Nintendo announced today the North American release of the DS Lite. The system will hit stores on June 11 for $129 (expected base unit price) with a Mario bundle possibility. From the release: “On June 11, Nintendo DS Lite joins Nintendo’s video game family when it launches in the Americas. The lighter, brighter version of the hot-selling Nintendo DS is expected to be priced as low as $129.99 at retailers throughout the United States.”
No word on what the original will drop to. So who’s picking this bad boy up? (entire room raises hand)
*Raises both hands**Remembers he is Australian**Lowers hands*
Heyyyy, the article in Gamespot says its $150 same as the old DS before the price drop,…. dont scare me like that my heart almost skipped a beat, jeeshhhh..
Being that this is Nintendo's press release, i'd trust this one.Wonder how long it'll take for the blues to come. Or new colors.
im getting the lite im also like scott getting tired of my old 400lb ds brick. im getting a lite and im gunna make it interact with my wii lter on wooohooooo im excited wiiiii liiiiiite!!!!!lupes85
I'm going to try to hit my local GameSpot today and reserve one! I predict these will sell out almost as fast as in Japan…
(Er… I mean, "GameStop"… no wonder I couldn't get the phone number!)
By the way, does anyone know if it is possible to transfer the Wi-Fi info onto another DS? Is it easy? I would hate to have to start a new town on Animal Crossing just so I can play it on the new DS Lite!
I'm getting it for sure, but if it's $130 instead of $150 that'll just be the icing on a deliciously tiny and bright cake. Let's hope they have plenty of units on that day.
Of course I will get it!!!I broke my old DS's fuse, and I replaced it by a plain wire, so its now risking its life, so I need to buy the Lite if something happens to my old DS.
If they keep selling them, I'm a-guess the old DS will go to $99. Still gonna wait for Wii, though. I'm still holding out hope that the Wii will play DS and GBA carts.If anyone buying a DS Lite wants to just give me their old DS, let me know!
Dang, I thought they would release it the same day as NSMB. Oh well.What color are you guys getting?I was gonna go white, but my wife talked me into black.They are both pretty slick.
InvisibleMan There is a way to transfer your settings from one DS to another, I have heard its a pain but it can be done.You will need to have Wifi and link your DS to your My Nintendo screen name.Instructions are on Nintendo.com
Anyone interested in an old model DS special Zelda Edition, with Resident Evil Deadly Silence for $130.oo , its black in the cover with a Original Zelda ( From 1st zelda game )emblem or cover, a link image in the back and when u open it, a triforce, link holding his sword and where the buttons and the control pad are, theres tiny Links like the first game.Let me know peepsDS ZELDA
Mr I,The old DS won't be 99 cause that would outsell the Lite. They want to replace the old one, so i reckon they'll leave em both at 130, or dock 5-10 bucks off the butch one.The hell do you wanna play DS games on the Wii for? That'd be awkward as hell. Damn near impossible for lotsa games. And i don't see the attraction anyway. Playing a handheld game on a handheld is more appealing to me than playing it on a TV.Wolf,You've seen the black?! Are you dropping a Ninten-bomb?
*SISH* White….*grumble*….I will buy the first one that isn't white unless it's puke green. *grumble*
That looks like a black one in the picture for this post, maybe it is the blue.Ive emailed you a Pic of an Nintendo ad with a Black DS Lite.I didn't know it had not been announced yet.Maybe the ad is a fake?
MMMMm so sexy
Wait, June 11 is a Sunday. Does that mean that it will be released on Tuesday when all the new releases are out? Sunday just seems like a weird day.I can barely wait for the 11th.. a couple more days would kill me!! LoL.
I will check it out but most likely I will wait since my DS Phat is still good!
I got mine (Lite) from Japan. & i cant put it down. i paid a little extra, but it was well worth it.
any word if ds trade has dropped already?
The day before my birthday… What great timing!
Nintendo: They screw up big with home systems but when they do a handheld: SCORE! I've been debating buying a PS2 right now but I think I'll wait and get a Lite instead. I don't even plan on carrying it around to places. I just want to play all of these exciting DS games.
The Aussie release date has been announced, set for June the first! YEah for once Aus gets a console before the U.S :Pnothing for Europeans yet.
I guess I want to play DS games on Wii since I'm a cheap bastard and don't want to buy two Nintendo systems within the same year. Plus, I think it would be do-able with the Wiimote, but seeing the two screens stacked up on a single TV would be a bit small. I never bought the GameBoy adapater for the GameCube, but I figured that since they made one of those they might just make it standard on Wii.
(I still don't see how you would play DS games on the Wii… but stranger things have happened!)Thanks for the tip, Wolf! I do have my DS linked to My Nintendo account, so I'll follow up with their instructions…
yes. can't wait to lose some weight! i hope the NA version has classy packaging like the japanese model.i don't even see a point in selling my existing pure white DS, so i guess i'll keep it? give it to a friend???? who knows!