Topic: Non-White DS Lites Delayed in Japan

[TheYoungerPlumber]

Those who pre-ordered Ice Blue and Enamel Navy DS Lite systems will have to wait nine more days.

Nintendo NCL has once again apologized for DS-related distribution problems.  Due to manufacturing problems, the company will be unable to ship its Ice Blue and Enamel Navy units to retailers by March 2nd.  The white model will still come out on March 2nd, however, which will undoubtedly increase demand for the flagship Crystal White model and complicate current pre-orders for all three colors among retail outlets.    

PGC import partner Lik-Sang reports more details, speculating between 130,000 and 280,000 units will reach retail channels on March 2nd and that markups are likely.  Lik-Sang is working hard to appease its customers.    

You can also expect the first batch of units to ship out on or before D-Day from our warehouse to those happy gamers who got in line earliest. Still, we have to reckon it might take us one week or even longer to successfully satisfy the numerous customers who placed themselves in the queue.    

If you ordered a non-white system from Lik-Sang, it looks like you'll simply have to wait.    

Special thanks goes out to Chris Kohler for the tip.

[Bloodworth]

Doh!!  I still don't want another white handheld though.  

[BlkPaladin]

It's almost like Nintendo's manufacturing partners are being paid off by Sony.  

One a more serious side of things Nintendo really does need to look for another partner to cut the current ones some slack because the demand are probally killing them.

[MaryJane]

my heart has been broken, my spirit has been denied, i wish i knew this before i sold my old ds.  

[Ian Sane]

Enamel Navy?  Isn't "enamel" the surface of a tooth?

[Smash_Brother]

Dammit...

[KDR_11k]

Ian: It has more meanings

[Artimus]

a usually opaque vitreous composition applied by fusion to the surface of metal, glass, or pottery

[couchmonkey]

...too bad it's made out of plastic!  (Seriously, I wish Nintendo would make a limited-edition metal console).

Am I the only one who thinks of white supremacy type stuff when I read that headline?  Not that I'm the PR police or anything, I don't think it needs to be changed, it's just odd how my brain works.

Okay, I'll stop now.  

[TheYoungerPlumber]

Um, I was going to use "Colored" and changed it TO "Non-white" for that reason, couch monkey.

[Artimus]

Nintendo is CLEARLY racist. They've been holding back them uppity blues for years!

[Ian Sane]

I think if you're afraid that "Coloured DS Lites" will be deemed as racist you're a little TOO sensitive about that sort of stuff.  When you buy Christmas lights half the time they're referred to as "coloured lights" and no one cares.  It's just factual and proper usage of the word.

[KDR_11k]

Non-white is more reminescent of segregation than coloured. Because it points out the white they don't have instead of mentioning them on their own merits.

[miedo]

Yeah, even though the headline was changed, I kept thinking about white supremcy.

[Caliban]

It's a freakin' godamn' electronic device, not a human! Sheesh!

[PaLaDiN]

What, now non-whites aren't even human?

For shame, Caliban. For shame.

[ShyGuy]

Ian spells colored like a Canadian :-P  As someone with ice blue skin tone, I was deeply offended by this whole article.  

[Caliban]

LOL, we do spell colour like so.

Shame on me, Paladin. Shame on me...