Nintendo has announced that the Nintendo DSi, the third iteration of the DS handheld, will launch in New Zealand on April 2nd. Japan got the DSi in November last year.

It will be available in both black and white colours for an RRP of NZ$375.

The Nintendo DSi features an even slimmer build than the DS Lite (12% thinner), larger screens (3.25" versus 3"), two 0.3MP digital cameras, an SD card slot and improved speakers. The unit's ARM9 CPU has also been upgraded to 132MHz (from 67MHz in the original DS and DS Lite) and RAM is increased to 16MB from 4MB.