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In more good news for European portable gamers, Nintendo has confirmed that their recently-announced DS/DS Lite/GBA SP/GBA Micro MP3 player, seen at this year’s Leipzig Gaming Convention, will be making its way to European shores soon. No firm release date was announced, but the price will be EUR 29.99 and is rumored to become available on the same day as Nintendo’s DS Browser; October 16th. The player itself uses music stored on SD cards, so cards up to 2 GB in size are supported. For all us headphone-jackless GBA SP owners, the unit will come with a headphone jack built-in.
The device works very similarly to the Play-Yan. Nintendo’s add-on is placed in the GBA slot, while an SD card is placed inside the peripheral itself. From there, users can play music stored on the SD card while on the go, effectively turning your DS into a shiny MP3 player. It’s unknown at this time if, like later iterations of the Play-Yan, the Nintendo MP3 Player will also be able to play videos; my guess would be no, at least for the first iteration of this device. Still, if you’ve longed to be able to do more on your DS than play games, Nintendo’s listening, and responding in kind.
[via DS-x2]
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