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why would they do that?

business is going great and it can again be a great christmas for the ds lite this winter
maybe sometime in the summer of 2009 they will come with a new model introduced in japan first obviously



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E3 = New DS design,
Late Oct in Japan
Early Dec in NA
'09 for Others



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FishyJoe said:
I think it would be rather easy to design a plastic adapter that would allow the use GBA games and Guitar Hero. IMO, removing the GBA slot is not that big a deal.

 Sure, they could make it. But making it work? Games like Guitar Hero rely on the attachment fitting into the slot, and fitting flush against the side of the DS. An attachment would make that quite a bit more difficult.

 And an attachment would make it more difficult to relay the rumble through into your hands.

 

It's quite the big deal. People don't want another peripheral, especially for a handheld. That's too bulky.

 

Again, as a few others have stated, making it smaller would be ridiculous. It's too small as is. The GBA Micro didn't sell well, and a DS Micro wouldn't either. What they need to do, rather, is to reshape the DS, making it sleeker and more comfortable in the hands. Then, give it larger buttons and larger screens, as well as a longer lasting battery, new screen options (touch screen sensitivity? A whole brightness bar (1-10 instead of 1-3)? There are a lot of possibilities), and a larger stylus... maybe even a second stylus slot.



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I think Nintendo does already have a plan that will involve completely getting rid of the GBA slot, and probably using that to put in a bigger stylus, however, i don't think they'll release it until they see something like the PSP2 or when they see the DS actually start to slip in sales significantly. Personally, I think Nintendo is curious to see just how far they can run with the DS and Wii, and there's barely been any Wii/DS functionality implemented.



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