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Rumble Pak for Nintendo DS Spotted at E3 - 25.5.05

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Nintendo DSPlanetGameCube.com reports on a rumble pak attachment added to a Nintendo DS used for playable demos at the E3; a demo of Metroid Prime Pinball featured rumbling, and a GameBoy Advance cartridge in the GBA card slot appeared to be providing it:

This obviously couldn't be built into the tiny DS packs, so I had a look underneath the DS playing the game and it had a GBA cartridge plugged in as well. I figured that the GBA cartridge was the one doing the rumbling, and this was later confirmed by PGC chum Chris Kohler. Apparently Chris saw someone booting up a DS with Metroid Prime Pinball in it, and the initial selection screen said that there was a "GBA Option Pak" in the GBA cartridge slot. I'm not sure whether or not Nintendo will sell this standalone Rumble Pak for use with rumble-enabled games, but it definitely exists. Hopefully it will be a pack-in when Metroid Prime Pinball is released, because it works like a charm.

Impressions: Metroid Prime Pinball Via engadget.com

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