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Nintendo DS Actually Nintendo Nitro?
Tim Butler writes "According to 1UP.com, Nintendo's official developer relations site offers an interesting clue as to what Nintendo's DS dual-screen handheld may be called at launch. Between the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo has a platform called 'Nitro' listed." Though this may be a previous working name and unrelated to the final moniker, 1UP's screenshot of the website is useful, since Nintendo has already changed the image back to read 'Nintendo DS'. We've previously covered what's currently known about the handheld's technical specs. Update: 03/10 22:22 GMT by S : MCV has spoken to a Nintendo representative, who claims "this is a reference to... [the project code name] before the working name Nintendo DS was decided", but the piece also notes: "The final official name for the Nintendo DS... is still to be confirmed."
With a name like Nitro, kiss your chance of carrying it onto airplane flights goodbye. "Nintendo Small Travel Pillow" would have worked for that.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
slow news day for slashdot games? That pic could be for anything. Maybe nintendo is gunna start a wrestling league....
Sued by a city in West Virginia? If cities could sue for a company using a city name, about 50% of small businesses could be sued for that reason...
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So, no, they aren't afraid of being sued over using a city's name for a development name... mostly because they can't be sued for that...
I wish I had mod points right now...
I definitively learned that Nintendo's new game device may or may not have a DS on the end of the name.
I have to go take a nap. *woofda*
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They should just call it the Nintendo Two-Way, because you might be able to use the two screens for two-player stuff.
Why is everyone laughing?