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darkhaven63 on 31 March 2009

 

In the US, Nintendo fans can celebrate the DSi's launch at the Universal CityWalk GameStop in Los Angeles. In Australia, early adopters can go to a launch party at the "Nintendo Experience" on Melbourne's Swanston St. Melbourne. Nintendo just announced that there will be no such event in the UK to celebrate the April 3 launch of the DSi.

A Nintendo spokesperson told Eurogamer that no such event is planned "because the handheld is an evolution of the hardware - and not a replacement," in a baffling instance of Nintendo downplaying its own product. Why not just tell people, "Hey, it's just another DS, don't worry about buying one, guys!"

According to the Nintendo spokesperson, even though there's no "official" shindig, you'll still be able to pick up a system at one of the 200 GameStations, 55 GAME stores and "select HMV outlets" that mistakenly think the DSi is a big product.

(Joystiq)

 



   

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llewdebkram on 31 March 2009

They should get a drunk tramp to vomit into a police cone and then produce a DSi from his pocket.

I'd definately buy one then!



wfz on 31 March 2009

So, since they don't think the DSi lauch is a big enough deal for a launch event, that means they think their own product sucks and don't care if anyone buys it?

I can see that gamers would have enjoyed participating in a launch event, but is it really necessary to make puddles of fanboy tears out of this?