On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:05:26 GMT, "Guest" <n0gar@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>"Air Raid" <AirRaidJet@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/01/11/nintendo-ds-redesign-coming-jan-16th/
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>> Nintendo DS redesign coming Jan. 16th?
>> Posted Jan 11th 2006 1:15PM by Christopher Grant
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>> First the Reggie let it slip that the little dual screen handheld that
>> could was being considered for a fabulous makeover, then Japanese
>> gaming mainstay Famitsu reiterated the idea. Now we have a rumor from
>> well-regarded video game importers Lik-Sang that we may be treated to
>> the new DS model as early as January 16th! They write, "... here at Lik
>> Sang too we have received word a couple of days ago from a Japanese
>> contact stating Nintendo will have a formal announcement of the
>> re-design on Jan 16th." We'll have to wait... five more days...
>>
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>What's new?  Nintendo has been repackaging the same shit for the last 10 
>years! 

While I don't think their products are shit, I have to somewhat agree.
A redesign of an already successful system is not an uncommon thing
for Nintendo to do. What's the big deal?

It's not like this new system is going to revolutionize the DS in some
way, I don't think. The system itself is all about ingenuity, there's
not really much else they can do to it without making it a different
system. Any changes are going to be purely cosmetic. Think of the
GameBoy Micro.. not as successful as they had hoped.

On the other hand, I find it quite odd that Nintendo would release
this right AFTER the biggest shopping season. People just recently
either bought or received the system, so they're not going to be all
that motivated to invest in a prettier version of the same thing.

Who knows.. either way I'll be grabbing one.