http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/

Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant


First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
could was being considered for a fabulous makeover, then Japanese
gaming mainstay Famitsu reiterated the idea. Now we have a rumor from
well-regarded video game importers Lik-Sang that we may be treated to
the new DS model as early as January 16th! They write, "... here at Lik
Sang too we have received word a couple of days ago from a Japanese
contact stating Nintendo will have a formal announcement of the
re-design on Jan 16th." We'll have to wait... five more days...

"Air Raid"  wrote in message 
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> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>
> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>
>
> First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
> could was being considered for a fabulous makeover, then Japanese
> gaming mainstay Famitsu reiterated the idea. Now we have a rumor from
> well-regarded video game importers Lik-Sang that we may be treated to
> the new DS model as early as January 16th! They write, "... here at Lik
> Sang too we have received word a couple of days ago from a Japanese
> contact stating Nintendo will have a formal announcement of the
> re-design on Jan 16th." We'll have to wait... five more days...
>

What's new?  Nintendo has been repackaging the same shit for the last 10 
years!

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:05:26 GMT, "Guest"  wrote:

>
>"Air Raid"  wrote in message 
>news:1137184689.974874.276470@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>>
>> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
>> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>>
>>
>> First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
>> could was being considered for a fabulous makeover, then Japanese
>> gaming mainstay Famitsu reiterated the idea. Now we have a rumor from
>> well-regarded video game importers Lik-Sang that we may be treated to
>> the new DS model as early as January 16th! They write, "... here at Lik
>> Sang too we have received word a couple of days ago from a Japanese
>> contact stating Nintendo will have a formal announcement of the
>> re-design on Jan 16th." We'll have to wait... five more days...
>>
>
>What's new?  Nintendo has been repackaging the same shit for the last 10 
>years! 

While I don't think their products are shit, I have to somewhat agree.
A redesign of an already successful system is not an uncommon thing
for Nintendo to do. What's the big deal?

It's not like this new system is going to revolutionize the DS in some
way, I don't think. The system itself is all about ingenuity, there's
not really much else they can do to it without making it a different
system. Any changes are going to be purely cosmetic. Think of the
GameBoy Micro.. not as successful as they had hoped.

On the other hand, I find it quite odd that Nintendo would release
this right AFTER the biggest shopping season. People just recently
either bought or received the system, so they're not going to be all
that motivated to invest in a prettier version of the same thing.

Who knows.. either way I'll be grabbing one.

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:05:26 GMT, "Guest"  wrote:

>What's new?  Nintendo has been repackaging the same shit for the last 10 
>years! 

Try 15 years, that is about when Nintendo offered a newer style top
loading NES and offered the classic "fat" Gameboy in 5 different
colors just before introducing the Pocket line.
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Michael Singletary wrote:

> On the other hand, I find it quite odd that Nintendo would release
> this right AFTER the biggest shopping season. People just recently
> either bought or received the system, so they're not going to be all
> that motivated to invest in a prettier version of the same thing.
> 
> Who knows.. either way I'll be grabbing one.

So wait. You question why they would release it, and then admit you're 
going to buy one? You've answered your own question! *You're* the exact 
reason they're (potentially) releasing it.


joemono


PS I get the impression from your post that you already own one. If you 
don't, well, then forget I said anything. :)

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>On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:05:26 GMT, "Guest"  wrote:
>
>>What's new?  Nintendo has been repackaging the same shit for the last 10 
>>years! 
>
>Try 15 years, that is about when Nintendo offered a newer style top
>loading NES and offered the classic "fat" Gameboy in 5 different
>colors just before introducing the Pocket line.

Please stop replying to this off-topic shit in u.g.v.gamecube.

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:24:06 -0800, joemono
 wrote:

>So wait. You question why they would release it, and then admit you're 
>going to buy one? You've answered your own question! *You're* the exact 
>reason they're (potentially) releasing it.

While I'm definitely a money-maker for Nintendo, I doubt that my
market (those that will just buy whatever they come out with, whenever
they come out with it) is large enough to support them. There's always
followers of a company that will purchase whatever they come out with,
but that's hardly the largest market share.

You need to market to the casual gamer.. the one that buys gaming
systems every year or so.. not the second they come out. If they
release a new DS, I think it will probably flop (or come quite close
to flopping). I don't expect it to be a raging success.

If Nintendo is directly marketing to that demographic, then they are
making a mistake.

>PS I get the impression from your post that you already own one. If you 
>don't, well, then forget I said anything. :)

I do. ;)

> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>
> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>

It appears to be widescreen.

I wonder how that will work.

Stretch?  Pillars?

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:18:09 GMT, "defecto" 
wrote:

>> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>>
>> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
>> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>>
>
>It appears to be widescreen.
>
>I wonder how that will work.
>
>Stretch?  Pillars?
>

Do you have any pictures or anything backing that up?

I find that kind of interesting, especially seeing as how all of the
games have been coded for the previous screen size. They can be
stretched, sure, but that reminds me of the stretch feature the
original GBA had for use with plain GameBoy games. It looked ugly.

defecto wrote:
>> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>>
>> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
>> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>>
> 
> It appears to be widescreen.
> 
> I wonder how that will work.
> 
> Stretch?  Pillars?

Er, that's just someone's mockup, or "Artist's Impression", if you will; 
it is not a picture of the actual new hardware, if it even exists yet.

Michael Singletary wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:05:26 GMT, "Guest"  wrote:
> 
> 
>>"Air Raid"  wrote in message 
>>news:1137184689.974874.276470@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>>>
>>>Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
>>>Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>>>
>>>
>>>First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
>>>could was being considered for a fabulous makeover, then Japanese
>>>gaming mainstay Famitsu reiterated the idea. Now we have a rumor from
>>>well-regarded video game importers Lik-Sang that we may be treated to
>>>the new DS model as early as January 16th! They write, "... here at Lik
>>>Sang too we have received word a couple of days ago from a Japanese
>>>contact stating Nintendo will have a formal announcement of the
>>>re-design on Jan 16th." We'll have to wait... five more days...
>>>
>>
>>What's new?  Nintendo has been repackaging the same shit for the last 10 
>>years! 

<snip>

> On the other hand, I find it quite odd that Nintendo would release
> this right AFTER the biggest shopping season. People just recently
> either bought or received the system, so they're not going to be all
> that motivated to invest in a prettier version of the same thing.
> 
> Who knows.. either way I'll be grabbing one.

I was considering getting a DS over Christmas, but when reading what 
people who owned the system were saying about it, it seemed that a large 
amount of people found it pretty uncomfortable to use.

Coupled with the (relatively) expensive outlay for console & game, I 
decided to wait for the redesign and maybe a price drop of £10-20 
because I am just tight. Or is it savvy? (Says he who saved up for an 
N64 on launch, ouch, £250 and no games)

Anyway, I think a redesign of the system would be welcome, and I'd 
certainly have my eye on buying it, and the rumours of a redesign have 
frankly put me off buying the current model.

Michael Singletary wrote:
> It's not like this new system is going to revolutionize the DS in some
> way, I don't think. The system itself is all about ingenuity, there's
> not really much else they can do to it without making it a different
> system. Any changes are going to be purely cosmetic. Think of the
> GameBoy Micro.. not as successful as they had hoped.

am i the only one that bought a gb micro? i only had a 1st gen gba 
before and couldn't stand the screen, and the SP didn't convince me.. 
but when i saw the micro i was sold

i hope they don't stop making standard GBA games soon

Air Raid wrote:

> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
> 
> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
> 
> 
> First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
> could was being considered for a fabulous makeover, then Japanese
> gaming mainstay Famitsu reiterated the idea. Now we have a rumor from
> well-regarded video game importers Lik-Sang that we may be treated to
> the new DS model as early as January 16th! They write, "... here at Lik
> Sang too we have received word a couple of days ago from a Japanese
> contact stating Nintendo will have a formal announcement of the
> re-design on Jan 16th." We'll have to wait... five more days...
> 
Photos of the redesigned unit here: http://tinyurl.com/952nc

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:06:58 +0800, furious gibbon
 wrote:

>Michael Singletary wrote:
>> It's not like this new system is going to revolutionize the DS in some
>> way, I don't think. The system itself is all about ingenuity, there's
>> not really much else they can do to it without making it a different
>> system. Any changes are going to be purely cosmetic. Think of the
>> GameBoy Micro.. not as successful as they had hoped.
>
>am i the only one that bought a gb micro? i only had a 1st gen gba 
>before and couldn't stand the screen, and the SP didn't convince me.. 
>but when i saw the micro i was sold
>
>i hope they don't stop making standard GBA games soon

I bought one too!

"Michael Singletary"  wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:18:09 GMT, "defecto" 
> wrote:
>
>>> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>>>
>>> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
>>> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>>>
>>
>>It appears to be widescreen.
>>
>>I wonder how that will work.
>>
>>Stretch?  Pillars?
>>
>
> Do you have any pictures or anything backing that up?
>

I just followed the link.

Apparently it's only a mock up.

"Fry"  wrote in message 
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> defecto wrote:
>>> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
>>>
>>> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
>>> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
>>>
>>
>> It appears to be widescreen.
>>
>> I wonder how that will work.
>>
>> Stretch?  Pillars?
>
> Er, that's just someone's mockup, or "Artist's Impression", if you will; 
> it is not a picture of the actual new hardware, if it even exists yet.

I see.  Probably just to "create a buzz."

DrBakcukce  writes:
>> First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
>> could was being considered for a fabulous makeover,
>
> Photos of the redesigned unit here: http://tinyurl.com/952nc

Naw, that must be a (bad) fake -- Nintendo would never design such
crappy controls.

-miles
-- 
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it
has to be us.  -- Jerry Garcia

> Photos of the redesigned unit here: http://tinyurl.com/952nc

Damn, that's a bit of a let down... No dual screen, no touch screen, no 
stereo sound... With a system like that, developers won't bother 
innovating and we'll have to go back to playing lazy, uninteresting 
ports. ho-hum, it was good while it lasted...

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:47:26 +0900, Miles Bader  wrote:

>DrBakcukce  writes:
>>> First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
>>> could was being considered for a fabulous makeover,
>>
>> Photos of the redesigned unit here: http://tinyurl.com/952nc
>
>Naw, that must be a (bad) fake -- Nintendo would never design such
>crappy controls.
>
>-miles

It's only the power switch that I have an issue with.

"Michael Singletary"  wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:05:26 GMT, "Guest"  wrote:
>
> On the other hand, I find it quite odd that Nintendo would release
> this right AFTER the biggest shopping season. People just recently
> either bought or received the system, so they're not going to be all
> that motivated to invest in a prettier version of the same thing.

Yep, good point. Proof that all geniuses are flawed. Typical Nintendo 'good 
idea'. Whoever at Nintendo made that decision was probably the same eejit 
that decides whether or not a game should have a 16:9 viewing mode...or 
not.......not usually being the case. They are, for me, *the* greatest maker 
of systems and games - but they make *the* most incomprehensible decisions 
known to mankind. Almost up there with: "I know, let's go to war with 
Iraq!". ;)

"Michael Singletary"  wrote in message 
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>
> You need to market to the casual gamer.. the one that buys gaming
> systems every year or so.. not the second they come out.

You are right, and Nintendo now know this. They're on the brink of risking 
losing their hardcore fanbase, like myself, by their targeting the gamer 
that doesn't like games. "Perhaps if they only have to use one hand, they 
will buy our system"....kind of thing. They're great, Nintendo, but they're 
also right bloody eejits. :)

"Miles Bader"  wrote in message 
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> DrBakcukce  writes:
>>> First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
>>> could was being considered for a fabulous makeover,
>>
>> Photos of the redesigned unit here: http://tinyurl.com/952nc
>
> Naw, that must be a (bad) fake -- Nintendo would never design such
> crappy controls.
>

My neighbour's two kids let me have a go of their PSP at Chrimbo - I played 
for an hour or so on GTA, it was comfortable and highly enjoyable. I'm not 
taking anything from the DS though, just righting a popular misconception.

Slitheen wrote:
>Almost up there with: "I know, let's go to war with Iraq!". ;)

"Honey, where's the peanut butter?"
"I don't know, but dead men can't eat peanut butter in Iraq".

"Sweety, the dog just shiat on the rug."
"I'd rather pick up shiat off the rug than be in Iraq..  those poor
people."

"Hey, what's that smell?"
"Not the sweet smell of death........ in Iraq."

"Hey honey, post something about the DS for me on Usenet, kay?"
"blah blah DS blah....I know, let's go to war with Iraq!"

Sigh.

Slitheen wrote:
> 
> You are right, and Nintendo now know this. They're on the brink of risking 
> losing their hardcore fanbase, 
> 
No, they're not.  The vast, vaat majority of their "hardcare fanbase" 
appear to be realy enjoying the games on their DS, and are looking 
forward to the Revolution.

Tim (tm)
-- 
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Tim Miller wrote:
> Slitheen wrote:
> 
>>
>> You are right, and Nintendo now know this. They're on the brink of 
>> risking losing their hardcore fanbase,
> 
> No, they're not.  The vast, vaat majority of their "hardcare fanbase" 
> appear to be realy enjoying the games on their DS, and are looking 
> forward to the Revolution.
> 
> Tim (tm)


I love the different games that are coming out for the DS.  I also own a 
PSP, PS2 and Gamecube.  Although i am itrigued with the new Revolution 
controller, but it does worry me about how games will play, but i can't 
wait to find out

Darren