Nintendo's money-minting handheld picks up apt new hue; packaged with Personal Trainer: Cooking, carrying case next month.

Aimee Green: DS Lite improves on already great system . Jun 15, 2006 Jun 15, 2006; 0; ... The new DS Lite is less than two-thirds the size of the original and 20 percent lighter.

In 2006, Nintendo gave its dual-screen DS an iPod and MacBook-esque makeover with the DS Lite, and as a result, beat Sony's more powerful and capable PlayStation Portable badly.

The DS Lite will be fully showcased at E3 2006 next week, and might be available for pre-order at select retailers as early as today. You heard it here first. Voice your opinions in the AMN Forums.