Nintendo Launches 100 Classic eBooks for DS

Nintendo has announced its 100 Classic Book Collection cartridge for the company’s Nintendo DS portable game system, 1UP reports. The cartridge comes with 100 plays and novels from Dickens, Shakespeare, Bronte, and other authors and playwrights, along with a built-in eBook reader.

The report said that Nintendo is also promising downloadable additions to Book Collection’s library, although they haven’t offered details as to how frequently new downloadable titles will be made available and how much they will cost. The cartridge will hit the market in Europe on December 26th.

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