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E3 - First Nintendo DS Pic

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-so-cute dept.

Ravi Hiranand writes "Steven Kent has a look at the Nintendo DS -- along with what appears to be the first picture of the unit (which doesn't look anything like any of the wild rumours suggested it might!). It's still unclear whether the game pictured (a Mario Kart title!) is really a DS game or whether the whole thing is just a render, but the image is credited to Nintendo, so it appears to be genuine..."

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  1. Re:Questions by Hangin10 · · Score: 5, Informative

    1) The article said there would be a separate
    cart slot for GBA games, dunno if they'll still
    support GB/GBC games (there's no reason not too,
    other than adding a Z80 somewhere...)

    2) I would think that it would be around 10 hours
    or so if they do it right. I for one liked the
    SP scheme of recharging every once in a while
    instead of having to find batteries (easier to
    find an outlet).

    3) If the leaked specs are to be believed, the
    main processor will be an ARM9 (I forget the
    speed, but much faster than the GBA's ARM7).
    According to the same specs, there'll be a
    ARM7 co-processor as well.

    I can't wait to see it RE'd and homebrew tools
    come out! :)

  2. specs by Janek+Kozicki · · Score: 5, Informative

    I googled after some specs for nintendo DS

    [...] the system will have two processors, with an ARM-9 CPU running at 67MHz and an ARM-7 unit running at 33MHz. Retail DS devices will have 4Mb of main RAM (while debug development units will have double that), with additional chunks of cache and shared RAM for the processors and 656Kb of video RAM. [...] The system will possess decent 2D capabilities, but it also has a 3D graphics system which, the spec. claims, is capable of drawing 120,000 polygons per second, representing a fill-rate of 30 million pixels per second. [...] Wi-Fi [802.11] and, touch panel input device.

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  3. Re:kinda chunky... by edwdig · · Score: 3, Informative

    Miyamoto has designed the controllers at least since the SNES days. Look at the controllers for the systems - designed around the games Miyamoto was working on at the time.

    Miyamoto also supposedly had a big say in the N64 using cartridges - he didn't think Mario 64 would be nearly as good as it was if it had long load times.

  4. Re:...more powerful than the 64... by tuffy · · Score: 3, Informative
    There is no hardware comparison so there is no way to discern if the DS even has a 3D processor in it.

    There is no dedicated 3D hardware in the DS. But the ARM 9 is powerful enough to push polygons at roughly N64 levels - which can be found in the leaked specs document floating around online.

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