Following the launch of Nintendo of Korea on 7th July, 2006, everything went quiet on the Seoul-based office. Finally, though, Nintendo's Japanese president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the Nintendo DS will be fully localised and launched in that territory on 18th January, 2007, with the Wii hitting there later on in 2007.
What is more interesting is how there will be strong support from Korean developers, most of which are renowned for their online games, meaning that there could well be some strong online DS and Wii games coming in the near future. With a extensive initial financial push of over US$25 million / UK