Nintendo DS

[Meeptroid]

I was searching around Wikipedia when I noticed the ancient Game & Watch system.

It was kind of neat seeing how similar it resembled the Nintendo DS.

It's seems as if it served as the blueprint for the DS. Who knows, I just thought I'd like to share it with you.

 

Game & Watch

Nintendo DS

[Dillon]

Whoa thats pretty close.

 

Hmmm mabey Nintendo wanted to revamp it?

[Meeptroid]

That's my precise thought, Dillon.

Nintendo, to my knowledge, never stated that it was though. Although the comparison does seem to prove that it is, doesn't it?

[antiaircraft]

Probably they just thought that the old design was good, and they incorporated it into the new one. Although the DS does look shinier... *drools*

[Dillon]

Well the first was like a primitve version of th DS. and mabey Nintendo doesnt want to admit that Game and Watch failed? Possibly.

[Meeptroid]

Well the first was like a primitve version of th DS. and mabey Nintendo doesnt want to admit that Game and Watch failed? Possibly.

 

Could be.

I wouldn't really say that Game & Watch failed, but it did seem rather unknown.

I hardly knew what that thing was a few years ago. I didn't even know where Mr. Game and Watch was from on SSBM.

[Dillon]

I've never heard of it til now.

 

Hmmmm mabey it just faded away.

[Meeptroid]

Either way, Nintendo most certainly used Game & Watch as a blueprint of some sort. Like AA said, they must of thought the design was too good to forget.

[Parshy]

I think the G&W was going to be the same thing as the DS, but with out the Touch-screen Cap.

[smumpkins]

I've never heard of that system before. Kind of strange that I've played all other versions of Nintendo systems, except that one. >_<;;

[Dillon]

Hmm mabey Nintendo is starting a conspiracy against you.

[Shiuze]

I never noticed that! That is so weird! XD

[MOPGhost]

I noticed that since the DS came out. (When I was playing SSBM I said who is the Mr. Game and Watch!? So I search it up.)

[Crusher]

Wow. My guess is that Nintendo's researchers found that the design had been highly liked by a large test group, so they decided to go with some of the ideas. Certainly, the interface is highly advanced for its time on the Game and Watch.

 

Cameron

[ho_yt]

Wow both of them do look similar in many ways, thats very interesting thanks for sharing!!