The Pokemon Company May Already Have DS2 Dev Kits

According to CVG, The Pokemon Company could already be tinkering away with development for the DS’s successor and were supposedly the first third party to be offered the kits. However if you are holding out hope that this is the rumoured news that Nintendo will be revealing at their press conferences next week then you mght be disappointed. The source speaking with CVG said “Any kind of March announcement wouldn’t fit with the timeline I understand the second DS to be on,”, he of course is speaking of GDC in March so if it is unlikely to be revealed at that event, next week is most likely out too.

Also the DS is still selling like hot cakes around the world and while that remains true, Nintendo won’t rush to market with any new hardware.

Head inside to read what CVG have to say about DS2.

The rumoured DS2 development kits are in the hands of select developers in Japan – and include a motion-sensing function, CVG can reveal.

The biggest of the firms working with the device is The Pokemon Company, which CVG understands was the first third-party business to be offered the dev kit.

“It’s genuinely the best thing I think I’ve ever worked with,” he said. “I can tell you that it’s got a ’tilt’ function that’s not dissimilar to iPhone, but does a lot more. We know that The Pokemon Company are getting special attention with it.” – CVG’s Industry Source

“Any kind of March announcement wouldn’t fit with the timeline I understand the second DS to be on,” he added.