Roundtable: The Next Game Boy src http://www.nintendojo.com/specials/view_item.php?1152945440 Now that we've gotten our DS lites, we're ready for the next Game Boy. Sure, Electronic Gaming Monthly rumored in its April 2006 issue another DS redesign was coming later this year, but that's not enough. We're looking forward to what may be the headliner of E3 2007: a new, next generation Game Boy.
Well-read Nintendo fans who have kept pace with handheld news are probably aware of Nintendo's strongly asserted stance on the DS: the two-screened handheld is not intended as a replacement for the Game Boy line but is instead a "third pillar" that shares the hardware stage with Nintendo's home consoles and the Game Boys. During E3 2006, even Nintendo President Satoru Iwata firmly reasserted this after an initial comment of his was misinterpreted as the final death knell of the Game Boy series. If that's true, then what will the next Game Boy be? What should it feature? How different should it be from not only the SP, but the DS? How should its design and features compete with the Sony PSP? We consider the possibilities below.
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