Platform: Nintendo DS
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Kirby Mass Attack
Rayman DS
Mind Quiz
Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Flushed Away
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Driving Theory Training
Crazy Frog Collectables: Art School
Kirby: Squeak Squad
Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Mega Man Star Force: Dragon
Max & the Magic Marker
Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
101-in-1 Party Megamix
Metroid Prime Hunters
Super Pac-Man Pinball
The Legendary Starfy
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Sonic Rush
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Pokémon Platinum Version
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Elf Bowling 1 & 2
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
DK: Jungle Climber
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!
Wacky Races: Crash & Dash
Radiant Historia
New Super Mario Bros.
Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll
Metroid Dread
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
Halo DS
Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century
Ōkamiden
Contact
Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn
Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition
One Piece: Gigant Battle!
Drawn to Life
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
MySims SkyHeroes
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
My Stop Smoking Coach with Allen Carr
Yoshi's Island DS
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Nanashi no Game
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There is an unused button called a "DEBUG" which is only present on development units. It is however possible to get this to work under emulation.
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In the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Instruction Booklet, the fake WEP Key used is '8675309', a reference to Tommy Tutone's "8675309/Jenny".
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A trademark filed by Nintendo in 2004 suggests the Nintendo DS was originally going to be named "City Boy," expanding on the Game Boy brand and putting an emphasis on taking the device with you in your everyday life.
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The 'DS' in Nintendo DS is short for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen".
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The Nintendo DS is based on a prototype system called Iris, which was intended to succeed the Game Boy Advance. The name Iris comes from the Japanese Iris plant, or Iris Ensata. This is evident by the name of Intelligent Systems's official DS emulator provided with DS development kits: Ensata.
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A Nintendo DS system has been to the top of Mt. Everest, and even faired better than many other electronic devices on the journey.
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The Nintendo DS having two screens was suggested by former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi to then-current president Satoru Iwata, and was inspired by the Game & Watch LCD game series' clamshell two-screen design. In a 2016 Retro Gamer interview with former Nintendo designer Satoru Okada, he delves into its origins:
"The project was moving forward at a good pace but during the development, something at unexpected happened. President Iwata then came to see me. He was obviously bothered and he said: 'l talked to Yamauchi-san over the phone and he thinks your console should have two screens... A bit like the multi-screen Game & Watch, you see?' [...] at the time, everybody hated this idea, even Iwata himself. We thought it did not make any sense. Back in the Game & Watch days, it was different because a second screen allowed us to double the playing area and the number of graphic elements on display. But with the modern screens, there was no point. We were free to choose the size of our screen, so why bother splitting it into two? Especially considering that it was impossible to look at both screens at the same time. This is why we did not understand his idea."