OK, so yesterday I posted about how the Pink DS Lite was a European exclusive. But then Nintendo rubbed stinky cheese in our face and today said "Au contraire, mon frere!" as today they sent a release letting America know that that pink ain't just fer forners no longer! The US will be getting the Coral Pink DS Lite mere weeks from now on September 13th. Zuniga now has a reason to go on living.

Not only that but they will also be releasing the DS Lite in Black in the US on the same day as well which previously was only available in Japan and Europe.

Son of a bitch.

I bought my first DS Lite a little over a month ago thinking "Eh, I REALLY want a black DS to reflect the darkness in my soul when I play Dawn of Sorrow but I would have to pay much more for it or I could wait until it becomes available in the US which wont be FOREVER. Sooooo i'll just buy the white one now because I don't know the meaning of the word 'patience'."  

Full Release Below where they also talk about New Super Mario Bros, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Brain Age and Big Brain Academy sales figures.

Again - Son. Of. A. Bitch.

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 Age™: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (sold 4 million units worldwide) and Big Brain Academy™ (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.