The Nintendo DS
 

w000t!!!! cant wait for it. i wonder how it will look feel and taste!! (not the tasting part)

well? speculate

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No.. we've already started speculating. :)

http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7448

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well this is the real one

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This has been denounced as rumor gone bad. Everyone please return to your cubicle and continue your work.

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I swear to God, if this is real, then Nintendo has just handed the portable market to Sony and signed its own death warrent.

I Hate Nintendo. I Hate their Japanese business strategies. I Hate Nintendo.

This was the last straw.

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How is this a rumor gone bad? IGN clearly labels any information that is a rumor to be just that. I dont see RUMOR anywhere in that article. And its way too early to be an april fools joke. Sounds like the real deal to me.

Thatmariolover: Stop your whining. They havent said a thing about specs, the overall design, or anything really. I for one think it could be great. Of course I have no clue how the thing will play, look, feel, or anything. Therefore I will not say much about how much I like/dislike this thing. The rest of you should feel the same way.

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Two screens? Hopefully this thing will have two-player games instead of just multiple views.

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Some people brought up some good ideas on the PGC forums. Imagine playing a friend who has the same system (via link cable) and seeing his screen and your screen at the same time, and vice versa. It's a very neat concept in my book. If it's marketed correctly, and has some decent processing power, it could be a hit. Maybe. At the very least, Nintendo pulled another one out of it's ass, reminding us that they do what they want, and that even with all that speculation and guessing games that we play, we have no clue. Our guesses were a sick joke. Nobody even came close. I applaud them for surprising us once again.

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I had a reply for this. Then when i hit Post, f ucking gametavern went down. So I wasn't able to go back and at least copy what I wanted to say. So oh well. I can't remember what I had typed.

But short and simple. I want to see it.

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i dont get it...


BUT IT IS TRUE:


http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=4172978

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here is my real quick mockup.

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Good effort, it looks really slick, but there's a glaring problem. There's no way you could hold that thing without your hand covering part of the bottom screen. And Im pretty sure I read in one of the articles that one screen will be directly on top of the other.

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A guy at another forum thinks the smaller one is going to be a touch-screen for controls. I think that would be about right.

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i thought about that idea, but i'd be too hard to find the buttons, so i dont think that'd be how it works.

so how is this not going to replace the gameboy again?

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So nice of you to tell us how we should all feel.

I'll whine if I want to whine, and you are welcome to disagree with me. But if they're not planning on upgrading the Gameboy sometime soon, I personally think that Nintendo is in deep.

It's been one blunder after another from Nintendo lately in terms of how to run their company and what they think we should want. And personally, I'm tired of it. If they want me to continue buying their products, they can start asking me what I want in a system. Like Microsoft did with the XBox.

I've been a Nintendo fan through and through for a long time. But I'm not a fanboy, and I have a limit to how much I can take before I say 'cut the crap'. And I'm not saying that any of you are fanboys. I'm just saying that I've hit my limit of the number of stupid decisions I can take without snapping. And maybe you've all just got a little more faith than me. Nintendo's not going where I am, and pretty soon I'm gonna have to say goodbye.

I've got a lot of old Nintendo games I will play and cherish forever, but if this keeps going the way it is, I won't have many new ones.

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I personally don't like it at all because I mean why put two screens just enchance one and make it semi bigger and then add more power to it so it can play better games.

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Well, they say it doesn't have anything to do with the GameBoy, so hopefully we'll get a new gameboy in 2005 anyway. And IF the Nintendo DS is a succes, they can implement features into the next GB.

BTW this isn't the only 'innovative' feature. The rest is gonna be revealed on E3 I guess.. Perhaps they have some more tricks up their sleeve...

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Did they say that or are you just being psychic?

it was something about the bulk of the information being revealed later, but that could be complete specs, game announcements, price etc yada blam...

I still say it sounds silly... If it's good, well then yay for them, and if it's bad then it'll be good for a laugh...

This time, however, you can't blame any problems on Nintendo's senile ex-president :sneaky:

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here's one for ya.

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even with crash's renditions of the NDS i cant imagine it but the way that Fran/Matt (dont know which one) made it.

i think that we'll just have to see for it

i hope that they can get a picture of the NDS before they show it at E3

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jokes on us, there are no buttons!!!!!!

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Does the cool blue/purple computer generated atmosphere featured in the background come included?

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Im sorry 'TheMarioLover' but i dont think you understand what this system is. One its not a sequel to the GBA nor the GC :P . Its a standalone machine, nintendo are using this piece of hardware to test out a new and inovative way of gaming which they said may point to the way the N5 and GBA2 will go!!
BTW where did you get that picture from? > Crash

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Touch-screen for buttons!

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that looks kinda ehhh...

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here is my animation of the DS

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Moves too fast for me to really see but the CGI looks good.

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I understand that it's not supposed to be a sequel to either, but your missing my point (I apologize for not being more precise).

I'm saying that if they don't release a new Gameboy to directly compete with the PSP, they're going to lose the handheld market (in my opinion). This is a handheld, whether or not this is the new Gameboy. And if Nintendo is delaying the next Gameboy during this device's lifetime, that's going to be a problem. However, if they're going to be running two handhelds at the same time, they're going to confuse people and possibly shoot themselves in the foot.

I don't know what to say. Everywhere I look I see problems. There are a dozen ways Nintendo could do this and each way I look I see a problem. Only time will tell how Nintendo will do this, but I'll remain skeptical until I see some results.

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It's funny how everyone is automatically saying Sony is gonna own the handheld market. I'm not saying that as a Ninty fan, but just as a regular non-biased gamer. I mean, yes, Sony is making all these great claims and people are just bouncing left and right saying basically the PSP will be the GOD of handheld. And its being seen by developers also. Hell, its better to have 2 handhelds competing, rather then just one dominating it all. Nintendo has already said that the DS is not the next gameboy, its a product that will have some kind of use which Ninty has yet to specify more directly. And who knows, nintendo will probably unveil their next handheld and console at E3. Then right after Nintendo announces the next handheld, everyone will say Nintendo is doomed no matter what Nintendo announces about the next handheld. everyone will say the PSP still owns and that nintendo has no chance. But meh, I just want to see how my prediction turns out:p
and yeah, im prepared for any bashing I'm about to receive for saying what I just said.

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Im curious as to where you got that screen from. Touchscreen buttons huh? Hmmmmm...Ive never really liked touch screens in the past...

EDIT: Why the hell is his pinky finger cutting off some of the handheld? FAKE

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Think ergo dynamics, you know the wave for your comfort ?

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i have a good rendering of that animation, i just need someone to host it for me. it will be rendering all night, so we'll see in the morning!

edit: here it is

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Nice render!! That's the best one yet, but I don't really see the use of rotating the screens. Unless it has a camera. :D

And DsH, I think IGN says that this is just one of the new features... :unsure:

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Not too bad Crash.

Last night I got a good idea for the GBA and the DS. They are something like the Palm and the Pocket PC. The Palm has been out longer, but technology isn't as advanced (no pun intended). But with the Pocket PC, its newer and has more flashy stuff. People usually should be able to distinguish between the 2 (unless a rep can help them). So people shouldn't always get confused between the GBA and the DS. The DS will probably be something like $100-$150 (but i might be a little conservative, who knows). So people should just look at it and know its not a GBA. Nintendo can't be stupid enough to make them so similar that the average idiot game buying consumer ie: Mom, grandma, grandpa, possibly Dad can't see the difference.

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wow that IS a good rendition crash

but kinda wide dont you think??

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Damn Crash- fix the movement on your camera, lol...

Anyways, I have a strong feeling that Nintendo will have MANY more PRIMARY uses for this thing that we've been let known about.

E3, indeed, seems further away by the minute.

-Official Ninja of EXP (finally!!)

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wait....so is it definately touch screen or was that just a mock picture made with decent photoshop skills?

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brings back memories of the virtual boy.

if nintendo would directly compete with sony or microsoft they would crush them. but they dont care they just keep comming out with ideals instead of finished proudcts. thats why sony is outselling them.

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I'm scared that this might become another virtual boy. I really like the concept of it, and I"m sure once they unveil it at E3, It'll grow on me some more.

I don't like the idea of Nintendo having two handhelds on the market at the same time though. I'm afraid it'll split the market between GBA and the DS. That wouldn't be bad if they were from two different companies, but since they are both from Nintendo, it could create problems. Of course, this could be avoided if the DS could play GBA games.

But I guess we'll see at E3 where this goes.

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Crash, what do you use to make those renderings? Can you tell me the software you use, I want to make renderings.