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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. Nintendo: we like Apple by Stan+Vassilev · · Score: 1, Redundant

    How come this is so familiar to the announcements of a new iPod.

    "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."

    Also they prolly were a step away from calling it DS Nano, but they decided to be "original" instead (picking "LITE", which misleadingly suggests cut down features and price, oh well).

    Also see this picture which complements my statement perfectly:

    http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/news/060126.jpg

    iPod for games. Well it's worth trying, that's for sure. Hope it doesn't scratch easily.