The DS Just Got Bigger with the DSi LL

Nintendo have kept to its promise that it will release the latest version of its DS portable gaming devices, the DSi LL.  Japanese game lovers  got a taste of the new DS last Nov. 21, ahead of the much anticipated release in North America and Europe  (to be known as DSi XL) in the first quarter of 2010.  It is bigger than its predecessors and measures 161 x 91.4 x 21.2 mm.  It weighs 314 grams, heavier than the DSi’s 214g, the DS Lite’s 218g and the DS’s 300g.  The screen is also larger at 4.2 inches as compared to the DSi’s 3.25 inches and the DS Lite’s 3 inches. The Japanese version came out with three colors: Wine Red, Dark Brown, and Natural White. Nintendo has made no announcements yet regarding the available colors for the other regions.  There are also preloaded applications in the DS LL like the Browser, Flipnote Studio, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math, and Meikyou Kokugo Rakubiki Jiten, a dictionary program.