Nintendo DS Looks to the Future After a Powerful Holiday Season

Millions of Owners Will Enjoy Wild New Games

LAS VEGAS--Jan. 5, 2005--The video game industry closed 2004 with

a rush to portable game systems, and especially a rush to Nintendo

DS(TM). The new year starts much the same way, with the 1.3 million

new Nintendo DS owners in North America experiencing games and

interacting with one another in ways never before possible. From the

Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nintendo announces that new

games planned for the first quarter of 2005 will expand this community

even more by demonstrating that there's more to hand-held video games

than pretty pictures.

"Publishers and game players have only just begun to tap the

potential of Nintendo DS," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's

senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "2005

will continue the excitement we've experienced in 2004."

The trend in consumer electronics is for music players, telephones

and all manner of organizers to become portable, and video games are

no exception. The future of video games will be characterized by

innovation - by which games and systems can give players the best

adventures and the newest ways to play. The dual-screened Nintendo DS

defines this trend with a touch screen, wireless communication and

voice recognition.

Nintendo DS represents a third, distinct product line for

Nintendo, and it's the cornerstone of Nintendo's approach to the

future.

Publishers have more than 120 games planned for Nintendo DS. Key

titles due in 2005 include Need for Speed Underground(TM) 2 from

Electronic Arts, WarioWare(TM): Touched!, Pokemon(R) Dash and Yoshi

Touch & Go(TM) from Nintendo and Retro Atari Classics(TM) from Atari.

Thanks to backward compatibility with Game Boy(R) Advance SP titles,

Nintendo DS already boasts a library of more than 500 games.

But Nintendo DS is just one element of Nintendo's strong holiday

season. 2005 will herald new games for Game Boy Advance SP and

Nintendo GameCube(TM).

Game Boy Advance continued its dominance by selling more than 8

million units in North America in 2004, making it the year's

best-selling video game system. Key upcoming titles include

WarioWare(TM): Twisted!, The Legend of Zelda(R): The Minish Cap, Mario

Party(R) Advance, Fire Emblem(TM): The Sacred Stones and Pokemon(R)

Emerald from Nintendo, Ace Combat Advance(TM) and Klonoa(R) 2 from

Namco and Banjo Pilot(TM) from THQ(R). More than 125 games are

expected this year for Game Boy Advance SP.

Nintendo GameCube heads into 2005 with strong momentum after solid

sales during the holidays. In the coming months, the graphical powers

of Nintendo GameCube will shine again as Star Fox(R): Assault,

Geist(TM), Donkey Konga(TM) 2 and Donkey Kong(R) Jungle Beat from

Nintendo join top titles like Resident Evil(R) 4 and Killer 7(TM) from

Capcom, NBA Street V3 from Electronic Arts, Tom Clancy's Splinter

Cell(R) Chaos Theory from Ubisoft and Mortal Kombat(R): Deception(TM)

from Midway. And a new adventure for The Legend of Zelda(R) series

remains in development. More than 60 games are expected this year for

Nintendo GameCube.