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Nintendo Announces DS Lite

Posted by samzenpus on from the now-is-it-small-enough dept.

Conradq writes "Via Joystiq: 'Nintendo President Satoru Iwata today announced Nintendo DS Lite, a slimmer version of the best-selling Nintendo DS. Also featuring brighter screens, Nintendo DS Lite will launch in Japan on the 2nd of March. Nintendo DS Lite will be less than two-thirds the size of the original Nintendo DS and more than 20 percent lighter. Nintendo will announce more information about the availability of Nintendo DS Lite in North America and other territories in the future.'" Additional: by Z : Commentary available via Gamasutra, Next Generation, and The Game Chair. A good move, right on the heels of the news that Nintendo's profits more than doubled in Q3 as a result of the DS's sales success, and that they've hit 3 million online connections via their online component. Also, for the record, they snowed us earlier this month.

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  1. Portable? by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    So is this going to be a portable version of the DS? ;-)

  2. Importage by minginqunt · · Score: 5, Funny

    That sound you hear is that of a million DSes being dumped on eBay, followed by hasty Far Eastern importage of the Lite.

    Ooh, it looks like the Nintendo DS and an iPod have had sex babies.

    Nice.

  3. What the Press Release says by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't read Kanji, but my friend does. He said Nintendo specifically mentions a smaller size and easier usability so that more women and seniors buy it.

    That's right. Your grandman's getting a DS.

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  4. Yeah but.... by 8127972 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...... Does it run LINUX?

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  5. Re:Does it support WPA yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do a lot of online banking from you DS do ya?

  6. Re:Does it support WPA yet? by nEoN+nOoDlE · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you read the post? Of course he doesn't do online banking from his DS... it doesn't support WPA yet!

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  7. Diet DS by Drakin030 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then we will have the Diet DS, then the DS Zero, then back to the Classic DS...WELL MAKE MILLIONS!!!!