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Three new colors for the Nintendo DSi LL (the DSi XL overseas) are headed to Japan on June 19th, with the large-sized handheld becoming available in blue, yellow and green. Additionally, the console-maker has announced that the DS family of systems will be seeing a price drop in the land of the rising sun.
The DSi Lite will move from it's 16,800 yen price to an open pricing scheme. The DSi will see a 3,900 yen price drop to 15,000 yen, while the DSi LL will see a 2,000 yen drop to 18,000...
"The new member of the Nintendo DS family is launching in two colours - wine red and dark brown, with a glossy sheen on top and matt finish on the underside that provides excellent grip when resting on a table or other surface during gameplay."
"As we start a new decade, Nintendo has announced that there are now over 40 million Nintendo DS and 20 million Wii consoles being played across Europe. In fact, the Nintendo DS family, including Nintendo DS Lite and the latest addition, Nintendo DSi, has not only sold more than any other videogame console in Europe but it has also seen the fastest growth in European video game console history, reaching this sales figure in less than 5 years."
"And with the new colours comes a series of new benefits including the new Flipnote Studio and Facebook feature pre-installed. The Facebook feature allows users to post their photographic creations straight to their Facebook profile to get the most out of the fun image manipulation tools in the Nintendo DSi Camera. Flipnote Studio enables users to conveniently make notes on their Nintendo DSi or get creative and animate their own mini-movies. Upload and share your creations online via a speci..."
At their keynote at the 2009 GameStop Manager's Conference in Las Vegas yesterday, Nintendo announced a release date for two new DSi colors in North America, a new color for the Wii Remote, Wii MotionPlus, and Nunchuk, and a release date for Wii Fit Plus.
The two new DSi colors to hit North America are white and pink, which will become available at retail on September 13th. Like the black and blue colors, these will retail for $169.99.
This holiday season, NoA will be releasing the bla...
"Nintendo is ramping-up its fight against videogames piracy by expanding its European anti-piracy team and appointing its first European anti-piracy counsel. Neil Boyd, a British citizen, arrives at Nintendo from Warner Brothers, where he was Director, EMEA AP Counsel, responsible for developing and implementing the entertainment group's enforcement strategy to combat piracy of Warner Brothers' film, TV and entertainment content on the internet and in respect of hard goods."
Nintendo of Japan, in a press release today, announced new colors for their current hardware, which will both release in Japan this summer.
The Wii will now see a version in a black color, and will launch on August 1st at the same price of 25,000 yen as a regular white Wii. Additionally, black Wii Remotes, black Nunchuks and the Classic Controller Pro (both black and white) will also go on sale at that time.
The DSi will also see its sixth hardware color, using red. The red DSi will l...