(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Japanese media say Nintendo will introduce camera, music playback, and better wireless into next revision of popular portable hardware.

Earlier this year, Nintendo projected hardware sales of its DS handheld system to total 28 million for the current fiscal year. While that can be considered a massively successful year, it is down slightly from the 30 million portable game players the company sold last year. That anticipated slowdown led one industry analyst to predict a new iteration of the DS hardware is on the way, while another had been expecting such a redesign since last November.

Today, Japanese news site Nikkei Net (subscription required) is reporting that the time has finally come for Nintendo to roll out another new DS, and that the system will arrive in Japan by the end of the year. Planned features for the unnamed DS revision include a camera function, music playback, and improved wireless capabilities. No mention was made of previously speculated upgrades like larger screens, enhanced memory, or a smaller size.

Nikkei expects the redesigned system to carry a price tag of about ¥20,000 ($18, somewhat higher than the ¥16,800 ($15 Nintendo currently charges for the first redesign of its popular portable, the DS Lite. The new system will reportedly arrive on Japanese store shelves by the end of the year.

Attempts to contact a Nintendo representative for comment were unsuccessful as of press time.

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wow thx for telling us but probably i ain't gonna buy one i think my brotha will .

Thanks For The Info I Might Be Interested In Buying This Because Its Hand Held

-Whitey

this is so awesome. Thanks for the info

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Does anybody know what he is saying?

lol............:p

lol........

thanks for the info... and did you just make that stuff up chaldo?

dang, that is expensive
i'm still going to get it though
hahaha

No i did not make that translating up the guy is just ehh idk?