New Nintendo DS trademarks registered...

Nintendo intend to region-lock Nintendo DS software (a first for their handheld games).

Nintendo has legally protected the names for tons of DS software ideas, including some specifically aimed at the brand new DSi model.

These are DSiChannel, DSiStation, DSiNews, DSiMovie, DSiMusic, DSiMail, DSiMode, DSiVision and DSiTsuushin (DSiCommunication), according to the Japanese trademark database read by Siliconera.

The full list of DS bright-spark ideas follows:

• DSArcade
• DSBook
• DSCreator
• DSClub
• DSCommunity
• DSCooking
• DSDiary
• DSeye
• DSFamily
• DSFriend
• DSLife
• DSLive
• DSLibrary
• DSmobile
• DSMap
• DSNavi
• DSNet
• DSPhone
• DSPlus
• DSPoint
• DSSchool
• DSSpeak
• DSShop
• DSShopping
• DSTrainer
• DSTime
• DSWalk
• DSZone
• MyDS
• CatchDS
• ShotDS

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