Nintendo DS
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 Nintendo DS
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| Manufacturer: | Nintendo |
| Alternate Names: | DS |
| Announced: | 21/January/2004 |
| Release date: | JP: 2/December/2004 NA: 21/November/2004 EU: 11/March/2005 AU: 11/March/2005 |
| Initial Price: | JP: ¥15,000 NA: $149.99 EU: £99.99 AU: $249.99 |
| Discontinued: | Still in Production |
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Nintendo DS
The Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) launched in:
- United States on 21st November 2004 with a retail price of $149.99 (USD).
- Japan on 2nd December 2004 with a retail price of ¥15,000 (Yen).
- Europe on 11th March 2005 with a retail price of £99.99 (GBP) / 149 euros.
Launch packs included Pictochat, a built-in graphical, wireless, chat program, and in North America and Europe a demo cartridge of Metroid Prime Hunters (Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt), the first 3D Metroid game on a Nintendo handheld console.
The Nintendo DS revolutionised the handheld gaming market with the introduction of touch screen and wireless technology. The touch screen input method is used with either of two included devices; a stylus (pen) that slots in to the back of the console, or a thumb button which fits on to the console's lanyard wrist strap.
Launch titles included: Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt (demo of Metroid Prime Hunters), Super Mario 64 DS, Feel the Magic: XY/XX, Ridge Racer DS, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Spiderman 2
Hardware
Nintendo DS Technical Specification
- Size (closed): 5.85" wide / 3.33" long / 1.13" tall.
- Upper Screen: Backlit, 3-inch, semitransparent reflective TFT color LCD with 256x192 pixel resolution and .24 mm dot pitch.
- Touch Screen: Same as upper screen, but with transparent analog touch screen.
- Colour: Capable of displaying 260,000 colours.
- Wireless Communication: IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary format; wireless range is 30 to 100 feet, depending on circumstances; multiple users can play multiplayer games using just one DS game card.
- Controls: Touch screen, embedded microphone for voice recognition, A/B/X/Y face buttons, plus control pad, L/R shoulder buttons, Start and Select buttons.
- Input/Output: Ports for both Nintendo DS game cards and Game Boy Advance Game Paks, terminals for stereo headphones and microphone.
- Other Features: Embedded PictoChat software that allows up to 16 users to chat at once; embedded real-time clock; date, time and alarm; touch-screen calibration.
- CPUs: One ARM9 and one ARM7.
- Sound: Stereo speakers providing virtual surround sound, depending on the software
- Battery: Lithium ion battery delivering six to 10 hours of play on a four-hour charge, depending on use; power-saving sleep mode; AC adapter.
- Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian.
- Colour: Silver and black.
Trivia
- The Nintendo DS sold 441,485 units during its first weekend on sale in Japan.
Games
A full list of Nintendo DS games documented on GamerWiki can be found at the Nintendo DS category. Please add any further games to the games to be added page.
(Anything below here in the games section needs to be removed if the game is in blue or moved over to the the games to be added page list if it's in red.)
- Atari Retro Classics (Atari)
- Bomberman (Ubisoft)
- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Konami)
- Dragon Booster (Konami)
- Frogger Helmet Chaos (Konami)
- Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts)
- Lost In Blue (Konami)
- Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)
- Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo)
- Mr Driller Drill Spirits (Namco)
- Need For Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)
- Ping Pals (THQ)
- Rayman DS (Ubisoft)
- Robots (VU Games)
- Spiderman 2 (Activision)
- Sprung (Ubisoft)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Ubisoft)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (Konami)
- The Urbz: Sims in the City (Electronic Arts)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour (Electronic Arts)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory DS (Ubisoft)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour (Konami)
