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Updated DS Facts

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Here's some DS system facts that came from Nintendo-Europe, but also include worldwide statistics:

• 1.3 million Nintendo DS consoles have been sold across Europe
• 6.5 million Nintendo DS consoles have been sold worldwide
• Nintendogs is being hailed as the coolest game release this year and in Japan a massive 40% of purchasers of the game are females
• In the UK, the Nintendo DS broke records for the biggest ever opening in a launch weekend, selling 87,000 units in two days
• Nintendo is pushing the frontiers of video game play with genre-defining DS titles, like Electroplankton and Brain Training for Adults
• The launch of the Nintendo DS was the fastest new console launch ever, taking just 14 weeks from its US launch to be released worldwide
• Three million Nintendo DS consoles will be in the hands of European consumers by the end of this year
• The battery life of the DS provides up to ten hours of continuous play
• This Christmas, Nintendo DS will be supported by a strong line up of games including Nintendogs, Mario Kart DS, Advance Wars and Kirby Power Paint Brush

What have we learnt, children? Well, Nintendo are proud of their puppy sim, as well as other "non-games". They like taking shots at the short battery life of the PSP. Kirby: Canvas Curse has been renamed in Europe, and thus possibly Australia too. How very educational.

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