"MYSTERY PRODUCT" TO LAUNCH LATER THIS YEAR

Nintendo announces the end of year launch of a new portable game system
with two monitors, the Nintendo DS (temp). By adopting two TFT LCD's in
a vertical position as well as two CPU's, the Nintendo DS will provide
unprecedented and brand new interactive entertainment experiences.


Today's announcement is just a glimpse of the additional features and
benefits that will be shown in full at the Electronic Entertainment Expo
(E3) in Los Angeles in May. Once fully revealed, players will see the
innovative advance in game interaction.


From information made available today, players can look forward to being
able to manage their game progress from two different perspectives,
enhancing both the speed and strategy of the challenge. For example in
a football game, you can view the whole game on one screen, while
simultaneously focusing on an individual footballer's tackle or goal on
the other screen. Players will no longer be forced to interrupt game
play to shift perspective, such as moving from a wide shot to a close
up, or alternating between a character's ongoing battle and a map of
their environment. Nintendo DS makes it possible to perform the tasks in
real time by simply glancing from one screen to the other.


Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president, explains: "We have developed Nintendo
DS based upon a completely different concept from existing game devices
in order to provide players with a unique entertainment experience for
the 21st century"


Nintendo DS features two separate 3" (75mm) TFT LCD display panels,
separate processors, and semiconductor memory of up to 1 Gigabit. It is
scheduled to launch worldwide before the end of 2004. In addition to
Nintendo developed software, the company is in discussions with third
party game developers around the world.


Nintendo DS will be marketed separately from the existing Nintendo Game
Boy Advance portable system and Nintendo GameCube home console.

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