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Nintendo DS Actually Nintendo Nitro?

Posted by simoniker on from the maybe-possibly-sorta dept.

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."

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  1. could you be any more vague? by peteshaw · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I mean, the new nintendo handheld is news, but the potential working name that might be used is kind of stretching it a little bit, don't you think?

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    1. Re:could you be any more vague? by neverkevin · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Well it is probably more then just a potential working name if someone actually went through the trouble of making an image and changing the website. Of course, it doesn't mean that it will be the final name.

  2. Re:Nitro? by Lord+Graga · · Score: 2, Insightful

    True, as in Dual-Screen... makes more sense than SP, which is still a mystery name to me!

  3. Numbering systems is lame and unimaginitive by Man+In+Black · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Frankly, I think "Playstation 2" is the least interesting name for a console yet. What happened to the days when companies actually thought of cool names for their systems, like the Genesis or Dreamcast?

    Sony will undoubtedly continue their mindlessness by coming out with the PS3, but I really hope that Microsoft and Nintendo put a bit more thought into naming their systems.

    Oh, and you missed a couple of Gameboy's in your list... there was also the Gameboy Pocket (smaller version of the B&W Gameboy), and of course, the most recently released Gameboy Advance SP. Of course, the DS/Nitro/Whatever has little in common with the Gameboy aside from the fact that they're both portable.

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    1. Re:Numbering systems is lame and unimaginitive by Allison+Geode · · Score: 3, Insightful

      ...which would be a concise argument, if the gamecube weren't their first *original* name for US markets: Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo 64 (which was almost named "ultra") going with the gameboy, they're all still gameboys. except the one that fits in your pocket is labeled as such, and the one that had 56 color screen is called the game boy color, and so on and so forth... so its not numbers, but not terribly imaginitive, either. "its calles super so it must be better!" is about as lame as numbering it.... the only company that has consistently given a unique name to each console was sega: master system and genesis... saturn, dreamcast.