You've seen Hello Kitty on just about anything and now she's headed for the Nintendo 3DS.
Nintendo and Sanrio have collaborated, outfitting a 3DS with Hello Kitty faceplates. The faceplates are also available separately for those who already have the hand-held console but certainly must have the beloved cat as part of their collection. The Hello Kitty-decked 3DS will be available for about $143 while the faceplates will retail for $17. There's no news yet of an international release but the 3DS and the faceplates will start selling in Japan on Nov. 28, perfectly right around the time that people start scouring for the perfect (purrfect?) holiday gift.
It was only recently that Nintendo of America announced that it will be releasing the smaller new 3DS in North America so the official launch of the Hello Kitty faceplates could also take some months. Originally, just the new 3DS XL was available in North America, depriving anyone with the bigger new 3DS the chance to swap faceplates as they wanted because faceplate-swapping is only possible with the smaller model. (Don't be disheartened, North American fans! If Nintendo of America won't bring the Hello Kitty faceplates to you, you can at least consider importing them. Thankfully, faceplates are not region-specific.)
