Gorillas. Gaming. Now we just need to get him pwning n00bs over Nintendo WiFi connection and we’ll have something.
(Reality: A kid at the San Francisco Zoo dropped his DS and the animals were fascinated. And who can blame them! More primate on DS action at GIZMODO)
Nintendo today announced that starting July 11, the DSi XL will be available in “midnight blue.” Like other overpriced XL models, the two-tone black and blue will retail for $190. Never mind the successor to the XL, the 3DS, is rumored to arrive this October.
Announcing a new handheld a few days before your next one is scheduled to launch doesn’t make a lot of sense, as Nintendo did with the 3DS last week shortly before releasing the DSi XL. But the uncanny maneuver wasn’t planned, it was forced, reports CNBC.
“Apparently, the Japanese press was all over it and talked with suppliers there and Nintendo just wanted to get out ahead by breaking the news to prevent a leak,†says Billy Pigeon, senior analyst with M2 Research. “Does it clash with the DSi XL? Yes it does. But the XL is old news in Japan.”
Great for fans. Not so great for prospective XL sales.
