Horribly amateur Photoshop skills alert! You'd think whoever did it could have at least tried to make sure the screens lined up!

photoboy

the screens aren't aligned. if you look at the bottom screen it's over to the left. I say photoshop.

Ahmunnaeetchoo

Is that a Rhapsody DS I see in the same photo?

Does Not Equal

i'm looking forward to rhapsody too btw :P

SupaPhly

The widescreen ds would be freakin' awesome. However... What's with the red light? Seriously, whoever made this pic is a complete idiot. That is, IF he's officially working for a legit company. If he made it to mess with the fanboys, he's a true genius. Geniuser than Einstein's and Colbert's invitro clone.

tabion20

If it makes sense, and it involves Nintendo, it sure as hell isn't getting done.

If it makes sense technologically, and it involves Nintendo, it's not getting done for at least two-three generations.

otimus

Where have you guys been? Disgaea on the DS has been announced for a while now.

Still looks like a photoshop though, but I'd like a Widescreen DS.

lushen124

@InsidiousTuna: What do you mean? It's seamless! This person clearly got their graphical design degree from the most prestigious tech school in the county.

Also, cute little prinnies are awesome.

Erwin

well obviously a photoshop goof, to make the screens stand out in the picture.
(disgaea ds is choppy and the music sound like MIDIs)

SupaPhly

This is an insult to all the graphic design studies I've gone through!

Also, Disgaea on DS?

FeatherNET

Someone didn't attend their "Proportion" classes!

Shiryu

my moneys on dodgey photoshop

elronathon

It looks ugly

Lyuse

That's poor Photoshoppery.

Also, there's a Disgaea coming out for DS?

InsidiousTuna

low battery

matthew2398

Wow. This wins dumbest thread of the day.

I'm sure they weren't trying to "fool" anybody, nor is it a goof, nor were they trying to win a Photoshop contest. They probably just wanted to show the images as large as possible within the established concept for the ad, and took some artistic license to do so.

greyseal

This is just for making the adverts more visible. But of course, we blog commenters must point out the "mistake", criticize and make fun of it.

This was probably done by a guy who had a rough day, and simply wanted to get an ad done in an easy way. His bosses asked him to get DSes with the ads on the screens on the cover, and he did it in the best way he could.

Ashurahori

@matthew2398: It is kind of fitting that a widescreen DS would have a low battery.

Seriously though, I'd love a bigger screen DS.

bhive01

@everybest: Rhapsody was originally on the PS1, so I suggest you play that first. Think tactics, but with a tiny battlefields, cute characters, and pancakes.

CHunterX

Instead of insulting someones work, you could just say it's fake say something good about the idea of a widescreen.-_- damn trolls.

Schabrak

As a person who always ends up buying Nintendo handhelds everytime a new one is made (beside Micro) I find myself just wanting a new one.

Where arth thou new HD widescreen DS = (

NightMystic

Forget new hardware. I want Disgaea for my DS!

Salen

a prinny. playing a fake DS. this is the best day ever.

xoforoct

What year is this for the DSLite? I figured we'd expect to hear something at least before the holiday season for possibly a new DS upgrade. I'll err on the side of caution and give props to the individual who goofed up.

skitzogreg

Obviously fake, but a great idea. Even if the actual resolution didn't change, bigger screens never hurt.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

A musical RPG sounds intriguing. What are the battles like? I might have to pick this up.

everybest

@otimus: Yeah. They were really behind the curve on rumble and analog.

ObZen

I'd like a widescreen DS. But I'd also like a DS Phat. Darn it Nintendo! My stubby hands can't play fighting games on your Lites.

Angryrider

@Kazzahdrane: Ha. Six years of waiting, and the megaton is a wide-screen DS with a bad battery. I think you're on to something, Kazz...

greyseal

@greyseal: Seriously. The conspiracy theorists are having way too much coffee. Or maybe this is THE MEGATON?!!!!

Kazzahdrane

@matthew2398: this has to be the third time this months the first commenter's stolen the words right out of my mouth! DAMMIT!

eskimo-bob

@InsidiousTuna: "Also, there's a Disgaea coming out for DS?"

Came out in Japan about two months ago, so . . . yes.

Also, I recall the last time Nintendo denied rumors that they were announcing a remodeled DS -- it happened just before a large videogame convention called "E3".

Hmmmmmmm . . . . . !!

108

On top of the bottom screen you can see the old screen; where this guy just tacked on some dodge disproportionate work. How sad, I've doctored several pictures in my time, and this is just not up to snuff; not the type of quality I'd try to pass off as authentic, lol.

element7

Welcome to Disgaea DS, where we'll ad 38 new characters, all-new battle...
*DS RUNS OUT OF BATTERY*
Shit.

DukeOfPwn

Not yet! I still haven't gotten a regular Lite!

Umandsf

Disgaea on the DS has been out in Japan for a while now, and Rhapsody I played (and finished on the PS.)Witch's Tale keeps me intrigued though:)

surft

I heard a Wal-Mart Commercial on the Radio the other day. It said that the Nintendo DS had Widescreen gaming and multimedia capabilities. PSP wasn't mentioned once during the commercial. Since it was more or less a commercial for the DS at Wal-Mart. Found that extremely amusing that they couldn't even get the product description right.

Prophane33

@108: Actually no it came out a week and a half ago.

Witzbold

Looks like a photoshop to me. Sorry if someone already mentioned this (cbf to read through the posts) but the bottom screen doesn't seemed to be aligned with the top screen.

What I don't understand, and although everyone seems to expect (myself included) what is the point of another DS redesign? I mean, what more can they do to better it but still keep it a DS Lite? You might as well just make a new portable at that point. Unless it's going to be a gimmick like the Gameboy Micro.

Fox

They even got the lights wrong. The inner light is the charging light, not the battery light.

ConstyXIV

They couldn't photoshop themselves a fully charged battery?

chinesedentist

It's missing the cookie box classic
*Size increased to show texture

tony_important

It's tempting, but after the PSP version I might wait on this one. Rhapsody is looking interesting. I recall a giant pancake attack...

gr8asianman

Looking at my DS lite as I read this, the wide screens would push the d-pad and the buttons pretty much to the edge of the unit. Which would be mighty uncomfortable and probably often frustrating.

That is, if the unit were to stay the same length/width. If they were to stretch it out a few centimeters, it would probably work.

Would a large touch screen, even if it kept the same aspect ratio, cause play issues with older games? I'd like to find out.

Johnny_Under

a widescreen would be nice but it will
suffer to low battery life and a steep
raise in cost...

Firesoul1

This isn't news or interesting.

matttt

The DS is just a frame for the game ad, so they em-biggened it to show more about the game.

Too bad, really, I've always felt the screens on the DS to be a bit lacking in size.

erlik

Would past games be able to support that wider display?

Interesting...I hope its true as I really need to replace my aging Mario kart DS phat.

CCCombobreaker

Widescreen DS?

That's the most useless thing I have ever heard off.

The DS Lite is fine. We don't need a new one.

Willy105

@otimus: Yes, and it seems to be doing really well at the moment.

Keanu

@ObZen:

Oh hush. I agree with that. They did good there. Also, their advancements in 3D were also great.

It's the recent Nintendo that ticks me off. Save for the Wii remote, anyways, they seem to have a "minimal effort, maximum profit" approach to pretty much -everything- they do. Especially game design... ESPECIALLY anything at all that involves Online. Nintendo wants to exert the least effort possible, to make the most money they can, with absolutely as little risk involved.

otimus

I've been hearing about a new DS Lite coming out pretty soon. Not sure if this is it, but I am pretty sure there will be a new one soon.

oldskuel

I think they did it just so you can see their game on the small DS screens.
Nintendo could make a bigger screen unit, but that would eat into battery life unless they made it much more efficient elsewhere (does it still use CCFL tubes? They could go LED...)

Widescreen though, like a twin-stick PSP, would require a whole new machine, not just a revision.

fuchikoma

I know Disgaea wasn't about graphics (it's a given) but when I played it on the DS it was just... eww

I know it will have a few new playable characters but this is one Disgaea I'll not buy/play again... for the 3rd time.

Keanu

@Human Bomb: I Don't see the point of importing the DS version when there is already a fine PSP port AND NIS saw fit to have it reprinted on the PS2. Having wasted enough time on those two versions, the DS one will stay on the shelf for me. That said, I'll be getting Rhapsody on the DS and Yggdra Union on the PSP, hunt down a copy of Luminous Arc, and continue wasting time in FFTA2.

Human Bomb

@SupaPhly: You've played?

Human Bomb

Looks like they just stretched out the screens in order to show off the games while still showing the open DSes.

griffinrider

we'll get a widescreen Nintendo portable eventually, I'm pretty certain this is a Photoshop though. Not only does it look quick and dirty, but I somehow doubt Nintendo would create a hardware incompatibility within a single hardware generation.

In other words, they wouldn't create Widescreen DS games that'd be incompatible with the first two incarnations of DS hardware. It'd just be a major goof if they did.

WolvenOne

Why the bloody hell is anyone even speculating about hardware changes based on an ad for third-party developed games?
When Nintendo wants to announce they've finally got a model with a screen big enough to depict Mario's gigantic cojones, they'll be putting slightly more effort into it than this.

cynopt

That DS image is almost exactly the same one they used to promote the PSP version of Disgaea. So that is probably why it ended up like this...

Not sure why they would have not just cropped the image?

z357x

Uh, NIS America. I like the fact you're localizing more games for the DS. Lulz, Rhapsody was one of the few Strategy RPGs I could play, but uh how about some Ar Tolenico 2 first, eh? You getting my drift? I think you are.

Zen Grenadier

@108: You're thinking Disgaea 3, that's what was released in Japan 2 months ago.

Also this is 100% poor photoshopping on Atlus's part. If you ever look at most of their trailers/teasers for Disgaea games getting a port or translation, you'll notice goofy mix-ups like just english text over japanese gameplay or improper ratios, like shown here.

DaveKap

Rhapsody DS? o_0
I have that game for PS1...the soundtrack is so....corny. :p

Definitely a photoshop.

.em.

@matthew2398: Actually, that's the charging light. It's illumination simply indicates that this DS lite™ has been plugged in by a responsible owner.

The right LED is the power indicator.

*takes a bow*

MrSmiff

@Keanu: Boo-ya.

ObZen

The screens aren't even lined up. Where the hell was this ad made and how can I get this guy fired and take his job to do it better?

Bauske

This is very authentic.
Disgaea DS will also feature popping dialogue ballons from the touchscreen, and comes with a free Prinny to play the game with you.
Dood!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi