...I've got an off-site blog (Some Videogame Blog) where I've been posting things pretty consistently. If you like what I've been doing here, then be sure to check it out. There's plenty of exclusive stuff there (First-person Tetris, and a story on Nintendo having supposedly passed on Natal, to name a few).

I'll still post blogs here, though, so it's not like I'm leaving or anything. Just figured I'd bring it for anyone who cares.

Oh, and one more thing: I got a PlayStation 3. My PSN ID is c_rake. Feel free to add me if you wish, but be sure to post your PSN ID in the comments so I'll know who you are. I'll probably post a blog containing my thoughts on the numerous games I bought for it sometime soon (assuming I can pull myself away from the system long enough to write something), so look out for that.

Seems like there's always someone claiming something about a new handheld system on the way. The past couple years have seen numerous PSP 2 rumors (all of which were proved false, by the way), as well hardware revisions for both the aforesaid PSP and DS (most of which were true).

Now, since details of the DS' successor leaked out, and were since claimed false, analysts -- more specifically, an analyst -- has now speculated that a "DS2" will be announced this year and subsequently released in 2011.

The (somewhat) crazy prediction comes from EEDAR's Jesse Divnich, who, like every other analyst out there, is known for making predictions that seldom come true. He believes the DS' successor will be coming next year because he believes Nintendo will want to beat any possible competitors to the market, much like they did with the DS.

Normally this is where I would start going on about how he's wrong and why, but it's hard to say for sure if he is or not, as it could go either way.

Sure, the recent NPD numbers for all of 2009 was topped by the DS with over 11,185,400 units sold in the U.S. alone, but they've also revised the system twice with only a year separating the two revisions, both or which, I suspect, were made to keep sales up by making everyone buy yet another revision. And that to me says that they're struggling with sales somewhere. I mean, if they weren't, then why keep releasing new versions of the same system?

Though on the other hand, the DSi LL (or XL as it to be known outside Japan) was released only a couple months ago, with it still on the way to other territories, and it'd be waste to release it only to come out with a new system that would no doubt steal away sales from the new revision.

Besides, after all the money the populace has spent on DS', I doubt most of their target audience would be thriled to find out that a new system is on the market.

What do you all think? Think this guy is right about the DS' successor? Or he is just some crackpot making crazy predictions? Post your thoughts below.

And those games are:

• Metroid Prime Trilogy (which is kinda old news now, since it was announced earlier)
• Mario Strikers Charged
• Battalion Wars 2, and
• Wario Land Shake It

The reason? I don't know. But I'm assuming it's because they weren't selling too well (except in the case Metroid which was already stated to be limited time offer), which probably could have easily been remedied if they had dropped the price on them -- assuming they hadn't already done so, of course (and knowing Nintendo, they probably didn't).

Though this does make me worry. I mean, what if this is just the start? What if they start discontinuing their other older titles? I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd rather not have to start scouring ebay just because the discontinuation made certain games next to impossible to find. Those games are pricey there!

So anyway, if any of you were ever planing on getting those titles, you may want to hurry. Supplies are (probably) limited, so act now!

[GameSpot forums via GoNintendo]