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More DS2 Rumors Emerge from GDC

There had been a few Nintendo DS successor rumors leading up to GDC this week, and now even more (unconfirmed!) details have emerged from various anonymous sources from the conference. Raymond Padilla reports (via Shacknews) that from the information he gathered at GDC, the DS2 will have a built-in accelerometer, power similar to a GameCube, and may even be out by the end of the year.

According to Padilla's info, the DS2 will, naturally, also have two screens. But they'll be larger, higher resolution, and the gap between the two screens will be much smaller compared to the DS, so they could be used as one large screen.

Padilla also reports that the "dev kit is similar in power to the GameCube," although it's not clear if that means the graphics can be expected to be at the GameCube level as well (which, let's be honest, would mean DS2 visuals would even be pretty close to Wii visuals, too). This also means that developers will reportedly find the system easy to developer for, as the "people familiar with the dev kit made it sound like there wasn't much of a learning curve on the new system."

But perhaps the most exciting info is that these anonymous developers say their games for the system will be finished before the end of the year, meaning it's possible the DS2 itself could be out before year's end.

Keep in mind, though, that none of this is confirmed. But combined with the rumors we've already heard about the DS2 (including that it will supposedly be shown at E3), it certainly all seems likely. Unfortunately, we probably won't know anything for sure until E3 comes around in June.