DS Lite £99.99, June 23 in Europe

Nintendo's new handheld available in black and white in Europe from the end of next month.

Nintendo has announced that the DS Lite will be available in Europe from June 23 at an estimated retail price of £99.99 ($188), inclusive of VAT, in the UK, and 149.99 euros in Europe. The console will be available in both white and black, with the latter colour exclusive to the territory.

The new console is two-thirds the size of the original Nintendo DS and is designed to be a premium version of the company's £90 ($169) console. It retains all the same features as the original, including touch-screen technology, Wi-Fi capability, and GBA compatibility, but also introduces a number of design changes. The screens now have four adjustable backlight settings and are much brighter than before, the stylus is longer and thicker, and the console weighs 60g less than before.

Nintendo has also announced the games that will be available around the console's launch. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? will arrive on June 9, Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends Edition on June 16, New Super Mario Bros. on June 30, and Electroplankton on July 7.

146 Comments

  • danrawlings

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 9:39 am PT

    my god ma m8 has one it is relly the same as the other one and the lighting is relly annoyin and the touch screen dont work as well as the old one yer it looks noce but i think the old one looks better and the screen is bigger on the old one wht a waste of time if they are botherin to get a new console make it better than the ds even though tht is hard

  • biker_86

    Posted Jun 17, 2006 11:24 am PT

    Ah man, im really tempted but what the hell do we do if we've already got one? I know Game will give you 40 quid if you trade it in so you can get a new Lite for 59.99.....but that still means weve paid £150.00 for a handheld Nintendo should have released in the first place. Obviously if you want to upgrade its your choice, but if people keep buying the latest one at Nintendos beck and call, imagine the future? 2008 - New console........2009 - Same console re-released, this time with the power button supplied

  • 862

    Posted May 30, 2006 11:31 am PT

    looks quite nice, shame it hasnt got the graphical capabilities of the psp, then it would be the best machine ever! but ach well is good enough and looks lke a beautiful woman

  • Megaschmo

    Posted May 28, 2006 5:10 am PT

    w00t! We get the Black DS Lite - the colour I wanted from the start! At last, Europe is actually getting something games related better than America! Unfortunately, we also get a £30 price increase, and have to wait 12 days longer to get it..Still it's all worth it for the Black!

  • peter_kay666

    Posted May 27, 2006 1:21 pm PT

    If anyone lives near a GAME store (the company) their doing a deal "trade in your old DS and get the DS lite for £59.99"

    Quite reasonable I think

  • kukukuk

    Posted May 27, 2006 7:34 am PT

    i hate when ppl say PSP is going to die. i love my psp more and more everyday. i am getting a ds lite to jump into the nintendo market for the first time in..... (when did GBA SP come out? that is the time) and for the second time when the wii comes out. i still love the PSP though!

  • badboy1991

    Posted May 27, 2006 4:09 am PT

    PSP rules

  • jedimastergerco

    Posted May 26, 2006 2:32 pm PT

    why did they not created the lite at first its much niceer and wel just niceer nintendo always does this just watch the game boy:gameboy-gameboy pocket-gameboy coler-gameboy advance-gameboy anvance sp-gameboy advance micro-ds-ds lite i just dont get it

  • Infernoply

    Posted May 26, 2006 10:41 am PT

    does any1 think it is worth trading in my original ds for £30 then getting the lite?

  • Scottman2005

    Posted May 26, 2006 7:42 am PT

    Great price. I thought it would be more expensive!

  • fingolfin92

    Posted May 26, 2006 3:06 am PT

    ugh, i just bought a ds *d'oh*

  • 00Rambol00

    Posted May 25, 2006 4:10 pm PT

    yes am glad that i bloody waited

  • Laxe84

    Posted May 25, 2006 3:12 pm PT

    Pre-ordered mine at HMV today. They said I was the first one to do so but you never can tell since they've just started advertising the LITE in the UK. To be safe though pre-order asap guys.

  • Jshaw71

    Posted May 25, 2006 11:35 am PT

    with starfox ds around the corner? woot, time for me to invest in a ds... again

  • J-X

    Posted May 25, 2006 11:01 am PT

    Hoho, black!

  • Jin66

    Posted May 25, 2006 7:21 am PT

    On the Australian website for nintendo it says DS lite is coming out June 1st.

  • alonso_14

    Posted May 24, 2006 2:19 pm PT

    Im gettin it in white so it matches wid my white psp and soon my white wii lol

  • super-lukaz

    Posted May 24, 2006 9:33 am PT

    i doubt it, you can change the language cant you

  • wkdwill1

    Posted May 24, 2006 7:31 am PT

    Are the DS lites currently for sale on some websites the same as the ones being released soon in uk/usa etc?

    If I bought one off ebay now would it work ok with uk games, or would there be language problems?

    please help answer this question lol!

  • -Antero

    Posted May 24, 2006 6:44 am PT

    Oh yea. I'll be picking one up with New Mario Bros. on 30th June

  • derangedphoenix

    Posted May 23, 2006 3:01 pm PT

    Hold on... I've got an original DS so why am I pre-ordering a DS Lite? Why aren't a buying a PSP? LOL JOKING. I don't believe you actually thought I wanted a PSP. Anyway, white or black or white or black. I guess the black one shows that the DS can be as sexy as the black PSP but with the white PSPs coming in, maybe the white one would be more up to date and could go more nicely with my Mac and...

    I think I should save up for the Wii first and then buy the DS Lite after they've pre-ordered the Wii

  • AshOMEN

    Posted May 23, 2006 2:34 pm PT

    Very nice ill get one cos my ds is really beaton i hope ds lite has a stronger toutch screen ill get in black

  • madstephen1982

    Posted May 23, 2006 2:12 pm PT

    Finally a release date! sooner than i thought . All the more sweeter it is.

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted May 23, 2006 11:54 am PT

    Cool, everything looks good in black. I want the enamel blue one though.

  • deanimate

    Posted May 23, 2006 10:04 am PT

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  • deanimate

    Posted May 23, 2006 9:11 am PT

    :

    zxda
    Yay!.............. i m broke.


    LMAO! nicely done sir

  • Poogmeister

    Posted May 23, 2006 8:34 am PT

    I want to see a pic of the black DS :S

  • zxda

    Posted May 23, 2006 8:31 am PT

    Yay!.............. i m broke.

  • Shuzen

    Posted May 23, 2006 8:18 am PT

    great am going to get the ds black lite

  • smackbang

    Posted May 23, 2006 8:09 am PT

    Thank God i've been wanting one for ages.

  • andersalsen

    Posted May 23, 2006 7:18 am PT

    Whoho! I think it's time to buy a DS. I almost bought one last fall, but when I heard about the Lite I thought I wait a while, and now, finally!
    With the New Super Mario Bros. coming out a few days later, this will be like christmas in the summer!

  • wheezecheeze

    Posted May 23, 2006 6:49 am PT

    Will there be a huge demand in the UK for the DS LITE and will it sell out first day?

  • CLeRKSfan4life

    Posted May 23, 2006 5:02 am PT

    I'm definately getting a DS Lite!
    I already have a DS but the new version looks so cool. I'm gonna get it in black for when I get a black Wii!

  • LCY

    Posted May 23, 2006 4:38 am PT

    I would hold on to it, cuz its really expensive for an expansion

  • kekejefferis

    Posted May 23, 2006 1:32 am PT

    mmm black might get one of those.

  • b_drury

    Posted May 23, 2006 12:24 am PT

    Fantastic price! I will be buying one and yes, I do live in the UK!

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted May 22, 2006 11:11 pm PT

    Great news it is out in Australia at the same time and cheaper than in Europe.

  • Doomsday_One

    Posted May 22, 2006 10:59 pm PT

    It had to be released on my birthday, didn't it?
    Why not sooner? Sigh...

  • Articuno76

    Posted May 22, 2006 10:42 pm PT

    good pricing, and YES NA gets stiffed for once, TAKE THAT! (adds another tick to the list next to Shenmue 2 for Dreamcast...)

  • deanimate

    Posted May 22, 2006 6:45 pm PT

    ever since i found out about new super mario bros and yoshis island 2 (which was about a week ago) ive decided that a DS looks a pretty sweet option. plus after seeing the comparison between old and lite DS i can see its well worth getting the lite......OUFFFFF!!!!

  • dsmen

    Posted May 22, 2006 6:44 pm PT

    that what i want to hear.

  • pepechidoone

    Posted May 22, 2006 5:53 pm PT

    it is a really nice price

  • dhmy2kgto

    Posted May 22, 2006 5:35 pm PT

    Wow interesting

  • mgsseries4life

    Posted May 22, 2006 4:41 pm PT

    yo don't make me laugh, PSP is superiour than the DS in every single thing. actually, we can't even comare them. It's like Ferrari with Hondai.

  • toyzer

    Posted May 22, 2006 4:18 pm PT

    I had my white DS Lite since the Japan launch, got mine imported but now I wished I had it in black. Oh well.

  • DefunctDave

    Posted May 22, 2006 4:11 pm PT

    I plan on giving my mum my old DS with Tetris and Train your brain, she'll like that, then get myself a white DS, actually...I think I'll wait and see which I like best, I thought the blue one was kinda cool.

  • Alejandro206

    Posted May 22, 2006 3:59 pm PT

    thats great

  • mccoy26

    Posted May 22, 2006 3:56 pm PT

    I dunno why the heck the price tag is always so much more over in Europe. But the DS lite is a great system to purchase. And the lineup of new games coming out are going to make it a hit.

    Bub-bye Sony PSP. Your system is going down the tube.

  • Shingo

    Posted May 22, 2006 3:40 pm PT

    Yes! Black! Sucks for europe though how everything is such a rip-off. I wonder if importing a black Lite would be as much as buying one there.

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