Two of Nintendo's top-selling video game systems are getting attractive new prices. Effective May 20, the suggested retail price for the larger Nintendo DSi XL will be $129.99 and the suggested retail price for Nintendo DSi will be $99.99.
Both the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems come pre-loaded with a variety of fun software, including Flipnote Studio, Nintendo DSi Camera and Nintendo DSi Sound. Nintendo DSi XL comes with additional pre-installed games and applications, including Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math and Photo Clock.
The Nintendo DS family has more than 2,000 different packaged and downloadable games for veteran and new players of all tastes. These include timeless Mario games like New Super Mario Bros. and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!, puzzling adventures like Professor Layton and the Last Specter and Dr. Mario Express, fun software like Photo Dojo and Shantae: Risky's Revenge, the gray matter-stimulating Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! and Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! and upcoming games like Pokémon Conquest, which is available June 18.
The new suggested retail prices provide an even greater incentive to pick up the systems, and provide an easy option for parents who want to introduce younger kids to their first portable games.
With graduations looming, Father's Day approaching and the start of the summer travel season imminent, the new suggested retail prices appeal to all kinds of shoppers.
For more information about Nintendo DSi or Nintendo DSi XL, visit http://www.nintendo.com/ds.
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Pretty amazing deal
I may be getting another DSi at that price...
good
this should put the DS ahead of the ps2 in worldwide sales
the gap is at 3 million now
go go DS!
Don't understand why you'd buy a DSi when the 3DS is out. And IDGAF about the screen being the right size, it doesn't make enough of a difference to matter.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOSS FOR NINTENDO
@Alleyway The DSiXL though... that thing is huge! And the screen is so crisp and clear! My only complaint for that thing is that it's a bit uncomfortable to hold...
Huh? How do you figure that?
Wow, this is kind of weird. They've kept the price of these two systems (especially DSi) unnecessarily high for about a year, and now they're dropping them by a huge chunk. They should have had them at $129 and $149 all this time, and they wouldn't have even had to drop the prices now. I guess maybe these two systems have had enough sales momentum that they've kind of coasted a while even though they were a bit overpriced, and/or Nintendo really wanted to push 3DS units, so they figured keeping the prices of the DSi units really close made the price of the former look even better. Their new approach to price drops just seem strange to me-- namely, keep prices high for a very long time (with the exception of 3DS), then slash them drastically.
Also, what about DS lite? I assume this means they're discontinuing it? I guess even if that's the case, there's enough inventory floating around out there that new ones will be available for a while. I wonder how cheap those'll get.
They should sell the DS Lite for $50.
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