All over the Web there are articles on what’s the next big thing Nintendo will surprise the world with. I wrote recently about my surprise with N64 based on Silicon Graphics CPU a decade ago. Well let’s talk about mobile Nintendo devices. After a great success with Game Boy, Nintendo made another success with Nintendo DS. It is clearly a very innovative device with two displays (one of which is touch sensitive), Wi-Fi for connectivity, stereo sound and slots for new cards and old GameBoy cartridges. Then there was Nintendo DS lite, with the same functionality but more compact.
What’s next than to revamp the sales? Multimedia features some bloggers predict. Well, several months ago I saw in the local store MP3 player for DS in the form of game cartridge with preloaded player and some storage capacity. In addition, there is an Internet browser one could purchase on a cartridge, but somehow I don’t have impression that that is the way to go. It targets PSP audience and Nintendo is not branded for those geeks of teenage. Hmmm, Nokia released Ngage few years back that failed in my opinion, now they released Ngage software for Symbian phones. That does not rock either.
But as Nintendo DS fans grow older they want a phone… Yes that’s it. Nintendo should embed a 3G phone into their nice DS device, make it more compact (even if they keep just one screen but large enough and multi-touch like iPhone). And combined with accelerometer. No GPS require, but bluetooth would be nice for additional connectivity. Then Mario would be happy as well as princess Peach and Yoshi!
