Nintendo deems new DS 'rumor and speculation'

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Aug 27th 2008 at 1:30PM }

Nintendo has politely informed GamesIndustry.biz that claims of a new DS -- one equipped with twice as many touch screens -- fall under the nebulous and frenziedly debated category of "rumors and speculation." The story initially originated on Kotaku, which suggested that the new DS model would not be announced until early next year. More likely, you can expect to hear about it the day after Nintendo UK's David Yarnton pretends he's never heard of it.

Tags: DS, DS-2, Redesign, Rumor

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Aug 27th 2008 1:41PM

Did that poor kitty really lose an ear? : (

Duke @ Aug 27th 2008 1:45PM

Its pinned back. My cat does that when he's pissed off. In fact, when I told him that the new DS was just a rumor, he made that same face at me. Cats love the DS. Its true.

Red Leader @ Aug 27th 2008 1:51PM

@ Duke

Bad joke is bad.

Duke @ Aug 27th 2008 2:11PM

*sigh*

Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Aug 27th 2008 3:34PM

K, didn't know that, thanks. Never have owned a pet. :(

Duke @ Aug 27th 2008 4:24PM

Cats FTW! We have 2 actually, and they are damn funny.

skittens @ Aug 27th 2008 6:16PM

@Ninjakamster

That's because you don't have a Wii. Cats love the Wii.

www.wiikitty.com

Fernando Rocker @ Aug 27th 2008 1:43PM

No reason for a new DS yet. The DS is still the best selling system every month, worldwide and by a very huge difference.

And there are a lot of games still coming. Almost every week a new RPG is announced for the system.

The DS still can sell extremely well until holiday 09. And the DS 2.0 ideal date would be holiday 2010.

FOXHOUND @ Aug 27th 2008 2:03PM

And besides, they still don't have a METAL GEAR game on DS(let alone special edition handheld)yet. Get to work, Konami! >:0

Cesaria (www.cesariatic.wordpress.com) @ Aug 27th 2008 4:50PM

Can someone explain why Fernando was down voted? I'm just not getting it.

Mikeymike @ Aug 27th 2008 5:10PM

People seem to down vote Fernando at any opportunity.

Superstar90 @ Aug 27th 2008 5:32PM

Fernando is right, considering DQ9 and Kingdom Hearts DS have yet to be released in Japan, they will take a long time to come here. So why would Nintendo release a new handheld next holiday, when its around that time when 2 megaton RPGs come out in US? (If it takes around a year for localization)

Also, they still have to get the 2nd and 3rd Professor Layton games here :P

Christopher Robin @ Aug 27th 2008 2:10PM

Well I remember the first Far Cry and it was awesome. i just hope this one can live up to the same standards. Since this game is so successful, why don't they move it on to mobile gaming? I know there's some really cool phones out there like the Motorokr which has awesome graphics, full HTML browser, and Java. I think it's possible.

Dopple Boppler @ Aug 27th 2008 2:19PM

Take your wrong thread shenanigans back to the 100 Acre Wood.

Josh @ Aug 27th 2008 3:16PM

No, I like his shenanigans. They're quaint.

GearSecond!! (a.k.a AwesomeStuff) @ Aug 27th 2008 5:44PM

Oh bother.

Thief @ Aug 27th 2008 2:19PM

It's just a Metallica Silver DS, was advertised in September flyer.

Superstar90 @ Aug 27th 2008 6:10PM

A Metallica branded Silver DSLite? WHERE?

Dan @ Aug 27th 2008 2:23PM

Hang on, what? http://alientoaster.com/misc/nintendo%20QS%20miyamoto.jpg

JXCgunrunna @ Aug 27th 2008 2:33PM

"one equipped with twice as many touch screens"
sounds like 2 DS's taped together.

Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Aug 28th 2008 6:05AM

It looks like somebody didn't get the joke.

Anticrawl @ Aug 27th 2008 3:25PM

I'd rather have something different. Instead of a new DS I want a new handheld in general, something with integrated online play and no friend code bullshit.

JRM @ Aug 27th 2008 7:46PM

I want both screens to be able to render 3d at the same time. Friend codes I can live with.

Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Aug 28th 2008 6:50AM

I'd vote for better battery and better grip.

Internal memory + R4 preinstalled would also not harm ^_^

Mr Khan @ Aug 27th 2008 4:07PM

The only region that they could really use one in is Japan, so the UK division wouldn't be in on it

Plus, its the fucking European division, the ones who didn't know about Lite even at the 11th hour

Cesaria (www.cesariatic.wordpress.com) @ Aug 27th 2008 4:53PM

I like the idea that was floating around for awhile about taking out the GBA slot and putting some memory on it, to take advantage of a VC like system for GB/C and GBA games. And DSWare would be balls deep.