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Nintendo "Clearly Denies" New DS Rumor

Since Nintendo absolutely loves releasing an endless stream of its hardware, Enterbrain (Famitsu's parent company) honcho Hirokazu Hamamura hinting that this year's E3 will bring a new DS seems, well, believable. Nintendo says that it's just not so! According to a Nintendo Co., Ltd. mouthpiece:

We cannot comment on the specifics of what will be announced at E3, but at the very least there won't be anything like what Mr. Hamamura suggested, so would like to clearly deny this. We're having a hard time understanding what kind of evidence [Mr. Hamamura] had for saying this.

Hey, this is just like when Nintendo denied the DS Lite and then announced the DS Lite! Lying is bad, kids. No matter what Nintendo does, always tell the truth.
Nintendo Denies [IGN via Go Nintendo]

9:00 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
4,907 views, 79 comments

Latest by Mr.DuckSauce: also, more thinner, i think, but made with stronger material since using the same material but thinner would make the ds more fragile. more »

rumor

New DS Coming To E3 2008?

According to Bloomberg Japan, Enterbrain (Famitsu's parent company) honcho Hirokazu Hamamura has said that Nintendo might unveil a new DS model at E3 2008. While Ash is asleep and our Google Translate only takes us so far, there doesn't appear to be any other information of note other than Nintendo declining to comment on the rumor.

Since it took about two years for the DS to become the DS Lite, the timeline for the DS Lite to become the DS Liter seems right on track. What would you like to see in the updated handheld if Hamamura's prediction comes to fruition?

Nintendo DS possibility of a new version [Bloomberg via NeoGAF]

10:40 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Mark Wilson
10,901 views, 156 comments

only in japan

Pricey Japanese Girl DS Bling

Just look! That's some seriously Japanese girl DS bling. Up top is a &4,830 (US $47.45) custom flower DS jacket. Below? That's a ¥12,810 ($125.85) "love dot" decoration job. Both are featured in the current issue of Koakuma ageha. You can learn all about it here, sparkles and all!
DS Lites in ageha [Patrick Macias]

2:00 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
3,905 views, 18 comments

japan

Men, Women All Love The Nintendo DS

Which handheld is the most popular in Japan? Which one is most popular with men? With women? Questions! Endless!! Net Asia Co., Ltd. polled 401 mobile phone users ranging from 15 to 29 years old. Here's the breakdown by sex:

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10:00 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
4,598 views, 50 comments

oddities

Undiscouraged, Mini Bash Creates Seven Origami Lites

After SOME ADULT upstaged four-year old Mini Bash, he spent the rest of the evening, trying to perfect his origami DS Lite. He noticed mistakes in his design — like the lack of a Dpad. What's more, he selected pink paper to match our pink DS Lite. He made seven total, not including the sheet of paper he tried to color black so he could have a black DS Lite, but then gave up. Not sure why he made seven. Perhaps he thinks if he looks at them all quickly, they'll move. Check back next week when SOME ADULT reads more books than Mini Bash and kicks his ass in counting to ten.

9:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
5,589 views, 102 comments

Latest by Evil Jim: @jayntampa: I meant in my comment that I'd rather see him explore his creativity through his hands like with his DS Lite experimentation than by devoting that time to video games. more »

research

How Much Punishment Can a DS Lite Take?

Hinge cracks aside, things the DS Lite can survive: Being put in a bag with keys and shaken, being dropped on the floor, being tossed from a motorbike, being thrown down the stairs, getting hot tea poured on it, falling two floors. Things the DS Lite cannot survive: Falling three stories, being thrown against the wall and being ripped to pieces. Website Broken Reivew put the DS Lite through a battery of tests, coming to this conclusion: TK. So, remember, it's okay to chuck your DS Lite from a moving vehicle, but don't try ripping it apart. That fucks 'em up.

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4:00 AM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
10,402 views, 80 comments

Latest by gadgetfanatic: @txgb324: You and me both. more »

nintendo ds

This DS Lite Is Rare, Beautiful

Super-influential streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara and Japanese fashion mag Honeyee have teamed up on this very, very limited edition DS Lite. It's got a classy matte black exterior with white body and hinges, and as you can see, kicks the ass of every colour scheme Nintendo currently have on the market. Before you get excited, however, it needs to be repeated that this is limited. How limited? Don't know, further info is forthcoming. It might even just be this one. Needless to say, you'll never own one. More »

1:30 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Luke Plunkett
10,807 views, 89 comments

Latest by maraxusofk: u could probably make that urself though. anyone whos ever painted a gundam hardcore wit an airbrush can do this. more »

japan

The Pink Lite DS Lite Bento

Remember when Japan went bonkers over the DS? Everywhere the handheld was sold out, and if you wanted one, that meant lining up early on a Saturday morning when the new shipments arrived. It got so bad that American DSes had to be re-imported back into to Japan just to satisfy the demand. Let's take a moment and reflect on those madcap crazy days with food! Here's a Noble Pink DS Lite bento. It even says "Sold Out" in Japanese on it. Delicious.
Nintendo DS Bento [Alafista]

1:00 AM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
2,829 views, 24 comments

Latest by zerojad: hum.... looks tasty! :p more »

coolness

DS Lite Cover Made of SNAKE Skin

Plastic DS Lite covers are so pedestrian. Boring, even! Here's a snake skin DS Lite cover. Yes, SNAKE SKIN. And you can even buy it for ¥12,800 (US $120). They really should've called this the DSssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Snake Skin [Mayumi Hasegawa via Gizmodo Japan]

7:00 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
2,683 views, 61 comments

Latest by kNZA: Don't tell Barry White! more »

breaking

It's Official. Nintendo Announces Cobalt/Black DS Lite

Well, those rumors were true. Today Nintendo announced the Cobalt/Black DS Lite, which hits American stores on February 10th. It's the seventh color for the DS Lite has release thus far for the US market, and we are sure it's not the last. Oh yes, there will be more. Many more. Until then, hit the jump for press reading fun! Mmm press releases.

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6:30 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
6,031 views, 53 comments

Latest by mrbeng: Just got my preorder from Best Buy (Canada) Looks nice with the metallic blue finish but still disappointed that the brightness on it is not the same as my Japanese Navy edition. Finish comparison [www.flickr.com] Brightness comparison [www.flickr.com] more »

gossip

Insider Dishes on Cobalt Blue DS Lite

Here's some confirmation for that Cobalt Blue DS Lite rumor. According to a Nintendo insider, warehouse workers just began putting the Cobalt Blue clamshells on within the last day or so. The insider described the color as a "purplish blue" and added that they look "awesome." The unit is the same as the red and black DS Lite (and it does have a power switch!). Our insider didn't have an exact release date, but pointed out that once the packing begins, it's usually somewhere between two weeks and a month before the product hits store shelves. Guess that means mid to late February for the Cobalt Blue DS Lites.

6:40 AM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
4,783 views, 50 comments

Latest by Pair of 2009 Chevrolet Corvettes on Craigslist for $350,000 Each on Winding Road: Just as soon as we stopped worrying about the $100,000 BMW M3 Coupe, we find that an individual is offering two of the three ZR1s he ordered for himself up for a mere $350,000 each. more »

rumor

Cobalt Blue and Black DS Lite On the Way?

Rumors have been flying about for some time that we here in the US would be getting a cobalt blue DS and it looks like they might well turn out to be true. GoNintendo reported seeing a pre-order page on CircuitCity.com displaying a cobalt and black DS Lite similar in style to the red and black that came out not too long ago. The listing has since been removed but the memory of it has DS color junkies champing at the bit. Word on the tubes is that the new color will be landing in the US sometime in the first part of February. Rumor? Fact? Cruel joke? Only time will tell!

3:00 PM on Sun Jan 27 2008
By fdemarco
6,024 views, 116 comments

Latest by crunchbot: Navy blue and black is a major fashion faux pas. what the hell is nintendo thinking? the next ds will have socks and sandals on. more »

nintendo

Wha, People Still Get DS Lite Hinge Cracks?!

DS hinge cracks? That's so 2006. Or is it? In the last day or so, we've gotten emails from readers stating that it is still apparently a problem. Kotaku reader John/RickD39 sent us the above pic, while another reader named Kai had his DS Lite crack for the third time. According to Kai, Nintendo told him it will replace Lite cracks once and have corrected its manufacturing process. We're not sure if these are isolated incidents. Perhaps they are, perhaps they aren't. So! Time for a quick show of hands. Anyone else recently get hinge cracks on newly purchased or fixed DS Lites?

12:00 AM on Thu Jan 17 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
5,063 views, 168 comments

Latest by essko: i got one on my first white one, then a little one on my black and red one, and now i'm just being as careful as i can not to get a crack on my gold zelda one.. more »

music

Utada Hikaru Gets Uncouth, Bites DS

Here's the deal: We like Japanese singer Utada Hikaru (a lot). And she likes the Nintendo DS (a lot). Here's the former NDS campaign girl showing her "true, uncouth nature" and munching on her metallic pink DS Lite. Not much else to add, other than love the hat. That, and let's keep the comments clean, 'mkay? Or else.
Utada Hikaru's Bites DS [U3MUSIC INC, Thanks RB!]

9:00 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
8,627 views, 163 comments

Latest by juiceboxpixels: I hear raw DS is pretty good with soy sauce and wasabi. You need to be a certified chef to prepare it though. Apparently raw pink DS is a delicacy that Utada fancies. Crazy Japanese R&B/pop singers who can stomach DS get more »

marketing

Slimlining as Corporate Phenomenon

This week's Escapist has an interesting little piece on the phenomenon of slimlining - something that Nintendo does with gleeful abandon, Sony has dabbled in, and Microsoft apparently doesn't see the need for. I've never really seen the need to upgrade to the slim versions even when they're offered - I do have one of the slim PS2s, since my original clunky PS2 was abandoned in Taipei, and I'd like a DS Lite, but the old one works fine .... In any case, it's an interesting look at the cycles of slimlining and what it may herald for the future of consoles and handhelds: More »

3:00 PM on Sun Dec 16 2007
By mgreene
6,406 views, 47 comments

Latest by mikomichan: Car makers do something similar, except cars just get bigger each time. more »

kotaku labu

DS Lite or PSP - Which Does Japan Want?

　The holidays are coming up fast, and people need to think about presents! So, people of Japan, which portable game machine do you want: PSP or DS Lite? A year ago, it was really hard to get the DS Lite in Japan. So hard that DS Lites had to be re-imported from America to meet the demand. But now, things have cooled off considerably. The PSP has experienced an upsurge of late thanks to a much overdue redesign. So which one do most Japanese folks want? Cross Marketing poled 300 people to find out. Know: 20 percent were in their teens, 20 percent in their twenties, 20 percent in their thirties, 20 percent in their forties and 20 percent in their fifties. The results:

Nintendo DS 6.7%
Nintendo DS Lite 23.3%
PSP 22.3%
Other 1.7%
Don't want any 46.0%

Adding the regular DS and the Lite gives Nintendo a more sizable lead over Sony. Still nothing like the craziness of last year! Though, impressive showing for the PSP. There is one rational explanation for this dip in demand, you know: Everyone already has a DS.
PSP Challenging [What Japan Thinks] [Image]

12:00 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,897 views, 59 comments

Latest by inphanta: This is another attempt to create a story where there is no story. The DS already dominates Japan and is the handheld of choice for most in that country. Fudging a poorly implemented poll to make it look as if more »

japan

Truly, The Ugliest DS Lite Customized Art

What do you do when you want a Rozen Maiden DS Lite and there is no Rozen Maiden DS Lite? You draw one. That's exactly what this Yahoo Auction seller has done just that. Usually we don't like to post auction items, because we don't want to drive the price up. But, we're pretty confident this post will have no effect whatsoever.
Rozen DS Lite [Yahoo! Auction via Canned Dogs]

11:00 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
15,134 views, 92 comments

it prints money

20 Million DSes Sold in Japan (The Breakdown)

Holy crap, Nintendo has sold a lot of DSes in Japan. How many? A lot. For those of you into frivolous things like numbers, "a lot" comes to the tune of 20 million DS portables according to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain. That's since the handheld went on sale way back in December 2004. Sure, we've heard this before, but Entertain has done the number crunching: The actual breakdown is 6,449,206 original DSes and 13,602,806 DS Lites sold for a grand total of 20,052,012 aka A LOT. The top five games sold are all first party Nintendo titles: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (5,337,424), New Super Mario Bros. (4,894,287), Brain Age 2 (4,731,990), Animal Crossing: Wild World (4,443,340) and Brain Age (3,571,030). So, yeah, the DS it prints money. A LOT.
DS Sales Japan [Famitsu]

2:00 AM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
4,233 views, 67 comments

Latest by Dariendude17: It prints blood! Sweet Precious Blood! Give us MORE!! more »