• Hey all, due to some issues with false DMCA takedown requests, we've had to remove and censor a few things until the situation is resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience.
  • Be sure to join the discussion on our discord at: Discord.gg/serebii
  • If you're still waiting for the e-mail, be sure to check your junk/spam e-mail folders

5th gen console?

Status
Not open for further replies.
J

jaxonferz

Well-Known Member
first off this isnt a thread about the 5th gen, so no speculating.
anyways i was wondering what everyone thought the new console for the fifth generation will be. i'm thinkin it could be the dsi but i hope not. maybe something a little bit more original maybe. I'm thinkin it could be like a smaller version of the ds, still a touch screen, but with like cartridge slots on the side(idk if theyll make a new cartridge type for the new console, if they make one) but there should be a gba slot still in my opinion or at least a ds slot so that we can still have migrating.

discuss.
 
I'm hoping that it isn't touch screen at all. That whole touch screen thing is nothing but a gimmick, and one that I hope they do away with.
 
Pingouin7 said:
It WILL be the DSi. That you like it or not, it'll be DSi.
Click to expand...

Um no.

Nobody knows for sure, just keep checking the main site, if a new console is announced, Mr. Serebii will tell us.
 
I'd probably say it will be the DSi but we will st be able to play it on the DS and DS Lite. I really hope not though. I enjoy migrating so unless they make one heck of a long region dex with most Pokémon or atleast the lowest form of the Pokémon that aren't legenary then hopefull they will still enable the migrating featue. But yeah they will probably stick with the DS/DS Lite/DSi.
 
Semreth said:
I'm hoping that it isn't touch screen at all. That whole touch screen thing is nothing but a gimmick, and one that I hope they do away with.
Click to expand...

No, you'd be wrong there. It's pretty clear that the touch screen and the advancements for which it has allowed in immersive gameplay is the new standard so far as Nintendo is concerned and will likely carry over in some form to their eventual next handheld.

Too bad so sad.

Pingouin7 said:
It WILL be the DSi. That you like it or not, it'll be DSi.
Click to expand...

That you like it or not, you're throwing a dart at a board divided 50/50 and hoping it hits. In six months Nintendo could announce their next handheld and there goes that theory. Alternatively, Nintendo could have long since determined that practical, consumer-grade handheld technology simply isn't advancing at the exponential rate at which it did over the last decade and therefore they intend to support the DSi (and thus the DS family as a whole) for longer than they have their past handhelds. And to be fair, the DS family has outlived both the Game Boys Color and Advance by a full calender year already - four full years as of this moment as compared to three years each for the GBC and GBA - and that fifth year completes in November or so, which could quietly indicate that indeed the DSi is poised to become their new standardbearer.

Only time will tell, but to proclaim absolutes without any support and without considering the possibilities is simply unwise.
 
The answer?

The next completely new handheld.
 
Yeah I think its gonna be a completely new handheld.. the Dsi isnt really that different from the Ds.
 
Prat said:
the Dsi isnt really that different from the Ds.
Click to expand...

However, the question becomes the one that asks if the next handheld will be that different from the DSi, particularly if it releases in the next year or so. Really, the defining factor is going to be whether Nintendo feels their R&D department can come up with a handheld that is better than the DS Lite/DSi by a significant margin while still maintaining the necessary form factor and price point.

Handheld hardware, as a whole, is getting to the point where only so much more can be added/upgraded as the generations roll on. For example, larger screens could be a possibility, but make them too large and you disrupt the handheld's form factor, introduce a larger drain on the power source and even if the screen is a good inch larger, you run into the fact that even super-duper graphics only look so great on a 4" screen. Similar cases can be made regarding most other elements of a handheld system.

If the aforementioned is not the case - if Nintendo doesn't feel they can produce and market a handheld that is significantly better than what the DSi is and can do - then you may see them treat the DSi as their handheld corner stone and try and push it for another two to three years. What we hear from Nintendo over the next twelve to eighteen months regarding their future handheld projects will tell the tale.
 
i say the dsi, it has higher capabilities than the ds and ds lite, and it has immersive functions too like the cameras and sd card support, so more than likely the dsi...u never know what gamefreak, nintendo, or the pokemon company will do
 
Except that the addition of the touch screen between the GBA and the DS added a lot to Pokémon's core titles. Cameras and SD card support don't really introduce any significant upgrades to the core gameplay of a Pokémon title.
 
BCVM22 said:
Except that the addition of the touch screen between the GBA and the DS added a lot to Pokémon's core titles. Cameras and SD card support don't really introduce any significant upgrades to the core gameplay of a Pokémon title.
Click to expand...

but still, u never know...
 
Eh, you never know. Maybe they'll do what they did in PBR with the Wiimote and allow you to save pokemon teams onto a SD card.

But yeah, the camera is worthless. Unless they make a move like Chatter where a picture attacks.
 
BlitzBlast said:
Eh, you never know. Maybe they'll do what they did in PBR with the Wiimote and allow you to save pokemon teams onto a SD card.
Click to expand...

So you're suggesting they take a portable system and game and make it... different portable? What? I'm not sure there would be any value to that.
 
To be honest I care more about the issue of whether or not there will be a 5th Gen - I hope like crap there will be and Im sure there will be,

I'd rather it be compatible with the DS, I'd hate to have to buy a new console. But I don't care, as long as there is another generation - I will blindly follow.
 
I'd like to jump on the bandwagon of the DSi. Nintendo are heavily implying that they want the DS to stick around. The DSi sooner or later will become a standard and all. It will just take a transition period how their was one for the gb to gbc. And while camera and SD are the only thought advantages of the DSi think again. The extra power boost(4x ram and 2x cpu power I think) will certainly be of use and the extra security settings is something companies would want for their WiFi games. Not making a core Pokemon game on the DSi is not something I can see them do as its basically the gbc for the DS era.
 
i just had a thought, u could use the camera to videochat over wifi with a friend, like how they have voice chat over wifi
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top