Did it come in a pulse then there the ds had third parties or did it gradually get better and better. I don't remember. I do predict the wii will follow the path of the ds though in terms of third party support. For me that is a good thing.

It always has good third party support

it got better and better on DS,and it will get better and better on wii

 No it started out with very poor 3rd party support compared to the psp.

When the PSP was introduced everyone thought the DS would die, so 3rd party support came later.

Seems like history repeats itself!

@PEETEE But did it come all at once or over a long period of time.

From what I can remember the improvement in third party support on the DS started off awful in 2004, and it slowly improved through 2005 and 2006; by E3 2006 developers were really starting to back the DS with many more good games. It wasn't until 2007 that the DS really had the third party support that was appropriate for a system which was as dominant as it is.

I think it was likely around the time it became clear that Liberty City Stories was not going to turn the PSP into the next PS2, and the fact that the few 3rd party games on the DS were turning a healthy profit.

I think the floodgates opened around the time Dragon Quest IX was announced for the DS.

Although if I had some kind of timeline, that would help.