Rumorama: Nintendo Responds To New DS Claim
As our own Dawdle reported yesterday, a Japanese article came out over the weekend about the new features to be rolled into the next hardware generation of the Nintendo DS. While the inclusion of a digital camera and mp3 playback capabilities don't sound too far fetched, it looks like Nintendo is not ready to backup the story. Their first response was to Famiitsu magazine stating, "we are always developing new products. However, since nothing has been announced officially, we are unable to comment at this time." A very lackluster 'no comment'.
Kotaku decided to ask Nintendo directly and the response they got back was a little bit more informative:
"The Nikkei newspaper wrote a recent story about a DS solely based upon their own research and speculation, without interviewing Nintendo. While Nintendo is always working on new hardware, we have not made any announcement about a DS and we cannot comment on the Nikkei story."
It's still a 'no comment' but it does shed some light on the sources of the newspaper article, and that it is not from the horses mouth on this one. Hopefully, we'll get to hear some real news about the DS at the Tokyo Game Show next month, let's keep our fingers crossed.
PixelPoet
Posted to Hot Stuff, Miscellany on 29 September 2008
Other stuff like this: camera, mp3, new model, nintendo, nintendo ds, response
