Nintendo's next gen. handheld

[Marx Chaotix]

I'm sure the majority of you have heard but, I looked and looked and couldn't find any threads discussing this and for those of you who haven't heard I'm sure you'll be interested.

http://kotaku.com/5499697/nintendo-anno ... ntendo-3ds


To summarize that article, Nintendo has announced their next project at E3 discussing a new next-gen. handheld (no, not another of their million variants of the DS but, a REAL new console this time) which is (this is speculation at this point) supposedly to be released sometime next year in 2011. This time it's going to include new innovative hardware allowing the player to have a full 3 dimensional viewing of the game and will be able to have tilting functions allowing for several perspective views for in-game gameplay. I continue to hear people comparing this new handheld's power to the Nintendo Gamecube (I REALLY doubt it to be honest but, I won't rule the possibility out)

Questions, thoughts, opinions?

I've also seen a handful of videos online demonstrating what it'll be like but of course they aren't done with the overall console since they simply implanted the hardware into a DSi.

[Trask]

Last I heard, it was just an iteration of of the DS and the one with the Gamecube specs was the next gen version, but not the 3DS. Meh, could be wrong. Best part of the 3DS is not having to wear glasses, but I wonder if it can make existing games 3D or only new ones made with that SDK or whatever. That's a big for me.

[Marx Chaotix]

I'm not entirely sure but, again I have my doubts about them releasing a powerhouse handheld any time soon. They were never really all to big with the idea of creating powerful consoles like Microsoft or Sony with their PSP's, 360's, PS3's, etc.. If they ever do that'll be a first. A big question in this for me is the pricing of this console and whether or not their whole (3D) approach will pay off or not.

And as far as next gen's go, I hear that everyone is on Nintendo's case about their consoles lacking power and whatnot urging them to go HD. I just hope that Nintendo knows what they're doing. But, I'm going to be pissed if this just ends up being another iteration. I'm just sick and tired of Sony and Nintendo's iterations of the SAME thing. I want them to hurry the hell up and just make another damned handheld.