Nintendo DS is unlike any other game system you might have seen before. It has a number of features that make it - and the software it plays - unique.

First, Nintendo DS is portable; meaning you can take it wherever you go. Plus its convenient clamshell design means you can simply flip the lid closed to protect the two screens inside from scuffs and scratches.

Two screens?' Yes indeed! Nintendo DS has double the number of displays of ordinary handheld systems - meaning more possibilities for games, such as two different perspectives on the action.

But Nintendo DS' 'secret weapon' is its lower screen, which is touch-sensitive. Using your finger or the included stylus, you can interact with games just by touching - making it as easy to use as a pen and paper.

Nintendo DS also features a built-in microphone that offers another new way to interact with games: sound. Depending on the game, you can speak commands, add your own voice to music and even blow into the microphone to extinguish a virtual candle. You have to try it to believe it!

Last, and definitely not least, Nintendo DS boasts built-in wireless communication technology that lets systems link together for exciting multi-player games - without the need for messy cables.

Plus, you'll never be short of people to play with because Nintendo DS gives you access to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection - a worldwide, wireless online gaming service. Simply log on using your broadband wireless connection at home or at thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots in high streets across the country. Not only is Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection incredibly easy to use, it's also free!

See www.nintendowifi.com for more details; and for the latest Nintendo DS news, visit www.nintendo.co.uk.