Between now and the end of February Australians can look forward to hearing news about the DS launch, and here is some of it.

Nintendo have announced that on launch day they will release Super Mario 64 DS and WarioWare: Touched! at the RRP of $AUS69.95. No other games have been announced at present but Nintendo wouldn't let a console be launched with only two games. Expect other companies to announce titles soon.

In the press release that Nintendo of Australia released they also mentioned a few details about upcoming titles. The information can be found below.

During the first couple of months Nintendo titles such as Project Rub by SEGA, Polarium and Pokemon Dash will launch nation-wide. The support from third party publishers witnessed with the overseas launch of Nintendo DS will be mirrored here with Spider-Man 2 from Activision, Asphalt Urban GT and Sprung from UbiSoft, Ping Pals from THQ and Zoo Keeper from QV Software all confirmed to be available for Australian consumers on launch. Upcoming titles for Nintendo DS include The URBZ: Sims in the City, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR� and Need for Speed Underground 2 from Electronic Arts, Rayman� DS from UbiSoft, Retro Atari Classics from Atari and Robots from Vivendi Universal Games.