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New Nintendo DS announced : DS Lite

by Steven Williamson on 26 January 2006, 09:42

Tags: Nintendo DS, Nintendo (TYO:7974), DS

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DS Lite arrives



Initial rumours of the Nintendo DS re-design were quashed last week by a spokesperson who said, "Clearly, Nintendo DS continues to be one of the most popular and talked-about video game systems available. Through 2005, some 13 million units have sold worldwide. Nintendo is always looking for ways to improve its games and systems, but we have nothing to announce at this time."

However, Nintendo have today revealed that the rumoured re-designed version is a reality, the 'DS Lite' will arrive in Japan on March 2nd. The handheld will be a more compact version of the Nintendo DS.

The 'DS Lite' measures in at a snug 133mm wide, 73.9mm high and 21.5mm deep. This means that the new system will be almost half the size of the original. It weighs in at a lightweight 215g, the original weighed 275g.



The new design appears to mainly cosmetic, there will be a new brightness feature which allows the user to change between four different levels of brightness. There appears to be no other information as to any other changes, although the power button is not visible anymore and the microphone has moved to the hinge between the two screens.

The 'DS Lite' will retail at 16,800 Yen, which equates to approximately 118 Euro, slightly higher than the existing DS.

The sales figures for Nintedo DS speak for themselves, Nintendo have sold approximately 3.5 million units in Europe, 4 million units in North America and 5 million units in Japan. Last week shares rose in Nintendo by 6.5%, this was said to be due to the hype surrounding the Revolution launch. The sale of the 'DS Lite' will bolster the Japanese firm's coffers nicely.


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Bastards, means Ill have to buy one of these too.
The new one actually looks nice, looks like they have spent longer than 2 minutes designing how it looks.
Oh great, yet another white plastic gadget…..thanks Apple ;)
The only thing nintendo can do these days is repackage and remake everything. They bundle killer apps just to sell the console


Every single hit game that has been released by Nintendo has been released at least twice with little or no improvements.

Zelda Ocarina of Time –> Zelda Master Quest
Super Mario Brothers –> Super Mario All Stars –> Super Mario Advanced 1 & 2 & 3
Mario Party 1-5
Mario 64 –> Super mario DS
Mario kart double dash –> Mario kart for the DS

Just look at the gameboy…
GBA was released THREE times (GBA/GBASP/GBAM)
GB was released TWICE (Regular/Pocket)
SNES was released twice


The list goes on…
Gameboy was 3 times original, pocket and color pocket.