New DS Lites add color to Black Friday
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Oct 28th 2008 at 2:00PM }
This year, to help you forget the fact that you're not rich enough to import a DSi, two further hardware bundles will be made available: an Ice Blue Lite with Brain Age and a case that looks like a Filofax, and a Mario Red model with an "M" stamped on it that ships with New Super Mario Bros., both priced at $149.99. It prints money, etc. If you take away that "M," these are basically two of Nintendo's newest European Lites. We admit to harboring mixed feelings about the "M." Would anyone else just prefer the plain red Lite?
[Via Kotaku]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Josh @ Oct 28th 2008 2:18PM
Where's navy?
supa_s @ Oct 28th 2008 2:26PM
150 pounds or dollars?
darksage @ Oct 28th 2008 2:39PM
dollars i think
Zealot @ Oct 28th 2008 3:01PM
I've never understood the logos. Any time the DS is turned on, anyone looking at the logo sees it upside down. People seeing someone playing that Mario DS in public are going to wonder what's up with the big red W on the top screen.
Colinohyeah17 @ Oct 28th 2008 4:07PM
Works for me, last name starts with W. But yeah I understand what you're saying. It's probably because all ds ads have the ds closed except when they play them of course.......
aj @ Oct 28th 2008 5:24PM
Just say it's an Oliver Stone movie tie-in Nintendo DS.
I've not seen "W" yet, but I'm sure George W. Bush plays a Nintendo DS at some point in the film.
Zealot @ Oct 28th 2008 5:31PM
Funny, I almost said it looked like it could have been Republican National Convention swag if the DS had been out during the 2004 campaign.
Shame for Nintendo that they don't have a first-party franchise that has a circle as its logo (Pokeball comes close, but...). Paste an O on a blue DS and it would sell bucketloads.
Eric @ Oct 28th 2008 9:44PM
Computers usually have the logo oriented to be "correct" when viewed from behind... at least Apple and Dell are, but I imagine most (if not all) other companies do the same.
aj @ Oct 29th 2008 3:15AM
Wouldn't it have to be an "O" on a black DS?
Or at least a half black, half white DS?
Oh yeah. I went there.
Serenity @ Oct 28th 2008 4:38PM
Actually the M is almost convincing me to get that one... Then again I already have an onyx and I gave in to the zelda DS so maybe not =S
Naiyeli @ Oct 28th 2008 5:11PM
Those bastards! Now I need to get the Euro green to have something the US doesn't (which I wanted anyway > >; )
TheOverlord#2 @ Oct 28th 2008 6:39PM
DO WANT!(THOUGH NEEDS MONEY)
And yes, the Mario Logo looks good.
Alana @ Oct 28th 2008 8:33PM
Oh, settle down. It's just an M.
Mike @ Oct 28th 2008 11:33PM
Damn it!
Where's my lime green Lite? The only color that I want is halfway across the world.
(Yes, I can import, but I don't know if I want it that badly).
zacka537 @ Oct 28th 2008 11:55PM
Mario is my god o_O plus I dont have a lite, if the "M" lite doesnt come with NSMB (WHICH I ALREADY HAVE) I might get.
religiousjedi @ Oct 29th 2008 1:57AM
If I said that M makes it look sexier...should I check myself in?
Jedi_Liz @ Oct 30th 2008 12:42PM
where is a lavender purple color? I'd love the red one with an M, even though i have two DSs (a red phat original and a Coral Pink DS Lite) but I don't really want the game......and I already have Brain Age, so I can't get the ice blue one.
Sonic @ Oct 30th 2008 5:04PM
Already have a plain red DS.
Kirby @ Oct 31st 2008 1:09PM
cool