{"id":1589,"date":"2009-03-06T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendodsstockists.co.uk\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2009-03-06T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T08:30:10","slug":"nintendo-to-phase-out-ds-lite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/nintendo-to-phase-out-ds-lite\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo To Phase Out DS Lite?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The arrival of Nintendo\u2019s DSi could herald the end of the road for the current version of the handheld, the DS Lite.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing\u2019s set in stone yet though, as Nintendo says that ultimately the DS Lite\u2019s fate will be down to consumers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1590 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nintendodsstockists.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ds-lites-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ds-lites\" width=\"243\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asked in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcvuk.com\/news\/33442\/Nintendo-discusses-DS-Lite-phase-out\" target=\"_blank\">MCV<\/a> whether the company plans to end the DS Lite&#8217;s presence in stores following the DSi&#8217;s April 3rd release, Nintendo UK general manager David Yarnton said: \u201cWe\u2019ll let the market decide. We expect some people will upgrade, but we also anticipate that we\u2019ll win over people who were still undecided on DS \u2013 the extra features will help convince them. There\u2019s an extra incentive\u2026<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the DSi we see multiple consumer types for it. As with everything now, we look at our target market being five to 85, offering different things for different people. The functions of the device really open the platform up to more consumers \u2013 it gives the DS format unlimited potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Have you pre-ordered yours yet?<\/p>\n<p>[asa]B001TH8HAS[\/asa]<\/p>\n<p>[asa]B001TBHW6E[\/asa] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrival of Nintendo\u2019s DSi could herald the end of the road for the current version of the handheld, the DS Lite. Nothing\u2019s set in stone yet though, as Nintendo says that ultimately the DS Lite\u2019s fate will be down to consumers. Asked in an interview with MCV whether the company plans to end the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}