Compatibility functions where both new software designed for Nintendo 3DS and most software for the Nintendo DS family of systems can be played.
Nintendo will be following up soon with a free WiFi connection service for Nintendo DS owners that will launch later this year, linking players from around the world.
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Once teams of hard-working Japanese salesmen had prised open American and European markets in the 1970s, Western consumers were quickly won over by Japanese quality, design and price, whether in fuel-efficient cars or snazzy electronic gizmos, such as the Sony Walkman (for readers under 30: a portable machine that played music from tapes) or the Nintendo DS (for readers over 30: a gadget for playing video games).
Things like that, (unintelligible) outfits and then, particularly, my four-and-a-half year-old is looking for a Nintendo DS Lite.
The launch of Nintendogs is responsible for making Nintendo DS the best-selling system in Japan, outselling the PSP by three times.
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He adds that though many consider the Nintendo DS handheld line mainly for casual games, the upcoming 3DS will have the power and potential to support core games.
"Black Ops" is available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PC.
For instance, if we take lifetime unit sales, Nintendo DS has sold 132 million units, while Sony PSP has sold more than 50 million units.
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At a US games developers' conference last week, some suggested that new start-up studios should make games for mobile phones and handheld consoles, like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS, instead.
Nintendo, meanwhile, is reportedly preparing to counter the iPhone and iPod Touch with a replacement for the DS Lite.
Nintendo sold 3.15 million DS units and Sony 1.2 million PSP units, for a combined total of 4.35 million.
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Nintendo's 3DS sold 250K, while the aged DS moved 275K -- not too shabby for an eight-plus-year-old console!
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Nintendo's portable system, the DS, sold 1.6 million units in December alone, for full-year sales of 5.3 million.
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