well GCN level tech sounds about right it's about right the nvidia tegra that was rumered to be used shows about that level (well closer to XBox 1 but anyway) and it fits in with there trend in portable hardware NES>GBC SNES>GBA N64>DS Gamecube>DS2? but then again it sounds like the architecture may be closer to the Gamecube/Wii so it may not be a tegra powering it.

Personally I think we will see it by the end of this year anyway.

BTW, you can make a handheld as strong as a home console, just the cost to make the parts in a handheld size would be really high, the way laptops cost more than desktops with the same specs.

Iwata isn't talking to investors about the Kindle business model for no reason.

They can't drop dual screens, then it wouldn't be backwards compatible with DS games which would be sucky. I don't want to have to carry both my DSi and my Super DS around with me.

Additionally, the dual screen design is very useful for many kinds of games.

I'm the only one who doesn't want this so soon?

Christmas 2011 is the perfect time, not this year.

Then buy it when you feel ready for it.

Seriously, it's not like Reggie will show up at your doorstep on release day and shove the DS2 down your throat.

I'm more than ready for an upgrade. My Lite is getting old.

My guess...

DS 2 = spring 2011
Wii 2 = fall 2012

This is a cool thing, for sure, but GC level graphics? The PSP has near PS2 level graphics, and that was launced 6 years ago. So the graphics are only going to be a couple of steps up from the PSP. I was kinda expecting a little more. The last thing I wanna hear is " the DS2 is underpowered" like we heard with the DS. If the PSP2 trys to do what the PSP did, then we should see PSP2 graphics somewhere between Wii and Xbox360. Anyway, I'm sure we can expect more from the touch screen, some like the iPhone.

This is a cool thing, for sure, but GC level graphics? The PSP has near PS2 level graphics, and that was launced 6 years ago. So the graphics are only going to be a couple of steps up from the PSP. I was kinda expecting a little more. The last thing I wanna hear is " the DS2 is underpowered" like we heard with the DS. If the PSP2 trys to do what the PSP did, then we should see PSP2 graphics somewhere between Wii and Xbox360. Anyway, I'm sure we can expect more from the touch screen, some like the iPhone.

Posting this in every DS2 thread: From Iwata to investors

On to our challenges on the decline of our software shipment in the “Other Regions” including the European market, we acknowledge it as a big issue because, even though the decrease in actual sales in the markets was smaller than the decrease in our shipments (as I said during today’s presentation), the actual sales declined about 20%. Some say it is due to piracy activities made possible by devices such as Magic-Coms(R4), but I don’t believe it’s the only reason. When Nintendo DS was getting more and more popular and sales figure performed accordingly, some of our product proposals became a social phenomena. Just like Brain Training in Japan, Nintendogs or Brain Training did the same thing in the European market. Actually Brain Training performed fine there last year – it sold over a million copies in Europe but the previous year had sold more than three million copies. That means Brain Training had less visibility as a social phenomenon last year. Nintendogs is in a similar situation. If we could propose what will replace them and maintain a high visibility in society, then the Nintendo DS momentum can be activated and more software titles can be sold. What this means is that we were not able to do that. Thus I believe our highest priority is to propose and offer Nintendo DS titles which can be another social phenomena.