Nintendo dismisses widescreen DS claims

[Shrygue]

via Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=171073)


Nintendo has told Eurogamer that claims it is preparing to unveil a widescreen DS are "purely rumour and speculation".

Rumours emerged after a suspicious Nippon Ichi advert was posted by website Aeropause. It shows the publisher's upcoming titles on a DS with much larger screens.

Nintendo's comments would suggest this doesn't mean much, though the platform holder did not comment directly on the advert's authenticity.

The possibility of Nintendo unveiling a redesigned DS model at next week's E3 show in America also remains a talking point. Observers suggest the publisher has historically favoured revising its handheld hardware once every three years.

What would you like to see done to the DS, Eurogamer reader?

[wiggy fuzz]

hmm... screens that wide would interfere with the already small ds controls. the lower screen would have to be flush with the casing - something which cannot happen with touch film screens.

i have to call fake

[mr game porter]

i would like an SD card slot, mic in-put, built-in Internetz browser, built-in MP3 support. built in gyro and rumble, better wii to DS (?) support, tv-tuner, radio-tuner, JAVA and FLASH compactibility, pc to ds (?) support, built in HDD (20 GB are about enough...), file browser etc.

that's all i can think of right naow.

[Buddy4point0]

i would like an SD card slot, mic in-put, built-in Internetz browser, built-in MP3 support. built in gyro and rumble, better wii to DS (?) support, tv-tuner, radio-tuner, JAVA and FLASH compactibility, pc to ds (?) support, built in HDD (20 GB are about enough...), file browser etc.

that's all i can think of right naow.

So you want the ds to be a PSP?
hahaha

[Kaeruyaki]

With the DS still selling like hotcakes, there's no way they'd release different hardware right now. Maybe in a few years.

[MrSkiz]

Screens with higher resolution, more ram, more hertz on CPUs, and a texture filtering chipset.

Otherwise, the DS is good as is... Even if 1 or 2 inches more for the screens wouldn't be bad...

[spinal_cord]

IT'S FAKE!

you can see the real screen under the picture, look just below the hinge.

[wiggy fuzz]

IT'S FAKE!

you can see the real screen under the picture, look just below the hinge.

:rofl: well then, it's settled.

http://www.aeropause.com/wordpress/archives/images/2008/07/disgaeads-ad.jpg

ds with larger screens is a fake. end of story - everyone can stop fantasising now ;)

i mean, the top and bottom screen aren't even aligned properly...

[Mr_Biggs]

I think there's one coming, these hints at a widescreen DS are all too common. I heard a wal-mart radio ad yesterday, which was advertising the "super-cool nintendo DS, with widescreen and wireless technology".

Who knows.

[pokeballer]

nintendo remodeled the gameboy advance to the gameboy sp and the ds to the ds light
they wont remodel the ds twice but there probably will be a new nintendo handheld system out in about 2 or 3 years