New Handheld Idea for Nintendo

xsynergyx | July 20, 2007 | News | Misc

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 69 | July 21, 2007

The pic of it looks tight.
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Storm | July 21, 2007

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 | July 21, 2007

Seems like all that twisting would be bad for the system. Still and interesting design though.
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  xsynergyx | July 21, 2007
  
  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 | July 21, 2007

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 | July 21, 2007

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 | July 21, 2007

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 | July 21, 2007

TS looks like a baaaaaad future... I hope some Nintendo CEOs frequently read GameGrep.
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Final Blade | July 21, 2007

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.
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  Final Blade | July 22, 2007
  
  Why did i get a thumbs down, what did i say.
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SACH1 | July 21, 2007

Looks like the iPhone, with a cover. Very futuristic.
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Catboy14 | July 21, 2007

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 | July 21, 2007

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 | July 21, 2007

That looks mad but I guess it could be pulled off =/
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Capn Droid | July 21, 2007

essentially, I say it is the DS lite with a twisty screen + 2 touch screens.
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  Capn Droid | July 21, 2007
  
  Edit: Found out by clicking the picture, $180, and Jan. 08. I hope this isn't their final... O-o
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    Raziel_326 | July 21, 2007
    
    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.
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xsynergyx | July 21, 2007

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 | July 21, 2007

it looks nice, like that iPhone...
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SSJ3 Trunks | July 21, 2007

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 | July 22, 2007

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.
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Capn Droid | July 22, 2007

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 | July 22, 2007

^{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 | July 22, 2007

Wow, that looks like a really nice design. It looks really neat and.. smooth?