Since May 20, 2014, online play for many Nintendo DS games has been discontinued due to the closing of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. In February of 2011, the DS line was superseded by the Nintendo 3DS.

The Nintendo DS (including DS Lite, DSi, and DSi XL) sold 154.02 million units as of March 31, 2020, making it Nintendo's best-selling video game console, the highest-selling handheld console in the world, and the second highest-selling console overall worldwide behind the PlayStation 2. Later, it was called Nitro when the new device created had two screens. The Nintendo DS retains the, ,, , and buttons from the Game Boy Advance, as well as two new buttons: and, making it identical to the SNES.īefore the official name's release, Iris was the first codename for the handheld that would be the successor of the Game Boy Advance. On the original DS and the DS Lite, WPA encrypted networks are not supported. This was also the first system Nintendo made to go online ( Mario Kart DS being the first Nintendo-made online game), using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The DS is the first Nintendo system to include wireless functions, allowing it to link up with other DS's without any wires or add-ons.

It is also the handheld counterpart of the Wii. The charger provided with the first generation DS is the same connection as the Game Boy Advance SP. Similiar to the Game Boy Micro, the DS and DS Lite cannot play games made for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. As with previous major Nintendo handhelds, the DS and DS Lite provides backwards compatibility for Game Boy Advance games (though this does not work with the DSi models), although only limited to single-player experiences as the link cable and wireless adapter support are missing. It is also the first Nintendo handheld to support 3D polygonal graphics as opposed to only sprites. The system introduces many new features to the Nintendo handheld lineup, including a resistive touchscreen, visible operating system GUI (in the form of the main menu), stereo sound output/audio input via microphone, and wireless connection capabilities. 'DS' stands for 'Dual Screen' (though, at its conception, it was intended to stand for 'Developer's System'). The Nintendo DS is Nintendo's fifth handheld system its predecessor is the Game Boy Advance. The Nintendo DS is a handheld game system released by Nintendo in 2004.

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