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Bloomberg: New DS, Wii Accessories Coming Soon
Posted by Brian Crecente at 12:00 AM on October 2, 2008
More speculation, this time from Bloomberg, about what will be announced at Nintendo's press conference in Japan tonight.
The business wire believes that Nintendo will be unveiling the apparently rumored new Nintendo DS as well as new accessories to avoid a price drop.
The news comes in a year when Nintendo shared have dropped 39 percent amid fears that credit-related losses in the U.S. will affect demand for consumer electronics. Despite the stock drop, Daiwa Institute of Research believes that Nintendo will sell 26.5 million Wii consoles in the year ending March 31, compared with 7 million Xbox 360s. Sony believes it will sell 10 million PS3. Last year, Nintendo's Wii outsold the PS3 and Xbox 360 by two to one, according to Daiwa.
I've been saying since before E3 that Nintendo is relying more on accessories than platform prices and games to sell their Wii, and now it looks like analysts are starting to think that too. But what accessories could Bloomberg be referring to?
Please don't tell me they're talking about that pedometer. Whatever they turn out to be I'm sure plastic injection molding companies everywhere will rejoice.
Stay tuned this evening, about 10:30 p.m. Mountain Time for details from Nintendo's press conference in Japan.
Nintendo May Introduce New DS Player, Wii Accessories (Update1) [Bloomberg]

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CockroachMan
Posted 12:23 AM 2/10/08
So.. a new game from an old franchise, a new accessory and a new DS.. that'll be a good conference :P
CockroachMan
Mommar
Posted 12:21 AM 2/10/08
@abigsmurf:
Maybe, hopefully, the "new Accessory" is something more useful than a plastic shell. Maybe something to assist with Rock Band 2 dlc? I doubt it, but it would be nice. And it would fall under accessory without being a plastic shell/device.
Mommar
Alondite
Posted 12:21 AM 2/10/08
Are you kidding me? More useless accessories?
Alondite
Shiryu
Posted 12:20 AM 2/10/08
What I want is F-Zero Wii!
Shiryu
Grumpz®
Posted 12:16 AM 2/10/08
DS pedometer + Ds Fit
Grumpz®
LionheartAce
Posted 12:12 AM 2/10/08
Put this under the "No duh." file.
LionheartAce
abigsmurf
Posted 12:09 AM 2/10/08
I think it's pretty certain now that a new DS is coming. The unusual non-denials from Nintendo have pretty much cemented that.
Nintendo did say however they weren't releasing any more plastic shells.
abigsmurf
poopyloopy
Posted 12:09 AM 2/10/08
Haha, I just read the end of the article...I suck.
poopyloopy
poopyloopy
Posted 12:08 AM 2/10/08
So when will this news be hitting us?
poopyloopy
TraeGenius
Posted 12:51 AM 2/10/08
Sweet! Just when I thought Ninty hit the limit of garbage accessories, they don't surprise me and want to release more! I own a wii and I still hate nintendo... because of a lot of things, but mostly this.
TraeGenius
tkshredder
Posted 12:45 AM 2/10/08
Maracas covers for Samba De Amigo. No, seriously!
tkshredder
erona
Posted 12:41 AM 2/10/08
I donno how I feel about a new DS... A bigger screen would be nice, but in the end it's still the same old hardware. Adding mp3 playback is kinda pointless when most of us have mp3 players and they're a dime a dozen these days. A camera may add neat gameplay options but how decent of a camera are they really gonna drop money on? Anyway it's all speculation at this point and I'm sure they'll do something to persuade me to get it haha...
erona
tony_important
Posted 12:41 AM 2/10/08
@tony_important: actually, include the new DS thing, because they are always shitting out new colours of the money pringting little bastards
tony_important
tony_important
Posted 12:40 AM 2/10/08
@CockroachMan: It sounds very much like every other presser ninty's done in the last few years (aside from the new DS thing)
tony_important
PatMan33
Posted 12:36 AM 2/10/08
Didn't Nintendo say that they already released every peripheral they had?
PatMan33
F22
Posted 12:31 AM 2/10/08
i think its pretty disgusting, all these piles of accessories that get used at most what, a few months (IF that) then collect dust? and at the same time we're bitching about oil prices...
i propose Wii Clay!
basically a tub of white Play-Do that you can mold into any stupid shape your 'whittle heart desires.
F22
AngryEddy
Posted 12:31 AM 2/10/08
Finally, more Wii accessories!
AngryEddy
EmeraldDragon
Posted 1:06 AM 2/10/08
I'm not going to speculate. Nintendo has been very good about yanking the rug from under our feet as of late. So trying to predict their next move seems a little silly.
EmeraldDragon
Kinburn
Posted 1:06 AM 2/10/08
Player's Choice games for Wii/DS would be nice.
The only thing that would entice me to buy a new DS would be VC games playable on it from an SD card.
Kinburn
Shiryu
Posted 1:02 AM 2/10/08
I think the new accessory if any is just the pedometer...
Shiryu
muckamuck
Posted 12:55 AM 2/10/08
As if it didn't print enough money already.
muckamuck
LordBowserKoopa
Posted 1:42 AM 2/10/08
@Shiryu: Me too, Although its gonna be pretty hard to top GX.
LordBowserKoopa
Beta @ Random
Posted 1:31 AM 2/10/08
I know what accessory it's not going to be... hard drive. WTF!?! Listen to what we want... Wait I don't we have a Wii, how about shipping more systems or would that lower your profit Nintendo? It seems Nintendo only cares about the money now, its gonna be funny when people are gonna stop buying the Wii and they are start begging us to buy it with bundled games like they did with the GameCube.
Beta @ Random
Anitoon
Posted 1:21 AM 2/10/08
all i want from nintendo is:
starfox wii
pickmin 3(in the making)
LoZ: TP 2(in the making)
another mario game(in the making)
f-zero wii
KIRBY WII FOR GODS SAKE!
hopefully another kirby airide
KID ICARUS WII!
a better 3-D rendered wario game, i dont care if its wario universe i'll take it.
and no more damn peripherals!
Anitoon
MattB92
Posted 1:45 AM 2/10/08
Nintendo said at E3 they will not be making any new accessories after wiispeak.
MattB92
dawimp523
Posted 2:59 AM 2/10/08
10:30 pm Mountain Time tonight? Wow! I guess Japan is 12 hours ahead of us. That's 12:30 pm Eastern, which is kind of late! I mean, I stay up to watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, but I usually go to sleep right after that!
dawimp523
Juthan
Posted 2:36 AM 2/10/08
I am glad people enjoy their Wiis so much that HD space is an issue for them. However, I have had my Wii for a long time, and dust collection is my only issue with it. Bah!
Juthan
thsprgrmscks
Posted 3:14 AM 2/10/08
please pilotwings
thsprgrmscks
dae_giovanni
Posted 3:33 AM 2/10/08
If Nintendo's big announcement is the pedometer, I'm murdering someone. Either strangulation or gunshot to the gut, any requests?
@Nintendo: This had better be about a hard drive, you hear me? Nobody wants a goddamn pedometer. The DS is selling fine as it is, and noone wants anymore plastic. Don't - FUCK - with - Wendy Testaburger!
dae_giovanni
Foxstar Sixtail
Posted 4:05 AM 2/10/08
@Shiryu:AM2 is still in ruins isn't it? After Namco's latest efforts, do you really want them doing any more Nintendo's titles?
Foxstar Sixtail
Foxstar Sixtail
Posted 4:03 AM 2/10/08
@TraeGenius:So you hate Nintendo for releasing stuff you don't have to buy and most of it being plastic shells that you again do not need? Get out.
Foxstar Sixtail
JGab
Posted 4:39 AM 2/10/08
So I guess I'll be staying up for an hour or so. Only 8 hours- oh wait...mountain time...
stupid time zones, making me do math...
JGab
anabbeynormality
Posted 6:47 AM 2/10/08
I hope it's going to be a Wii storage solution. They've been saying that they're working on it and the backlash from E3 might have shifted it to the priority list.
anabbeynormality
popadophalis
Posted 7:31 AM 2/10/08
"I've been saying since before E3 that Nintendo is relying more on accessories than platform prices and games to sell their Wii." Funny that because I've been saying that you base your thoughts upon instincts rather than actual analysis.
popadophalis
kirstpo
Posted 1:29 PM 2/10/08
I absolutely hate Nintendo's push for crappy accessories. We want better games and a firmware update to allow direct reading and writing of game data from SD cards. I don't want to buy an add-on hard drive when a storage option is already readily available.
kirstpo