Speculation Abounds, Possible New DS?
We here at the 'Geek, or rather I, have a tendency to stoke the rumor mill any time something juicy drips before our ravenous, news-hungry maws. As such, it is with great pleasure, and perhaps just a bit of mischievous schadenfreude, that I bring you yet another rumor. According to the investigative team at Kotaku, a site with which I'm sure you're familiar if for nothing other than it's journalistic integrity, a new DS is possibly in the works.
George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communication at Nintendo, has been quoted thusly:
We don't have any imminent plans for an upgrade for the Nintendo DS. The product is still selling extremely well around the world.
which is a whole lot different from "no new DS ever no, never". Rumors indicate a potentially larger viewing screen, more on board storage, and the removal of the GBA port. Granted, there isn't much in the world that could keep me from spewing bodily fluids of joy over Phantom Hourglass bigger, but if Nintendo takes away my ability to play Japanese imports of GBA games on my DS then my DS will be the last Nintendo system I own. You hear that Nintendo, I'm breaking up with you, consider your friend code hastily erased.
via Kotaku
What say you?!