Nintendo "DS2" Dev Kits Already in Developers' Hands

[TsunamiWombat]

I'm still waiting for a Nintendo Woo.

 

[Snotnarok]

How many DS's came out this year alone? Screw the DSi, DSxl and the DS2 I'm keeping me DSlite because it works, it's great and I've yet to have a problem with it, I'm not shelling out more money for you Nintendo.

 

[LeonLethality]

It better not be called DS2, it better be called Gameboy Awesome. or Gameboy Really Awesome. anything with gameboy in it. Call it nostalgia but I love the gameboy title.

 

[mattttherman3]

So this handheld, if my calculations are correct, should have the same graphics as the gamecube/wii, if it still has N64 graphics than someone is ripping us off.

 

[chronobreak]

I am not sure if game developers, both in hardware and software, live on earth anymore.

The DS2 looks good, don't get me wrong. But let me be honest, the economy is in trouble. People don't have as much money to be spending on games. Big companies are losing tons of money and laying people off. Out comes Nintendo who pretty much *just* released the DSI and says "Oh yes, this looks like a grrreat time to release the DS-2".


For all I know the thing could be the handheld equivilent of the holy grail, but it doesn't matter because I doubt they will be giving them away for free. I'd expect the price to be $150-$200. What makes them think that people are going to be running out to buy this thing?

I mean I might be wrong, but it just seems rather ridiculous. It's extremely greedy, and also seems very badly timed.

My concern is largely based around the fact that I would like to see a DS-2 released, but this seems like a ridiculous time to be doing it.

What's more I ironically look at companies like EA who were criticized for producing deritive shovelware and sequels endlessly, and decided to change their track at the same time as a massive economic slump. Innovation and new properties probably taking the blame to the people in charge rather than timing.

I'm sure Nintendo has "Done their research" but I think they are getting cocky (as they have done in the past) and right now I suspect this has a good chance of being a failure of truely epic proportions.

Haven't game sales been good, however? Sure, people are getting laid off, but it isn't like we are seeing a drastic cut in games coming out, or at least I know I never have a shortage of titles to play through. The DS did really good, and Nintendo wants to capitalize on the success, it makes total sense. People will buy it, I'm sure they'll come up with good marketing and all that.

Sure, they could take the "ungreedy" route and wait for the economy to clear up, but they are also a business, and realize if they release this and keep supporting it, it will probably catch on a year or two after release and pick up steam when they get some really good titles on there to entic people to buy the handheld, especially after the initial price drop.

Hey man, I know it sucks having these things coming out left and right, but Nintendo has been good to us. Look how long they have supported the DS, and it doesn't look like they are stopping. Let them release it, so when the price drops people like us will go snag it and catch up on the good release titles it will have. Imagine, an F-Zero game using the tilt, or another Uniracers game. Mama's cooking, where you get to sprinkle the salt, it's great!

 

[Scrythe]

Not a single person, not one in this entire goddamned earth, has learned a single fucking thing from Kirby's Tilt 'N' Tumble.

 

[Jared]

What the hell is the next Pokemon game gonna be? Pokemon Unobtainium?

They do appear to be running out of Metals/Minerals...although if they do name it that it will make me offically /facepalm at them lol

 

[KDR_11k]

Of course it will control better than the iPhone, it'll have real buttons. That means the tilt is free for things where it actually makes sense instead of being shoehorned into the role of a shitty analog stick replacement.

 

[Sevre]

This just makes me want to play my DS more to get the most out of it.

 

[Weaver]

I'm personally excited. I just dropped and shattered my DS and was going to get another, but maybe I'll just wait!

 

[randomrob]

well i'm glad i didn't waste my money on a DS then. I'll just wait for one of these things to come out.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Well they would wouldnt they! The DS is still selling like Hotcakes!

 

[Tales of Golden Sun]

Big industry secrets are exactly secrets anymore. I mean look at Modern Warfare 2. We pretty much found everything out before the game's release. I imagine 'No Russian' was leaked.

EDIT: Oh, and DS2? Already? I can't even keep track of original DS variations! What are up to now, three versions?

DS, DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL.


I don't know if I'll buy it as soon as it comes out.
I mean, I bought the DS when it came out, but then they made the much more practical DS Lite!

 

[uppitycracker]

get rid of the stupid mic so i dont have to blow or yell into my DS, and I'll be a happy camper

 

[MurderousToaster]

Seriously, Nintendo? You release the DS, the DS Lite, the DSi, and now the DSiXL, and now you're releasing something else? This is goddamn ridiculous.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I'm holding out for the Microsoft dodeca-screen extreme with hand perspiration monitor controls.

 

[AceDiamond]

Nintendo: Always looking for a way to siphon even more money out of their fans' wallets.

Forgetting something?

Yeah, I thought so. Nintendo's DS revisions have, with one exception, been released in roughly the same time intervals as the GBA revisions. But even if they weren't the mere existence of the PSPGo renders any "siphoning" argument invalid.

 

[Captain Cook]

So Nintendo is working on the next generation handheld?

I wonder what Sony is going to do...