Nintendo to Unveil Widescreen DS at E3?

Jul. 7 3:53 PM by Alicia Ashby

An ad for NIS America's upcoming (awesome) DS ports of Disgaea and Rhapsody prominently features an image of a DS with unusually wide screens. Now, the ad itself is obviously Photoshopped, but has NIS accidentally leaked something we're not supposed to know about until Nintendo's press conference next week?

The odds seem about 50/50. Nintendo has already denied this DS rumor, of course, and it's possible NIS just wanted bigger screens to cram their art into. On the other hand, the DS Lite is at the three-year mark in its lifespan. We're about due for a new hardware revision of some kind, and "DS but with widescreen" would certainly fit Nintendo's revision M.O.

We'll know for sure after the Nintendo Press Conference next week (which omgNintendo will not-quite-live blog), but hey, that leaves us a whole week to monger delicious rumors in the meantime.

Comments

I'm still lugging around my clunky Original DS (mostly because of sentimental value more then anything else) but I would definitely jump at a wide screen DS Lite if one came out.

 

Huh. I have no particular interest in Widescreen, but I couldn't object to anything that made the DS's screen bigger.

I'd have to wonder what would happen to "widescreen" games being played on old DSes, though. I don't think they'd handle letterboxing well.

 

The two screens don't look symmetric at all. Which leads me to believe this is nothing more than a messy photoshop job.

 

Another version of the DS... ooh I hope the DS Lite doesn't become outdated...

 

Like I said in the article, there's no doubt the thing pictured is NIS Photoshoppin'. What has people wondering is why you'd advertise a DS game with widescreen art.

 

Wasn't trying to imply you said otherwise Lynxara. Chances are the artist just wanted to keep the holding-a-DS layout, while maximizing the space for font, castles, and coy fairies. No matter the reason, keep those delicious rumors coming. Nom nom nom nom.

 

Hey, if they want to give me another reason to get a DS, I'm game. ^^

 

I think those were just pictures of there promotions individually for each game and they just copied them onto a DS and did not change the size.

 

Does it support GBA games? If not then count me out

 

Wasn't trying to imply you said otherwise Lynxara. Chances are the artist just wanted to keep the holding-a-DS layout, while maximizing the space for font, castles, and coy fairies.

If that's what it is, you just know that layout artist must be getting a kick out of all the extra publicity his ad is getting.

 

Hell, then you have to wonder if NIS did this on purpose, knowing when the ad would street...

 

Why do they show it with its batteries running out?! lol

 

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