If they redesign the DS again, all of Japan will buy it.

Sadly, so will I.

They should also include a tissue and lotion dispenser for when I'm touching my witches.

Bad spelling ruins jokes :-x

Thankfully, I have yet to buy a DS Lite. So a redesign wouldn't bother me. The problem is, we need some more games for it. Other than Phantom Hourglass, nothing very exciting is in the line-up for the world's favorite handheld.

Last month, it was a Wii hard drive addition. This month, it's a DS redesign. I don't know what hardware Nintendo is working on, but I will say this: I think it's a waste of time to speculate, because the truth is that we have no idea.

"would suggest a...First Alert hardware integration"

thats what pictochat is for

They should add accelerometers to it so you could use it with Wii games.

@thegreatgazoo999:
"we need some more games for it" LOL! Because it is definatly lacking.

anyway maybe they are designing the successor of the DS, nothing is wrong with planing for the future.

in my day, young whippersnappers didnt make jokes at our expense. They'd help us steal batteries for the Game Gear, and that was that.

I doubt nintendo is going to redesign the DS again, i see more likely a GBA storage unit for the ds, but again its a long shot, this maybe the most accurate one "Nintendo is simply looking to tailor its hardware to the older set. That means bigger, more visible buttons and a larger screen"

Makes sense that Nintendo would constantly be redesigning the system. The variations of the GBA coexisted well with each other and I'm sure there's plenty of people (me included) who'll buy the new design despite having one of the older versions already.

@TheIrishNinja: Batteries for a Game Gear were a lost cause. I used to just plug it straight into the mains, suck the power supply dry and then move onto the next town.

When I finally beat Sonic Chaso I'd left whole countries in ruin.

Unless if Gamelabo is talking about mods, in-depth dissembling, and such, it's always a rumor. I subscribed to that magazine ever since 1998ish(?) and it's always like that, readers now that as well. It's like that rumor section on EGM.

If the Wiimote already BEAMS MONEY, and the DS Lite already PRINTS MONEY. What will the new one do? TRANSMUTE LEAD INTO GOLD?

@thegreatgazoo999: I totally agree.

DS JITTERBUG!

DS Mini!

I still don't understand why everybody loves when Nintendo churns out redesigns, but complains when any other company does it.

Bad Idea methinks...okay, a bigger screen and bigger buttons? And? I wouldn't pay for that. Nintendo would have to add two processors that are more powerful than the ARMs that are in the DS, a higher resolution screen not just bigger, larger capacity cards for the games, a SD card slot for game saves and VC support. In essence...a DS Next, which we all know it's too early for that. Pass.

@Cwolf267: Everythings better when done by nintendo

Wow, Nintendo's going to whore out the DS like they did the GBA....big shock there.

Striderhayasa why would they do that? The new games would clearly not be backwards compatible, any new revision would be just that, a revision, a tweaked version of the original that added no new hardware that older versions of the handheld couldn't use.

Adding new hardware features would easily be the stupidest thing Nintendo could do, considering how well the DS is selling on such cheap technology.

@Kuraudo: You know why Brazil is still a third world Country? I had to finish Psychic World. Set the whole country's energy production backwards like 10 years.

So... it's a bigger version of the DS lite.
I thought they already made one - y'know... the DS.
I predict it's release date will be 2 December 2004 in Japan, 21 November 2004 US. Then again, this rumour is unconfirmed.

@Cwolf267:

Everyone flips when Nintendo makes new designs because they take great products and then make them amazing. When Nintendo remakes something, 90% of the time the cost is TOTALLY worth it (10% = Game Boy Micro).

Microsoft releases the XBOX Elite, which only upgrades a hard drive, adds a port that most of America doesn't use, paints it black and costs WAY too much to replace on a whim.

Nintendo redesigns the DS, it adds a sexy new design, way brighter screens, a longer battery life, a better stylus... it makes everything about it better, and all for the same cost as an old one (which also isn't just 100 dollars from the acceptable price of consoles every generation before this one, a la 360)

Geez, you forgot to include hearing aids. Which reminds me, the DS is a "third pillar" and not a gameboy right?... will we ever see the gameboy again?

@Hyrule_Outlaw:

Trust Nintendo to finally unlock the secrets of alchemy.

Well, we all know what happened the last time Nintendo denied a DS redesign rumor; they admitted to it two weeks later.

So in two weeks we'll know :P

If they redesign it to be more ergonomic, I'm totally on board. The numbness/shooting pain in my hands thing is starting to wear a little thin.

Nintendo has a history of redesigning it's portables. That's why when the GBA came out, I didn't buy one. Then, the GBA SP came out, and I still didn't buy one. A few months into that, the Limited NES GBA SP came out, and I caved in. I really could'nt imagine how they could improve upon the SP - especially since the DS was already out. Well, then the micro came out, and well, I had to buy that too.

When the DS came out, I knew it'd get a redesign. It did, but now, I really can't see what they can improve upon. But I guess you never know, Nintendo did surprise me with the micro.

Motorola puts out new cell phones every week ... no one gets pissed. Nintendo does a redesign ... all hell breaks loose!

I've been hoping for a larger DS, and I might finally buy one if they do.
Handheld screens have always been a bit on the small side for me.

So for all you complainers that already have one, the redesign isn't for you.

Is that the old wii controller? Awesome.

I can see a new DS design. After all, weren't there three different GBAs?

They should add on a memory card slot, so I can download NES or SNES games from the Wii's virtual console, to play on the go. But I guess they really could make that happen with an adapter.

I for one would like to see something with some larger buttons. I have rather large fingers and I find the lite button a tad too small.

....and a bigger screen wouldn't kill them.

The fact is Nintendo is always working on new designs and systems. They have teams for the sole reason of constantly redesigning hardware. It doesn't mean that all the redesigns will get released. They do this so they have plenty of redesign ideas to choose from if the time comes, not because a redesign is definitely in order. And kotaku knows this.

nintendo is already struggling to keep the wii in stock at stores, why redesign another system that's been remade once already and try to keep up with new shipments?

well.

some people, as sick as it may seem, strive for systems in higher demand rather than those everyone and their mother owns. maybe with a 360 elite/wii-esque high demand and low stock edge, (at least that's the case in my area), people may want the system only because it'd be so hard to find, just so you can walk around school/the office strutting your brand new redesigned ds and say "hey, i have one and you don't".

all that aside.
i'd buy it.
:]

Assuming they don't bloat any new design up to DS Phat sizes, a new system with a bigger screen and buttons would be quite a welcome addition. The DS Lite buttons and d-pad are a little bit too small for my thumbs.

@Cwolf267: I still don't understand why people get so paranoid they see bias against 'their' system or toward 'some other' system in every possible reaction to every article or comment. Please - loosen up. You'll feel a lot better for it.

@Jonny-Bryce: I was going to say the same thing - I'm sure Nintendo are working on all sorts of new hardware ideas all the time. On the other hand, I wasn't going to say it all in bold. Isn't there a policy of banning for posts that are entirely in bold...?

@Cwolf267: Who complained about what? People complained that HDMI should have been in the original 360, but they also complained that the original GBA should have had the SP's screen. I don't think people are more forgiving with Nintendo's redesigns, but if you have examples, prove me wrong.

@Tyrannical: Agreed. My eyes aren't the same anymore. I want a larger screen and if it's the same resolution... fine. I'd buy a DS with a bigger screen and larger D-pad and buttons.

I guess it can always be slimmer, too.

@phonetic: There is some sense in a bigger, easier to see and hold DS for those of us whose eyesight is beginning to fade, whose hands are arthritic or who have hearing issues. And that's not just us old folks. Game companies could sell to people of all ages with disabilities if they'd adjust systems to meet needs.

So I'm for this, even though my current DS Lite is fine for me.

Oh joy. I predict Japan will get a dozen or so cool color variants and the US will be shafted once more with ONE until they deem us worthy of one or two more half a year later.

1. Bigger Screens
2. Double touch screens with multiple touch sensors
3. More robust graphics
4. Wifi enabled chatting (pictochat is dead)
5. Screen brightness adjust on the fly