The DS is getting redesigned. Again.

[Dominus Ragnaros]

The new DSi LL,because this was easier than making better games.

Nintendo has attracted no small disappointment with its revised DS console, with the new “handheld” having been given 25% larger screen than the DSi at the expense of a 33% increase in weight and a substantially more bulky design.

Worse yet, the screen is the same resolution as the previous model, only larger…

You can see a scale comparison of just how bloated the new unit is below, with the old unit superimposed on the new:





The main upgrade is of course the 4.2 inch screen, up from 3.25 (resolution unchanged).

Battery life increases to 3 hours again, but weight goes from 214g to 314g, and the unit fattens to 16.1cm by 9.14cm from 13.7cm by 7.49cm. Otherwise the unit is essentially unchanged from the DSi.

The price is in the region of ¥20,000.

Most DS fans seem to be wondering how they could ever fit this in their pockets, although Love Plus fans optimistically remark that now they will have more screen space to kiss…

In any case, it seems the new model, is far from the PSP killer some had hoped for, in fact it may be fair to say it is Nintendo’s answer to the PSP Go, generally regarded as a dismal flop (although at 158g it is almost half the weight).

Sauce:http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/1...ter-predicted/ MAY CONTAIN NSFW IMAGES

[Okami]

umm so its just bigger...?

[Dominus Ragnaros]

The battery life is longer and the screen is bigger,but the screen resolution is unchanged and the overall unit is 50% larger and heavier. The English name for it is the DSi XL rather than Japan's DSi LL that I originally posted.

[Okami]

pointless if the screen resolution doesnt change makes ds games look even crappier on it...

[Nimrod EX]

Fuck, the stylus is the size of a pen now o.O

[Runearchermg]

wow, I'm still using my origanal DS.

God, you could use the new stylus as a dildo now, it's gotten so big!

[adriskrayzee]

Holy shit. The size didn't really shock me until I saw these pics: http://gizmodo.com/5410741/nintendo-...psp+3000-fight

That thing is huge >_>

[andrevus]

meh why am i not surprized at this...

although i still dunno how could nintendo go away with a game like that XD

[cristian]

Upgrading the resolution however would have meant that current games be unsupported on the new console. Still, not very interesting.

[kuzno]

it getting smal n smaller