Nintendo DS Gets Sleeker Final Design, Same Name

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday July 28, 2004 @06:33AM from the nothing-to-see-here dept.

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."

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Re:GBA Compatible? by harlingtoxad · 2004-07-28 06:40 · Score: 5, Informative

Plays GBA carts in addition to DS games last I heard.

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Re:GBA Compatible? by solive1 · 2004-07-28 06:47 · Score: 5, Informative

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.