Nintendo DS Sold Out Already?

Posted on Friday 5th November 2004 at 17:37 by SSJ_Cloud

As the battle for the handheld market begins to shape up between Sony and Nintendo, the latter's latest entry in the market is selling like hotcakes --- and it has not even been released yet.

Many major video game retailers, including Gamestop, are ceasing from taking further preorders for the Nintendo DS as they have already sold out of their launch day allotment of the device. It is beginning to appear that it may be difficult (just as it has been with recent past hardware releases, the Nintendo 64 and Playstation 2 coming specifically to mind) to get the handheld on its November 21 launch date.

The titles (as of right now) that are expected to be in store by launch date are: Asphalt Urban GT (Ubisoft), Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts), Urbz: Sims in the City (EA), Feel the Magic XY/XX (Sega), and Spider-Man 2 (Activision), and, of course, Super Mario 64 DS.

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Someone want to be my Rich Uncle Pennybags? With its backward compatibility with the GBA, I would love to have one of these things. I can neither afford nor justify spending 150 dollars on one at the moment, however.

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Comments

Lockes AlterEgo	Comment 1: 2004-11-05 20:44
	WOW!! i thought nintendo was going down and out but apparently not, i wont need to buy one though i have already won one.
Twilight Paladin	Comment 2: 2004-11-05 21:46
	Ooooo I want one of those so bad.... FF3'll be on it.....
Phoenix	Comment 3: 2004-11-06 11:17
	Quote (Twilight Paladin @ 6th November 2004 07:46) Ooooo I want one of those so bad.... FF3'll be on it..... Or so we hope; if FF3 failed to come out for this platform, it wouldn't be the first time such a thing has happened.
Alfredo	Comment 4: 2004-11-06 14:26
	Lets hope the best for Nintendo. I just hope they aren't joking with FF III. I want it so bad.
Ejoty	Comment 5: 2004-11-07 23:13
	and this is why I never try to get a system right when it comes out. Too much hassle + Too much $$ = Meh, I'll get it next year. Well, I don't wan't it anyway... just sayin'....
Trance	Comment 6: 2004-11-08 04:25
	Quote (Alfredo @ 6th November 2004 09:26) Lets hope the best for Nintendo. I just hope they aren't joking with FF III. I want it so bad. why dont you guys jsut DL it FOR the SNES emulator??
Dark Paladin	Comment 7: 2004-11-08 22:20
	Quote (Trance @ 7th November 2004 23:25) Quote (Alfredo @ 6th November 2004 09:26) Lets hope the best for Nintendo. I just hope they aren't joking with FF III. I want it so bad. why dont you guys jsut DL it FOR the SNES emulator?? Because it's illegal and not for the SNES. Having it on a handheld device would be much more convenient than a desktop computer.
GamblingCat	Comment 8: 2004-11-14 17:33
	Dang it sold out practicaly, I think I will get my DS when they have a price drop on it or scanning Ebay for a buy-it-now. either way i never get a console/Handheld when they come out at least not a year or two (Although I got a GBA 2 months after it came out.). Either way they better make FFIII for DS, I also read in a Electronic Gaming monthy about some talk of FFIV, V, VI, and Chrono Trigger Maybe coming to DS. Lets Hope any of the 5 come out DS (Preferably FFIII).
Sephiroth	Comment 9: 2004-11-17 06:43
	Unfortunately I'll have to wait until next month before I can get my hands on one but it'll be worth the wait. This system is probably the one that I'm looking foward to the most. Actually, I've never wanted a system this bad in my life so I'll have one in a couple of weeks. I don't think that we're sold out of reserves where I live though because I live in a town that sold less than 1,000 Halo 2 reserves so we had people from Georgia coming in to my little town in Texas to get a copy the day it came out.
i90east	Comment 10: 2004-11-17 23:27
	Quote (Lockes AlterEgo) WOW!! i thought nintendo was going down and out but apparently not Then again, the N64 also ran up a long pre-order queue. The DS is just selling pre-orders well because it's a Nintendo handheld. Time will tell if the system is wildly successful or not. With Sony attacking the handheld market, it may not be easy.
Sephiroth	Comment 11: 2004-11-21 16:46
	It appears that The DS didn't sell like hot cakes here. I went and bought one this morning and I didn't even have it reserved, granted there weren't any games out on the shelves yet when I bought it so I just had to settle with the Metroid First Hunt playable demo that came with it, but I still had to have it. If you egt a chance, pick one of these up. They are definately worth the money.
Malevolence	Comment 12: 2004-11-21 16:56
	i still say the dual screens seem kinda clunky. i'm one of those try before you buy people. i'll wait for one of my friends to get one and then try it out(i know Jeremy will, he gets all the new stuff right when it comes out).
SilverFork	Comment 13: 2004-11-21 18:06
	They're definitely selling here, as in they're sold out. Most of the stores won't actually have them available until tomorrow, and the store I'm getting mine from said they'll only hold preorders until tomorrow evening. I'll pick it up around noon just to be safe...and because I'm impatient. Supposedly they'll have the games in by then, too.
Sephiroth	Comment 14: 2004-11-22 09:27
	Quote (Malevolence @ 21st November 2004 11:56) i still say the dual screens seem kinda clunky. i'm one of those try before you buy people. i'll wait for one of my friends to get one and then try it out(i know Jeremy will, he gets all the new stuff right when it comes out). It just so happens that I did get to try it out beforeI bought it. A week before as a matter of fact. Walmart had one on display around the 15th or so and I got to check it out while I was there. I knew that the Nintendo DS was going to be good, but I was going to wait until the end of December to buy one. After I played it though I decided I had to have it the day it came out so I woke up at about 6 AM in the morning and rushed down to the store to get one. The lady that sold it to me had to go to the back to get one because they hadn't even put them out on the shelves. If that doesn't tell you how bad I wanted this system then I don't know what will. As for the games, GameStop has a few games now (they got them in around noon), but only a few. As in Spider-Man2, Mario 64 DS and some Simms game, and that was it. I hope there are more releases between now and Christmas because I can't wait to start grabbing new games for this thing.
SilverFork	Comment 15: 2004-11-22 23:04
	I got mine today along with the demo and SM64DS (it's like the original times four. Literally!) and as far as I can tell the dual screen isn't the least bit clunky. Using the stylus on the touchscreen kinda acts like an analog stick, so for some games you'll only really need that and the control pad. Plus, you always have the option of using the wrist strap instead so it's just like an extra two or three buttons. It's lookin' to be well worth the money.
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