Well, looks like Japan has a very hot limited edition DS....

[Super Mario Fan]

...on the way. Along with a headset, too.

(Taken fromRevo-europe)

First Nintendo of Japan announced the new "Noble Pink" DS for release in July, a sure play towards the DS' impressive pull among women (and very confident men). Then came word that they would be bringing over Europe's sleek "Jet Black" DS in September alongside a slew of games including Tingle's first solo foray and Winning Eleven DS. Now, sandwiched neatly between, Nintendo have announced at a Product Fair that the Land of the Rising DS will be getting a special bundle that includes the hotly anticipated DS remake project Final Fantasy III and a DS Lite emblazoned with iconic FFIII art.



Again, this limited-edition DS Lite will roll out alongside Final Fantasy III in Japan on August 24th. The game is sure to be huge, and this new DS Lite will surely prove to be a hot item come late August. Dedicated fans might be forced to import - no word yet on any similar promotions outside of Japan.

In other news, the Big N revealed a headset was on the way for the dual-screened handheld. Not ground-breaking news, though the included headphones and mic will make voice-chatting on Metroid Prime Hunters and the forthcoming Pokémon Diamond & Pearl easier to use. The headset is coming out on September 24th for the price of 1200 yen (about $10, which will probably cost around the same amount in pounds or euros if it makes it to the West).

Other news tidbits revealed included that Sega was bringing its PSP Brain Training games to the DS. Entitled Nou Nenrei Nou Stress Kei Atama Scan, the game tests how well you react to stressful situations. Namco’s Tales of the Tempest will now hit Japan in October, leaving August and September free for Final Fantasy III to claim the roost. Interestingly though, Square-Enix's Dragon Quest Monster: Joker is also scheduled for the DS in October as well. Finally, Nintendo is re-releasing Yakuman DS, which was a mahjong game featuring Nintendo characters. This time around it will be re-launched with Wi-Fi modes to try and bolster poor sales.

And that's your round-up from the East, more as we get it!


Source: IGN DS, 4colorrebellion


That's going to be a hard to find item come late August.

[slip81]

Ugg. Not a fan of that design personally. Too plain for my tastes, plus black on white never really seems that interesting.

If the character where color, or it was white pinstriping on the black DS that would be better, but this way it kinda just looks liek a press on decal.

[Drunk Billionaire]

Looks photo shopped












if it is fake the source of it is one of these generic pictures.

I'm not saying it is fake but rumors spread fast and anyone with eyes can tell that the Final Fantasy design doesn't really look like it would make it on a special edition ds.

but I could be wrong

[evil_genius]

i gotta be honest, i don't care for it much. but i would probably love it if i were a final fantasy fan.

[THATinkjar]

I'm no Final Fantasy fan (though I'll be picking up FF III on DS this fall), but that LE Lite does look really sweet.

But it probably isn't worth thinking twice about, as it'll never see the light of day outside of Japan - and I wouldn't be willing to pay the exuberant price to import it.

By the way, I'm pretty sure this isn't a fake. Wasn't it confirmed?

[gjb-sensei]

Yeah, it's confirmed. It's also confirmed that I need to get my hands on one because, quite frankly, it looks sexy.

[Hams]

I think it looks great. Im down for one.

[delafro]

Hmm, isn't any DS in Japan pretty hot right now? Last time I checked, you could hardly find one in any store.

[smork]

Hmm, isn't any DS in Japan pretty hot right now? Last time I checked, you could hardly find one in any store.

Yeah, they come into stock, and sell out right away. My buddy was lucky enough to get one of the dark blue ones last week -- last one the store had. Sweet color, though.

Don't much like the look of that FFIII one, so I doubt I'll be grabbing it.

[Gapporin]

Hmm. Doesn't really look all that special. Now if this was a FFVI Lite, I'd be all over that.

[AKay]

i just imported an ice blue one and it is sweeeetttt!!
I may get my wife the pink one when it comes out.
AKay

[neuropolitique]

Huzzah! Another Final Fantasy themed portable!

This is getting to be almost as bad as Sonic ports.

/me yawns

[Xizer]

Final Fantasy? I'll pass.

Final Fantasy got old after the 6,702,004th one. Why would I want my DS to be whoring out FF? Just look at how that's put on there. It's like an ad.

[calthaer]

I want the black one to come out in the U.S. When will the 'states get some good color-lovin'? We always get the shaft - with the notable exception of that NES GBA SP, which was ridiculously sweet.

[diskoboy]

I want the black one to come out in the U.S. When will the 'states get some good color-lovin'? We always get the shaft - with the notable exception of that NES GBA SP, which was ridiculously sweet.

I agree - Jet black better show up in the US so I can buy about 3 of em.


Nintendo, quit giving us these girly colors.

And how 'bout maybe a chrome DS? That would be ultra-sweet!!

[GarrettCRW]

Final Fantasy? I'll pass.

Final Fantasy got old after the 6,702,004th one. Why would I want my DS to be whoring out FF? Just look at how that's put on there. It's like an ad.

So says the one with a corporate logo for an avatar.

(Not that I find the thing amazingly attractive, mind you-the need to point out this little bit of irony was just too great.)

[gjb-sensei]

How is the name of God is the color white a "girly color"? Does every piece of electronic hardware that gets released in the U.S. have to be available in black?

[GarrettCRW]

How is the name of God is the color white a "girly color"? Does every piece of electronic hardware that gets released in the U.S. have to be available in black?

For the sake of America's apparently very homophobic (or which ever mental disorder it is we're dealing with here) population, yes.

[diskoboy]

How is the name of God is the color white a "girly color"? Does every piece of electronic hardware that gets released in the U.S. have to be available in black?

I wasn't really referring to white. I'm talking about pink, ice blue, and all the horrid pastel colors nintendo gives us.

the colors are why I waited on getting a DS. I know that sounds kinda shallow, but I hate pastels.

[jcheatle]

How is the name of God is the color white a "girly color"? Does every piece of electronic hardware that gets released in the U.S. have to be available in black?

For the sake of America's apparently very homophobic (or which ever mental disorder it is we're dealing with here) population, yes.

Yes, there's more than just a kernel of truth there.

Actually, I'm kind of upset that the pink one isn't available here in the US, at least not yet. I have a friend who's been trying to get me to buy one for a while now, but I jokingly told him I'd only buy a pink one, and I've got to stay true to my word. I actually do think the pink is pretty snappy, but then I dig pink way more than a heterosexual man in America should.