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"Why the DS is being developed"

The DS will be Nintendo's main console to work with in the next few years for a very simple reason. They're going to align themselves with one of the competition for their next consoel proper.

That way they've still got the DS to do their own thing with.

Wait and see.

Heh - well if any sort of deal does happen - then it better not be a buyout - a joint project would suit both companies more.

Nintendo get to keep their independance, both get Zelda. More importantly, two first party developers with all their second parties develop for one system, competing against Sony's single handed efforts.

Maybe the combined userbase of the GameCube and Xbox could finally defeat Sony...maybe...

Not that I'm as anti-Playstation as I once was...but the fact that I only have five PS2 games - two of them promotional copies, is saying something about how much I like it...

Perhaps it was ALWAYS Nintendo's plan, but they kept quiet about it so they'd get a big price on Rareware first! ;-D

Microsoft join the console market for the very first time and within a couple years they're believing in the marriage between Nintendo and Microsoft.

As much as this would benefit me (a Nintendo console also suppported equally by Microsoft) I find it difficult to believe at this stage.

Well it has to happen eventually.
It has to.

Do all the Notables share this crazy idea of Microtendo? First er-no..

So, if this were true, why does both NOM and Edge carry the latest news that E3 2005 will see Nintendo unveil the first glimpse of their new console? Nintendo of Japan has made it clear that it will definitely be a new console and not any other hardware. It's N5.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> *squats*

Mind your anus.

*squats*

Maybe. But even if they were'nt aligning themself with a competitor they would still be producing some kind of a new handheld. And making it flashy and innovative wouldn't be such a shock in that scenario either.

Weights

*waits*