Aeolius
Adventurer
Honestly, to do it right, you cannot release a version of D&D for the DS. You could release a game based on D&D, perhaps, but D&D is "bigger" than a handheld device. You might be interested in the iPhone Will Kill D&D thread.
Should D&D's future include an integrated digital element, WoTC would need to stay as divorced from the project as possible. We would need a social networking site that actually lived up to its promises. We would need an integrated character builder, dungeon designer, and virtual tabletop that supported multiple platforms and browsers, as well as prior editions of D&D. Future editions of the manuals should be available in a format equivalent to a PDF, as well as an interactive format that would allow snippets of the manuals to be combined into user-defined booklets. This format should also be readily available to third party publishers, whose offerings should work seamlessly within the above-mentioned applications.
Think ahead to the age of netbooks and color ePaper (the next Kindle). D&D's digital offerings should be as useful to a face-to-face game as they are to a virtual one.
Should D&D's future include an integrated digital element, WoTC would need to stay as divorced from the project as possible. We would need a social networking site that actually lived up to its promises. We would need an integrated character builder, dungeon designer, and virtual tabletop that supported multiple platforms and browsers, as well as prior editions of D&D. Future editions of the manuals should be available in a format equivalent to a PDF, as well as an interactive format that would allow snippets of the manuals to be combined into user-defined booklets. This format should also be readily available to third party publishers, whose offerings should work seamlessly within the above-mentioned applications.
Think ahead to the age of netbooks and color ePaper (the next Kindle). D&D's digital offerings should be as useful to a face-to-face game as they are to a virtual one.