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New Handheld Idea for Nintendo

July 20, 2007 in News comments 24

Shogmaster of the NeoGaf forums had come up with a nifty little handheld idea for Nintendo's next handheld. He nicknamed it the Nintendo TS (Touch Screen, Twist Screen, Tate Screen). He had some cool sketches and models for the idea and even had an idea for backwards compatibility.

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    Evanster Jul 21, 07
    The pic of it looks tight.
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    Storm Jul 21, 07
    That is a damn good idea. Maybe he got this from the whole iPhone bit, turning it to it's side for a movie or something, heh. Guess I'll wait until next year for a DS to see if this plan is taken into consideration.
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    bbb7002004 Jul 21, 07
    Seems like all that twisting would be bad for the system. Still and interesting design though.
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      Synergized Jul 21, 07
      That's what I was thinking. If it twists, the buttons would be pushed in, unless there is a space inbetween or it mechanically goes down when you close it and up when you bring it up. If not, eventually, when the buttons come out, they'll be stuck down.
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    FRoGBuster Jul 21, 07
    Err... no.. too many moving parts adds to risk of more failures.
    Clam Shell was the best Idea Ninten had for portable. I didn't get the PSP because I knew the screen would get scratched. My DS is nicely protected and I don't have to worry about the screen.


    Besides, The next portable should also have Wii-similarities like motion sensing!

    I don't see how twisting the screen is much of an innovation for provocative gaming. It's just aesthetic boost, without design and game play advances.

    and actually, GAMEINFORMER has an article snippet about SONY having the same Idea for a twist-screen PSP. So... Who's Idea Was it!???
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    Capn Droid Jul 21, 07
    First, read aforementioned: motion causes bad things.
    Second, how does the twisty screen fit o'er the buttons?
    Third, it has too much similarity to the DS Lite.
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    Raziel_326 Jul 21, 07
    More like too much similarity to a sidekick. Looks like shit to me. DS Lite is perfect as it is.
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    Capn Droid Jul 21, 07
    TS looks like a baaaaaad future... I hope some Nintendo CEOs frequently read GameGrep.
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    Final Blade Jul 21, 07
    Well its a good idea but won't be great if it does happen like FRoGBuster said.

    Anyway i hope sony brings out new ideas on the PSP-2 hopefully they are making one, it better have a touch screen since its made from immersion. And they have a business going lol.
    • -1
      Final Blade Jul 22, 07
      Why did i get a thumbs down, what did i say.
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    SACH1 Jul 21, 07
    Looks like the iPhone, with a cover. Very futuristic.
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    Chekkaa Jul 21, 07
    I think this looks like a bad idea. The screen is unprotected, and the buttons for the DS compatability look problematic.
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    Scott 1 Jul 21, 07
    I don't like it, it's weird and how on Earth do you close it up? It looks very complicated to me. I doubt they will ever bring it out.
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    tidus04 Jul 21, 07
    That looks mad but I guess it could be pulled off =/
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    Capn Droid Jul 21, 07
    essentially, I say it is the DS lite with a twisty screen + 2 touch screens.
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      Capn Droid Jul 21, 07
      Edit: Found out by clicking the picture, $180, and Jan. 08. I hope this isn't their final... O-o
      • 0
        Raziel_326 Jul 21, 07
        Click the source and read it. It's NOT a real design! Somebody in the forum just got bored one night and thought up an idea of his own design. This is NOT an official design by Nintendo.
  • 0
    Synergized Jul 21, 07
    Nintendo's new handheld should be compatible with the Wii or, use motion sensing in a different way. (i.e. if you tilt the handheld, you move right or dodge, etc.)
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    Quellilo Jul 21, 07
    it looks nice, like that iPhone...
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    SSJ3 Trunks Jul 21, 07
    Ok, that by far is the worse one I've seen. I can't even explain it...DS design is way better and it's too complicated.
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    sten mk II Jul 22, 07
    It doesn't look bad, but it's kinda weird. I just hope it doesn't break easily or anything like that...

    I need more information though.
  • 0
    Capn Droid Jul 22, 07
    Eh, even if Nintendo considered it, it would be too hard. Twisting here and there. Glad to hear Nintendo didn't really think of it.
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    Cruxis Mana Jul 22, 07
    That looks really good, but I doubt that we'll be seeing anything like it anytime soon unfortunately.
    The DS is still in full swing at the moment, with games coming out for it every few hours, so I doubt they'll start developing a new handheld console when they don't really need to, to be honest.

    Its nice that there keeping everything backward compatible though ^^
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    xegaldis Jul 22, 07
    Wow, that looks like a really nice design. It looks really neat and.. smooth?

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