[News] Nintendo DS

Nintendo have updated their official Korean website revealing that the DS will be able to go online from early April onwards!

Nintendo first opened their Korean subsidiary in July last year, thus the DS Lite became the first Nintendo system to be released in South Korea earlier this year on the 18th of January. Priced at ₩150,000 (around $150), and with well-known Korean actor Jang Dong-gun helping with promotion, the DS is really starting to find its feet.

It is already available in four different colours (Crystal White, Jet Black, Noble Pink and Ice Blue), more than most other territories were treated to in the first couple of months after launch. And according to the official Nintendo of Korea website, the DS Lite will also be able to play online games starting on the 5th of April.Mario Kart DS will be the first Wi-Fi compatible title for Korea, just as it was the first game to ever make use of Nintendo’s free online service when it was first released around the rest of the world back in 2005. So, for all your Mario Kart players out there, make sure you keep an eye out for some hot new competition come April 5th, give 'em a warm welcome!Mar 23, 2007

News by Karn Bianco.