• Nintendo DS Lite - 157,435
• Wii - 73,919
• PSP - 38,305
• PlayStation 2 - 16,316
• PLAYSTATION 3 - 11,914
• Xbox 360 - 3,154
• Game Boy micro - 377
• Game Boy Advance SP - 179

Overall, much money was exchanged between Japanese gamers and retailers. We'll see how long this Super Robot Wars sales explosion lasts and how long it will help shift Sony hardware starting next week.

Media Create Weekly Sales

While that may sound like one of the silliest, least grounded in reality rumors you may have heard in at least a week—why redesign one of the hottest pieces of electronics while the company is struggling to meet demand?—this one has a dash of sense to it. According to Portable Video Gamer's translation of the Gamelabo story, Nintendo is simply looking to tailor its hardware to the older set. That means bigger, more visible buttons and a larger screen.

If that's the case, I would suggest a pill holder attachment and First Alert hardware integration. Gamers fall down and can't get up to, you know. Michael McWhertor

Nintendo rumored to be working on new DS hardware [Portable Video Gamer via Game|Life]

• DS Lite - 285,123
• Wii - 101,320
• PSP - 35,172
• PlayStation 2 - 14,815
• PLAYSTATION 3 - 12,974
• Xbox 360 - 3,205
• GameCube - 394
• Game Boy micro - 340
• Game Boy Advance SP - 302

The best news? An (arguably valid) excuse to post my zombie GameCube Photoshop creation which makes this Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart post my personal favorite. Michael McWhertor

A Kotaku reader who barely escaped with his life from Nintendo World yesterday wrote in to regale us with his harrowing tale. Take it away, Jeremy:

Picked up my DS Lite at the Nintendo World (NYC) this afternoon. They had approximately 1.2 bajillion of them, no shortage in sight. Walked a few blocks, sat down, and turned it on. A dead pixel! A few hours later, walk back to the store to exchange it...the helpful employee begins the exchange process, and a manager type fellow walks over. They look at each other, he in hushed tones asks, "Another one", to which was replied, "Uh huh", to which both rolled eyes and shook their heads. None of my probing could get an answer other than "I plead the fifth". Seems like this may be a more serious problem.

Now, were they rudely catting about our dear reader's justifiable request for a new DS, having dealt with general retail annoyances all day, or were they referring to a more serious dead pixel problem? Weigh in, commentors, who's got dead pixels on their Lites? Eliza Gauger

Contest [Kotaku]

Here's what Nintendo's DS Lite looks like from the inside out. Note the ruler next to the handheld? That should give you a better idea of what you'll get your hands on.

Thanks Sinner.

So this is what the Nintendo DS Lite looks like the morning after. There's a couple more candids after the fold.

Thanks for the pics, Ben.

We've got the DS Lite Instruction Manual
Pic: Under the DS Lite's Hood

The above image is very likely just someone doing wonderful things with Photoshop and not an official Nintendo image. But that's the kind of DS Lite I want to get my hands on.

Possible Black DS Lite [Tranism]