DSi XL, Still the Same Price as a 3DS, Gets Pink as a New Color

The super-sized model of the DSi is getting a new color this month, Nintendo today announced. And like the existing colors (Bronze, Midnight Blue and Burgundy), it will cost $169.99.
Some people might find it strange that Nintendo has the DSi line of systems co-existing alongside the 3DS, but what might be even stranger is that the DSi XL costs the same as a new 3DS following the latter's price drop last month. The XL was previously priced at $189.99 and, along with the regular DSi, had its price slashed by $20 last September.
The brand-new color is officially called Metallic Rose (because "pink" just won't cut it). It will be available on Sunday, September 18 and comes with several pieces of pre-installed software: Flipnote Studio, Brain Age Express: Math, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, and Photo Clock.
The XL's existence was first rumored in late 2009 and was released that November in Japan as the DSi LL, selling 103,000 units in just two days. It's quite the large device and was meant to be spectator-friendly; Nintendo did its best to make it clear it wasn't just for old people.
Nintendo's press release mentions there are still reasons to buy a DS. Kirby: Mass Attack is out one day after the new system on September 19, and Professor Layton and the Last Specter was recently confirmed for a U.S. release on October 17 (complete with the 100-hour RPG London Life). It fails to mention any other games, but there are more DS titles in the coming months such as Aliens: Infestation, Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns (a 3DS version also exists), Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (you can see XSEED's Jessica Chavez blog about localizing it here on 1UP), Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
It is worth noting that all DS games are playable on 3DS, so unless you have some real need for the DSi XL's bigger screens -- at 4.2 inches they're almost two times the size of the DS Lite's screens -- there's not much of a reason to go for the XL over a 3DS.

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