VIDEOGAME fans in Bolton are expected to form queues in the middle of the night to buy the latest handheld console.

Gamestation, on Newport Street, Bolton, will be open from midnight on Thursday, to sell the Nintendo DS.

The console is the latest handheld made by Nintendo, famous for its top selling GameBoy.

Millions of the new machines have been sold since they were launched in America and Japan last year.

Louis Waddington, store manager at Gamestation in Bolton, said: "Some of the games available for this console are already destined to become instant classics."