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Nintendo says of the DS:

With impressive 3D rendered graphics, Nintendo DS delivers cutting-edge portable games for fans of any genre. Plus, you can play all your favorite Game Boy Advance games in a single-player mode.
With Nintendo DS, dual screens and touch-screen technology allow you to interact with games like never before. Wireless communication allows you to experience real-time multiplayer gameplay, while built-in PictoChat software gives you the power to draw, write and send messages wirelessly. Nintendo DS revolutionizes the way games are played.

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Over at [H]Console, they’ve provided a detailed review of the differences between the DS and the DS Lite. Thanks guys. Champions.

Reviews:
cNet on DS
cNet on DS Lite
PC World on DS Lite
Digital Trends on DS Lite
TrustedReviews on DS Lite (9/10) - 19 June 2006
Pocket Lint on DS Lite- 14 July 2006
(more…)

Kotaku reports that Nintendo are offering free repairs for DS Lites with broken hinges:

Nintendo, while still standing behind their claims that DS Lite hinge cracks are a minor problem, is now offering to repair DS Lite’s with the problem free of charge.

Yesterday a reader sent us word that when he called Nintendo’s customer service he was told they would repair his cracked DS Lite hinge free of charge. The customer service rep told the reader that the repair “came up on her screen” as being a free.

Read complete article: Nintendo Capitulates, Offers Free Repairs for Cracked DS Lites - Kotaku

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Engadget at other sites are reporting on a Japanese site with detailed steps on overclocking (if you don’t know what it means, you shouldn’t be doing it) a DS Lite:

If you’ve gotten just a little too good at your Nintendo DS games and are looking for more of a challenge — and also looking to void your warranty — now there’s a way to hack your console for making everything run almost twice as fast. A Japanese modder has just posted step-by-step directions (in Japanese, unfortunately) for re-wiring a DS Lite to perform at a claimed 1.7x speed, complete with a toggle switch in case you decide that turbo mode isn’t appropriate for all occasions. It looks like you have to be pretty handy with a soldering iron to tackle this particular project, so if you’ve got the skillz and about four hours to waste on tinkering around with your DS’s sensitive circuitry, then accelerated performance — and funny-sounding audio — will be your reward.

Read complete article: How-to overclock your Nintendo DS

The detailed steps can be found at: Overclock your DS Lite. You may need to know a little Japanese

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GoNintendo report on news out of Nintendo that the DS was the biggest selling portable games console in the US in June, 2006:

In a triumph for innovation, the dual-screen Nintendo DS(TM) portable became America’s top-selling video game system of any type in June, according to independent sales numbers just released by the NPD Group. The introduction of the new DS Lite version, featuring a smaller profile and more brilliant display, boosted total sales to nearly 600,000 units, almost double that for any other game device, and alone represented more than a third of total industry system purchases for the month.

Nintendo was all but written off when the PSP hit the market. Likewise in the fixed console market. Now who’s having the last laugh? The DS and the Wii (which hasn’t even been released yet!) are dominating the mindshare, and in the case of the DS, that is being translated into market-share. The Wii will undoubtedly follow, and Nintendo wil finally be recognized as the number one games console maker.

Read complete article: Go Nintendo » Blog Archive » Nintendo News: Nintendo DS Becomes America’s Top-Selling Video Game System- What are you waiting for?

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