#and i would really love to own a DSi or its possible alternate cousin

[rednorka]

i conveniently saved this news article about some company doing exactly that!

Granted, it's a prototype and not-so-appealing-looking one at that but at least we know someone is interested in doing it...

Though for me stuff like graphics, sound and target audience were also a thing that interested me in the DS - it wasn't exactly high-resolution but it could do low-poly 3D; it could play streamed audio but most games used sampled audio; it's for both casual and hardcore gamers alike.

These are hard to achieve with a device like this, but I think it would be indeed nice to just have a DS but with better inside specs, maybe extra sensors that were GBA slot accessories before. Something like a 3DS but the kind that's even closer to the DS without losing the technical specs... essentially the alternate continuation of the DS->DSi->3DS ??? route, I guess.

Unironically I think we need just a more powerful DS again. Dual screens fuck. The amount of creativity and interactivity and cool UI that went into DS games is literally unmatched and like those things were tough as fuck too. Please hear my wish. I get that the switch is technically handheld and thus portable but also no it is not that thang is so delicate and lacks the sophistication of just being able to shut it at a moments notice to pause everything without having to hit a pause menu. Does anyone hear me. Hello. Pokémon ranger.