Topic: Nintendo DS SP?

[Mario]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/10/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/

Reggie hints at a revamped DS,

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Fils-Aime hinted a revamped DS is in the works: "As soon as [the DS] was launched, we started looking at ways to tweak it visually."

I think this is a bad idea because the DS is already perfect, and putting a new one on the market will only confuse consumers even more, i mean there's already GBA SP, GBM, DS, PSP, and those are just the major ones.

How could they improve it anyway? I can't think of anything. Nothing is necessary, leave the DS on the market by itself for a few years and gain some stability Nintendo. Of course, he could just mean alternate colours, which is fine.

[Avinash_Tyagi]

Relax it'll probably be after a few years, anf even then it'll be something minor, like a smaller size or bigger screens

[Artimus]

Nothing big about having an SP. Surely we all expected it.

[nitsu niflheim]

Bigger face buttons (A,B,X,Y) would be nice.

[IceCold]

Well, they made them small so they could be used as an alternate D-Pad...

[Caterkiller]

I knew this was coming, it was just bound to happen. Pocket, SP, and Micro. It won't affect anything, it will just cost a tad more and people like me will buy it even though there are already 3 DS's in the house.  And It will most likely look sleeker to attract people who are not willing to buy it now because it doesn't look as cool as the PSP.  

[KDR_11k]

How about being able to reconfigure the buton layout for GBA games? That's NEEDED. And if it's just like the SGB that allows you to select whether B should be A or B (and Y is always B). Larger buttons would be very nice too, Gunstar Future Heroes is very good at pointing out the awful flaws in the design.

[Don'tHate742]

I knew there was a reason i hadn't bought it yet, but i couldn't exactly pin-point it.

My guess is that they'll show something at E3 to spark the interest back up again. If not....meh, I guess I can wait.

[Mario]

That's a good one KDR, also I thought about it and maybe new DS's could come with Pictochat 2.0 with online compatability, but then they'd have to find a way to let existed DS owners have that. I still don't think that's enough to warrent a redesign.

[Pale]

I just want the clicky buttons to go away.  I like to be able to play in silence.

[vudu]

I'm guessing they're just looking for ways to make the touch screen more damage resistant.

[thepoga]

No improvements on the DS? It could be smaller, lighter, and more ergonomic. The DS isn't the most comfortable handheld to hold. They could make it have a longer battery life. And a slot for a longer stylus.

[NotSoStu]

GO GO TEAM CRAPPY PHOTOSHOP!

[KDR_11k]

Those buttons on that Photochop look awfully uncomfortable. Why are they rotated like that? You can't even use the Y+B axis on that!

[norebonomis]

I still like the original E3 DS model better. it seemed more sexy than what we got.