Nintendo DS
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Manufacturer: Nintendo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variants: Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DSi XL (LL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Nintendo DS (ニンテンドーDS) (also know as iQue DS in China) is a 32-bit dual screen handheld video game console released by Nintendo in 2004 as a successor to the Game Boy Advance line. It was succeeded by the Nintendo 3DS in early 2011.
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Overview
The Nintendo DS is amongst Nintendo's most successful handheld consoles, despite facing competition throughout its lifespan by the PlayStation Portable, and in its latter years, a market increasingly drawn to iOS or Android smartphones and tablets. It is an evolution of the Game Boy Advance design, adding an extra two face buttons ( and ), a resistive touch screen, amongst the expected technical improvements and a microphone. It uses a similar clamshell design to the Game Boy Advance SP (complete with backlit screens), and despite initial scepticism at launch, the system went on to sell over 150 million units worldwide.
Several versions of the DS exist, the most prominent being the Nintendo DS Lite, a cost-reduced unit which launched in 2006 to coincide with an altered marketing strategy (also used by the Wii) to appeal to a wider audience of consumers. An updated DS, the Nintendo DSi launched in 2008, sporting minor upgrades, two cameras, and a new line of DSi-specific software (including physical DSi-only games, DSiWare games and DS games with DSi enhancements). The Nintendo DSi XL (DSi LL in Japan) is similar, but is designed for those with larger hands.
Sega Support
Sega were quick to lend their support to the Nintendo DS from day one, with Feel the Magic: XY/XX being sold as a launch title in the US and PAL regions. Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll and Sonic Rush also sold well on the system during its early years.
List of Sega Games for the Nintendo DS
- 7th Dragon (2009)
- Aliens: Infestation (2011)
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers DS: Defenders of the Core (2010)
- Black Jack: Hi no Tori Hen (2006)
- Blazer Drive (2008)
- Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer (2009)
- Bleach: Dark Souls (2007)
- Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (2008)
- Bleach: The Blade of Fate (2006)
- Brain Assist (2007)
- Captain America: Super Soldier (2011)
- Card de Asobu! Hajimete no DS (2009)
- Charlotte's Web (2006)
- Culdcept DS (2008)
- Dinosaur King (2007)
- Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS (2006)
- Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Makai Daibouken DS (2007)
- Doraemon: Nobita to Midori no Kyojinden DS (2008)
- Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Taisen: Kimi Aru ga Tame (2008)
- DS-Pico Series: Sanrio no Party e Ikou!: Oryouri, Oshare, Okaimono (2008)
- DS-Pico Series: Sanrio Puroland: Waku Waku Okaimono: Suteki na Oheya wo Tsukurimasho! (2010)
- Feel the Magic: XY/XX (2004)
- Finding Nemo: Touch de Nemo (2006)
- Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS 2: Sabaku no Majou (2008)
- The Golden Compass (2007)
- The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks (2009)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Infinite Space (2009)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Jambo! Safari: Animal Rescue (2009)
- Jewelpet Kawaii Mahou no Fantasy (2009)
- Jewelpet Mahou no DS Kirapi Kariin (2009)
- Jewelpet Mahou no Oheyya de Issho ni Asobou! (2010)
- Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Aladdin 2 Evolution DS (2006)
- Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken DS (2005)
- Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken SE DS (2006)
- Kaite Oboeru Doragana (2008)
- Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking Super Collection (2007)
- Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi 2 (2006)
- Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi DS (2005)
- Lilpri DS: Hime-Chen! Apple Pink (2010)
- Mainichi ga Tanoshii! Ayakouji Kimimaro no Happy Techou (2007)
- Mainichi Shinbun 1000 Dai News (2007)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)
- Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach (2006)
- Mr. Incredible: Kyouteki Underminer Toujou (2006)
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (2006)
- Ocha-ken no Daibouken 2: Yume Ippai no Omocha Hako (2008)
- Ocha-ken no Daibouken: Hon Waka Yumemiru Sekai Ryokou (2007)
- Ocha-ken no Heya DS (2006)
- Ocha-ken no Heya DS 2 (2007)
- Ocha-ken no Heya DS 3 (2008)
- Ocha-ken no Heya DS 4: Ocha-ken Land de Hotto Shiyo? (2009)
- Onsei Kanjou Sokuteiki: Kokoro Scan (2007)
- Oshare Majo Love and Berry: DS Collection (2006)
- Oshiri Kajiri Mushi no Rhythm Lesson DS: Kawai Ongaku Kyousitu Kansyuu (2008)
- Phantasy Star 0 (2008)
- Phantasy Star 0 Mini (2009)
- PictoImage (2007)
- Planet 51: The Game (2009)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (2008)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (2009)
- Puyo Pop Fever (2004)
- Puyo Puyo 7 (2009)
- Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (2005)
- Puyo Puyo! (2006)
- Puyo Puyo!! (2011)
- Rekishi Taisen Gettenka: Tenkaichi Battle Royale (2010)
- The Rub Rabbits! (2005)
- Saitou Takashi no DS de Yomu Sansyoku Ballpen Meisaku Jyuku (2007)
- Saka Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct (2008)
- Saka Tsuku DS: World Challenge 2010 (2010)
- Sands of Destruction (2008)
- Sangokushi Taisen DS (2007)
- Sangokushi Taisen Ten (2008)
- Sega Casino (2005)
- Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2009)
- Sega Presents Touch Darts (2007)
- Sega Superstars Tennis (2008)
- Shikaku Kentei DS (2007)
- Shining Force Feather (2009)
- Shiseido Beauty Solution Kaihatsu Center Kanshuu: Project Beauty (2008)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010)
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008)
- Sonic Classic Collection (2010)
- Sonic Colours (2010)
- Sonic Rush (2005)
- Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
- SupaRobo Gakuen (2009)
- Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005)
- Super Robot Taisen K (2009)
- Super Speed Pack (?)
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Chokuretsu (2009)
- Thor: God of Thunder (2011)
- Touch de Zuno DS (2008)
- U-Can Pen Ji Training DS (2008)
- Wappy Dog (2011)
- Yume Neko DS (2008)
- Zombie Shiki - Eigo Ryoku Sosei Jutsu: English of the Dead (2008)
- Zoo Tycoon DS: Doubutsuen o Tsukurou! (2006)
DSi enhanced games
- Sonic Classic Collection
- DS-Pico Series: Sanrio Puroland: Waku Waku Okaimono: Suteki na Oheya wo Tsukurimasho!
By region
- List of Nintendo DS games in Australia
- List of Nintendo DS games in Brazil
- List of Nintendo DS games in Canada
- List of Nintendo DS games in France
- List of Nintendo DS games in Germany
- List of Nintendo DS games in Italy
- List of Nintendo DS games in Japan
- List of Nintendo DS games in Mexico
- List of Nintendo DS games in Russia
- List of Nintendo DS games in South Korea
- List of Nintendo DS games in Spain
- List of Nintendo DS games in Taiwan
- List of Nintendo DS games in the United Kingdom
- List of Nintendo DS games in the United States
Artwork
Image gallery
Nintendo DSi running Sonic Rush Adventure
Promotional images
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS Lite
Nintendo DSi
References
Non-Sega consoles |
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Nintendo |
Nintendo Entertainment System (1983) | Game Boy (1989) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990) | Nintendo 64 (1996) | Game Boy Color (1998) | Game Boy Advance (2001) | Nintendo GameCube (2001) | Nintendo DS (2004) | Wii (2006) | Nintendo 3DS (2011) | Wii U (2012) | Nintendo Switch (2017) |
Sony |
PlayStation (1994) | PlayStation 2 (2000) | PlayStation Portable (2004) | PlayStation 3 (2006) | PlayStation Vita (2011) | PlayStation 4 (2013) | PlayStation 5 (2020) |
Microsoft |
Xbox (2001) | Xbox 360 (2005) | Xbox One (2013) | Xbox Series X (2020) |
Mobile |
iOS | Android | Windows Phone |
Other |
Atari 2600 (1977) | Intellivision (1979) | ColecoVision (1982) | Atari 5200 (1982) | PC Engine (1987) | CD-ROM² (1988) | Super CD-ROM² (1991) | R-Zone (1995) | Game.com (1997) | WonderSwan (1999) | Neo Geo Pocket Color (1999) | N-Gage (2003) | LeapFrog Didj (2008) | Stadia (2019) |