Nintendo DS Lite
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| Nintendo DS Lite | |
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| Type | Handheld console |
| Release date |  June 11, 2006 March 2, 2006 June 23, 2006 June 1, 2006 |
| Media | Nintendo DS cards, Game Boy Advance cartridges |
| Predecessor | Nintendo DS |
| Successor | Nintendo DSi |
The Nintendo DS Lite (ニンテンドーDSライト, Nintendō Dīesu Raito) is a redesign of Nintendo's popular handheld gaming console. It improves on the original Nintendo DS in almost every way, and replaced the original upon its release. Nintendo originally announced it on January 26, 2006 before releasing it in Japan over a month later.
Differences between the DS and DS Lite
- It's roughly 42% smaller, and 21% lighter, while retaining all of its features and screen size.
- As opposed to the original's on-or-off backlight, the DS Lite's backlight is always on, and has four adjustable brightness settings.
- The aesthetics have changed slightly; the system is shinier, the speakers take up less room, and several buttons (and the microphone) have been moved around.
- The stylus has an increased size over the original DS system's.
- Due to the system's decreased physical volume, the Game Boy Advance cartridges protrude from the system. To create a seamless surface, a filler cartridge is included, intended to be placed into the Game Boy Advance slot when no Game Boy Advance game is being played.
Phantom Hourglass Bundles
Nintendo released bundle packs for the Nintendo DS Lite, featuring a pack-in copy of Phantom Hourglass, as well as a special limited-edition version of the DS Lite. Two versions are known to exist: one in North America, and one in Europe.
The American bundle's DS Lite is colored gold and features a Triforce emblem emblazoned on the bottom right-hand corner. The European version is silver, and has a black-ink version of some Phantom Hourglass official art as well as the logo displayed on the top. Only 1000 copies of the European bundle were made.
