Nintendo Might Have Another DS In The Works - 22.2.06

The Nintendo DS Lite hasn’t even made its debut and there’s already talk about another handheld in the planning.

Kikizo is reporting that Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime promises DS owners can look forward to more tweaking of the handheld console. The Lite is due out in March for the Japanese market, but no dates for North America or Europe have been confirmed. Rumors have the DS Lite’s release for North America and Europe coming sometime this summer and the next in the DS line will possibly make its way to market in 2007.

Look at how many times we've improved on the Game Boy Advance in terms of the look, the feel, screen changes, and everything else," Fils-Aime said. "We believe that type of constant innovation is critical to driving this industry, and certainly if you look at the world wide sales of Game Boy Advance, I don't think anyone would disagree."

Nintendo has already confirmed that in the US it will phase out the current DS once the DS Lite arrives later this year. So far that follows the evolution of the Game Boy Advance, which saw its founding version disappear after the Game Boy Advance SP hit.
Kikizo

Sounds like Nintendo intends to follow in the footsteps of Apple with its seemingly never-ending new and improved conga line of iPods – push out one upgraded model while the next waits in the wings.

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