New DS Lites add color to Black Friday

by Chris Greenhough { Oct 28th 2008 at 2:00PM }

In 2007, Sears offered ravenous Black Friday shoppers a pink Nintendogs Lite and an eye-catching gold Phantom Hourglass console.

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?

Gallery: Limited Edition Lites: A History of Sadness

[Via Kotaku]

Tags: brain-age, bundle, hardware, ice-blue, limited-edition, mario, new-super-mario-bros, nsmb, red, sears

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.