Nintendo's DS handheld console will ship later this year and will be called the 'Nintendo DS' Even though the Dual Screen has been cut back to a single screen.

It also revealed the unit's final design - a sleeker, more elegant look than the shape shown at the E3 show earlier this year.

Nintendo maintains that the DS name, standing for 'dual screen', was just a codename, and didn't refer to the fact that it was rumoured to have dual screens.

But the name stuck so the console maker decided to keep it on the final version.

"Nintendo DS, originally chosen as the code name, has been selected as the official product name. The Nintendo DS name evokes the idea of a portable system with dual screens, providing the rationale for the final name." Company officials said today.