GDC is over for another year, but the omission of any solid Nintendo news – particularly in the shape of a new handheld console – was not enough for RPAD.tv, who spent the whole show digging for DS2 information from developers.
Nintendo has seeded the DS2 development kit to a few selected companies, including the hardware itself. According to a developer, Nintendo said the hardware was the first version and not final, but he is very impressed with the new controls:
