Expect '3DS Lite' this year - report

[wraggster]

Just bought a 3DS? A lot of people did over the Christmas break. How about some lovely 3DS Lite rumours, then? Yeah, thought you'd like it.
Japanese magazine Nikkei Trendy has speculated that Nintendo will release a thinner '3DS Lite' in 2012 to help expand the console's user base."To increase the 3DS's install base, there's a possibility for a lighter version that addresses the handheld's weak points, the thickness and the battery life," says the magazine, according to Kotaku translations.
This it puts under the header of 'Spring', placing the release of a revised 3DS at just a few months away.
Calm down though. The key word here is 'speculate' - the magazine isn't reporting a rumour from any given source, just taking an educated guess based on the current lay of the land and previous trends.
The original DS released in Japan in December 2004 and was followed less than a year-and-a-half later by the DS Lite in March 2006. 3DS launched in Japan in February 2011, and in EU and US in March.
So, given that timeline, we'd be buying thinner 3DS units in June. But Nintendo has already previously said that it built the 3DS to be "fully packed right from the start," and thus "we don't have any short-term plans for creating a more compact version of 3DS like we did with DS Lite."
Take that as you will.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...s-year-report/

[zauberer]

I have an acquaintance who has a 3DS, and is having a weird stain/mark in the upper screen which is the size of the lower screen.
I is kind of annoying, but the good thing is that he has protectors. His friend does not have any protection and the screen has to be changed since the stain/mark cannot longer be removed by cleaning.

The good thing could be a re-designed for addressing that issue, and battery charge.