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It's hard to believe but there are still people wandering the streets who don't own a Nintendo DS.The console manufacturer is obviously keen to stamp this sort ofbehaviour out so its opened 30 DS centres in shops around Britain. Fromthe press release:
These new centres will offer anyone the opportunity tolearn more about Nintendo DS and its exciting range of software througha number of new and exciting ways including videos, TV commercials,demo games to play on the DS. Centre itself and most exciting of all,current DS owners will be able to download demo software to play ontheir own Nintendo DS.
Brain Training, Sight Training, More Brain Training, Big BrainAcademy, Mario Kart DS and 42 All Time Classics are the titlescurrently available for free demo downloads - the code stays on yourmachine until you switch it off. Stores currently housing the DSshowcases include Asda, Argos, HMV, Game and Zavvi - there's a list ofparticipating outlets here.
Each site will also offer free Nintendo Wi-Fi connection so if youalready own one, not only do you get free demos you also get to hangaround playing online games. It's like Apple Store for the hoi polloi.
Downloadable titles DS owners can playinclude Brain Training, Sight Training, More Brain Training, Big BrainAcademy, Mario Kart DS and 42 All Time Classics.
You can alsoplay in-store demos for games such as Sight Training, Nintendogs, BigBrain Academy, New Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda; PhantomHourglass and Animal Crossing: Wild World.
The full list of DS centres is as follows:
Basingstoke - GAME, Unit 15 Festival Place
Birmingham - Argos, Priory Sq Centre, 33 Priory Queensway
Brighton - HMV, 48-50, Churchill Square Shopping Centre
Cardiff - Argos, Units E & F, Cardiff Bay Retail Park, Ferry Road
Chelmsford - Woolworths, 40 - 41 High Street
Chippenham - Woolworths, 24-25 High Street
Croydon - Woolworths, 60-68 North End
Exeter - Zavvi, SU 20/21 Princesshay Shopping Centre
Glasgow - GAME, 146 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow - Zavvi, 235 Buchanan St
Leeds - Asda, Crown Point Retail Park
Liverpool - Woolworths, 74-75 St Johns Way, St Johns Centre
London - GAME-Hamleys, 188-1 96 Regent Street
London - HMV, 360 Oxford Street
London - HMV, 150 Oxford Street
London - Zavvi, 14 Oxford Street
London - Zavvi,Piccadilly Circus,
London - Woolworths, 168-176 Edgware Road
London - Toys R Us, Tilling Road, Brent Cross
London - Argos, 30-36 Market Place, Romford
Manchester - Argos, Unit E Central Retail Park Gt Ancoats St
Manchester - Zavvi, Unit M, Lower mall, Arndale Centre
Milton Keynes - Argos, 700 Grafton Gate West
Northampton - Argos, 4-7 St. Peter's Square
Norwich - GAME, 2-10 Back of the Inns
Oxford - Argos, Botley Road
Portsmouth - Argos, 207-211 Commercial Road
Reading - HMV, 13 Holy Brook Walk, The Oracle
Reading - Zavvi, 1-5 Oxford Road
Slough - Argos, 4 The Observatory Centre, High Street
Swindon - Asda, Orbital Shopping Park, Thamesdown Drive
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