Unconfirmed reports have surfaced indicating that the Nintendo DSi will be hitting US stores by the summer of 2009. However the Japanese don't have to wait so long to get their hands on one, as the next generation portable console was released today in Japan. Pictured above is the queue outside one of Tokyo’s electronic store. Check out more images after the jump, the DSi retails in Japan for 18,900 Yen ($ 180).

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