Nintendo and it's Legacy... The Nintendo DS!

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Soul_tech10 on 11 March 2009

100 Million shipped, almost 100 million sold, another console hits a new record and continues it's great legacy.

On November 13, 2003, Nintendo announced that it would be creating a new console for release in 2004. Nintendo stated that it would not be the successor to either the Nintendo GameCube or the Game Boy Advance, but rather it would be considered a "third pillar" alongside the other two consoles. On January 20, 2004, the console was announced under the codename "Nintendo DS".

On July 28, 2004, Nintendo revealed a new design, one that was described as "sleeker and more elegant" than the one shown at E3. Also, the codename "Nintendo DS" became the official name of the console that day.

Nintendo said back when it was released "Europe is an extremely important market for Nintendo, and we are pleased we can offer such a short period of time between the US and European launch. We believe that the Nintendo DS will change the way people play video games and our mission remains to expand the game play experience. Nintendo DS caters for the needs of all gamers whether for more dedicated gamers who want the real challenge they expect, or the more casual gamers who want quick, pick up and play fun.^"

The Nintendo DS Lite is a slimmer, more lightweight redesign of the original Nintendo DS model. It was announced on January 26, 2006, more than a month before its first territorial launch in Japan on March 2, 2006.

The Nintendo DSi, released late 2008 in Japan and this year in the USA and Europe, is a major revison of the DS Lite, it features two cameras, a picture editing tool, it's very own online shop and an SD card slot to store those pictures on. With the DSi, Nintendo hopes to attract a new audience.

With hundreds of fantastic games, that anyone can play, with it's fantastic, simple and verstile interface of both the system and games it's no wonder why a simple project became a legacy. This legacy has been proven by the milestone that it is about to accomplish.

If it wasn't for the DS, life wouldn't have been the same.