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DS Branching Out

By pete_gallagher

Nintendo has been a master at reinventing the DS handheld, one way to extend the product's lifecycle. Another way to lengthen the viability of a product is to find untapped markets for it, and this appears to be another road that the Japanese company is exploring.

Noting that the DS is already used in Japanese museums, art galleries and aquariums, Nintendo's Shigeri Miyamoto discussed another pending use for the DS—Japanese classrooms. Miyamoto indicated that the compact game machine would serve as an educational aid and teaching tool when Nintendo rolls out DS systems in an unspecified amount of junior high and elementary schools early next year.
 

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 23, 2010 (boomark / email).