Dear Reader:
Those sneaky bastards!
Ladies and Gentleman, I (really Nintendo) give you the DS Lite. THIS IS REAL PEOPLE!
Japanese release date: March 2, 2006
Weight: 218g (compare to 275g for the current Nintendo DS)
Dimensions: 133mm x 73.9mm x 21.5mm
Google translation for Nintendo’s Japanese press release
The Nintendo Co. corporation (the Kyoto city Minami Ku: Satoru Iwata president) on March 2nd this year, it hits against, the superior model of portable type video game machine ” ニンテンドー DS ” ” the Ni ン ten ド - the DS Lite ” manufacturer desired retail price 16 and 800 Yen (including tax: Private AC adapter attachment) with we sell.
We started domestic sale on December 2nd of 2004 the ” ニンテンドー DS ” (including tax desired retail price 15, The result and the domestic sum total cell through quantity as for everyone who 000 Yen), the doubles cleanliness and the touch screen, microphone input and wireless communication (local communication and the Wi - Fi communication) et cetera fully loads unique function, is enjoyed the video game from the past of course, until now even one time has not been done the game and receive support even in the customer of many women and senior layer (from the retail store the actual sale quantity to the customer) after the selling within 13 months 5000000 units breaking (most speed in all the video game machines which were sold so far in the country; The MediaCreate corporation) it does to inspect, point in time for the country of of end of 2005 the sale quantity has reached to 5700000.
This corporation sells this time new as for the ” ニンテンドー DS Lite “, the ” ニンテンドー DS ” being unique, as for colorful function by the fact that that way, the substance thin shape is lightened more to raise portable characteristic, it is the superior type which loads the brightness control function of 4 stages whose it is possible furthermore to make the picture bright. (”It is light “, ” it is bright “, we have named ” the Lite ” from meaning.)
As for Nintendo Co., it designates the existence in the portable type game machine market furthermore it is complete & expands the charm corresponding software which you can enjoy to the your wide customer regardless of the presence of age * sex * game experience, not only, with throwing the superior model, this ” ニンテンドー DS Lite “, as more firm ones, actualizes preponderant spread and is defeated.