Well, it's been a good few months since the DS was out, so I guess it's time for a redesign.
Apart from looking like the bastard spawn of an iPod, it looks quite good, with larger and prettier screens, and the body is also smaller and lighter. They're also tying the looks into the Revolution: the d-pad has the same markings and the general look is similar to the Rev controller.
It is too soon for this though, the SP was released a good 2 years after the GBA; I would be quite pissed off if i'd bought a DS at full price recently. I think Nintendo also recently quashed rumours of a redesign, which is slightly underhand.
The point is, they should revise their hardware before manufacture, not test out a prototype on the public (while raking in the early adopters' money) and then announce a new version. It's the equivalent to launching hardware and then slashing the price by £100 within a few months like they did with N64, (and MS with Xbox, but they did offer free games) it lowers your reputation as a solid, trustworthy company. I mean, that's a fair part of Nintendo's appeal- you expect better from them.
Yeah, I remember when my mate went to get an N64 with his dad on the day it came out. They queued up for ages and they paid about £350 for the console, mario and blast corps (i think). Then, a few weeks later the price went down and he got a free game. Maybe Nintendo should do the same with the new DS. I was exempt from this though, as I was a proud saturn owner!
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