Etter mange måneder med spekulasjoner rundt Nintendos nye maskine, har giganten i dag tatt bladet fra munnen og annonsert Nintendo DS, et system med hele to skjermer.
Merkelig nok har ikke Nintendo sendt ut et eneste bilde av maskinen, men det er nok fordi den ikke skal vises frem før ved årets E3 messe i Los Angeles. Her er hele pressemeldingen:
Vi gjør oppmerksom på at bildet bare er et såkalt Mock-up og ikke Nintendos nye DS.
"NINTENDO ANNOUNCES DUAL-SCREENED PORTABLE GAME SYSTEM
"Mystery Product" to Launch Later this Year
An unprecedented approach to video game play - holding two separate game screens in the palm of your hands - hits the scene later this year when Nintendo introduces a new portable game system, Nintendo DS (temporary name).
Today's announcement is just a glimpse of the additional features and benefits that will be shown in full at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles in May. Once fully revealed, players will see the innovative advance in game interaction.
From information made available today, players can look forward to being able to manage their game progress from two different perspectives, enhancing both the speed and strategy of the challenge. For example in a football game, you can view the whole game on one screen, while simultaneously focusing on an individual footballer's tackle or goal on the other screen. Players will no longer be forced to interrupt game play to shift perspective, such as moving from a wide shot to a close up, or alternating between a character's ongoing battle and a map of their environment. Nintendo DS makes it possible to perform the tasks in real time by simply glancing from one screen to the other.
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president, explains: "We have developed Nintendo DS based upon a completely different concept from existing game devices in> order to provide players with a unique entertainment experience for the 21st century"
Nintendo DS features two separate 3" TFT LCD display panels, separate processors, and semiconductor memory of up to 1 Gigabit. It is scheduled to launch worldwide before the end of 2004. In addition to Nintendo developed software, the company is in discussions with third party game developers around the world.
Nintendo DS will be marketed separately from the existing Nintendo Game Boy Advance portable system and Nintendo GameCube home console."