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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. Sex by The+Only+Druid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    See, now I might pick one of these up to complement my PSP. One of the things that kept me from getting a DS was how big and clunky it looked. I'm starting to think that Nintendo intentionally de-sexys their first version of any portable, so they can release a hotter version a year later.

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  3. Nitendo's press release. by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Their press release can be found here.

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  4. Finally! by Tenken · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm an unabashed Nintendo fanboy, but I have to admit the DS struck me cold at first. Now that the DS has a far better game selection than the PSP, a lineup which is only getting stronger, it's a perfect time to catch all those hesitant buyers like myself. The PSP seems to be intent on being a media platform and not a game console, and this redesign will only help Nintendo cement their portable superiority.

  5. 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.

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

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