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Nintendo Dismisses DS Redesign Rumours

Posted by Zonk on from the untrue dept.

GamesIndustry.biz reports that despite rumours to the contrary there are no immediate plans to redesign the Nintendo DS. From the article: "Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed late last year that a redesign was in the pipeline, and it's thought that there are low levels of DS stock remaining - the handheld has proved a huge hit in Japan, the US and Europe and more than 13 million units have been sold worldwide." IE: There will be a redesign for the handheld console, but not any time real soon.

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  1. A shame by BenjyD · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The DS design could use some tweaking. Make it lighter and thinner, round the edges off, make it less wide so it's easier to use the screen with your thumb without stretching, make the shoulder buttons larger and label the buttons properly.

  2. Article Relevance... by kraiger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone else love how the quoted section of the article was more in favor of the redesign, not actually supporting the title of the article?

  3. Yeah, sure... by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IE: There will be a redesign for the handheld console, but not any time real soon.

    More like: "Even if there was a redesign coming, we would lie and say there wasn't until the last second so that people don't stop buying the current version."