Submitted by: kirkland on Tuesday December 21st, 2004 at 04:10 AM EST

As the countdown to Christmas continues, procrastinating shoppers will benefit from new shipments of Nintendo DS. Nintendo continues to supply stores with the dual-screened Nintendo DS, which features a touch screen, voice recognition and wireless capabilities. This week's shipments also will benefit people who want to spend the gift cards they received for the holidays.

Nintendo DS topped every major gift list this year, and was described by The Wall Street Journal as "this year's must-buy item." Nintendo's shipments will help meet this demand, even as eager holiday shoppers have snapped up 1 million Nintendo DS systems in North America in a month. Before the end of the year, Nintendo will have shipped 1.4 million Nintendo DS systems to North America alone.