Nothing kickstarts the sales of a Nintendo handheld like the release of a brand new colour. And if that colour is pink? Well, damn — you have a phenomenon on your hands.
Why? Because men are completely stupid. Trust me, I’ve been there. The first present I ever bought my current wife was a pink gameboy. She doesn’t even really like video games. I bought it because it was pink, and I thought girls liked pink things. That was my second mistake. My first mistake was thinking buying an 10 year old handheld console for my girlfriend’s birthday.
Anyway, details. The Lavender Pink 3DS goes on sale in Australia from November 17, and it does look rather fetching. Without irony, our very own Tracey Lien left the image open just so she could gaze upon its beauty. Then she wrote this letter to Mariah Carey.
The new Lavender Pink 3DS retails at AU$249.95.
Well, that’s Christmas sorted! [Dusts hands]
Ruen
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:39 PMCurse you link. . . no matter how many time I try to alter the URL I can get the combination right. . .
James
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:53 PMI think this is what the link was meant to be to: http://twitpic.com/75dbsv
Ruffleberg
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:50 PMThey should make a 3DS that looks like a slab of bacon.
Chuloopa
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:54 PMcoat DS in meat
then place it in the over
sure fire flawless plan
Chuloopa
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:53 PMfor valentines day
i bought bee a pink DS
she seemed to like it
she may not play games
at least not all that often
we’ll always have ‘juiced’
Jiff
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:51 PMLack of game software
No second analogue stick
Pink does not fix these
NegativeZero
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM“Lavender Pink”?
But lavender isn’t pink, is it? How does that work?
Powalen
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:45 PMYeah that’s what I’ve been thinking…
Maybe it’s actually more purple in real life? I know my blue 3DS looks a lot more green than the promotional pictures make it look.
I dunno. :P
Astrogirl
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:57 PMActually, you can get pink lavenders.
But I think this is called Lavender Pink after the crayola colour “Lavender” which is pink. See #54 here under standard colours:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors
Powalen
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 3:20 PMInteresting.
Admittedly pink isn’t the first thing that comes to my mind when hearing the word “Lavender”, but that crayon colour you linked is pretty much spot on.
bigkid
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 5:13 PMMust be named by someone who was colour blind
Foggy
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:15 PMI was always an “If in doubt… whip it out” man myself.
The Cracks
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:40 PMIt’s not pink. It’s a lightish red.
Chuloopa
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:41 PMare you serious?
it’s more pink a porn star
but more appealing
James Mac
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:37 PMiseewhatyoudidthere.jpg
Mikka
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:46 PM“It’s not pink, it’s salmon”
MrTaco
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:28 PMLooks more like tuna to me.
Why???
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:43 PMWhy do people get all excited about a new colored console?? Why is it news?? I don’t get it. When buying a console, the color of the bloody thing is the last thing on my mind….
bigkid
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 5:16 PMBelieve it or not, there are people in this world who will buy each time there is a new colour announced. If you don’t trust me, check the hardware sales chart in Japan, the sales of 3DS will surge for a week or 2 after this pink colour is released in Japan.
bigkid
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 5:11 PMStill region locked… next