According to YamaKiyo Press, Nintendo of Japan has just announced that the blue-hued
versions of its upcoming DS lite will be slightly delayed from their originally scheduled release date.The Ice Blue and Enamel Navy variants on the standard DS lite (or is it Lite?) color will arrive on March 11th instead of March 2nd, while the Crystal White version will still make its March 2nd launch date in Japan.
Nintendo apologized for the delay, explaining that a manufacturing problem had adversely affected the number of quality blue models that could be ready by March. It is unknown whether this small delay would affect the lite's launch in other territories, but we'd say that it's unlikely. Blue DS lite importers, however, may have to wait an extra nine days.
[Thanks, yamakiyo; read Nintendo's press release auto-translated here]
