Nintendo has announced the preliminary lineup and release date for its' DS console!

As memories of this year's E3 begin to fade, we bring you some good news from Nintendo on the DS and its lineup at launch!

Multi-platformers may take interest that the Nintendo DS is now scheduled for a supposed March 18th launch in the European region - which will put it head to head against the PSP if true.

Furthermore, the following first party titles will supposedly be available at launch, no surprises here as they were mostly the Demo games at E3.

Animal Crossing DS

Mario Kart DS

Metroid: Hunters

Super Mario Bros. Game

Nintendogs

Pictochat

Super Mario 64x4

WarioWare DS