The gaming world rejoices, Nintendo counts its money, and GameStop has a midnight launch party in L.A.

The Nintendo DSi is officially available in North America as of today, and Nintendo had a party at the Universal CityWalk GameStop in Los Angeles to commemorate the occasion. Nintendo Executive VP of Sales and Marketing Cammie Dunaway was there to personally hand a DSi to the first purchaser in line, and the band Gym Class Heroes also made an appearance. That Mario guy was around too.

High Voltage has one good-looking FPS in the latest trailer.

Sega's latest trailer for The Conduit was released a while back (I actually thought it was up already since it's been sitting on my desktop, but in my old age I must have been distracted by Wheel of Fortune...mmmm Sajak), and it's looking great. This newest clip really shows off what High Voltage is doing in terms of environments and enemies, and shows how you can blow up stuff real good.

The Aussies and Kiwis already have their hands on Nintendo's newest system.

Nintendo fans in Australia and New Zealand got a special treat today, with the release of the Nintendo DSi in both territories. Nintendo Australia has posted photos of a near-midnight launch party at an EB Games in Melbourne.

The Nintendo DSi is available for $299 AUD and $375 NZD.

Epicenter releases the GDC 2009 trailer for its upcoming firefighting title.

Epicenter Studios has released a new trailer for its upcoming Real Heroes: Firefighter. Hot off the presses from GDC 2009, this clip shows you running into buildings, dousing flames, and rescuing people from cars.

Real Heroes: Firefighter is scheduled for release in the third quarter of this year.

The latest interview with the Nintendo President is translated just before the game's North American release.

The latest in the Iwata Asks series of interviews is with the team behind Rhythm Heaven (known as Rhythm Tengoku in Japan, and Rhythm Paradise in PAL territories).

The interview has been available for some time on the Nintendo of Japan website, but to commemorate the release of the game in North America it has now been fully translated.

Launching with the DSi this weekend, the DSi Shop will open with five DSiWare games available for download.

Accompanying the release of the DSi on April 5th, five DSiWare games will be available for purchase from the DSi Shop on the day of launch.

The games announced for North America are WarioWare: Snapped!, Bird & Beans, Brain Age Express: Math, Master of Illusion Express: Funny Face, and Art Style: AQUIA. The same titles will be ready for the European launch two days in advance, with the names of certain games differing slightly.

FYTO's debut title will come to US WiiWare.

Last week Nintendo released two WiiWare games in Japan, one of which was Kimi to Boku to Ritai from game creator Kenji Eno. In a recent 1UP interview, Eno, best known for his work on the Dreamcast horror game D2, acknowledged that his team was localizing the game in English, Spanish, German and French.

Today is a special day indeed! Mr. Balance Board takes some time from his busy schedule to give NWR readers a special message!