Diddy Kong Racing DS IPO Announced

Nintendo Co Ltd's (ADR: NTDOY) Diddy Kong Racing DS for the Nintendo DS will debut on the simExchange on Thursday, January 25, 2007. It will be categorized under the Racing genre. Shares will open for purchase at 275 DKP (forecasts 2.75 million copies sold worldwide over lifetime). The release for this game is scheduled for February 5, 2007 in North America. The listing was submitted by Joe80. The game's page is found here. The summary of the game is:

Diddy Kong Racing DS is a re-release of Diddy Kong Racing for the N64, which was released in 1997 and a global best seller at 4.88 million copies sold. Diddy Kong Racing DS is a kart racing game similar to Mario Kart but involves a bit of an adventure mode. Players can choose from a selection of characters from Rare games; however, Banjo and Conker will not be appearing in this version. The game includes all 20 tracks from the N64 version including a very similar adventure mode. This version also includes 8-player Wi-Fi play, remodeled characters and retextured track, and new weapons.