it would be kind of a rip-off, if Nintendo is really to announce a redesign of the Nintendo DS. They can't release new colors, encourage the customers to buy the new colors and then introduce a DS redesign. imho this kind of "strategy" would totally upset most of the people. They just can't do that, lol.

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Hmm, this is another E3 theory. I don't remember which Nintendo rep stated this, but when the DS (Lite?) made it's debut, they said that the DS is it's own entity, and not a successor to the Game Boy. With that said, could it be looked into deeper that the new handheld is actually the next Game Boy? I wonder,...

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If Nintendo is going to release new colours to their markets outside of Japan, then it's likely that there will not be any redesign. I doubt Nintendo will want to compete with themselves having two "new" DS on the market. However, that being said they have done something like this in the past. Remember the GameBoy Micro? That was out around the same time the DS came on the market.

So I believe there likely won't be a redesign, but thats also becoming doubtful because I remember reading something few months back that Nintendo had something exciting and big to announce at E3.

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After doing an internet search, I'll extend my out of the box theory and say that the new Gameboy successor won't even be called Gameboy, but a more universal name that would be easy to market to all people....yeap~

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Just a warning to everyone who wants to buy one of these, DON'T!
The silver is just paint, and it's not even on grey plastic, its white. The paint on mine got worn away after a few months, and I couldn't stand the sight of it, so I got a green one :P

And the styli are really hard to find. My touch screen got massacred because I couldn't find an official grey stylus, so I had to use one of the cheap, hard nibbed knockoffs. My DS hated TWEWY for that :(

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I still don't see any need for a re-design, when the DS seems like it just starting to come into it's own. I just bloody bought a DS lite two years ago. I know technology moves fast, but come on, this is retarded. Just release games. Do something about all the lame movie tie-ins and Imagine games that take up all the shelf space in the shops. Just bloody translate a couple more games. Just don't tell everyone to go out and buy some new expensive thing and new, expensive games.

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a redesign is not going to happen this year. People need to get over it and move on.

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Ehm, dumb question time. Why would Nintendo announce a new handheld (DS2 or other) at E3? I mean, that's a N-American con, right? And Nintendo are Japanese, so that means they will release new stuff there first.

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Nintendo did release the Pearl Blue SP in the US literally a week before the Micro launched.

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