As of June 2006, Nintendo announced that it would no longer sell / provide the original "Phat DS" and would replace it with the Nintendo DS Lite. [edit] Special editions / Promotional Packages Five variants of existing Nintendo DS colors were produced for the Japanese online Super Mario Club. Each color has a wireframe of a character's face imprinted on the front cover of the system. The designs include o Titanium/Mario o Graphite Black/Bowser o Gray/Wario o Candy Pink/Princess Peach o Turquoise Blue/Yoshi. Additionally, Nintendo auctioned off three custom Nintendo DS systems for charity at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The systems went to Jay Mohr for $10,000, Poppy Montgomery for $2,500, and Alan Cumming for $1,500. Nintendo added money to the final bids, and a portion of the funds went towards victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Rapper 50 Cent ordered a custom-made Nintendo DS from Nintendo, featuring a khaki camouflage design, and the G-Unit insignia on the front cover. [23] As a special gift, 55 people who attended the May 9, 2006 VIP party at the Nintendo World Store were able to get a commemorative E3 engraving put on the cover of their Nintendo DS. The winner of the Pokémon Journey Across America, Minh Le Ba, won a very special diamond encrusted DS. Various other colors have been made available in limited quantities: Special dark blue Nintendo DS systems were released at Poképark in Japan and Wal-Mart in the US. The systems have the Poképark logo on the front cover, and a Pikachu silhouette superimposed over the right speaker grill. A light blue Nintendo DS, with a limited run of 1,000 units, was released in Japan as part of a joint promotional offer with Pepsi. Nintendo released a gold-colored Nintendo DS that is exclusive to Japanese Toys "R" Us stores. A Nintendo DS with Mew has been released in Japan. It is tinted purple with the Pokémon lightly printed on the front and adjacent to the top screen. 50 white Nintendo DS units featuring artwork of characters from the popular anime Bleach was given away by Sega to commemorate the release of Bleach DS: Souten ni Kakeru Unmei. As of 2006, Sega is currently holding a contest whose prize is a white Nintendo DS with a skin of Doraemon on the front. The red Nintendo DS model, released in Japan on August 8, 2005, is part of a promotional offer that includes the game Jump Superstars. In October 2005, Nintendo released two new colors to North America: Teal and Pearl Pink (not the same Candy Pink as was released in Europe and Japan, but a tint identical to that of the Mystic Pink model released in Australia). These systems are bundled with the game Nintendogs Best Friends Version, as well as a bone-shaped screen cleaner. The Electric Blue was released in North America, initially bundled with Super Mario 64 DS, for the same price as a lone DS ($149.99) on June 30, 2005. One million copies were sold, making it the best-selling game during that time. As of February 27, 2006 Animal Crossing: Wild World is included with the Electric Blue system. The Nintendo DS: Blue and Pink Nintendogs Bundles were released in Europe on October 7, 2005. The two packs contain a pink Nintendo DS system and the Dachshund version of Nintendogs, or a blue Nintendo DS system and the Labrador version of Nintendogs. These were priced at the same price as a lone Nintendo DS (£99). On that same day, the Nintendo DS received a price cut to £89. There are also Animal Crossing - Wild World packs with the Nintendo DS included. The Mario Kart DS Pak was released in Europe on November 25, 2005, which contained a silver-colored Nintendo DS and a copy of Mario Kart DS. The same Pak was available in New Zealand and Australia The Red Hot Bundle was released in North America on November 29, 2005, including a red and silver Nintendo DS system ("Hot Rod Red"), optional racing decals, a normal Nintendo DS wrist strap/thumb pad, a bonus checkerboard wrist strap (strangely, with no thumb pad), a Mario Kart metal charm, and a copy of Mario Kart DS. It also came with racecar decal stickers that could be placed on your DS. The Titanium Nintendo DS was released with a demo of the game Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, on November 21, 2004 in North America and on March 11, 2005 in Europe. The bundle is no longer available in the vast majority of American and European stores. When Winning Eleven DS comes out, a limited edition DS Lite will come out with it. The Jet Black DS Lite will be engraved with a soccer field. The remake of Final Fantasy III for the Nintendo DS had a limited edition, too. In this edition (Polar White), the 4 main characters of Final Fantasy III are engraved besides the Dual Scren logo (2 on each side). A limited edition Pikachu DS Lite was released. The DS Lite is yellow and has a Pikachu face on the top. When opened, a Pikachu is found on the bottom-left corner. A limited edition Pokemon Diamond and Pearl came out with the game in Japan. This DS Lite (Jet Black) features the legendary Pokemon Diaruga and Parukia engraved in gold and black on the cover. [edit] Nintendo DS Lite Main article: Nintendo DS Lite The Nintendo DS Lite (sold as the iQue DS Lite in China) is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It is a slimmer, more lightweight redesign of the earlier Nintendo DS model; aesthetically sleeker to complement Nintendo's upcoming Wii, and to appeal to broader commercial audiences. It was announced on January 26, 2006, more than a month before its first territorial launch in Japan on March 2, 2006 due to overwhelming demand for the original model. [24] [edit] Software development Nintendo only accepts official companies with a game development team, and sufficient experience in certain areas for their official developer support program. Additional information is available from the Nintendo Software Development Support Group. [25] An alternative method is to use publicly available knowledge from sites such as NDSTech, [26] and to use the tools available to create one's own programs. This development route requires a method for running Nintendo DS programs from the Game Boy Advance port. There are five methods available: PassMe, PassMe2, WiFiMe, FlashMe, and NoPass. However, there will eventually be rewritable DS cards along with DS-to-SD adaptors for other rewritable cards. [edit] Nintendo DS in popular culture In the popular Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, the episode titled French 101 reveals that Cody Martin has a Nintendo DS. In the U.S. sitcom Two and a Half Men Jake Harper can be seen in the second series playing a Nintendo DS, although all of the characters refer to it as a Game Boy. (Note that when Jake is seen playing the DS, it is actually in the menu screen where the clock and calendar are clearly visible.) Dr. Gregory House of the popular television drama House is sometimes seen playing a Nintendo DS. In an episode of the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh, the character Megan yells at Josh for taking her "Pintendo GS", in a clear reference to the Nintendo DS. Vel of the movie Firewall is seen playing a Nintendo DS before he tackles a boy for answering a phone. In the Showtime series, Weeds, Nancy Botwin can be seen playing a Nintendo DS. In the movie Snakes On A Plane, a young boy is seen playing a Nintendo DS. In the movie Stormbreaker, the Gameboy Color used by Alex Rider in the novel is replaced by a red Nintendo DS which is featured prominently in the film. In My Chemical Romance's Life on the Murder Scene DVD, Ray Toro is seen playing a DS on a couch. In a Thomas English Muffin commercial, a boy can be seen playing a Nintendo DS. In Lupe Fiasco's video "I gotcha" a Nintendo DS can be seen floating next to him at the begining of the video. On the Album Cover of Lupe Fiasco's album "Food & Liquor" there is a Nintendo DS Floating to the left of him. In the first episode of the anime Death Note, a student in Light Yagami's class can be seen playing a DS Lite. In an episode of Supernatural, entitled "Everybody Loves a Clown", a child can be seen playing a Nintendo DS Lite in a funhouse. In the "I'm a winner" segment of Starhub's "I am a hub" advertising campaign, a man and his son is seen playing on Nintendo DS Lites. In one of the episodes of "Supernatural" 3 or 4 people are shown versing each other with their DS. [edit] Trivia This article's trivia section should be integrated into the article. Please help by removing unencyclopedic content or integrating content from the trivia section into other appropriate areas of the article. . special gift, 55 people who attended the May 9, 2006 VIP party at the Nintendo World Store were able to get a commemorative E3 engraving put on the cover of their Nintendo DS. The winner of. Japan. It is tinted purple with the Pokémon lightly printed on the front and adjacent to the top screen. 50 white Nintendo DS units featuring artwork of characters from the popular anime Bleach. along with DS-to-SD adaptors for other rewritable cards. [edit] Nintendo DS in popular culture In the popular Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, the episode titled French