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Nintendo DS Gets Sleeker Final Design, Same Name
Ravi Hiranand writes "Nintendo has announced the final name of their Nintendo DS handheld, and it will be called... Nintendo DS. The final design of the system is viewable on their official site (screenshot) - looks sleeker and far less chunky, but still a bit awkward. There's also an English-language press release full of waffly language, but the only things you need to know are that there are 120 DS games in development (20 from Nintendo) and that the price, release date and launch lineup will be announced later."
Plays GBA carts in addition to DS games last I heard.
Gravity is not just a law, it's also a good idea.
According to what I've read around the internet, the DS will be backwards compatible with the GBA. However, older GBC and GB games will not be compatible. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
By the way, I'm getting one of these as soon as it comes out. It looks so much hotter than it did at E3.
While playing the DS, I noticed that my hands were sometimes pushing a couple of buttons at the same time - basically, the buttons were small and pretty close together.
Comparing the old button design to the new (old design), you can see that they've altered the layout.
This is an absolutely welcome change in my book. With the buttons in a side-by-side, wider layout, they'll feel a lot more comfortable for adult hands.
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Yes it will. They have included an ARM7 processor on it (doubled the speed too) in order for it to be backward compatable as well as the ARM9 for normal operation.
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Let's see... there's going to be a Super Mario game, a Mario Party game, a Mario Kart game (watch the drivers in front of you and behind you at the same time), a Metroid game, a Zelda game, two Pokemon games ("Fuschia" and "Teal"), and probably a version of Tetris that uses both screens as a single play area.
That's eight right there. Any obvious franchises I've overlooked?
Nintendo said, at E3, that only GBA games will work. Any of the trade magazine sites can be looked at for that tidbit of info...
Note that it does state: "The ship date and retail price have not been confirmed and therefore are subject to change. If the retail price is decreased you will receive the lower price."
That's Donkey Kong- DK Jr, if I recall correctly.
Somewhat off topic, a company sued Nintendo back in the 80s claiming that DK was a rip off of King Kong. (Monkey kidnaps girl, etc etc) If I recall correctly, the lawsuit ended when it turned out the company didn't even own the rights to King Kong in the first place.
And the resemblance to the G&W system is probably a coincidence, but given the recent surge in old school Nintendo stuff, you probably are right with the fashion comparison.
Here's a link to where I found out... http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/534/534070p1.html
More about the DS here http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/534/534070p1.html.
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As you can clearly see from this image that's been on PlanetGamecube since this morning, it's a power button! Why do mods reward people who can't be bothered to look at the zoomed version of pictures? It's not hard!
What is hard is to RTFA and actually make an insightful comment, or draw attention to something not covered by the subject material. The parent post does not do this!
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