Nintendo Australia is pleased to announce the new member of the Nintendo DS range, the upgraded Nintendo DS? Lite, will be available in Australia on June 1st, at SRP$199.95.
Nintendo DS Lite, launching in Polar White, features brighter screens, is approximately two-thirds the size of the original Nintendo DS and about 20 percent lighter. It also features a larger stylus and repositioned button layout, all the while maintaining all of the original Nintendo DS features, as well as screen size.
?We love the Nintendo DS and the new experiences it has brought to gaming,? says Rose Lappin, Director of Sales and Marketing. ?the super stylish Nintendo DS Lite adds a touch of class to the unit and the brighter screen is remarkably vibrant. Expect some fantastic software products in the coming months to take advantage of this.?
In Australia, Nintendo DS continues to sell through at a higher rate than all other handheld systems, and remains the best selling handheld console, since its release just over a year ago.
The Nintendo DS Lite has experienced phenomenal success in Japan. Since its launch earlier this year, Nintendo have struggled to keep up with incredibly high consumer demand.
Just a note on this, Australia looks like the first western country to get these Nintendo DS Lite's, mainly due to us being closer to Japan than Europe and America.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/australia-getting-ds-lite-before-ameri…
Someone told me that the battery life is also an improvement, can anyone confirm this?
yah i read that it gan last 5 or more hours than the old DS
Woohoo! All the full-time employees at Firemint/ndWare just scored a shiny, new, BLACK DS Lite for Xmas (along with a copy of Nintendogs).
Just thought I had to share - sweet :)
And you'll be able to play the just announced Dragon Quest IX on it. Yay DS!