It was reported last week that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata spoke openly about the features that the successor to the DS will offer. Today Nintendo says he was misinterpreted.

"[It will have] highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing," the executive told Japanese newspaper Asahi .

Speaking to Kotaku, Nintendo’s senior director of corporate communications Charlie Scibetta said, “Mr. Iwata did not make any comments regarding the functions of Nintendo's future hardware systems. The answer to the reporter's question was misinterpreted."

In October last year it was rumoured that Nvidia had been lined up to supply a “Tegra system-on-chip processor” for the successor to the DS. It was also speculated that the new handheld would launch in late 2010, featuring “smarter” graphics and DS backwards compatibility.