No special DS for Europe

A few days ago, the web was buzzing with rumors speculating whether or not the European DS will wake from sleep mode if encountered by another DS in range. The rumor was based upon the following exerpt from the European Nintendo DS website: "The Nintendo DS, when in sleep mode, will spring to life if it senses another DS transmitting in range, alerting users that someone wants to chat or play games with them!"

GBA.N64Europe have the official word from Nintendo:

"Unfortunately, Nintendo BeNeLux replied to us that the feature will not be included in the European DS units. Furthermore, Nintendo told us that the original plans indeed included the feature of notifying a user when a DS comes within range, however at a later point the decision was made not to do so (as we reported earlier)."

So it looks like there will be no advanced Nintendo DS for Europe after all, sorry chaps :).