Nintendo were working on a successor to the DS... but scrapped plans! Full details inside...

Speaking with CNBC, Nintendo's company President Satoru Iwata has revealed that a successor to the DS had been in development within Nintendo, but that the system has since been scrapped - presumably choosing instead to simply update the existing DS design.

Said Iwata:

“In the history of Nintendo there are several such examples. But when we are launching new hardware, the most important is thing is to sustain the momentum. If introducing new hardware won’t do anything to do that, well…"

With the runaway success of the DS, including its recently launched third incarnation the DSi, it is no wonder Nintendo feels secure enough to stick with a brand the company already knows. In two months of release the DSi has sold over two million units in Europe and the US.

Iwata also dismissed the possibility of a Wii price cut to spur sales for the console, stating that the company wished to rely more on a strong games line-up - and presumably that new Wii system colour too!