I’ve had my Nintendo DS Lite about a month I guess and I think its a very cool piece of equipment. Nice size, nice finish, brighter screen than my old GBA SP. Unfortunately I discovered recently that it was starting to get scuffed up from being carried in my bag (yeah, big surprise, my own fault). I’d gotten screen protectors when I first got it, but I’d neglected to get a case.

The problem is a case can easily negate the advantage of the DS Lite’s size. I like that it can easily fit in my pocket — a case would bulk it up too much to do that. Well, today when looking around the video games section of Hiroshima’s Giga store, I found the perfect solution for me. It seems Takara-Tomy has, uh, “borrowed” an idea from Apple and recently released a sock sleeve for the DS Lite.

The Lite Slipon Socks fit the DS Lite snuggly, protecting all but one edge (which doesn’t seem a problem to me, it was the top and bottom faces that I got scratches on, not the sides). It doesn’t add much bulk, so its still easy to pocket. No joy for regular DS owners, its too small to fit the larger version. You also can’t put it in the sleeve with a GBA cartridge inserted (but of course a DS cartridge is no problem). It comes in three colors: gray, pink and blue (shown in the picture). There are also some “Like Leather” versions with a genuine fake leather appearance in a variety of leather and non-leather colors.

Here’s the packaging:

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