by June - 03.18.08
Have you ever wanted a lime green DS Lite? How about your own yellow, Pikachu edition DS, or the red and orange Metroid DS pictured above, to show your utmost devotion to a fandom?
The good news is this: thanks to ColorWare, it can be done! The bad news is that, like most nice things, it’ll cost you, starting from US$99 if you send in your system, or $229 if you want to buy one from the site. Ouch! So, is it worth it? If you’re swimming in wads of dough, why not? I’m more than happy with my gold Zelda edition DS, but playing around with the design applet is still good fun.
ColorWare has other cash-burning options too, including a paint job for your Nintendo Wii. These start from $99, but you’ll have to find your own console first!
source: ColorWare via Mobile Mag










Nice! If it wasn’t so damn expensive I’d be all over it. I went for the dark blue metallic look. Oh so sexy..
Rocksteady - 03.18.08 11:43 pm
If it weren’t so expensive and the way the hinge is painted it’d be pretty cool. Actually even if I had the money I wouldn’t get one just because of the hinge.
peshue - 03.19.08 12:27 am
That Metroid DS looks like the old Game N’ Watch of Donkey Kong… Its also the same colors as the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
angry lemur - 03.19.08 12:42 am
You can change the hinge color on the applet thing.
rbelmont - 03.19.08 12:56 am
Didn’t they release a Dark Blue DS already? I’ll take it Donkey Kong Game and Watch Orange!!!
wii_too2 - 03.19.08 1:16 am
what?! you can’t paints get your buttons painted? ridiculous I say!
Crass Topher - 03.19.08 7:35 am
You had me at “lime green DS lite”
Kyattsuai - 03.19.08 9:24 am
Why not just buy a replacement case? They only cost $40 ($60 for the really cool ones with disc drive windows and fancy LEDs) and aren’t very difficult to put on if you’ve had experience building computers. Mine took me about 6 hours.
phredt - 03.19.08 11:30 am
Ok, I want a metallic prowler colored DS and iMac now
SpottedNigel - 03.19.08 12:43 pm
do they paint DS Phats? that would be badass!
kojo87 - 03.19.08 1:44 pm
Ah man I actually might get one of these. My black ds lite is getting and old (and slightly broken) anyway. All Dark blue ftw!
Horoku - 03.19.08 3:02 pm
old joke is olddddd
Wolfmaster - 03.20.08 12:15 am
Yeah man, where’s the Phat-love?
DarkeSword - 03.20.08 8:14 am
I would get one if they could paint the buttons too
Tanner - 03.20.08 1:19 pm
That Metroid painted DS looks nice. It reminds me of that incredible Metroid Prime Wii.
Paul Gale - 03.20.08 1:50 pm