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The Nintendo DS has been released in Australia today, so all those gamers who have pre-orders or just want an awesome handheld console should head on down to their nearest games store and pickup a beast!
Make sure to open your DS when you first get it and activate Pictochat to see if anyone else is in the area!

I bought my DS from Toys ‘R’ Us for a cool sum of $300AUD which included a little bag of extra goodies (car power pack, stylus, ear phones) and two games, WarioWare Touched and Mario 64 DS! I cracked open my DS and started playing, but no one as Toy R Us in Garden City at lunch time, at least no one with a DS so I headed on down to EB. It was pretty bare as well

The photos are shocking but I’ve only got my camera phone at me at the moment, anyhow I’m green and conker is blue.

After a bit of jousting it was quite clear that Conker was hiding in a place so good I had no chance of finding him. He kept telling me what I was doing and where I was, but I couldn’t find him! After five minutes of this, I had to head back to work…

Surprisingly we were able to chat a fair distance from each other, exactly how far I’m not sure since I couldn’t find Conker, but a great distance I’m sure.

First impressions the Australian DS box looks identical to the US packaging except of the Australian power supply (which in my opinion is a poor power supply). I’m not impressed with the Aus power adapter as it’s shaped in a way you couldn’t possibly have anything plugged in either side of it, yet it could have been slimline! It’s shaped like a small nokia adapter but at the wrong angle so it takes both left and right slots in a power board out!

I suppose it doesn’t matter to much for me as I’ll be charging this baby in the car and on a USB charger. Thank you Nintendo for having the same power plug as the GBA!

Can’t wait to play this multiplayer at LanSmash!