Report: Nintendo to Launch New DS Model; Camera, Music Player Included

According to the Japanese newspaper The Nikkei Business Business Daily, Nintendo is set to unveil a new version of its popular Nintendo DS portable gaming device at a news conference on Thursday.

The new version will include better wireless functionality, a built-in camera, and music playback. Nikkei suggests that the camera might be used by certain gaming titles, with pictures taken with it somehow incorporated into gameplay.

Nikkei also suggests the price for the new DS will be less than 20,000 yen, which is slightly less than $189.

The first version of the Nintendo DS first went on sale in 2004. An updated version, the DS Lite, debuted in 2006. Total worldwide sales of the DS products was at 77.5 million units as of the end of June this year.