Nintendo announced on March 2 the sale high-ranking model "NINTENDO DS Lite" of portable game machine NINTENDO DS for 16,800 yen.

Lite is succession of the function of NINTENDO DS as it is. And, the title model after the thin type is lightened, the portability is improved further, and the brightness adjustment function of four stages that the image can be lightened further is installed of the main body. The performance dares to name the high rank "Lite" from the meaning "It is bright" and "It is light" in this model though the subordinate position model is usually imagined easily in case of the pronunciation "Light".

Nintendo DS Lite (From Press Release)

DS is 275g in weight, and Lite is 218g. In the size, DS is 148.7×84.7×28.9milli when folding, and Lite is 133.0×73.9×21.5milli.

Moreover, it is said that the sale is continued as it is as for DS of a present model even if Lite is put on the market now.