a couple of weeks ago, Hong Kong based online retailer Lik-Sang claimed that Nintendo planned to announce a redesigned Nintendo DS on January 16th, 2005. this claim was met with denials from Nintendo's American & European branches.
NOA: "we have nothing to announce at this time."
http://ds.ign.com/articles/681/681200p1.html
NOE: "pure rumour and speculation."
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/16/ni...s-ds-redesign/
January 16th passed uneventfully. 10 days later, this popped up on Nintendo Of Japan's website:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/news/060126.html
Lik-Sang got ONE DIGIT wrong in their date. the announcement happened on January 26th, rather than January 16th.
note to Nintendo: nice move, slick. way to piss off the customers who went ahead & bought the old design between the 16th and the 26th, based on your official "a sexier new model is not going to be announced soon" bullshitz.
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