And to continue the gaming tip, it looks like Nintendo has officially announced the final information regarding the new DS handheld, and it’s sort of a mixed bag. On the (way) upside, the official price is just $150, which is a lot better than the $200+ numbers we had been hearing. US gamers can expect to see the DS in stores by November 21st – a launch date actually a week before Japan, if you can believe it. The DS-to-DS instant messaging software, PictoChat, will come bundled for free, but no proper games, per se.
The bad news? Although it is backwards compatible with the Game Boy Advance (not the original Game Boy or Game Boy Color, however), it has no multiplayer link cable port, which means none of the multi-player functions of Game Boy Advance games will work with the DS. It will still be able to play multiplayer DS games, of course, via its in-built wireless connection.
Read – Nintendo DS = $149.99 on November 21st, 2004. [Portagame]
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