First image of the Nintendo DS?

[x84D80Yx]

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2004/2004-05/11-nintendo-inside.jpg

Nintendo unveiling a new portable
By Steven Kent, Special forUSA TODAY
LOS ANGELES ? Video game giant Nintendo, facing increased competition in the market for handheld entertainment, will have a new portable out this fall with twin color screens, sharper graphics and the feel of a PDA. The Nintendo DS ? short for dual-screen ? will be unveiled Tuesday morning at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo game industry gathering.

The Nintendo DS ? short for dual-screen ? will be unveiled Tuesday morning at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo game industry gathering. The DS will sell alongside today's Game Boy Advance, not replace it, according to the company. Nintendo has not announced a release date or price, though analysts predict it may sell in the $150 range.

One of the two 3-inch screens is touch-sensitive and works with a stylus ? like Palms and Pocket PCs ? to control the action in some games. In one demo, players guide a toddler-age Mario as he falls from the sky by drawing clouds. Other games give multiple views of the action.

The DS also has Bluetooth wireless communication to connect with other units within range for cordless competition. DS has separate slots for current Game Boy Advance cartridges and new, smaller DS game cards.

DS is largely viewed as Nintendo's response to Sony's PlayStation Portable, or PSP, a new system that will play both movies and video games stored on mini DVD discs. Sony has announced plans to release PSP in Japan later this year and in the USA in 2005.

"I have not seen the PSP," says Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the famous Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong characters. "The screen, I believe, is bigger than a DS screen, and I am sure it will have excellent graphic quality." But, he adds, "the PSP will not be able to display anything that you cannot do on a current system. ... We want to do things that you could not do before. We are looking at the creative end."

The DS has slightly more processing power than the Nintendo 64 console released in 1996. While that's nowhere near today's top game-system graphical capabilities, two- and three-dimensional game images, when viewed on DS screens, are surprisingly crisp.

Sony's PSP, reported to be only slightly less powerful than the PlayStation 2, will have a higher-resolution screen and more graphics power. The price has not yet been announced, though estimates have ranged to $250 and up.

Having sold more than 168 million Game Boys worldwide since 1989, Nintendo dominates the handheld game market, even as it's losing market share in console systems to Sony and Microsoft. Over the past 15 years, such companies as Sega, NEC, SNK and most recently cell phone giant Nokia have launched nine competing portable game systems without much success.

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^USA Today

looks fugly if thats the real thing.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

interesting.....

 

[Maxi]

Yes, very interesting...

 

[nissen]

Looks funny... Cool though!

 

[Soundwave]

Assuming that's a legit pic of it, it looks pretty damn cool. I still won't be buying it, but it looks cool nonetheless

 

[mrchimp]

I think it looks a bit crappy.

 

[Direwolf]

I would never it judge it based on that, thats worse than judging it on a screenshot.
I was amused when I first saw it because I was wondering how they would situate the two screens, and as soon as I saw the pic I smacked my head and said "duh!"

 

[Soundwave]

I'm just glad they finally came to their senses and put 4 face buttons on it. Took em long enough

 

[DarkStar]

If you watch Gamespot's coverage of the Nintendo press conference, they show off they DS. Looks kinda gay IMO.

EDIT: Actually the new Metroid for the DS looks pretty cool.

 

[DarkStar]

Holy crap. I retract my earlier statements. This thing has touchscreen, a built in microphone, and f*cking WI-FI!?!?! Sounds awesome.

 

[Sui]

much better than the origonal design, whic was looked like 2 GBA screens ripped off and stuck together

 

[Soundwave]

Well I didn't think I'd end up saying this, but Nintendo has stolen the freaking show. The DS looks AWESOME, I loved the crowd reaction when the Metroid game was shown, I think everyone who saw that simultaneously went WHOA (me included)

 

[DimitriPopov]

I think it looks great , and it has some awsome feature. The PSP is cool , it has processing power , but it is about 250$ , thats a shitload. Thankfully the DS is 'only' $150 it seems.

 

[x84D80Yx]

ill pass, im more into the psp. it seems to have more features. only thing i like about the ds is the touchscreen. the design doesnt really impress me.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

super mario 64 4x4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY SH!T W0000000000000000T!!!!

must have a Nintendo: DS!!

 

[nw909]

http://www.gamershell.com/hellzone_From_Articles_and_Interviews_DS.shtml

looks cool.

 

[BlazeKun]

Anyone know of any FREE places to get the full conference video?? I am so not paying for IGN insider just to get that video.