Virgin Megastores in five UK locations will open at midnight this Friday to begin DS sales.
To celebrate the launch of the Nintendo DS five Virgin Megastores throughout
the UK will be opening their doors hours early to sell Nintendo DS consoles.
At precisely midnight the Oxford Street branch in London, the 235 Buchanan
Street branch in Glasgow, the Pavillion Centre store in Birmingham, the Tops
Plaza store in Liverpool and the Queens Street store in Cardiff will all
open their doors to crowds of excited gamers, clamouring to be one of the
first to touch the future of gaming.
The shopper who is lucky enough to be first through the door at each
location will get one of five special Nintendo DS T-shirts indicating that
they got a unit first. The next fifty people to purchase a Nintendo DS at
each location will get an exclusive "I was TOUCHED by Nintendo DS" T-shirt
to show off to all of their friends.
The first fifty customers at the Oxford Street branch will also receive a
special Nintendo DS goody bag. Free games will also be given out at the
Oxford Street Branch while stocks last.
One lucky attendee will also get to win a once in a lifetime, expenses paid
trip to Nintendo's headquarters in Japan, where they will get to see where
the magic happens and even meet the creator of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto.
In both America and Japan the first 500,000 Nintendo DS units sold out in
under a week, so can you afford to miss out on the hottest gadget of 2005?
If not put on a warm coat and head down to your nearest Virgin Megastore in
time to collect your very own Nintendo DS.
The Nintendo DS will revolutionise the hand-held gaming industry when it
launches in Europe. It features dual screens, touch-screen, wireless gaming,
voice recognition and advanced full colour 3D graphics similar to those seen
on home consoles. It will launch in the UK on 11 March 2005 at the estimated
retail price of around £99. Software will be available at selected retailers
at the estimated retail price of around £29 and £19, depending on the
specific title.
The midnight store openings are at the following locations:
London 14-19 Oxford Street
Birmingham 41-43 The Pavillion Shopping Centre, 38 the Hight Street
Liverpool 8-9 Tops Plaza, Clayton Square Shopping Centre
Glasgow 235 Buchanan Street
Cardiff 7-9 Capital Arcade, The Capital, Queens Street