The New Version of the Nintendo DS

From Gamespot:

“While the Nintendo faithful embraced the early design of the company’s new DS portable when it was unveiled at E3, more skeptical gamers held back for the final model. Today the company unveiled the final version (pictured) of the Nintendo DS. The control layout remains essentially the same, as does the placement of the speakers, the lower, touch-sensitive screen, and the upper, standard screen.

However, the DS looks significantly different. Instead of being the boxy gray device shown off at E3, the new-and-improved DS is a combination of glossy black plastic and silver metal in a slimmer, sleeker case. The face buttons and shoulder buttons have been made larger and have been slightly reconfigured. PDA owners will be relieved to know that the device has a new storage slot, while audiophiles will be pleased to hear that the DS speakers now broadcast in 16-channel stereo sound.

In a Japanese press release, Nintendo also reiterated the DS’s technical capabilities, emphasizing that the device’s dual processors will allow for 3D graphics and that a “newly developed graphics engine” will provide a frame rate of “60 frames per second…outperforming the N64.”

Nintendo also used the occasion to reveal the final name of the DS, which had been the device’s code name up until now. After rumors of various acronym configurations–including “DGB,” “EGB,” “GBE,” “XGB,” “GBD,” “XGB,” and “WGB”–the company has chosen to call the device…the Nintendo DS. Nintendo outlined its complex reasoning for the choice in a statement: “The Nintendo DS name evokes the idea of a portable system with ‘dual screens,’ providing the rationale for the final name.””

Its gonna be called the nintendo DS… WOW… who in the world saw that coming ;P

If you ask me… this face lift is much needed, because before the DS really did look like crap… trust me… I’ve seen the older model in person…

We’ll keep you posted on any further news about the DS…