New DS to feature smaller size, no GBA slot, reduced price?
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 at 8:11am by JackMeh. More DS rumors. I’ll just do a quick recap post, since the E3 presser is coming later today.
- Smaller size
$100 cheaperCorrection: The accurate info is “sub-$100″ DS ($99, if Nintendo’s track record holds up)- No GBA slot
- Tllt, motion sensitivity
- Motion sensitive carts
- Activision motion peripheral
- Tony Hawk DS title uses Activision peripheral
I’ll take wild, rampant speculation and rumor for $500, Alex.
UPDATE: Added correction. And, like I said before, this is indicative of Nintendo recognizing a threat to its handheld business, and changing strategy accordingly. If it’s a full-blown redesign, you can bet they saw the iPhone 3G and Apple’s App Store coming a mile away. Good on them. Also, Joystiq makes a good point, saying that if Activision and Nintendo are creating a motion sensing peripheral, it bodes well for a new DS, because future games would require motion, and they wouldn’t want existing DS Lite owners left out in the cold.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:29 am
argh… this would drive me insane, especially if it really were cheaper!
I don’t need a GBA Slot… oh gosh… my hearrrrrrrrrrrt lol
July 15th, 2008 at 8:38 am
The whole “Tllt, motion sensitivity” doesn’t make sense to me unless it’s a brand new product. That’s such a new core-functionality that you really can’t put it in the same category as the DS. Unless, you create a way to simulate the same functionality with a GBA slot add on… But then, why would it be cheaper?
And, $100 cheaper? It’s only $130 right now. A brand new DS for $30? yeah right…
July 15th, 2008 at 8:41 am
eh i’ll stick with my lite. it’s plenty small and i use the gba slot a LOT.
but i definitely call bs on this. kevin’s right – if they add motion sensitivity it’ll be a whole new console.
the ds mockups they have on that site are pretty cool though: http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/nintendo-ds-mockups/752279/
July 15th, 2008 at 8:43 am
oh yeah right, I forgot about the US price. here in europe it’s €145, that’s about $231. pretty expensive if you ask me. yeah, I know the whole currency thing but it’s still pretty… unfair
July 15th, 2008 at 9:28 am
how would you transfer pokemon from GBA to DS if theres no GBA slot?
July 15th, 2008 at 11:00 am
The only way an iPhone type DS would work is with a download service because as Kevin said it would be to different and would segment the userbase.
But if they compete with the iPhone it would be hard to see it at a $100 price point. More like $200-300.
July 15th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I guess I’ll quote my comment from the Joystiq article:
“I’ve always wanted a DS Lite, buy I’ve held off because I knew Nintendo were going to make another re-design sometime in the future. I really hope this is it. That way I can keep my DS Phat to play GBA games (like I did with the GBA and GBC games.) The cheaper price point is a big plus, too.”