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Nintendo: 12 Titles to Ship With Launch of DS Handheld

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2004 - 2:47am.
Tokyo -- Japanese video games firm Nintendo announced on Thursday that it will offer a slate of 12 game titles for its new $149, dual-screened DS handheld video game when it launches in the U.S. on Nov. 21 and in Japan on Dec. 2. Titles available at launch and priced beginning at $29 will include "Super Mario 64 DS" from Nintendo, Electronic Arts' "Madden NFL 2005," "Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf" and "The Urbz," and a major title from Activision. Other launch titles will include Sega's "XY/XX," THQ's "Ping Pals," Ubisoft's "Rayman DS" and "Asphalt Urban GT," and Namco's "Ridge Racer DS" and "Mr. Driller." Nintendo said a total of 124 DS games are now under development by 46 companies, and that it intends to increase its library of available titles to between 20 and 25 by the end of the first quarter of 2005. The company itself also plans to launch a multiplayer "Mario Kart" title and "Metroid Prime Hunters." By contrast, few if any game publishers have announced specifics on titles in development for Sony's new handheld game, the PSP, although major firms like Atari, Activision, Electronic Arts, Eidos, Konami, Midway and Sega have all promised titles. The PSP is expected to launch by the end of 2004 in Japan and by March in the U.S. and Europe.
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