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Europe Sees Launch of Nintendo DS

Posted by Zonk on from the two-screens,-one-eu dept.

Eurogamer has coverage from last week's launch of the Nintendo DS handheld in the EU. The article covers the improving opinion of the handheld in Europe, and sales are reportedly already going quite well. From the article: "The dual screens were sensibly sized, the touch screen robust and responsive, the stylus well kept, the buttons pretty well distributed, the size and weight of the thing surprisingly comfortable, the list of games as long as your arm and the technical gubbins and service potential far greater than any other handheld." The BBC has details as well.

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  1. This IS Nintendo by connorhill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmmm... In the console business Nintendo was on top. Now they're on the bottom and Sony's on top. Nintendo was the handheld king until just recently. Now Sony's trying to slide into the business.

    Perhaps Nintendo should be worried. ;-)

    I believe that Nintendo needs to shakes things up. The Gamecube just wasn't good enough to be the leader. Now Nintendo's handhelds need to be better then good enough, or else they'll fail too. Luckily, creating something different seems to be just what Nintendo is doing. And since I like Nintendo, I can only hope it's enough.

    They say there can only be two major consoles. Nintendo needs get out of the console business and get in to the handheld business. Before they're thrown out of both.

    Meanwhile, I need to get me one of these DS gadgets.