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Nintendo DS Gets Sleeker Final Design, Same Name

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Crushing any competition by darth_MALL · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Offering 100+ games in the early stages of this things life is going to cement them a damn nice seat in customer heaven. They must have a lot of faith and support from the devs that this thing will be a hit. Good for them.

  2. GBA Compatible? by Schnapple · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Do we have a final word on GB/GBC/GBA reverse compatibility? I'd hate to get a GBA SP and then this thing come out and I could have saved my time/money.

    Of course that's probably the exact reason Nintendo hasn't said anything (if they haven't).

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  3. Re:DS stands for...? by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because we all know how the NGage outsold the GBA...

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  4. Re:Nice try! by Darth+Maul · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wha? Are you just a Sony fanboy, or do you have some logic to back up that statement?

    Let's see ... Nintendo has complete dominance of the handheld gaming market. They have 120 games in development for the DS already.

    So why will the PSP "mop the floor"? Because it can do so many polys per second? Or has such-and-such megahertz chip? The PSP has *zero* backwards compatibility with earlier PSone and PS2 discs. So they're basically starting from scratch to compete with the player who already has complete dominance *AND* is building in backwards compatibility with older GBA carts.

    Care to rethink your statement?

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  5. Re:DS stands for...? by acvh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know many people whose phones can play mp3s, and none of those people listen to mp3s on their phones. Similarly I know many people whose phones can take pictures, and once the novelty wore off (and it did, quickly) they stopped taking pictures with their phones.

    Give me a game machine that plays good games, a phone that makes good connections and a camera that takes good pictures and I'll be happy. A hybrid device that does all three poorly is useless.

  6. 100+ in dev does not mean 100+ at launch by LordZardoz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do not confuse games currently in development with games available at launch. Besides, Do you really think that EB / Walmart / whatever will want to give up the shelf space for 120+ games for an unproven console?

    And while there is a chance that the in development also includes the GBA titles currently on the go, I dont think that Nintendo is going go play that sort of game with this launch.

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