I owe a guy back in the original widescreen DS thread five bucks. His speculation that NIS America just widened out a DS background because they didn't want to resize their art while photoshopping the original ad turned out to be hilariously right. Joystiq asked NIS what was up with the image that started the widescreen DS rumor:
"We placed screenshots on a DS backing to emphasize the platform, and edited them for effect," explained NISA marketing swami, Nao Zook. "These games are specifically for the current Nintendo DS, and as far as we know, there is no 'widescreen DS' in the works." She offered apologies for any confusion or elevated hopes the ad might have caused, adding, "we also agree that a widescreen DS would be really cool."Nice of NIS to step in to definitively explain the rumor once and for all. Now we can go back to being paranoid about Nintendo releasing a new weird slimline DS that won't play GBA games anymore!
