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It's coming to the west!

"Following the earlier announcement of the new "DS Lite" revision to the DS hardware, Nintendo's Japanese parent has cleared up a few issues.

Although the product was announced in Japan, with no details given for international market, DS Lite will indeed be released in Europe and America. The company hasn't given a specific release date, only stating that the western markets can expect a release following Spring. This seems to suggest that a simultaneous release with the Japanese version (set for 3/2) is out.

There were also some questions about the fate of the current DS model. In Japan, Nintendo will continue to produce and sell the original model. The price of the original model will remain at its current 15,000 yen, 1,800 yen less than the 16,800 yen new model.

The DS Lite will be initially released to Japan in three colors, Nintendo reveals. In addition to the white color shown in the first pictures of the system, the company will release two yet unannounced colors.

Nintendo expects the DS to continue to perform well this year, both in old and new forms. Referring to the Japanese market, company president Satoru Iwata said to the Japanese press, "Taken as a whole with the current version, we're aiming at total domestic sales of 10,000,000 units not too late in the year." At the end of 2005, the DS had sold 5.7 million units in Japan.

We expect Nintendo's US division to provide further details on the US release of DS Lite in the not-so-distant future. Keep checking back here at IGNDS."

Ok, so far it's only new feature is a 4-level brightness adjustment. I want an updated Picto-Chat that's Wi-Fi enabled. I think Picto-Chat is best suited for Wi-Fi, since the range you need to be in means you could just talk to the person. I think Picto-Chat should get a couple of upgrades anyways. Oh, and GBA backwards compatibility is not confirmed yet. I liked the position of the start and select buttons from the original design and having the power button on the gamepad.

That wouldn't be to hard to upgrade, even for the first DS version. Just release a Firmware update.

eek sweet. i got to get me one of thems.

It's good...I guess. I really don't see the point of it, though.

I think that it just looks too close to the revolution's style