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Australian DS Launch Info

by Jonathan Metts - January 10, 2005, 5:26 pm EST
Total comments: 14 Source: Nintendo Australia

Nintendo's new handheld arrives down under next month.

Nintendo Australia Pty. Limited has announced the first official information about the Australian DS launch. The system will be released on Feb. 24th for $199.95 AUS. Nintendo will have two first-party launch titles: Super Mario 64 DS and WarioWare Touched!, with Pokemon Dash available soon thereafter. The rest of the launch lineup will be announced at a later time.

As in North America, the Australian launch of the DS will include the Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt demo with each system. This bundle is available for a limited time.

Various EB stores have begun placing stacks of pre-order pamphlets on store counters, as well. Looks like Australia's finally getting into the swing of things. Here's a look at the pamphlet, courtesy of reader Ryan Ellis:

Aussie EB Pre-Order Pamphlet

Talkback

Bill AurionJanuary 10, 2005

Finally NAL gets off their asses...

Berto2KJanuary 10, 2005

YAY for NAL getting off their asses and doing something!!

MarioJanuary 10, 2005

HOLY FARKING CRAP

Infernal MonkeyJanuary 10, 2005

Hooooooly crap! <3!
I love everything right now, I love NAL, I love PGC, I love you all, let's have sex. tpg.gif $200 is an AWESOME price (only like $3 more than what a US DS would cost). NEXT MONTH! NEXT MONTH.

Bill AurionJanuary 10, 2005

Oh yeah, you might want to fix the 14 to 24...

DjunknownJanuary 10, 2005

Cool. Maybe TeHreggiehead.gif got to them and threatened to kick their asses and take names if they don't get the DS out in time.

MarioJanuary 10, 2005

Oh yeah, I can't wait 'til AiAi mr "there's no way it will be $199 you moron" finds out about this. Thank you Nintendo Australia!

Hybrid HunterJanuary 10, 2005

Yay for nintendo Australia, something done right!
Lets hope the games prices are cheapo too!

NephilimJanuary 10, 2005

I reported on here about a month ago it was a feb release
no suprise for myself face-icon-small-tongue.gif
200 is cheap, esp compared with the $300aus japanese models on ebay without metroid first hunt demo

MatrixJanuary 10, 2005

I wonder if the fairer-then-usual price has anything to do with the trip Iwata took to Australia a few monthes back.

NinGurl69 *hugglesJanuary 10, 2005

I heard he never took said trip.

Infernal MonkeyJanuary 10, 2005

BATMAN 2? LOL. But yeah, nice to see EB and NAL are going to actually give a crap about the launch. I want one of those pre-order things just for the hell of it Batman 2. tpg.gif

KDR_11kJanuary 11, 2005

So, when will Europe get to see it?

PlugabugzJanuary 11, 2005

Good question. People are pointing at March, still, but now I'll say "definitely before June" and know I'll be right!

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