EEDAR game industry analyst recently reported that Nintendo may announce in the 2010 Tokyo Game Show DS2, and next spring before the sale.

Although the Nintendo DS handheld series history in 2009, won the best sales performance, but to maintain market leadership position and attract third-party game developers, Nintendo is likely to release this year DS2.

EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich said Nintendo in the handheld market, has repeatedly faced with competition from various opponents, but still has been dominated leadership. To promote its rapid update hardware, the most important reason is that not to leave any opportunity to competitors.

For example the last time the upgrade from the GBA to the DS, Nintendo than the industry anticipated a year earlier, it is the most prudent strategy for the Sony PSP could not take the opportunity to seize the market.

In addition, the new Nintendo handheld will also help to resist the impact of piracy, and third-party game developers to bring back the handheld market.

As the DSi’s anti-piracy mechanism will soon be cracked, blow to the confidence of many publishers. Including Sega, Capcom, and Ubisoft, many publishers have indicated that they would consider reducing the scale of investment in the Nintendo platform.

Last week, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot publicly stated that DS game market in 2009 due to to shrink its casual game sales fell 50 percent, so in 2010 they will pay more attention to Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms.

If Nintendo can quickly deliver next-generation handheld, game developers may be able to restore the enthusiasm, and ahead of Sony’s PSP successor models occupying the market before, launch the mainstream market.