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03-08-2005, 07:19 AM	#1
captain of america Lakitu Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,276	Lucky UK gamers - Pick Up Your Nintendo DS At Midnight 11th March Nintendo has announced midnight openings at five Virgin Megastores across the United Kingdom this week to mark the launch of the Nintendo DS on Friday 11th March priced £99. 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 at midnight to let gamers get hold of the handheld for the first time. The first through the door at each location will receive a T-shirt indicating theirs is special, while the next fifty will receive an "I was TOUCHED by Nintendo DS" T-shirt. The first fifty at the Oxford Street branch will also receive a special Nintendo DS goody bag, with free games being given out while stocks last. One lucky attendee will even win an all-expenses-paid trip to Nintendo's headquarters in Japan where they will get to meet Shigeru Miyamoto. Nintendo DS launches across Europe this Friday with a launch line-up of some 15 titles, headlined by the likes of critically acclaimed Super Mario 64 DS. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=7248 __________________ Last edited by captain of america : 03-08-2005 at 07:26 AM.

03-08-2005, 07:35 AM

CuBi

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Originally Posted by captain of america

One lucky attendee will even win an all-expenses-paid trip to Nintendo's headquarters in Japan where they will get to meet Shigeru Miyamoto.

Now that's what I call a prize... It looks like the DS will be a hit in Europe.

03-08-2005, 08:02 AM	#3
Olmer69 Grey Britain Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,462	apparantly all the GAME shops in britain are opening at midnight, i hope so, seeing as i have college friday meanin i wont be able to pick up my DS unless i bunk it

03-08-2005, 08:10 AM	#4
burning_phoneix Flaming KFC Special Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Posts: 4,248	Looks like NOE are doing something good for a change. __________________ ~Whenever I sign up for something online, I always put the country "Niger" and city "please".

03-08-2005, 10:35 AM

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One lucky attendee will even win an all-expenses-paid trip to Nintendo's headquarters in Japan where they will get to meet Shigeru Miyamoto.

Why does the US get the shaft when it comes to prizes from Nintendo?

03-08-2005, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gamer3742

Why does the US get the shaft when it comes to prizes from Nintendo?

Ahem. Let me put this in perspective; the Nintendo DS will launch in Europe on Friday! Woo-hoo!

Four months after the US launch.

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03-08-2005, 12:15 PM	#7
Daxceon Ha ha! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,544	I'll wait for 4 o'clock on Friday.......................school and all. It's so close I could touch it, Tee hee!!

03-08-2005, 01:22 PM	#8
Ice Queen Pidgit Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London Posts: 551	Damn it! Now I wish I hadn't ordered it online, now I have to wait for it to arrive in the mail, when I could go to Oxford Street T_T. Although ordering it also means there is a possibility that it could arrive a day early... or a day late >.<

03-08-2005, 01:35 PM	#9
AdamChrisH Chuckya Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Sussex / London, England Posts: 778	Hehe, nice idea, I mighta gone for it down in Oxford St had I not got my VIP pack 4 weeks ago. Be nice to be able to finally pick games off of the shelf - haven't bothered importing, just played Mario 64 DS and the 2 demos, along with a few GBA games.

03-08-2005, 01:42 PM	#10
Ragnar Danneskjöld Selfish Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 17,949	Lucky UK bastards

03-08-2005, 01:50 PM	#11
Daxceon Ha ha! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,544	Why are we luck? Most people got them four bloody months ago!! Not everyone in England is getting a trip to Japan! We are going to be as pissed as you guys when we see the lucky bastard in the next Nintndo Magazine. BURN HIM WE SHALL!!

03-08-2005, 02:01 PM	#12
Kuriboo Super Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: A Galaxy far far away.... Posts: 12,190	This is more or less good news for the UK. __________________ Mario's Bitch

03-08-2005, 02:09 PM	#13
Ice Queen Pidgit Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London Posts: 551	From what I've seen so far, Nintendo is actually the only one of the big 3 consoles that actually seems to pay attention to Europe customers. After complaining about Europe releases etc they noticed and got us Zelda: Minish Cap before it hit the US. Too bad that probably won't happen again with a game any time soon

03-08-2005, 02:11 PM

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03-08-2005, 02:41 PM	#15
Spawn Lurking around... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,212	That's a cool thing Nintendo arranged for that one lucky person. But I count myself lucky that it'll be my birthday next week, and that the week (and a half) after that, the beautiful white DS will be shipped to my house, which will be paid with my birthday money... I've waited this long, I can wait a few more weeks longer.