Nintendo News | DS Hot in Taiwan, Wii Must Wait

By Adam Riley 30.01.2007 3

Continuing Cubed3's attempt to keep readers up-to-date with the latest happenings around the world, an update has come out of Taiwan about the DS and Wii. According to DigiTimes, Nintendo's Taiwanese distributor 'Hakuyu' has stated that the new Wii system will fail to make it to the market any time before the Chinese New Year in February.

Therefore, as a reaction to this, retailers are now increasing their orders of DS Lite stock in order to compensate as Taiwan gears up for the usual large shopping demand at this time of year.

It is reported that orders are expected to exceed NT$100 million (~US$3 million,

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dojo is offline. dojo 30.01.2007#1

Nintendo really is on the right tracks this gen (for some things at least). It is really promising. Last gen I noticed that the PS2 was available virtually everywhere, as was the GBASP, and then that was it. Dreamcast, GameCube and Xbox weren't as widespread (as most people think).

Oh, and I'll fix that url...Smilie

( Edited on 30.01.2007 16:15 by dojo99 )

 
Satoshi is offline. Satoshi 30.01.2007#2

They can't take supplies from japan!!!

That'll make stocks worse in japan!

Hm....

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The Croft is offline. The Croft 31.01.2007#3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan

The country has an interesting history.

It is currently under Chinese rule, wouldn't there be rampant piracy there.


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