Rumorong: Nintendo DS redesign not leaked by Disgaea DS ad

The internet speculation switchboard lit up this weekend when a print ad for a trio of new Nintendo DS titles -- Disgaea DS, Rhapsody, and A Witch's Tale -- from NIS America in the August issue of Nintendo Power was found to show Nintendo's touchable handheld with noticeably wider screens. Some might even call these widescreens. But was this a simple Photoshop snafu, or an unintentional peek at Nintendo's E3 plot?

With Nintendo brushing aside the supposed leak as "purely rumour and speculation," we followed up with NIS America, the proverbial horse's mouth. "We placed screenshots on a DS backing to emphasize the platform, and edited them for effect," explained NISA marketing swami, Nao Zook. "These games are specifically for the current Nintendo DS, and as far as we know, there is no 'widescreen DS' in the works." She offered apologies for any confusion or elevated hopes the ad might have caused, adding, "we also agree that a widescreen DS would be really cool." We agree, almost as cool as being asked to purchase Nintendo's portable yet again ...

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The idea of a DS with a slightly larger/wider screen seems a bit silly, as Nintendo likes to make sweeping upgrades to their handhelds.

I do wonder what the big N is cookin' for E3,...hmmmm.

or did they shrink the rest of the DS so the screen only seems bigger? hmmm?

yep, they just wanted to highlight their game

too hideous to be real - heck, it looks like the screen is overlapping - or close to overlapping part of the speaker.

i call shenanigans.

If it was widescreen then that'd mean that the new games would have to have those stupid black bars on them in the other DS versions, just like a normal tv has with widescreen films.

I really hope that no new version of DS causes the DS lite to be useless or even close to useless, for it has served me well and I don't want to pay for something I in theory already have most of.

I just want a new one without the GBA port. That way, the DS would be very thin.

=p

Hell No.The Ds is very portable as it is I mean compared to the PSP the Ds is actually very easy to carry and the GBA port feature is very cool,I bought Super Mario 3.I wish I could find Metroid Fusion or Super Mario 2 advance.

I'm calling it: No GBA port, but on-board storage so you can download old GB games ala VC.

I want a DS with the ability to play all previous Game Boy games. :P

But also, many DS games use the GBA port, so it wouldn't be such a good idea to remove it.

Then again, you could just play those games on a DS Phat or DS Lite...and also get a super thin new DS for all the other DS games.

I myself am waiting for a Ds ultra lite. Im interested in gba games but I assume a flash card can emulate and play those for me right? Also, I need the price to drop to $99.99 regular, so I can pick it up on a sale of $79.99 (because Ive seen it go on sale a few special times for $99.99 now)

Why would Nintendo create larger screens if it would only serve to make the games look more pixellated. If they then did add more pixels, that's mess an awful lot with the other DS versions.

Because Nintendo's market can't possibly comprehend resolution.
Screen size is a pretty simple term though.

Give me a new PSP or DS redesign or entirely new models at this E3 please!

the screens dont even line up in that picture.

I just two days ago bought a DS Lite. I will never again buy a platform redesign if Nintendo shows a new model at E3.

You should have waited a week or two.

Never buy a console before a big event, because you can bet you'r bionic implants they will announce a redesing, price drop, or both of the very console you just bought.

Murphy's law my friend.

The truth is that I would buy a Ds with wider screens and 2 analog sticks.

Or a PSP with 2 analog sticks.

Those buttons look way too small for my fingers (assuming that is they shrunk the DS down).

I still have my launch DS. Go me.

*high fives*

*hugs his ol' grey DS*

You don't even play your DS anyway.

same here

Add me to the list

It's bricky and silver, but i wouldn't have it any other way

Woot, Phat DS owners ftw. It's dinged, scratched, and has a bright red dead pixel in the touch screen, but I'll be damned if I'm upgrading before ol' Phatty dies its final death.

I'm going to have to say its a publicity shot and was photoshopped to enhance the the picture of the game. The screen would also be too big for most kids to reach effectively.

Man, they really should charge their DS's BEFORE the publicity shots.

I'm fully satisfied with my DS Lite in terms of size, screens and everything else. No redesigns, please. Game Boy Micro was a horrible abomination.

Am I the only one who never really saw the appeal of widescreen?

Yes. Widescreen is better in every way possible. much more natural too. After using my hdtv and widescreen computer monitor for over a year now, even watching anything on a fulls creen display is painful to the eyes. Although its not so bad with video games, as it is with movies, since video games scroll. But WS gaming is still better.

Yes.

@obie Nintendo has favored smaller upgrades to their handhelds look at gb, gbc, gba, ds, ds lite. I could see a widescreen DS as the evolutionary upgrade a la gb to gbc. I would think two wider screens with better resolution and color. Branded something like ds hd would not be unlikely.

I'll pass on yet another Nintendo DS. Maybe I'm just waving my torch lighter next to a puddle of gas, but the PSP can do so much more.

While I'm off watching hours of decent quality video, listening to whatever the hell I want, and browsing the internet (those three things out of the bawks), playing NES games, SNES games, Genesis games, Game Boy games from any era.. clusterfacks of homebrew.. all on my original PSP, a lot of you will be off tapping your screens playing the same 5 games over and over again while wondering why you just blew $150 on a gimped portable device for a third time.

Whatever happened to that GBE fantasy? That had massive potential.

Rumorong: Nintendo DS redesign not leaked by Disgaea DS ad

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