Nintendo rubbishes new DS claims News

Why bother asking them? it's not as if they are going to admit it.

About time for an update then?

Nintendo has told Eurogamer that claims a new DS model will be unveiled at E3 this year are "purely rumour and speculation".

No it isn't.....

care to elaborate then penhalion?

@MuppetThumper

Not with an NDA hanging over my head no.....

I will say that I doubt it will appear at E3 though, so that part may be true.

If it's Nintendo Europe, don't even bother asking. They were unaware of the DS Lite revision a day before it was announced ^_^

Bit of background.

As devs we get notices from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo on a regular basis. Some include NDAs while others are just general dev stuff that no-one but a programmer would be even remotely interested in. As a side note to this, if you develope nintendo stuff, you get told to "expect" announcements and "invited" to attend meetings.

I can't tell you what they are planning but, it's definitely new hardware of some kind. Currently we've got the old can't discuss any technical info we get style NDA hanging. They HAVEN'T told us what this new thing is so in that regard no-one but nintendo know.

I will say that as I don't know anyone who is developing for a new nintendo platform I'm fairly sure that the hardware isn't ready for public consumption (hence why I'm sceptical about an E3 showing). Of course they could just have distributed hardware to their nintendo only japanese developers. We do 360 and some PS3 work too so maybe we simply don't qualify for an early taster.

... so please don't stop buying DSs in anticipation! Pretty please!!!

I just hope the next iteration supports 802.11g. b only was my only gripe with the DS. Other then that it was almost perfect.

@elysrum

battery life.

The PSP doesn't support g, either.

Why would you need more than 11Mbps on the DS anyway?

Difficult to imagine where one would take the DS next? Lighter, thinner, brighter? Backup RAM - what?

I would be shocked if Nintendo did not release a new model DS this year.

This model would have to have on-board storage (perhaps available as a slot 2 upgrade for Original DS and DS Lite models), and the usual cosmetic improvements.

Putting storage onto the device would really open up its potential, especially as a networked device. The DS has always focussed on utility over sheer horsepower, and this, to me, would be the next feature that it would need to add to really extend the longevity of the platform.

Well, they could make it as thin as an iPod touch I guess? Get rid of the GBA b/c? Add on-board storage?

Lots of tweaks for sure!

Nintendo re-hashing dated hardware? Surely not!

The DS is hardly "dated" though - it's not even old for a console at just over three years on the market.

I wonder if this is something completely different in the handheld market, not designed to replace the DS. Maybe a new Gameboy? If it is a new generation of DS hardware, I can't really see much that they can alter with the form factor - the Lite is pretty much perfect. Perhaps on board storage, a built-in browser and some other extra odds and sods might be on the cards.

If it's an entirely new system and not just an update to the one we've got now I can see it being a serious problem...developers won't want two different Nintendo handhelds to make games for. Neither will consumers. Unless Ninty is killing off the DS, which is about the stupidest move they could possibly make...I doubt this is an entirely new handheld.