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Nintendo DS is the next Bond watch [Update 1]
Nintendo's marketing department never ceases to amaze, do they? The Nintendo DS will act as an all-in-one espionage gadget in the upcoming Generic Teen Spy Movie 18 Stormrider, the first in a long line of Alex Rider stories by author Anthony Horowitz. From the press release:"After the murder of his uncle and guardian, the MI6 British spy agency recruits the reluctant 14-year-old Alex Rider to take over his uncle's mission. Like any good spy, during training he receives his key piece of gadgetry: a Hot Rod Red Nintendo DS. He also gets several game cards that transform his DS into an eavesdropping device, a wiretap detector or a smoke bomb."Uhm, why can't our dual-screened wonders do all that? I wonder if the villains use PSPs which fire out UMDs at rapid speeds. Oh snap.[Update 1: Added PSP villains, thanks, Ludwig]
Nintendo DS to star in Alex Rider film
Remember The Wizard? Not only was it the beginning of Fred Savage's loss of innocence, but it was also the first time Nintendo used the silver screen for a major promotion. Now, some 17 years later, Nintendo is at it again, forming a partnership with the creators of a new teen spy movie, Stormbreaker.The film is based on the first novel of Anthony Horowitz's popular Alex Rider series. As the youngest contestant in a Super Mario Galaxy tournament newest recruit of MI6's Special Operations Division, and armed with a modified Power Glove Nintendo DS, Alex is prepared to take on his uncle's killer, one of the most dangerous assassins in the world. Stormbreaker debuts in Europe this summer.
