New DS Bundles Announced

[fitbabits]

Nintendo sends word that they will be offering two new DS bundles this Friday, one of which is gold, the other metallic rose.

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 20, 2007 – Starting Nov. 23, Nintendo gives the holiday season a fresh blast of color with the launch of two special-edition Nintendo DS™ bundles. Each pairs a custom-color Nintendo DS system with one of the platform's hottest titles. The new Gold edition comes with The Legend of Zelda®: Phantom Hourglass, while the Metallic Rose Nintendo DS comes with the "Best Friends" version of Nintendogs™.
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[fitbabits]

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 20, 2007 – Starting Nov. 23, Nintendo gives the holiday season a fresh blast of color with the launch of two special-edition Nintendo DS™ bundles. Each pairs a custom-color Nintendo DS system with one of the platform's hottest titles. The new Gold edition comes with The Legend of Zelda®: Phantom Hourglass, while the Metallic Rose Nintendo DS comes with the "Best Friends" version of Nintendogs™.

"Nintendo DS remains the portable system of choice for gamers," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Our new bundles will be collector's items for current gamers while offering an attractive way for people new to video games to play with style."

With its dual screens, touch-screen, amazing franchises and innovative games, Nintendo DS has been a cornerstone of Nintendo's efforts to expand the world of video games to new audiences and to get as many people playing as possible. According to information from the independent NPD Group, Nintendo DS sales in the United States:

* topped 458,000 in October.
* are nearly 4.5 million for 2007.
* exceed 13.6 million since the system launched three years ago on Nov. 21, 2004.
* boasts 14 different million-unit sellers in North America, including Brain Age™: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Pokémon® Diamond Version, Pokémon® Pearl Version, Yoshi's Island DS™, Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Big Brain Academy™, New Super Mario Bros.™, Animal Crossing®: Wild World, Mario Kart® DS, Super Mario® 64 DS and four versions of Nintendogs™.

The new bundles will build on this legacy as they offer shoppers something new for the holidays.

The glimmering Gold edition of the Nintendo DS shows the world your passion for excellence and grandeur, since it comes bundled with The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – the year's biggest hand-held adventure game – and is emblazoned with the series' signature Triforce logo. It's a shiny nugget that any gamer – girl or guy – would be proud to show off.

For those looking for a different kind of dazzling color, the new pretty-in-pink Metallic Rose edition puts a futuristic sheen on your color scheme. It's bundled with Nintendogs, the acclaimed puppy-interaction software that lets players select, train and play with their own canine companions. And the hardware comes accented with a distinctive pink puppy paw print.
Those numbers are frighteningly impressive. Oh, and the bundles look cool also.

[frederec]

Do you have any good pictures of the bundles? I found some grainy scans. The "rose" one looks like a pretty girly pink, and the gold is just okay. I was afraid for a second that I would regret trading in my DS fat for a red/black DS lite for the wife just a week ago, but it doesn't look like I have cause to regret.

[Abednigo]

I don't care what kind of deals stores have, I am not going to a store on Friday, and I will try to avoid any brick and mortar store between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The only times I've gone out on Black Friday was just to observe the insanity. I don't usually last long, even just in observing the madness.

[fitbabits]

Do you have any good pictures of the bundles? I found some grainy scans. The "rose" one looks like a pretty girly pink, and the gold is just okay. I was afraid for a second that I would regret trading in my DS fat for a red/black DS lite for the wife just a week ago, but it doesn't look like I have cause to regret.

I do...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a390/fitbabits/MetallicRoseDS.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a390/fitbabits/GoldDS.jpg

[frederec]

I do...


Thank you kindly. That is far superior to what I found.

[MaiXu]

That is a pretty hot Triforce DS right there.

[WAZts]

I think Nintendo had annonced these quite sometime ago...maybe it was for a different territory or I'm making things up again. Either way, I might by the damn Zelda one. It's hard being a fan boy. A very expensive hobby.

[Wraith]

I think Nintendo had annonced these quite sometime ago...maybe it was for a different territory or I'm making things up again. Either way, I might by the damn Zelda one. It's hard being a fan boy. A very expensive hobby.There's also another term for it (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/06/27). :D

[roboninja]

Well, the Zelda bundle, if available around here, may well get me to take the plunge on a DS. It seems from their sales numbers I am the only person on the planet that does not already own one anyhow.

[Generation ABXY]

I fully intend to get the Zelda DS bundle, though I will probably leave it in its box though...that DS, that is, not the whole thing. I have yet to play Phantom Hourglass, but being a Zelda nut, the gold system will have a place of honor in my wonderful gaming shrine, right next to my Touch Detective mug and 1,000,000+ assorted Pokemon keychains.

Consumer whore, indeed...

[yourdarkesthour]

Meh, I work at Best Buy and we put the LoZ ones out a few days ago. I don't think they're anything special.

I'd be more interested in something silver or blue.