New DS hitting Japan March 2

OMG, i want it so badly, guess ill not get that PSP after all

OMG, i want it so badly, guess ill not get that PSP after all

Very old news XD

nintendo needs to stop releasing better gear just a few months after the release of the original hardware. it's too frustrating.

I dont have a DS so when the DS Lite comes out I am definitely getting it I saw a light blue one that caught my eye

please please please please be able to play GBA advanced games

y would n e 1 buy a ds it suks PSP #1

I'm going to trade my current DS in for this beauty. It is so sleak.

I think im still going to get the orig. its pretty much the same except the measurements- which doesnt matter to me. The EXACT price is around 141 dollars so its pretty much more money for something that is smaller then the original.

The DS is great, but why do you guys still cling to your GBA games. If you really want to play them, then do so on your original GBAs.

Yet to be clarified, unless nintendo has gone nuts with expantions for the DS it WILLplay GBA games if it has a GBA slot, and i dont care this DS will be able to surf the web and talk live over a chat system. So overall I beilive it will play GBA if it has a GBA slot, and I saw the release date for america is somewhere around spring.

Nintendo pulled a GBA SP on us with the DS!!!! First the gameboy, then gameboy color, then gameboy advance and right after that gameboy advance SP, and now they have a improved version of the DS!!! WHY? who cares if its slimmer? The DS is already extremely portable and already has a bright backlight. It looks like Nintendo took a que from Apple, with the DS lite. its white, shiny, and smooth as botter, just like an iPod. Oh well, i've been loyal to Nintendo since the N64 and I gotta follow them to the end

My hands still cramp when I'm playing my DS... so I won't be planning on getting a smaller one... TOO SMALL!

When they announced the GBA SP that was cool because it was significantly different, but the DS lite just doesn't seem to have a purpose.

I told yall like 90 times it does play gba games. look at the new pictures on ign.com .

it better be able to play game boy advance games. If not why would you pay more for less? Ya it's smaller but the games are what most people would be looking at. The more the better

Cool but pointless

I was thinking about getting a DS, and they come out with this? Nah. I'm getting the Mario Kart bundle. A red DS? Yeah I love red, so it works out.

For those brain-whacked idiots who cry, "OMFG, it's not gonna have backwards GBA compatability!!! *sob*" well, it's time you actually read the article, studied it in full, and stay in school. If you want, I'll just quote it as I see it fit this massacre of incorrect proportions. "One feature that has yet to be clarified is whether the unit will be backward compatible with Game Boy Advance games." What that actually means, in plain English, is that Nintendo has yet to actually spill the beans about backwards GBA compatability. And to the guy/girl who said 1UP already confirmed it, it has to be confirmed on the most--not ALL--major gaming news sites (including our beloved GameSpot) for it to be believeable. Sites like 1UP are third-party in my eyes, which means they would believe anything they marginally see work out for them. Kinda like with all those web comics out there. And if anyone really thinks that I mention web comics to be alike with gaming news sites, you need to wring that brain dry of alcohol and rain clouds.

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I still like my blue DS, lol

the ds sucks compared to psp, no matter how much people say it is, i buy handheld games for car rides jus tthe same as i bought my iPod but the touch screen is so damned awkward so i switched to psp and like mcdonalds says, I'm lovin it, even with the new smaller ds the touchscreen sucks...DS SUCKZORS

Who cares if they have a new design...all the games will still be the same...so those with DS don need to regret,this DS Lite is only lighter and have brighter screens but their functions are the same,and the Lite is only a few grams lighter,its not like its feather light,and the brighter screen isn't much use too,only brighter but who needs a brighter screen,Nintendo is just trying to suck out more money,create so many design like GBA but all play same game.

now i will buy a ds, i didnt like how big it was

I have the Mario Kart DS bundle and I love it. The redesign will have to play gba games and if they are really redesigning it, they should make the gba port to where it will take all gameboy games (I'm talking the original gameboy and gameboy color games) since they won't fit on the current DS. If they address that issue, I will gladly trade in my current DS for a redesigned one.

dose it play gameboy advance games?

y cant they say wen it will be released in europe}:(

im lovin it

i already have a DS, why should i waste my money on some other smaller DS.

Im getting it since PSP costs too much. I knew nintendo would remain my #1 for handhelds. Go Animal Crossing

i really dont care if they scrap the gba port cause i dont have any gba games and they all kinda stink....................i had one and played all the good games so theres no point of putting one in if there just gnuna stop making good games

THE DS IS NOT A CONSOLE! THE PSP IS NOT A CONSOLE! THE TITLE IS PORTABLE PPL!!! PORTABLES!!!

The old DS was one of most successful console released in recent years. DS lite will do so much better now it's a lot smaller than the old one and even the PSP. The DS was already smaller than the PSP, not by little either.

Good news. Making a facelift for a new console is very interesting move. Hope it will be in Europe soon!

The old DS was one of most successful console released in recent years. DS lite will do so much better now it's a lot smaller than the old one and even the PSP.

My ds hinge broke so I might buy a new one if its bc.

i think it is a good change and shold be brought to the US

Kind of annoyed because i bought my DS about a month ago and now a smaller, more light weight DS is coming out. I'll be happy if the new DS doesn't play GBA games because then i won't be annoyed that i didn't wait. I actually think it looks uglier than the original and if they were going to bring out a new version, they could have added more features. Screen brightness... wow :o. I'm blown away.

And now it looks good!!!

ds is already bulky, so i'll buy the new one. brightness feature helps, played castlevania and thought it was too dark.

I've got the original DS and my sister has a GBA SP if it is like them with the brighter screen it will look heaps better. I find GBA games have much brighter and vivid colours than on a GBA.

the first ds sucked and this one will too

cool

Awesome, but I don't really need a DS to play awesome handheld games though. If someone could give me a game that i would die for on this I would buy it. lol

This looks awesome. Much better than the original. I just hope it can play gb games. I think ill get it when pokemon Diamond and Pearl come out.

this is koola nd all but i already hve one and i dont need another one. i dont care how kool it looks or how small mine is good enough.

Why are you moaning? Christ it's not like you have to buy the damn thing. If you haven't got an original DS like me then it's nice to get a lite but if you already have one then why keep complaining just stick to your old one, it's not exactly rocket science just common sense.

It looks exactly the same as the DS. OMG YHEY ITS R OMFG IT SMALER LOOLLOO

why do they didn't get it out before the DS, I don't think is fear.

now...to get white or black...thats the hard part...