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A new version of the Nintedo DS
handheld could be unveiled at this year’s upcoming E3 (that is scheduled to
take place in Los Angeles on July 15th – 17th), Enterbrain boss Hirokazu
Hamamura predicted.
According to Hamamura, Nintendo
is likely to use the opportunity to present the new DS model at the year’s
biggest gaming trade show.
His predictions were based on
the fact that Nintendo has made a habit of presenting a new handheld every two
years, and the DS Lite was released in 2006. Mathematics point to this year as
the year of a new announcement, but Nintendo representatives refused to make
comments on the rumors.
Bloomberg reported
(article in Japanese) that Hamamura relied on rumors circulating in the
industry, as well as on the historical evidence that point out to this year’s
E3.
The exact specifications of the
possible new features of the new DS model are hard to confirm, but here are the
speculations: media functions will be added, such as dedicated audio and video
playback, as well as an additional slot for removable hardware.
When DS Lite was released in
2006, it unveiled a thinner, smaller, lighter version of the previous DS game
console. The DS was first launched in Japan, and rumors have it that the new DS
said to appear this year will also be launched in Japan first.
The Nintendo DS is a handheld
game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo and released in 2004 in
Canada, U.S., and Japan. In September 2007, it was reported that Nintendo had
sold over 50 million units at the fastest pace of all time for a handheld game
console.
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