Topic: Pink and Black DS Lites Get a Date in the US

[Pale]

And it's soon!

NINTENDO LAUNCHES NEW DS LITE COLORS AMID RECORD-BREAKING GAME SALES    

Onyx and Coral Pink Follow Sale of 1 Millionth New Super Mario Bros.    

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 24, 2006 – The only thing more fun than new Nintendo® DS Lite hardware colors is trying to keep up with the breakneck sales of the software to play on the popular little portable! On Sept. 13, two new colors – Onyx and Coral Pink – join Polar White, which is enjoying its own incredible sales peak and getting noticed everywhere.    

The new colors also complement numerous DS games, including New Super Mario Bros.®, which has hit the 1 million unit sales mark after just 12 weeks on sale in the United States. That's an average of roughly eight games sold each minute continuously since launch, making it the fastest-selling DS title in the United States for a 12-week period. Overall, DS system and game sales are both up more than 300 percent in July alone.     "Not only are the DS Lite screen and battery life incredible," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "but the new colors just add another element of fun, allowing people to ‘personalize' who they are by the color, or colors they pick."    

Several other DS games are burning up shopping baskets. Animal Crossing®: Wild World already has sold more than 800,000 units, and two brain games – Brain Ageâ„¢: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (sold 4 million units worldwide) and Big Brain Academyâ„¢ (nearly 2 million sold to date worldwide) – are part of a phenomenon of people wanting to feel as mentally sharp as possible by playing daily.    

The best part for Game Boy® Advance owners is Nintendo DS Lite plays their entire library of up to 1,000 Game Boy Advance games in single-player mode.

[Neodymium]

"Onyx"?

Why can't they just call it "black"? Eh, whatever. I'll be picking one up.

[Anon_Emus]

Just what I've been waiting for. I have a feeling black is going to boost sales of the DSL in america too

[JonLeung]

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Originally posted by: Neodymium
"Onyx"?

Why can't they just call it "black"? Eh, whatever. I'll be picking one up.

Actually, I like Nintendo's choice of further defining colours.  Though they really should stick with the same names when the colours are similar.  Like is it "Jet Black" or "Onyx"?  Is it "Noble Pink" or "Coral Pink"?  Unless I'm colour-blind.  But anyway I like names like "Cobalt Blue", "Polar White", "Spice Orange", etc.

Perhaps it only appeals to the hardcore Nintendo fanboy but I'd like colours named "Mushroom Red", "Triforce Gold", "Kokiri Green", "Falcon Blue", etc.  Maybe these new DS colours should be "Dark Matter" and "Peach Pink".  And so on.

[Tansunn]

I think it's because of the glossiness.  The GameCube has more of a matte finish so "Jet Black" works for that, while the DS Lite has a shiny, glossy finish, much like real onyx.  

[Neodymium]

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Originally posted by: JonLeungPerhaps it only appeals to the hardcore Nintendo fanboy but I'd like colours named "Mushroom Red", "Triforce Gold", "Kokiri Green", "Falcon Blue", etc.  Maybe these new DS colours should be "Dark Matter" and "Peach Pink".  And so on.

That. Would. Be. Awesome. 1-up Green! DK brown! Metroid Transluscent! Tingle's "close friends" purple!

But I think it wouldn't appeal to ayone who's not a Nintendo fanboy.  

[Smoke39]

I think "gravsuit purple" is better...

[PopeReal]

Nice.  I have been holding off on getting a DS for my niece, as I know she wants a pink one and I don't like importing.  Now I can just hop down to Best Buy or whatever and grab one cheap!  Oh, and I'll be getting the black (onyx, whatever) for me  I somehow feel like I need 2 DS's.... (maybe that is why Nintendo is rich).

[KDR_11k]

"Peach pink"? Now I may not be versed in English metaphors but aren't both of those words used to refer to female genitalia?

[JonLeung]

^And is that a problem?

And anyway, there's the Wii, so a colour called Peach Pink (which refers to Princess Peach and her trademark pink) can't be that bad.

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
"Peach pink"? Now I may not be versed in English metaphors but aren't both of those words used to refer to female genitalia?

Not commonly enough to cause any problems, especially "peach". You are pretty safe with the word "Pink" anyway, I mean it's a color...

[vudu]

I think you're thinking of Cherry.

[JonLeung]

Uh, guys?  Mind out of gutter, please?

[Renny]

Millions of peaches, peaches for me.

[wandering]

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Originally posted by: JonLeung
Uh, guys?  Mind out of gutter, please?

Isn't 'gutter' a slang word for 'ass'?