Comments on: A new Nintendo DS on the way? Don't hold your breath

An industry analyst claims that a redesigned Nintendo DS is coming.

[x0pa]

Good to know

i was very curious if nintendo was going to be releasing a new handle within the next 2 years as im seriously considering getting a DS

[JazGalaxy]

Make Obsolete? What?

I find it annoying when those who discuss gaming make comments about how a new hardware product that doesn't support backwards compatability somehow ruins their old gaming collection.

Nintendo releasing a new DS that does not support original Gameboy games does not send a Nintendo agent into your living room to stomp on all your copies of Castlvania Adventure and Mario Land.

If you wish to play old Gameboy games, just keep your old gameboy. It is not your right as a gamer to sell your old product and use that as a downpayment on the newest hardware model.

There's no reason to believe that Nintendo would not offer a new revision of the DS that elimates backward compatibility. I'm not saying they are, but there is no reason to beleive they would not.

[Masterface7]

Gameboy advance sp

My gameboy advance SP most certainly does support the oldest of old gameboy games, i know becuase i play kirbys pinball still all the time. The DS doesnt play gameboy original (as is) and the reason dropping compatablilty sucks on a portable player is because what is the point of having a new lighter ds if i always have to carry my old one around too to play gba games.

[make_or_break]

Have JUST updating myself to the DS Lite

I'm not exactly loving this bit of info. My first-gen DS works perfectly well, but I couldn't resist the upgrades to the Lite anymore, particular in the new shade of red. If indeed the DS is going to be reworked and released shortly, particularly on the onboard storage side I'm going to suffer a heaping case of buyer's remorse, and indeed I'll be seeing red in more places than just on the outside of my most recent Nintendo gadget.

Then again, these so-called tech analysts (fortune tellers?) have been known to be WRONG more often than right. Here's hoping I get at least a year's worth of use without the distraction of wanderlust...

[frz1]

I have had the DS since day one

I bought the original DS when it came out and the DS lite as well, so I've had it for a while now. I wouldn't mind a new DS lither and with a wider screen. I mean that has been the only criticism from users of the DS game line. If this rumor does come out to be true, you bet I will forward to get that new and better system.

[Renegade Knight]

If they want to get serious

They need to use the entire top clamshell for the upper screen. Then add PSP media features.

Keep the touch screen. Add SD support or CF for a Micro Drive.

Then maybe you can drop support for older non DS games. But you better be calling this a DS2 and have new and better ability with your DS2 games.

[BeatleMegaFan]

Having been a once huge GBA fan,

losing GBA support would hurt the Nintendo fan base. I still play Camelot's
incredible Golden Sun series over and over. Those two GBA games are, in my
opinion, the best RPGs ever made. I don't use my DS too much, but when I
do, it's good to have some kind of game like Tetris and an old favorite GBA
game to go with it, vice versa.
Dropping the support wouldn't be cool, and if Camelot releases a third
Golden Sun like the GI interview of the Takahashi brothers hinted upon, this
compatibility will be needed to transfer data from the second Golden Sun
game, since I have yet to find a transfer feature hidden in it like the first
installment of the game. But I digress...
At least Nintendo has always had something new and innovative. Perhaps the
new DS will be a good thing, supposing these rumors are false. You'd think
DS sales would have gone up with the touch screen craze that's been going
around since the iPhone's debut. Maybe they have, but I've not seen the
figures. I wonder who has.
-BMF

[I_Want_A_New_System]

If im gonna have to keep on waiting...


I want my new system!!! I've had the DS lite for 2 fricking years and i have to share it with my sisters uggggh my parents wont let me buy my own and its HORROR! They should be making a Nintendo DS advance that plays new games and has a lot of new features like the following

-Bigger mic
-Bigger LCD screens
-slimmer ( although i like it the way it is)
-A browser installed into it, so we can go online
-PLAYS ALL THE GB,GBC,GBA AND DS GAMES!
because im sick and tired of carrying my game boy color with me wherever i go to play my kirby tilt'n'tumble!
--A small drive to play SD cards and so that it can be at the top of the ds of its shell
so i wouldnt have to open up my ds to see my pics and that it shows the time

Thats really all i want IS IT SO HARD STUPID NINTENDO!

[SBZ-1114]

People really need to stop high demands.

The DS and THE GBA have been great, becoming the kings of the handheld gaming world as Gameboy and Gameboy color had for so many years before.. even slamming out potential competition like the sega gamegear and "game com" [http://for anyone that remembers that weird thing..|http://for anyone that remembers that weird thing..]

The only concept I can't stand is how many "casual" gamers out there think that the newest Nintendo handheld [or DS remake] should have music, media, videos, SD readers, etc. just like the "PSP" has many features, as they say...

...a few points of opinion;

A) I believe that Nintendo keeps its place as the hand held gaming leader because of its traditional simplicity and focus on its classic library, rather than adding more features than the player can handle.

B) Key term, "portable", and I really don't think its neccesary to have so many of those things away from home.. we can survive without them. We got by perfectly fine in the 90's with a GB that didn't even have COLOR for the longest time, and we didn't complain [much].

C) The only reason people have become so obsessed over these concepts lately is because of the integration of these features into products such as the "iPhone", which are simply attempting to monopolize the technology market by putting these features into a single item.

Can you say, $ $ $ $

D) Most importantly, the Nintendo DS is NOT the PSP.. both systems have their pros and cons, for one the simplicity of the DS [as well as past portable Nintendo devices] has made the cost MUCH lower than the competition ...which almost always includes more than a portable on-the-go device should...

..For example, it was nice when I was able to pay $149.99 for a portable game system that played GAMES, and not have to pay an extra $149.99 for the features I didn't even want to begin with.. and I know A LOT of people who agree with me on this.

...I seriously think if somebody becomes THIS obsessed with having so much media access with them at every single time of day, 24/7, AND assuming that they make enough money that they can afford $600 phones and $300 portable game systems...

...they should simply invest in a small laptop [if they already haven't].

.....and yes, I am aware of the fact that an iPhone is much smaller than a laptop.

...but either way, chances are if I'm THAT engaged in my "personal media", I'm going to be sitting down anyways.

If you can walk-n-surf with, more power to you.. :3

Nintendo should stay purely Nintendo, and I believe people should seek elsewhere for all of the other features so the rest of us can enjoy our favorite games without the fear of spending an arm and a leg for some flashy consumer trap being marketed to people who think its "cool".