Considering a DS Lite?

Check out our buddies at Gadget Madness where they list 13 noticable differences between the DS Phat and the DS Lite.

Looks like he got most everything. Well, he could have compared it to a ham sandwich and then told us what tastes better with mustard, but this isn’t a perfect world.


Look away! Look away! I’m hideous!

Not to me you aren’t. Check out this sweet post from the boys over at Console Conspiracies. They found a great site where someone has taken a DS Lite and disassembled it. As they said in the article “A warning to those portable gamers who are weak in the stomach (yeah you know who you [...]


DS Lite

According to a Nintendo of Japan official Press Release (and a b0rked translation via Google), the DS Lite should be sprung upon Japan on March 2nd of this year. With a retail price of 16,800 yen (approx $145 USD), the DS Lite will be in the same price range as the current model.
Even though this [...]


Trojan for the DS

Next time you boot up that new firmware or that DS game you “borrowed” from the internet beware! It might be the newest Trojan to hit the DS. Check out this article from the dudes over at hackaday for more information. Looks like this sucker will do the following to your DS:
* erase XG flash [...]


DS Wi-Fi Cracked

Hey you all remember there are other handheld consoles out there, right? Check out this cool little article about how people are gradually figuring out the Wi-Fi on the DS. And in fact there is currently a 2,000 dollar + bounty to the person who cracks the DS Wi-Fi code. Awesome!


DS Bundled with Metroid? Again?

So we hear that the full version of Metroid Prime: Hunters is being prepped to be bundled with the Nintendo DS when the game launches. I know, it’s just hearsay for the time being. Let’s have fun and speculate that it won’t just be bundled with any DS, but rather a limited edition colored DS. [...]


More. Blue. Nintendo DS.

We are at the brinks of an onslaught of colorful and limited Nintendo DS systems. And it’s about time! We see here a dark (I prefer deep) blue unit that is a limited release for Pokemon Park.
This is an expected, and accepted, Nintendo practice. We support it. We’re such lemmings.
[Pokemon Park PR via Gizmodo]


Black and White DS Systems Ship Today in Japan

Some good news for those who don’t want PSP news today. Japan is launching the black and white versions of the Nintendo DS. Something sexy about the white DS with its white buttons. The black on black model is some kind of wonderful too.
Here are some pics to oogle. They look nice enough to make [...]


Black DS, White DS, Pink DS, Blue DS, Oh My!

For all who remember, and wanted, the black Nintendo DS we previously mentioned, Nintendo has listened and granted your wishes by coming out with the black DS AND three additional colors. Sadly, these will only be available in Japan. But we’re sure NoA will most likely follow suit with some of the colors in the [...]


Nintendo DS: Back In Black

We’re sorry to report that Nintendo will not deliver a black christmas this year, but they have given us hope by providing pictures of a future Black Nintendo DS. There has yet to be a Nintendo system that hasn’t come out in different colored variations since the GameBoy Pocket, so those that are anti-silver don’t [...]