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What DS Games Will Be On Your Christmas List This Year?

Nintendo unveils updated first party Nintendo DS release schedule for 2006 and a glimpse of what's to come in 2007

19th October 2006 - This Christmas gamers will be filled with seasonal cheer by a selection of exciting first party games for the Nintendo DS. Owners of the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite will be able to keep themselves busy over the winter months with games including Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Yoshi's Island DS and Tenchu Dark Secret.

This year Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite owners will also be able to pass time surfing the internet with the Nintendo DS Browser .

Never know what to do with all those gift vouchers you get for Christmas? Nintendo has the answer with a selection of top games to look forward to at the start of 2007 including Star Fox Command, Diddy Kong Racing DS, Mario Slam Basketball and Pokémon Ranger.

Nintendo DS Hardware / Software

Release Date Q4 2006/ Q1 2007

Nintendo DS Browser - 6 Oct 2006

Sudoku Master - 27 Oct 2006

Nintendo DS Lite Pink Edition - 27 October 2006

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team - 10 Nov 2006

Tenchu Dark Secret - 24th Nov 2006

Yoshi's Island DS - 1st Dec 2006

Star Fox Command - 26th Jan 2007

Actionloop - 26th Jan 2007

Harvest Moon DS (Rising Star Games/Nintendo) - Q1 2007

Mario Slam Basketball - Q1 2007

Magical Starsign (tentative name) - Q1 2007

Diddy Kong Racing DS - Q1 2007

Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis - Q1 2007

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice For All (Capcom) - Q1 2007

Pokémon Ranger - Q1 2007

Children of Mana (Square-Enix) - Q1 2007

About Nintendo

Nintendo Co., Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 2.2 billion video games worldwide and more than 375 million hardware units globally, creating such industry icons as Mario® and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda® and Pokémon. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including the Nintendo 64, NINTENDO GAMECUBE, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy - the world's best-selling video game system which has sold over 193 million units. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in Europe.

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