Rumor: DS Successor Has Nifty Screen, GameCube Power

[GrahamZA]

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RPAD spent the entire Game Developers Conference trying to dig up information on Nintendo's successor to the wildly-successful DS handheld. His findings? Of interest.

According to several third-party developers writer Raymond Padilla spoke with, the next Nintendo handheld sounds a lot like the current Nintendo handheld, only with better screens and better performance. Just like we asked for.

The key findings were:

- That the handheld's two screens - yes, it's going dual-screen again - are not only bigger, but the "gap between the two screens is negligible", meaning they can serve as either two separate screens or as a a single large display.

- It's got an accelerometer in it.

- It's expected, based on the handheld's dev kit, to have performance similar to a GameCube. Meaning it has similar performance to a Wii. Handheld Mario Galaxy and Wind Waker? Yes please.

- Many of the developers said their games would be finished towards the end of the year, suggesting a late 2010 release.

And that suggests a reveal of the console at this year's E3 Expo in Los Angeles. It's important to note at this stage that these are all unconfirmed rumours, but then, they do sound awfully sensible, don't they?

If this is true then it's gonna be pretty awesome. Please Square-Enix, pretty please give us a FF5 or FF6 remake on the new console!

[Satosan]

Sounds pretty awesome O_O, would love to see it in action when it comes out. And if they remake Final Fantasy 6 on this system... oh word, I can't wait.

[5NAKE]

Since I havent got a DS maybe I get this one instead but dam sounds like good news.

[Rydia]

It sounds really cool!

[Satosan]

How the new "DS" would look like.

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[reVelske]

LTNC Virtual Boy o/

[jGLZa]

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So the nifty screen is apparently a 3D screen that does require those retarded specs, how awesome is that?

So heres the scenario: You're playing FFXIII... in 3D... wherever you want!

[5NAKE]

How the new "DS" would look like.

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Lol Virtual Boy anyone? :P

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Nintendo 3Ds

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So the nifty screen is apparently a 3D screen that does require those retarded specs, how awesome is that?

So heres the scenario: You're playing FFXIII... in 3D... wherever you want!

 

Why 3D as in a portable. I dont like that idea.