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Nintendo DS - Colors

As with Nintendo's previous handheld consoles, the DS has been produced in a number of different colors. As of August 2005, six official colors are available through standard retailers. Titanium (silver and black) is available worldwide, Electric Blue is exclusive to North America, and Graphite Black, Pure White, and Turquoise Blue are exclusive to Japan. Candy Pink is exclusive to Europe and Japan. Mystic Pink and Cosmic Blue are exclusive to Australia.

Nintendo DS - Special editions

• Five variants of existing 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 Titanium/Mario, Graphite Black/Bowser, Gray/Wario, Candy Pink/Princess Peach, and Turquoise Blue/Yoshi.

• Additionally, Nintendo auctioned off three custom 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 DS from Nintendo, featuring a khaki camouflage design, and the G-Unit insignia on the front cover.

Nintendo DS - Limited editions

Various other colors have been made available in limited quantities:

• Special dark blue DS systems were released at Poképark in Japan. The systems have the Poképark logo on the front cover, and a Pikachu silhouette superimposed over the right speaker grill

• A light blue DS, with a limited run of 1,000 units, was also released in Japan as part of a joint promotional offer with Pepsi

• Nintendo released a gold-colored DS system in Japan; it is exclusive to Japanese Toys "R" Us stores

• A 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.

Nintendo DS - Promotional packages

• The red 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 scheme 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, bundled with Super Mario 64 DS, for the same price as a lone DS ($149.99) in June 31, 2005. 1 million copies were sold, making SM64DS the best selling game during that time.

• 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.

• The Mario Kart DS Pak was released in Europe on November 25, 2005, which contained a silver-coloured Nintendo DS and a copy of Mario Kart DS.

• The Red Hot Bundle was released in North America on November 29, 2005, including a red & silver DS system ("Hot Rod Red"), optional racing decals, a normal 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.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Colors", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki