Rumor: Next DS to feature built-in camera and mp3 player

Nintendo may have been bluffing when the company stated that a DS redesign wasn’t in the works. Japanese newspaper Nikkei has reported that Nintendo is working on a DS redesign that will hit Japan before the end of 2008. Supposed new features referenced in the Nikkei story include a camera, increased Wi-Fi abilities and the ability to play music. The alleged price for the system remake will be around 20,000 yen/$188.

There are also more possible features. NeoGAF and Wired reported that Monex briefly ran a version of the Nikkei story which also claimed that the retooled DS will share information with Wii units by using an SD card and have bigger screens than the existing models…