DS Lite Street Date Broken

The_Toad08 writes "Apparently June 11th didn't mean a thing to the Big Box retailers, as the Nintendo DS Lite has been spotted for sale in several of these stores." From Ars Technica's coverage: "After some digging through all the blogs running the story, I discovered it originated from Cheap Ass Gamer, where one of their mods was able to grab a system from Target. There's even a picture of the system next to its US packaging, so this looks legit. Until finding them gets a little bit more widespread though, I wouldn't get your hopes up. Even though I'm lovingly cradling my Enamel Blue DS Liite that I imported, I'm going to hit the streets in a few hours to see if I can't track one down and confirm this, so look for an update to this story." Anybody lucky enough to pick one up yet?

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Re:Kinda dont get it

[mowph]

Like what was the point (other than the shortage of lites they had in Japan) of not releasing them all over?

As someone who lives in Japan, what puzzles me is how they have managed to release them around the world, despite the fact that there is STILL a shortage in Japan. The DS Lite has only occasionally managed to remain on store shelves overnight ever since its release here. If you can somehow locate one, it will still cost you about 20,000 yen, which is considerably more than their MSRP (16,800 yen) -- in many cases for a used system.

For those of you who say that Nintendo only cares about Japan, here's some evidence to the contrary. Well, it also makes cruel business sense. They are going to sell the units in Japan no matter what, but it's more critical to get a few out in other countries to cause people to consider upgrading their normal DSes. Seeing is believing and all.