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Nikkei Says Japan Retailers Sell Out Their First 3DS Shipments

Some 400,000 units of the new Nintendo 3DS sold on Saturday, reports Nikkei, veritably selling out the first shipment and requiring reinforcements on Sunday.


November 5, 2008
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New Nintendo DS Game To ‘Make Learning About The Economy Fun’

What, you didn’t think they’d stop at brain training, fitness and music games, did you? Nunh unh. Oh boy, Nintendo are just getting started. Next on their agenda is to make a game – or at least a piece of software – that makes learning about the economy fun. To repeat: that makes learning about the economy fun. They’re partnering with Nikkei on the software, which is destined for the DS, and will have users “tapping on the devices’ touch-screen panels and answering a series of quizzes” in the hope that “the software will attract young people who are interested in the economy”.