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Nintendo Bringing Book Collection DS to Europe
on 30.11.2008 at 22:16
Posted by Shane Jury (Phoenixus) 
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DS, Books, Shakespeare, Dickens, Nintendo
Posted by Shane Jury (Phoenixus) Comments: 16 Reads: 28809 Tags:
DS, Books, Shakespeare, Dickens, Nintendo 
The previously-rumoured DS Novel title from Nintendo has now been given a new title, and a release date for Boxing day of this year in Europe.
Retitled 100 Classic Book Collection, the cartridge will live up to its name by offering DS owners 100 timeless novels from authors such as Dickens, Austen, Shakespeare and Bronte. There will be a bookmark feature and a search tool for those with time and taste restrictions.
Explained in more detail at Nintendo Europe's site, the DS would be held as you'd expect, in a book-like manner with the stylus free to turn pages. There will also be Author Mini-Biographies, and Wi-Fi Connection support to receive further books.
The full list of books that will be available have been revealed on Amazon's pre-order page, they are as follows;
100 Classic Book Collection will slightly miss the Christmas rush, and be released at a approximate price-point of £19.99 on Boxing Day.
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really need to sort out my posture. :/
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L89 Tom Nook
Well I've liked quite a lot of the "non games" that Nintendo have released...but this ones a definite "no thank you" for me...
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Bah, so close to L100! :(
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This would be a great tool for Colleges if they let you doodle on the pages; quite a few of those books were in my AS English classes. 
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L77 K.K. Slider
I'm actually a quite tempted by that. Bet it'll be dirt cheap before long. 
really need to sort out my posture. :/
3975L89 Tom Nook
Ikana said:
I'm actually a quite tempted by that. Bet it'll be dirt cheap before long.
I'm actually a quite tempted by that. Bet it'll be dirt cheap before long.
I've not read a book since my English GCSE
Though I would like to get back to reading some sometime, it won't be anything from that list.
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no, you cant, it's not allowed
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L30 Lizalfos
oooooh.. I'm willing to buy this, really I am, those are some good books.
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L81 Chun-Li
Holy shit that is awesome!
bored -_-
3990L89 Tom Nook
is that bookworm in the game or did u guy just google for it lol
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Wow! I LOVE to read, so I may find myself getting this, if it comes to the US. I figured they would make something like this at some point, but I did not think they would be so generous with the size and selection!
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L12 Kremling
Would love this!
My English teacher is making us read Julius Caesar
[Though I can't understand a word!]
I absolutely hate the literature we have, it's large and we need it everyday, along with 5 other similarly sized books.
Having it in DS form would be great for when I need it in other classes or I forget my book!
My English teacher is making us read Julius Caesar
[Though I can't understand a word!]
I absolutely hate the literature we have, it's large and we need it everyday, along with 5 other similarly sized books.
Having it in DS form would be great for when I need it in other classes or I forget my book!
6980L100 C3 Master
So public domain?
I am not.
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L6 Deku Scrub
Jack London- The Call of the Wild
Jack London- White Fang
I love those!!!
And E. A. Poe is great too. But, English isn't my first language, and, even if it was, there's no way I'm buying this. I so much prefer to have a book in my hands.
Jack London- White Fang
I love those!!!
And E. A. Poe is great too. But, English isn't my first language, and, even if it was, there's no way I'm buying this. I so much prefer to have a book in my hands.
I have to blow everything up! It's the only way to prove I'm not crazy!
3147L81 Chun-Li
Ah! The Classics! This may be a good way for some people to avoid paying overpriced fees to buy books necessary for certain English classes...Or a substitute to book pirating...It requires great courage to look at oneself honestly, and forge one's own path.
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L32 Deku Baba
Thts pretty cool, if only it would be a book reader and we would pay for each book to download, but 20 euros for this shit is nice.
Bah, so close to L100! :(
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Jump_button said:
is that bookworm in the game or did u guy just google for it lol
is that bookworm in the game or did u guy just google for it lol
Gotta love google.
Took me a while to decide on that picture; if my Photoshop skills were up to scratch I'd have replaced that Book with a DS Lite.
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L63 Shiek
Wow, that\'s pretty cool. I\'ve read Pride and Prejudice (my [ex] girlfriend encouraged me, I loved it!) and I have all the Shakespeare works (it\'s amazing what you can buy for 3 euro).
Yep, no more copy-right on them. All books are (probably) older than 100 years. So it didn\'t cost Nintendo a thing to put them on cartridge! You can\'t pirate those books.
You can only pirate certain editions of the book, but not the story itself. So go download.
Do you think it reads better if you turn off the frontlight of the DS screen? I thought the light might hurt your eyes like a monitor does, but maybe frontlight doesn\'t have tha problem.
( Edited 01.12.2008 09:30 by Canyarion )
iCAME said:
So public domain?
So public domain?
PK Mongoose *RIP Dalton* said:
Or a substitute to book pirating...
Or a substitute to book pirating...
You can only pirate certain editions of the book, but not the story itself. So go download.
Do you think it reads better if you turn off the frontlight of the DS screen? I thought the light might hurt your eyes like a monitor does, but maybe frontlight doesn\'t have tha problem.
( Edited 01.12.2008 09:30 by Canyarion )
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To be honest, I reckon this deserves to do better than Cooking Guide...I'm certainly looking forward to it! I wonder how different the line-up of books in the Japanese version was?
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