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The day after Thanksgiving might be known to holiday shoppers as “Black Friday,” but this year Nintendo is rewarding eager consumers with two brilliant splashes of color. On November 28, Nintendo will release a duo of limited-edition Nintendo DS bundles, each pairing a Nintendo DS game title with a hand-held system in a new color. The Mario Red Nintendo DS Lite bundle includes a red system emblazoned with a familiar M for Mario, and a copy of New Super Mario Bros. The Ice Blue Nintendo DS Lite bundle comes with a custom carrying case and the popular Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. Each bundle sells at an MSRP of $149.99. To celebrate the new release on Black Friday, Amazon has lowered the price of both these bundles to $134.95.

Expected to rank high on holiday wish lists among first-time gamers and veteran players alike, the Mario Red and Ice Blue systems are the latest (limited-edition) additions to Nintendo’s rich palette of distinctive Nintendo DS Lite colors.

“Nintendo DS is both the most affordable and the most popular video game system in this generation,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “These limited-edition bundles make great gifts for first-time Nintendo DS players and collectors alike.”

The Mario Red and Ice Blue DS bundles won’t be the only stocking stuffers this season. Nintendo also aims to brighten the season for core and new gamers with its growing selection of Nintendo DS games. Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia and Kirby Super Star Ultra are already in demand among casual gamers and younger players. The new Personal Trainer: Cooking helps people become masterful chefs. And Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir keeps friends and families enthralled with a series of unique seek-and-solve puzzles.

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Xbox 360 Wireless Controller now comes in bright Red and Green colors, with newly designed black accents, Microsoft announced today. Each controller set includes a Play and Charge cable and Red (or Green) rechargeable battery. The Xbox 360 Limited Edition Red (or Green) Wireless Controller and Play & Charge Kit set costs $64.99.

The main features include:
* Limited Edition Red (or Green) finish, with newly designed black accents.
* Bundled with a Play & Charge Cable and matching Red (or Green) rechargeable battery pack.
* 2.4GHz wireless technology with 30-foot range.
* Use up to four controllers simultaneously on one console.
* Integrated headset port for Xbox Live play.
* Adjustable vibration feedback for longer battery life.
* New left and right shoulder buttons are designed for ease of use.
* Use the Xbox 360 Guide button to keep track of your friends, access your games and media, or power on and off your Xbox 360 console.

PS: Last year Microsoft announced Xbox 360 Wireless Controller in Pink and Blue colors to offer a bit of variation to the White and Black colors.

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The blue color PSP has escaped from Japan. Sony Computer Entertainment America announced the Madden NFL 09 PSP Entertainment Pack — a limited-edition bundle launching on August 12th, 2008, for fans of the Madden NFL football franchise. This bundle is priced at $199.99 and will feature: a limited-edition “Metallic Blue” PSP system with the upcoming Madden NFL 09 sports game, “NFL: In Just One Play” on UMD Video, a PlayStation Network voucher to download Beats from the PlayStation Store (accessible via a PC), and a 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, for storing photos, music, video and more. If purchased separately, it would cost you more than $260 altogether.

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Nintendo is making Metallic Rose a regular part of the Nintendo DS color palette with the help of some celebrity spokespeople. Starting this week, America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) and Carrie Underwood (first Idol winner) will be featured in commercials for the Metallic Rose version of Nintendo DS. Metallic Rose debuted in late 2007 as part of a Nintendogs bundle and will be available as a standalone hardware system at retailers nationwide late this month. Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) also will appear in Nintendo DS commercials that feature the two-toned Crimson/Black version.

Watch Carrie Underwood’s Nintendo DS Lite commercial as she plays Nintendogs and with her dog Ace:

Behind the Scenes of America Ferrera promoting the Nintendo DS Lite while playing New Super Mario Bros.:

Behind the Scenes of Carrie Underwood promoting the Nintendo DS Lite:

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At Konami’s Gamers Day 2008 last week, the company announced that aside from the U.S. retail “Playstation 3 Metal Gear Solid 4 Pack“, they themselves would be releasing a “Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition PS3 Bundle”. This means they’ll include more brown-colored PS3 items in the package.

Featuring a Gun Metal Gray PlayStation 3 system with a 40GB hard drive, the bundle also includes a matching DualShock 3 wireless controller and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Limited Edition game. The bundle will be exclusively available at Konami’s website, www.konami.com, for a SRP of $599.99. Pre-orders for the bundle begin on May 19th, 2008, and limited supplies are available.

The main features of the MGS4 PS3 bundle are:

* Gun Metal Gray PlayStation 3 with a 40GB Hard drive
* DualShock 3 wireless controller
* Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Limited Edition
o The Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots game, which includes Metal Gear Online, enabling you to take part in the ultimate multiplayer squad based tactical shooter
o Exclusive Blu-ray disc including over 2 hours of additional content - “Hideo Kojima’s Gene”, a behind-the-scenes vision of Hideo Kojima’s production team & game and “The Making of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” documentary
o The official Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots CD Soundtrack, including 16 never-before-released tracks by Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, Armageddon, The Rock), Nobuko Toda, and Ennio Morricone
* Price: $599.00 (plus applicable sales tax and shipping rates)

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A Wii-esque white edition GameCube controller will be released by Nintendo in Japan for Wii games that offer GameCube controller compatibility. Considering that many big first- and third-party Wii games offer GameCube controller compatibility for more classic gameplay, this move comes as no surprise.

The GameCube controller re-release with a new white color will be out later in April 2008 at a price of 2,000 Yen (that’s $20 / £10 / €12.50 / AU$21.50) and comes with an extra long 3 meter (10 feet) cord. No word yet on whether or not the controller will be in stores elsewhere in the world. Personally I’d rather see a white wireless Wavebird GameCube controller re-released with rumble added.

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The latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has revealed a picture of a brown-ish colored PlayStation 3 console branded the “PS3 Steel”. The special edition Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle is set for release in Japan on June 12th, 2008, priced at 51,800 Yen (that US$521).

The magazine also mentioned that the original Metal Gear Solid will arrive on the PlayStation Network of their region in spring 2008, and that you’ll be able to play it on both PS3 and PSP. — Via Kotaku

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Sony has announced an all-new PS3 color . . . for Japan. “Satin Silver” will be released on March 6th for consumers in the Land of the Rising Sun and will retail for ¥39,980 (USD $374).

The console is the standard 40GB edition and will be bundled with a normal SIXAXIS controller (sorry folks, no DualShock 3 love for you!). As you can see in the pic above, the system looks quite nice.

Japan already has a white PS3 in addition to the black color . . . now when are Westerners going to get the chance to choose their own color scheme? Huh Sony? — Via Kotaku

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The DS Lite is adding a cool new Cobalt Blue and Black color scheme to its wardrobe on February 10th, 2008, which is the best day of the year. Nintendo claims that: like a black T-shirt with a splash of color, the new DS Lite Cobalt/Black version of the Nintendo portable grabs your attention.

Cobalt/Black marks the seventh color in the Nintendo DS Lite palette. It joins Polar White, Coral Pink, Onyx Black, Crimson Red and Black and the limited-edition Gold and Metallic Rose, which together sold more than 8.5 million units in America last year alone.

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If an online pre-order webpage for the American retailer Circuit City was correct, then a new color Cobalt Blue DS Lite will be released before the end of February 2008. The DS Lite is colored in both cobalt blue and black, similar to the crimson red and black DS Lite.

A Nintendo insider described the “awesome” color as “purplish blue” and says that factory workers just started putting on the new color of clamshells in the last few days. Which means that once packing begins, there’s usually a two week or one month period before they hit store shelves. — Via Kotaku