgrade in the lite???...

Jansperus @ Apr 12th 2008 11:07PM

I think the fact that you can't imagine any way Nintendo can make the DS more awesome speaks more about YOU than about them.
This is what we get from the generation who believes that "more polygons and more blooming effects" equals hardcore innovation.

born2kill @ Apr 12th 2008 11:18PM

Thats not an answer genius. Give me some hardware upgrades to the lite that would warrant a repurchase, which are not entirely new to the system.....

nxtiak @ Apr 12th 2008 1:49AM

It would be cool if that actually folded up correctly. Unfortunately it doesn't look like it would.

Ethan @ Apr 12th 2008 2:11AM

The whole 'why two screens' question seemed quite pertinent at the time, until I actually used the thing and figured it'd be pretty hard to play if your hand was covering the only screen in some games.

Firetruck @ Apr 12th 2008 6:51AM

im sure if there is a new DS it will look like a wii cut in half

Chimp @ Apr 12th 2008 8:50AM

A Wii cut in half? So in other words it would be a portable gamecube! :D

Kye - NDF Sniper @ Apr 12th 2008 8:56AM

No a gamecube is half a wii without duct tape.
A wii CUT in half is just half a wii.

In response to the pic:

HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHA HA HA HAHAHAHA HA HA..

juan @ Apr 12th 2008 11:23AM

if there is a Ds lite re-re-design it must have the GBA slot.
i mean..
the Ds camera, Rumble pack, the slide thing, and Guitar hero Ds thgn use the Ds lite slot!!
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