NEWS
nVidia win contract for Nintendo's next handheld
Posted 15th of October, 2009 at 05:00 pm by Lucario 
Though the Nintendo DSi was only released this year, news on Nintendo's next handheld have emerged on BSN via a "confidential source". Nintendo are working with graphics card developers nVidia for their future portable gaming console, the company developed the Microsoft Zune HD Player and has helped create several smart phones. The next-gen handheld is said to feature a major boost in power and will be able to support Wii standard graphics whilst still having a low battery consumption, they also plan to make it backward compatible with Nintendo DS titles. Nintendo's future handheld device is apparently expected to be released late next year in Japan but until Nintendo make an official statement take this for what it is.
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COMMENTS (27)
One of it's achievements is running Quake III at 35fps. The graphics chip in the ipod touch(PowerVR SGX I think) is capable of running Q3 at 40-60fps.
I may be interpreting this wrong, but it seems like a load of crap. Unless Quake 3 is on par with wii graphics :P
OH SHIT. This is going to be awesome. I might not even buy a DSi after all but if a spirit tracks DSi does come out my toonish senses will force me to get it.
The DS already has alright graphics imo for a handheld imagine this. Just wow.
| Seems a bit like a load of hype and false promises to me, I think people are overestimating the power of the Tegra. One of it's achievements is running Quake III at 35fps. The graphics chip in the ipod touch(PowerVR SGX I think) is capable of running Q3 at 40-60fps. I may be interpreting this wrong, but it seems like a load of crap. Unless Quake 3 is on par with wii graphics :P |

Who else but Nintendo.
All we've got now is confirmation of who is going to make the chip.
My bet is the next DS is effectively a DSi with two touchscreens, DS/DSi/DSiware compatibility, and maybe an analogue stick of some form, with of course the huge graphical upgrade.


