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Microsoft has quietly lent its support to Nintendo's DS handheld, it has been alleged, with wholly owned British studio Rare apparently already working on two titles for the new console.

While you're reading our impressions, you might like to head over to Eurofiles where you can now download a 20-minute video shot behind the scenes on the Nintendo stand, which shows us playing around with some of the DS games - many for the very first time. For more information on how to use Eurofiles, click here.

British studio Rare is not working on titles for the Nintendo DS, according to a statement from Microsoft denying reports which surfaced at E3 that the Microsoft Game Studios subsidiary had games in the pipeline for the forthcoming system.

Super Mario 64x4 may not be the first plumbing platformer to appear on the Nintendo DS according to veteran designer Shigeru Miyamoto, with a second, unnamed Mario title the more likely candidate.

Several notable game makers have reportedly been vox popped on games they would like to work on, or have been asked to work on, for the Nintendo DS in the latest issue of American magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly. Amongst the games mentioned in connection with the DS were Super Monkey Ball, Castlevania, Silent Hill and Chu Chu Rocket.

Unconfirmed reports from Japanese retail sources suggest that Nintendo is planning to roll out the DS handheld on November 4th priced at 19,000 Yen (140 Euro), followed by a US launch on November 11th at $179.95 (145 Euro).

EA has announced that The Urbz: Sims in the City will appear on Nintendo DS. In development "in conjunction with Griptonite Games" in Redwood City, CA, The Urbz is due out on DS in the US this November, and, much like the system itself, a specific European date has yet to be confirmed. However, since Nintendo has previously stated Q1 2005, we reckon The Urbz has the potential to be a European launch title.

Nintendo has unveiled a new look for the Nintendo DS handheld console, first demonstrated at E3 in prototype form, and finalised the product name. The console is still on track for release in North America and Japan late this year, and Europe in Q1 2005.

While Nintendo boasts of strong third party software support for the newly redesigned Nintendo DS console, at least one publisher hasn't quite decided what to do with it - with Square Enix now asking consumers which of its titles they'd like to see on the platform.

Atlus is planning to release five games for the Nintendo DS, the Japanese publisher revealed this week. Although it hasn't discussed release dates yet (which suggests that we're not looking at launch titles), it has named all five.

The Magic Box has posted a translation of a Japanese games list for the Nintendo DS, believed to have come from the console's official Japanese website. The list claims that some 72 titles are in development for the dual screen handheld format in Japan at the moment

A total of 32 Japanese games companies are working on the Nintendo DS, with 64 Japanese games currently undergoing development, Nintendo has announced this week, not including the 20 titles that the platform holder is developing internally.

Japanese site EG (no relation) has details of one of publisher Atlus' five announced Nintendo DS titles - Caduceus - and we have a feeling the Daily Mail won't be impressed. Possible headlines might include: "Game teaches children how to cut open their friends" and "Don't have a heart attack or your child will dice you".

Microsoft has restated that none of its studios are involved in developing games for the Nintendo DS, after members of Rare's Game Boy Advance development team rekindled speculation that they were considering projects for the handheld.

Having unveiled a complete list of titles in development at Japanese studios last week, Nintendo has now unveiled a list of Nintendo DS titles in development at Western companies, which we've presented for you below.

Nintendo DS will launch in North America in late November, according to unconfirmed reports quoting publishing sources at the Ziff-Davis Electronic Gaming Summit.

Nintendo could release different two-tone colour variations on the black and silver Nintendo DS design, company spokesman Mitsuaki Hagishima has revealed in the latest issue of Japanese Nintendo Dream magazine.

The Nintendo DS handheld console is set to support external microphone headsets, it has emerged, after eagle-eyed fans noticed that the device sported a "mystery" port next to the headphone socket.

Giftpia developer Skip and fellow Japanese firm Spike are both working on Nintendo DS titles, according to reports, while the producer of the Momotaro Densetsu video boardgame title reports that Nintendo is sitting on a rather addictive DS puzzle game.

It appears that Kenichi Nishi, game director at Giftpia developer Skip, may have been a little hasty in telling readers of his web journal that the Japanese firm plans to release a game for Nintendo DS "around this Christmas sometime".

Several third-party publishers are planning to exhibit Nintendo DS titles at the Tokyo Game Show later this month, ensuring that the forthcoming handheld will have a presence despite Nintendo's decision to abstain.

Nintendo may not be attending the Tokyo Game Show later this month, but the platform holder is still expected to make some key announcements at the time of the annual Japanese trade event, perhaps concerning the long-awaited launch details of the Nintendo DS.

It now looks likely that Nintendo will announce key release date, pricing and launch line-up information for the Nintendo DS at a press conference in Tokyo on October 7th. According to a report from Bloomberg last week, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and designer Shigeru Miyamoto will be on hand to formally unveil the handheld to the Japanese press.

Nintendo of America has announced that the Nintendo DS will launch in the USA on November 21st and Japan on December 2nd, and will cost just $149.99 (£85 / €123) when it hits retail. Apparently the US' reaction to the console prompted them to launch it there first. The DS will be released in Europe and Australia in Q1 2005 as previously announced.

SEGA has announced that it plans to bring its maddeningly addictive Puyo Pop Fever puzzle game to Nintendo DS this year in Japan - the DS having today been confirmed for release there on December 2nd.

Nintendo is planning to bundle a playable demo of Metroid Prime: Hunters with the Nintendo DS handheld when it launches on November 21st, charismatic marketing boss Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed in a conference call yesterday.

Further details of Nintendo's launch plans for the Nintendo DS handheld console have emerged in a US teleconference, with the firm raising its projections for shipments of the handheld to over four million units this fiscal year.

Just under seven weeks. Normally, when there are just under seven weeks standing between us and the launch of a brand new console, we know everything up to and including its inside-cartridge-port measurement. As far as the Nintendo DS stands, we only know how much the system itself will cost. In terms of launch line-up, we're still limited to a rough idea of what to expect.

Sonic Team's Nintendo DS title Project Rub, now known as "I Would Die for You" in Japan, looks set to appear in the US alongside the DS hardware this November 21st under the banner of "Feel the Magic: XY-XX".

Speaking under conditions of strict anonymity, a senior US source has revealed to Eurogamer the number of launch titles for the American version of Nintendo DS.