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  Latest report from Japan indicates that DSi might be counting its last days. According to the article, Nintendo has apparently stopped manufacturing the camera-equipped DSi and is currently sold out in most locations in Japan. However, the DSi XL (or DSi LL) is still in production and the supposed reason to stop selling the [...]

  Nothing sells an aging product than some splash of new hues. Nintendo has announced that starting this Black Friday on Nov 26, consumers in United States will be able to buy the DSi handheld console in Orange and Green colors. Both the color variants will go for $149.99 and will be bundled with Mario [...]

  The red Wii and DSi XL that were introduced in Japan sometime back will also sell in the North American market. Nintendo has announced the availability of limited edition red Nintendo Wii and DSi XL to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. game on the NES. The red Wii goes for just [...]

  Nintendo USA has confirmed to cut the prices of its DSi and DSi XL portable gaming consoles. Effective from September 12, the larger-screen DSi XL will go for $169.99, DSi for $149.99 and DS Lite at the same price of $129.99. The DS family is the largest selling handheld console that has sold over [...]

  Nintendo Japan has already announced of the impending price cut of DSi and now the UK outfit of Ninty has confirmed it too, albeit to a site. Official Nintendo Magazine got word from Nintendo UK that the DSi price cut will be in effect from June 18. However, Nintendo didn’t divulge the exact price [...]

  Nintendo has announced some new colors for its larger-sized DS, the DSi LL (or XL internationally) in Japan. Starting June 19, the DSi LL will be available in Blue, Yellow and Green hues, making the total color options to six. Also, from the same day, the price of the DSi and DSi LL will [...]

  Nintendo loaded their pockets with lots of green paper with their Wii gaming console. However, with the annual fiscal report out today it looks like the Wii juggernaut is slowing down. Of course, there’s aggressive competition from other consoles but Wii’s slowing down of sales can be contributed to its lack of exciting game [...]

  Say Wha?? Nintendo has confirmed to launch a new portable console that will take the helm from DSi. We’re not sure about the Tegra or large displays previously rumored but it will support 3D gaming. Yup, a portable 3D gaming console from Nintendo that will be tentatively called as 3DS and won’t need any [...]

  Nintendo will release the DSi XL in U.S. in March. The larger-sized DSi is set to hit the retail stores on March 28 carrying a price tag of $189.99. Additionally, Nintendo also announced a 100 Classic Book pack for DSi XL that will arrive on June 15 for $19.99. Nintendo is trying to pitch [...]

  Nintendo had set Q1 as the tentative release of DSi XL in Europe but now we’ve got confirmed the date. According to Pocket Lint, the larger-sized DSi XL (or DSi LL in Japan) will hit the European retail shelves on March 5. That’s under two months where Europeans will be able to get their [...]

  You’re not wrong if you think that the DSi LL (or DSi XL) and PSPgo were introduced just to buy some more time for a worthy successor. A report has emerged on Eurogamer that details on what could power the successor of these handheld consoles. The next-gen DS is expected sometime in late 2010 [...]

  UPDATE: Nintendo will launch the DSi LL as DSi XL in Europe in Q1 2010. Wow, Nikkei hit a homerun with the DSi report. Nintendo has officially announced DSi LL with a larger screen. The DSi LL measures 161×91.4×21.2mm and sports a 4.2-inch display from 3.25-inch of DSi along with the same innards. The [...]

  Nintendo will release an updated DSi handheld gaming console in Japan by the end of this year. This report comes from a Japanese business daily, Nikkei who claims the new console will try to fight sluggish sales that is a result of products like Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. The new feature in the [...]

  Nintendo has released a new firmware update for the DSi in Japan. The v1.4 update is apparently, a small one because all it does is “display images faster in the DSi camera” and brings the Facebook integration, which the Americans are destined to get in fall. The Facebook integration will allow users to post [...]

  Nintendo’s decision to add one more color to DSi is not surprising but Wii getting a new hue and that too since its launch is worth taking notice. They have announced a blood red DSi that will be available to customers from July 11 at the same price of 18,900 Yen ($196). On the [...]