Aqua Blue 3DS washing out of Nintendo's lineup in Japan

The Aqua Blue 3DS, one of two launch colors for the handheld, is going out of production, according to a tiny note on Nintendo's Japanese site. That leaves five variants in that region, including a different blue.

Nintendo of America senior director of corporate communications Charlie Scibetta told Joystiq that "We have nothing to announce about the Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS in our territory at this time." Still, we can't help but worry for the future of what is clearly the best 3DS variation to put a Slime sticker on.