NINTENDO DS
I'm back with another retro console of the month and this month's retro console is the Nintendo DS! This was one of my first handheld consoles that I owned with a huge selection of games on it. So let's dive into the history.
The Nintendo DS, originally released by Nintendo in 2004, but it didn't come to Europe until 2005 (*insert sad face here*). Talks about releasing the DS were dating all the way back from 2002, when the former head of Nintendo talked about releasing a dual-screen handheld console. The console's prototype was shown at E3 2004 and released in Japan and North America later that year.
Fun Fact: DS stands for Dual-Screen or Developer's System. Take your pick. It took me until today's research to find out what DS stood for (facepalm).
The best selling game for the DS was New Super Mario Bros, which sold 30.80 million copies :O.
The NDS had 3 different redesigns; the DS lite (I had 2 of these), DSi and DSi XL.
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| DS Lite |
My favourite game on the DS is Professor Layton and the Curious Village. This has to be my favourite because I love the puzzle solving aspect of Professor Layton, although I did find a lot of the puzzles very hard to complete.
So that does it for this month's retro console! Join me for the retro game of the week and the next installment of my Harry Potter PS2 walkthrough :D Yay!
Until next time,
Peace Out - Geekette
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